RANGE GOSSIP.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 8

RANGE GOSSIP.

'"!? 'It ; • Matoli .ba,Mitoday'» : dut : &f,eightj.;BWies;;sisty'' 'byWorabersfof; nflo'-.ddbs. v-.-i:» >•'. thesp v ,nbt(s?'to : 'tliOyiilsuificienoy-.of'fla : gs'. on th6!^ngi? ( Mg-e?V^.|^?^^^io'^s*o^s?veAl. a'j®reaj&r.^rittrapisr*^ Bisley •' and '.'other' important /shifting'; obiitres - than ;a't of - the!:flags. . was 1 -' apparently' for yesterthoro'/Werb;mbrV;m'; evidence; afact;which was.' ; &e.'si>\dd-De en•ti^nts:: filial,s which-is to bo-fned--off- to-day. ? : Xho ; Colonel, v . attended -by a .staff • officar, i : day..-; PsssmgHhrough/tho/men's mess-toom, his eyo fcll dispmtedlooking- rifloman.iavh'ovwas^teying l ''with his food ' niulV- 1 gazing,v'dfespbnden'tly the table.'' : Ho;-.Was/oyidontly/dissM said-.th'o 'Colonel, i;'yoU{ gettiiig alotig? Ohj-all;right;;sir.V:.The''tucker's Al',-: but 1 "can't 'get no i bulls.','.'" Thor Colonel was puzzled. '' Bulls? " : h v 6:askcd.;/ ".What sort;of : bulls;? '.'v "Bulls-eyes,"-.said'-the-inan. : I'vo. -ad no' luck.'a't.theitargetßj. sir.'v'.'' Oh,' I,sbe,"-lsaid tho Cbl6n,fel;^ mightily'.'rblieved to hear thatjtho comiriissSriat not- respon- ' sible' for; the . t cloud 'on'.the brow- of; : th'e ■; ui> ~ succcssful shooter. 1 / ' 1 ' ' " <' \ iA; sliglit aiteration h'as'vbeen'.made'in. tho I .6ffidal' ; pnzcMist''-"^or ? ;:t)i6^yoluntfeer-.''Match" (Nb,V,l2).'. Numbers ;23 : :and '-13 -in -the; .order, of merit for--:this-;ma{ch:?refcr.. to the sanio . eompetit6rp&rig(;;-Majpr,:Bruc«,v N6?3p'aiNo., 23,. he'is;croclifced with,;haying-sctirod 88 ■ points,*; securing la prize of -'£1. ..':As r No; ;43,i hisiscoro -ia : 86; : and is'aEi;> Hisname - has ■: been from ]iiib:.43j- |U3nT9 . oii ' Uio'- !^'' lisfcy Corporal \J. / ; •, llarahallj: Wiiikari Rifles'„-.h'as.:.beeiv addbd;'a». 0 No. 50 ill tho-list-of prizewinners. ■ • :■-Amongst tho oldestirifle' shots at thb -meeV' iiig are RiflemanfßWer;r 6fParsloiv;,;6f .Aucklaiid.-and, ! , Carbinb ''jR()S k S 1 - all'-of- whom sh'ot at Brightwat-erJ; NfelsoiiV- in 187 i \ t ' 1s ,( > ; ''Pri?a^'-it;vjß.;S6^ l -:''of'P^OT^n;;Nbrtlj,::. is" one.'of , ' ho . shoots. ho 'uSi' ai .vorniOT .at first;- and'theii cants' his";riflo;.ai;'his'i'fatlier ''did ;beforo';him in the-.days'; when '-noVverriieri, no drthbptics,- no lAmp;;.blaclj : j ;,'and- ; no ? jjamt. Now, tho , mQund -'.in : \thp vicmity of' a.'.riflo champion;: is litt-frod/Tith- instruments; and accessories whichi suggest va,.; variety-Jshop, - Oil. a small scale.'.. Somo .riiark?men ascribe: Privata'Soper'i cantiiig rifle ,to;h6reditiry jnfluence, an4:jtl?o vatodoes." lidtildisnj; tho ; impcaphilitnt« ' ' > ' \ ; A- . few - uiVsuspicbus'-' sheep . atUOUO-yifdS 'to-day.-r-Three or four/of .. ;ch'anipions werbf making iaftefecd.-'soti. scathed.'--Tfie tfaiMt-bry!of tlib" biillct-s;'which rises . about \33 i . fcsfefc ; at : IOOO,' yairds'; ; range,wiia' ros(>onsiblo for -s what -to , • be' 'a fluraculqua escape, i 1 • Colonel Collins . has.M'eceiVbd a • telegram ' froni Jlr-. J/ Hislopr-'private secretary- tb Sir Joseph Ward,'. that.,tlie. Prehiicp and. Eiidy ■ Ward ;will [visit..Ttoitham/ to-morrow afternoon ;• |ea -by the "1.40 p.m. tram. <''i_ ■ i ( Cplpriel 'Spmervil!e*r'OkoiaV! ;Ayaiig£inniv:,liaii - telegraphed as follows to '"Colonel, Collins " Congratulate youj'Pn :recovd.:;meetins;; ny. memberme .to, staff,, Press,, and .'all; old