RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 760, 8 March 1910, Page 6

RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TWO SCHOOLS.

TEAMS AND SERVICE MATCHES

RICOCHETS,

THE LEADING TRENTHAS3 AGGREGATES, ! -■:. TWO KARORI MEN ON TOP. LONG RANGE SHOOTING IN A MIRAGE. INTERESTING CASES ANALYSED.

: Kne weather, but very tricky winds »hd : ever-changing lights prevailed at Trentham yesterday; when the Dominion ■ Eifle ; Championship' completed its third .day. Two important championship matches were completed, and the initial : stages of the final two'were also accomplished! ' ! The Wellington ■ ioatch—a te'hr Bhot contest at 500 and 600 yards—was won.by. Corporal j. ; V. Fjsher,/of Stoke (kelson),'with "a score-: of 96 ; points, the runner-up being" Riflemo'nV. J. the' Akaraha (Auckland) -Rifle. Club, • whose 'aggregate ..equalled the ' winner's,' but who had to take second . place on the ■ count back. The. Otago match—:ten shots tit' 800 a!nd 900 yards—fell to Sergeant ",J. Moye, of the Denniston' Rifles, who totted up ■ SI. The runner .up • was Quarter-master-Sergeant Morgan, .of. . Auckland, who was .one -poiiit behind.- With two half-matches—the Auckland'"an.d- Canterbury events—to complete, Rifleman; -H. Marshall, of the ICarori Rifle Club, is leading in the championship aggregates , with?36s points;-his'.-club ; mate, Rifleman G. -Halliday, being second, .two.'points behind. The Auckland and Canterbury matches will nob be 'completed till 'tomorrow, when a/ general "washing up" will take place, and': tile''"King's. Fifty" :. announced. -;. The ..result ; 'of ' the' Union Company's-, cup. competition''mil be, .decided on the aggregate'.scoMS of the first three matches of the' championship: and the New Zealand-representative team ftp. compete *ith the. Australians'in'--the Empire match) Will be selected/•'To-day Bervice'shooting will engage the'attention' of, the. rillemen,. .and -as: many of the • service matches as .it.uiay to undertake will be cleared .out of, the way. SOME OF THE TARGETS. THE SUBTLE MIRAGE. ; _Ona'.very. hot (lay, as yesterday, was :at ; Trentham, the - heat shimmers - in - the . middle' distance—'objects*seSm' to vibrate; they are, to the.eye, deflected out'of■ their proper 'perspective, : sometimes ' to ..the right, sometimes, to. the, left,- now> upward/ now-,downward. .This 'shimmer-of - course*' creates a-mirage. ;,-Unless the -marksman knows: this "true wind," as-. they"call it. sometimes, he is very apt- to -be disappointed. The First Victim. . Corporal Baldwin,- of Jnvercarjjil], firing; in:,the Otago . match at' 900yds:,'-,was-..the ~v J c . til s .'!! ( ) f "Viu.irage,;' yesterday.;v he /was Scpring; Dml -'thc hcat' ; .liaze • began' to assert itself, and ; tlid bullet mysteriously disappeared. The same thing ' happened ' .with the seventh bullet/' Obviously, the c6iTection.;iv'ould ;> be' ; p.':puzzle. •

3core b 5 0 5• 5 5 0 5.5 5-40 W'd - lOr 10r lOr lOr lOr lOr lOr iOr 8r 8r Opr. ... ? . r- ;— ■' — ——. - Corporal Baldwin < was making "His 'first, attempt with the "peep-hole":sights and 1 was strange to: the 900 yds. range, which is practically'' unknown'" in InvercargilL ;'- .The Second Victim. • — : •: > Tessimond, of the -Australians) -Was 'an-' other . victim, his'misfprtune occurring- in' the Otago. match 1 , at :the 900 yds- range..

Score 5 5 5 3 5 5 5' 5 4 . 5—17 W'dage 7r: 6r' 8r 8r Br, 9r 8r lOr lOr llr:. Correct'n —'—. — — t-'—— llr -r.J. V ' Elevation—Tessimond's'., elevation ' was correct until the fourth shot, which'went low,- and '■ necessitated' the elevation !heihg raised two degrees:;' ,;/ '■ '.-V'-v/ An Ex-Champion's .111-Luck. •• -Rifleman -R. ; J." King; of Opakvhad a run of il}-luck with his .ten shbts at yards ; iff ■: they Canterbury. Match': j' : .

