TRENTHAM, 1909.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 451, 9 March 1909, Page 6

TRENTHAM, 1909.

FOURTH DAY'S EVENTS. DUNEDIN MAN HEADS THE TOTALS.! , THE WELLINGTON AND OTAGO ' MATCHES. SUPERB SHOOTING IN THE LATTER. Another beautiful day dawned at Trentham festerday, when the Now Zealand Championship Riflo Meeting entered upon the fourth day's events. The firing of both, stnges o£ the Wellington Match, ten shots each at 500 and 600 yards, the initial stage of the Otago Match at .800 yards, and two extra matches at 600 yards and at 1000.'yards-were got through. :The day's events were carried out without a hitch. A feature of the shooting was the brilliance of the marksmanship, particularly ■in the Otago Match, when no' fewer (than thirteen "possibles" were registered before the , luncheon adjournment, and a large number of competitors achieved within one point or two ■ of the maximum. ' Tile honours in the Welling- , ton Match fell to Col.-Sergt Grindell, of ' Napier, whose aggrejate score totalled 95 ' points. The runners-up were: Gunner Ching, .'R.N:Z.A., Lyttelton, and Corp. Patrick, Royal '. Bides, Auckland, each 94, the' latter being ' placed third on the count back. The two extra fmatches at' 600 and 1000 yards were won by (Rifleman M'lntosh, Opaki (34), and Corp. J. , 18. Fisher, Stoke (34) respectively. Interest in '. the championship aggregates is, of course, be- - coming keen, and the present state of the aggregates as will be ' seon below, gives Pte. Mackay, of Dunedin, a- lead with 281 points. The same marksman is in the lead for the Union Cup, which will be decided to-day; The Union Cup leading aggregates appended are the leading aggregato scores in the competition for the J Union Steam Ship Co.'s Cup, awarded to the 'highest aggregate scorer in the Auckland, WelHingto'n, and Nelson Matches. The final stage of the Auckland Match still remains to be fired, and Gunner Ching, R.N.Z.A., Lyttelton, 232; Pte. F. W. Mackay, Dunedin, 233; Riflejnan Winslade, Opaki, 230; Capt. W. S. King, flinwood, 229; Col.-'Sergt,Higgins, Timaru, 229. [have each a.food chance of. winning. I SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS.' '. (First Day,:'i> , ■'.' ■ 1 Volunteer Match.—Won by Sergt.-Major A. ': Hyds, Hawk'e's' Bay Mounted Rifles; aggregate I score, 93 points. (Rifle Club Match.-Won by Rifleman C. H. I Speck, Stratford; aggregate score, 102 points. ' Carbine Cup.—Won by Rifleman.C. H. Speck, (Stratford, whose score, 102 points, was the .'highest compiled in matches 19 and. 20 (volun. leers and riflemen). ''~. : . I Extra Match (No. I).—Won by Rifleman J. . A, Franklin, Weber; score, 35"points (the "pos- ■ ' sible"). Extra Match (No. 2).—Won\ by Pte. Drummond, Denniston Rifles; score, 34 points. Second Day: 1 Nelson Match.-Won by Pte. W. H. Boys, (Newtown Rifles; aggregate score, 98. Runnerup: Pte. J. A. Duley, Dannevirke Rifles;.aggregate score, 97. , . •■■-■■• Extra Match (No.--3).—Pte. W. E. Boys, ■Timaru; score, 33. Runner-up: G. Howe, Ngatiawa, 33. '~'.' ! Extra Match (No. 4).— Sergt. Sountag,' Dunei'din, 34. Rifleman W. J. Henry, Opaki, 34. , I .. -~■:..- .. ■'."'■'' ''■ "■". ; : . :.Third Day: /. "_',; ~: !/' - '_/;, // ..'.': . , I Snap-shooting Match.—l2s '.'possible" scorers awardsd prues of Bs. each.. / ■ Rapid-Firing Match.—Won by Rifleman J, L. ( Turner, Petone; score, 46 points. '; Attack Match.-Won by Sergt. J. Peck, WaikatoMounted .Rifles; score, 9 points. j Cover Match.—Twenty-five- "possible" scorers vawarded prizes of- Bs. each.y. ■''•-■ ; Kynock Cup, awarded to , highest aggregate scorer in the "snap-shooting" and "cover" ' matches.—Thirteen competitors tied,with! aggregate "possibles"—7o points. To be decided' Tuesday, March 9. i Fourth Day.- ■- ■:■ , • • •.•;-.- : : Wellington by Col.-Sergt. ,C. , Grindell,- Napier; aggregate score, 95 points/ j Extra Match: (No; s).—Wpti; by 'Rifleman iftl'lntosh, Opaki; score, 34 points. I Extra Match (No. ; 6).—Won by Corp. J. B. ! Fisher, Stoke; score, 34 points. '.: ' .... '• Leading for the Rifle Championship.—Pfe. F. W. Mackay,.Dunedin Highland Rifles; aggregate score, 281 points. Runner-up: Gunner -Ching, Lyttelton, 278 points. , ...... , j Leading for the Union Cup.—Private Mackay, Dunedin Highland Rifles; aggregate score, 233.

ON THE MOUNDS. NOTES ON THE SHOOTING.' '' : " , Taken as a whole, .the shooting, yesterday ■j was distinctly trillianb. There were, throughI out tho'day, no fewer than thirteen "possibles,". I eight of-them being at long range. Only 1 eight were scored during the' whole of the meeting-last year: The weather in the moming was inclined to be dull, with a threedegree right wind,. which dropped gradually until, at noon, there was practically a dead calm. : . • . ■ • . i Five of the "possible" scorers preceded their . run of bull's-eyes with a 5-point sighting shotphenomenal shooting. Nine qthers got within I one point of the "possible"; of these, three I opened with a "bull" for tlieiJ sighters, while I another three missed the black disc altogether • in their sighting shots.