EMPIRE MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 7

EMPIRE MATCH.

WON BY THE COMMONWPAWB lEAh! j THOUBLESOME MIRAGE. HOME TEAM LED AT ALL THE RANGES. (By Tclcgraph-Presi Assoctatton-Oopytight.) (Roc. October 19, 9.30 p.m.) ! ■y' s . Sydney, October 19. The Empire Match was won by the Commout wealth team by 130 points.' , The wjnncrs had a lead yesterday of 65 ■ (1122-1057) oh'the first stage (200,500, and 600 , yards), and to-day in :tho second stage (800, s 900, and 1000 yards), they again Jed by 65, .' The ! aggregate, figures are:— Commonwealth toam .......,; .2088. New Zealand team ~..........;......,,.,. 1958 \ Commonwealth lead ....,,. ■. 150... , Throughout the match, the Commonwealth t team has led at every range. Their progres- , sjyo gains in this respect are as under.:— First! stage. T,ead. Second stage. Lead. 200 yards U SOO yards ..; 19' 500 yards 30 SOO. yards .„ C 600, yards ,„ 21 1000 yards ......... "iO . ~' T0ta1............ .65 ' .Total,. 65,;. Tho weather to-day was fine, and the wind .steady, but tho light' was troublesome. Yes-' ' terda'y the New' Zonlanders : were bbthered, ; by the wjnd; to-day .-they were; troubled by . mirage. They got the windage'all right, but were at sea with the light, especially at' tho 1000 yards range. Another; thing that told against the visitors' , was the. wont' of a time-ljmit . Following -their usual custom, the-New Zealariders -got in thejr shots with.business-like promptitude, - whereas,. i n niany; cases, the Australians • waited for a favourable slant wind or 'a beti tor light, not infrequently' wasting■• over- five. ■ minutes between shpts... I The individual, scores of the Now Zealanders in the second stage are: , 1 ''.':' 800 900 1000 ! ■■ M ' n-ii'- " 3" ds ' yds.ydsj T'l. Masefield ..,.,: 45 41 'S7 m Holiday ~...„... ; , 39 40 ,41 J22 ..lames ...,..'37. 41 .41. 119 Hawthorn .., „ gg 45 2 « , j )g rr %1 a •-"■••■•• •■••- '® « 37 112 Hadfield 44, 42 25..i1l Patrick .'. 43. 36 24 103 t Guy .....;....,................... 46 ■33 ■ 19':. SB -~- : t"M. „... ;.,.. ..;:„..;. 10l i Total in first stage , 1057 1 ■ ■■' ■ ,'■-':' . ■ — ■ ' :. Aggregate ■ ........;............ 1053 j. Colonel. Hughes, who-! commands, the Now . Zealand team, gives full credit to the Australians for. their win, He declares that in'gen*, nrnlship and methods of'coaching Australian riflemen aro fur superior to New Zealand. j •'.''. N.Z. RIFLE REgOBPS STAND. ; At the great Empire Rjile Match, fired in 3 Sydney on, October 18th, 1909, the resu'its- . Commonwealth, 1122; New Zealand, 1057—fell p far behind tho?e attained, at' tb'e Trentham . Rifle Meeting,; 1909. : . Only one "possible" was ,- ficpred in; Sydney;. whereas,. at: Trenthani, the ] score of possibles stood at the nmasting. figure . of .245, . We.understand thiit the difference between the records'for the -inepli'ngs • stands 3 ahout-Trcntham,.24s; Sydney, under 200. And . yet at Trentham ordinary service,sights only r used; whereas jit Sydney the inep had-the ; striking advantage pf the new aperture sights. ' , A"«Ml!) this remarkable superiprity of-th* shpotimjat Trentham over the shooting at J Sydney, 'Why?-' .■,.. '. '•'■':'-.. . . Thero is bnly.ono discoverable 'roasqpj' At , Trenthani .''C.A.C.!-' Cartridges wero used • throughout. The men had tbpbenefit-of- the j liprt and surest ammunition.. Tbi>r» was no irritation and jio time loEt. ■■■'•' _ At Trentham, ypu. will remember, .■iw j world's, records and one. New, Zealand record j were broken.! It.was a most astonishing perj forraancfl. Scores mado at Bisjey with the . famous Palma .303 .;.cartridge were easjly . eclipsed. At Trentham no other werp used than the famous ~303 Mark VI,, Military! Regulation Cartridges,-. manufactured'in . the' Dominion 'by tho' Colonial Ammunition Co., Ltd... Nearly 150,000 rounds . were .fired,-, and fhe executive, officer reported- voluntarily that not one hod been found defeotiviv ;.., 'Here, then, we have a veritable triumph for a great and flourishing New' Zealand, industry, . Not ono duffer'among 150,000 cartriugesl.ul js a wonderful rfcpjd. . Nov Zealand, can.; not pnly hpl.d her pwn in tho- industrial'•fieldj'.'b.ijf ' upon occasion she'can beat tjio md;t' fa'inouii '. pf her rjvals ji( the 01(),.World.;: ";.".;,;,, 3 .* G2 f '. ''. :'■:■'■ ' -", " '"■"■■'7-'..' '",''■;'"'';,;■.;.'