Sc! si '4 5.4. 2'5 -1 . 5." 4-4 3-40 W'd'lsr 16r 16r 14r 13r 13r 15r'15r 14r 15r14r Cor. 16r 15r — 13r llr — 16r —■ -t- - 14r llr Elevations-Aperture, 64 to 62. degrees.: .v. The Troubles of a Young Shot. . Coi.-Sergt.'' Baker, Wellington- City': Rifles; one of the most consistent of the younger' generation of week-end- shootirts at 'Trentham (luring the : season, had a bad time in the 900, yards' stage of-the Otago.Match:

Score' ... 5 ,0 4 0 3 5 3. 5. 4 5—34 Windage -. ,6r'6r."4r 3r 4r 6r 7r.,ft* 7r Br, dorrecfipn —,4r.4r D6r— 4r —,6r —' Elevations-Aperture sight, G& "to 63 de- '' 'grces. -'' ": . A Veteran's Magpies. •Quartermaster-Sergeant, Shaw,'.' of Auckland; prefers' biill's-cves to.lmagpies, but two of the birds of ill-omen'settled upon' him when;he got off; histen, shots at .600. lards ih' tne Otngp . Match: -

(Score ... 55555 55 3 5 3-46 Windage 6r 6r 7r*7r Br Gr;6r, 7r 6r 7r' ' Correction — — — -- — — — lOr — 4r Blevatiqn—Normal; B.S.A, aperture, 35 . .degrees. -'••••.- . '

I CHAMPION AGGREGATED.

' . THE,MEN ON TOP. -~-•/' The folio wing'are: the fifty-one highest aggregates to date:— H: Marshall, Karori —.......—365 G.'.Halliday, Karon 363 Capt. King, Christohurch 361 Lieut. Sandford, Chnstchurch 361 Sergt.-Jlajor.-Evans.- Christchuich ... 360 w. h; cutler3s9 Sergt. Frank, Ne150n*"..:.;'.:...— 359 Ptej. Govenlock, .-Woodville-w. 359 J. A'kar&na 358 O. E. Boyd, New South Wales ......... 357 W. J. l'igott, New South' Wales ...... 357 Gunner Ching,- Lyttelton... 356 W. W. Kenning,' Nelson — 356 Q.-H.-£s. 'Shaw,' 'Auckland : 356 . Sergt". Baker, Wellington 355 Capt. RcfsS,' Wellington 355 Lieut. Skelley, Wellington ...... 355 Rifleman -Worthington, Kio Kio ,355 Lieut. Clarke, Waibi- 355 Corjj.rFiiler, Stoke": ....:.. 355 Sergt. Wills, Southland ..............—.. 354' Rifleman. -..., 354 Pte. Marenzi, Eketahuna ................ 354 Pte.- G., Crimp;, Green -Island 354 Sergt.-Stedniati. 'GhristchuTOh'3s4 Sergt. James, Napier; ..v:..-..-...'...... 354 Rifleman Olivef, .King• Country . 354 Rifleman Moslem;/Kaeo :....T 354 Rifleman. W. N. MaSeneld,"Sounds... 353 Corp.' Patrick/ .Auckland 353 Qi-M.-S. Morgan, ' Auckland'".'3s3. L. Loveday,. Ohura ' 353 W. Bi-nton-';.....;,. 353 Sirgt:. Carey, Patea. .'352 Pte.'Tozer, 351 Sergt.-Major Maimray,'"Piako ._........... 351 Rifleman Ellis, Petahe v....::'/............. 351 Trooper Olsen, Kketalmna 351 Gql.-Sergt;> Grindell, -'-Napier,3sl Rifleman Cuthberts,ori,.' l :-.Tis > .Marina -350 Sergt.- Eden,-.Waini^'.^.v.-.s: ; ..350 Sergt." Ileadi' Na'pier-350. Rifleman ',Tessim6nd,jNiS.Wr::..3s.o Sergt.:; Ryder; 'Ha*sHrigs-;.v:;/..'.:. : -•••• . 349 Sergt".. Green,,,,\Ye£tport......• •• '349 Pte^AndersonV"Auckland'........; 349 Pte. Allen, -Wanganui 349 Rifleman G. Loveday; ;0hura,............ - 349 Pte;: Grover,' ■Taranaki«»i...:-.... v .'......... 348 Gapt.-".R«Uinsdh, Waih'i [RiflpJhjin :.Wiltonj 'Petone\/.V!:i...... t ...>.. 348 >•NOTES ON' THE SHOOTINO, CURIOUS EXPERIENCES.

. Firing, in the second stage .of theOtago match at : ?(M : y«rds, H wsatow : «indfc Aysori,; of; llnrihifeur/scored possible,; ■ for - his sighte" Eifleinan E. Grant; b£, Taradlile, 'who'-' go'f''a l -'humble »37 at >600 yards, was the -only other "possible" . scorer, in this stage'of the.match. Bugler Ballinger, of Nelson, made 49 1 — good effort after his'modest-score of . 39.'at : 800 yards on '.Saturday. i H. Marsden,. of Nelson, also'!came.out, with•49,' bettering;his score at, 800-yards by. 15.... '■<•.' ■•'. i Efce. Quarterman,i~of;'i-Tnrakina, who. tnade 37 onlyVjt to notch 49— points. M'lver, of the' Highland Sifes. was also in 1 , good. form, witii . his He madeV4o,.at 800!yajds. i, dther.: good scores, w,ere 'those ofiPte.- Morgan;-Napier? 48— 5355555555; Major W., 48— 5555555455;) Lieut'. 48— 5544555555; Lieut. Sandford,- Ghristchurch, 48—5554554555; A. A";' Oliver,' King Country, ' 48—5455555545 ;',;and -P-t'e.' E. Halding," Blenheim,' 48—5545455555, . QuartermasterSergt. ;,'MoTgin,'''pf Auckland, also. secured 48/.' After starting' ■ off' .with two inners,. he.' kept on (he bull until he had completedshboting. Sergt. Head, Napier, got three -with - his first ,shbt,--a)id'.:.tnen:.'put; on nine bnlls, making-his-total 48. -

, Sergt. Munro,:Murihiku, who only compiled 38 at the first range, put on 48, the sixth and hinth shots being fours, and a three and, a four broke M. H. Tessimond's (IJew;,South -Wales) .line of fives, -and left nini -with. a total of .47.' Sixteen - others scored "47;-' Pte. ,C6pk,Palmerstoh North, only. got 37,; at. .the . 800,' yards" range, but he rose to' 47 at 900 ;yards,' a four and a three spoiling a clear line of fives. . Pte.' Crimp Vis no'doubt vowing vengeance on the treacherous . Trentham zephyrs. .< His ;sighter ihissed* the target, likewise his.;number.. 1 : business,shot; also number.: 2;,. and 'SO > on to „the end of th 6 chapter; the-book'being closed on a score of .nil. . At,, the .800 yards stage Crimp put-on 36; Another marksman who has 'fairly,. Price of the - City; Rifles—got up - from' the mound with, a credit'of; 10.'- 'His first and last s . °, ? ■ t'nlls,. and "the intervening A tb a P |!lce on the target. At, the<Boo :range in the. same match Pte. 1 rice s tally was 31. ■; Another local shot, A. Marchanf, of : Karori, who had 32 to his credit at 800 yards, only'scored 10 at yuu jards, lii 6 score reading 0000343000. -Another Karori niai, G. P. : Brown,.had bad luck.: .After scoring:4s at 800 -yards, he .| dropped" , away , , to .23 at the longer, range. Quartermaster-Sergeant' Shaw, of Auckland, who got- 49 at -800 yards,' 'JP" ba(l ly a ' longer. range with 38 only.'.:. M'Alley, of Australia; only B i a ??. ;4s < T at each,range, and-,W.-H. CuUer, of. the Aew;South-Wales team, who'got. his possible at" 800- yards;- emerged - from Ins "shoot" -at; 900 yards - with' a'modest"

iH '.fiM.; istageV iif .the . Wellington match, .-ton'shots,;.at'6oo yards/ possibles w-ere , so -'scarce-, that 'no- one .could find them. . CofporaJ: Fisher, the dinner of the match, mode i '49, '5455555555.- Quartermail's ;(Turakina): ; 49,-5545555555 was also a good performance... :.,W. 3>; Pigott, of the Australians, added.^'his' name to' the list of top-scorers at "49, 5555555455. Another-' "forty-iuiier'' .was 'Seigt. Wills,' of Southland, 5545555555:'- -.'Forty-eights were soored ,hy ; ,l. Parslow. Akarana, 555355555; Capt. -Sothern,- • Groymou'h, " 5554555455; Sergt. ;-Y^p;.i'Auckland; A 5555555445; W. H. J[o®len,"'.-KM0,'>5535554455aid- Private Tozor, -Temuka', 4555555455. Twenty-four others scorcd 47." Several.-of the men who -have done'fairly good shooting'at. the 500 yards)range:of:"the)Wellingt<in -match fell off badly when they-essayed a "shoot" at 600 yards.'.vA' ; 'respectable,^-total of 45 was compiled-by. Eastbourne, in his 500 'yaias'effort; but," at"6oo yards, .he left.the mouiid Trith\only:;l97to his credit. J.;M'Hattie, 6f,.'Opaii/ also'.>had 45 a± 500 yards,.'but'.,he had : to':-befco'nten.t wjth -29 at' 600 yards;, Lieut. ;Hol}ard,(Hutt) started off. with five miss«i'but're<x>vered snfficiently .fo make his At the ,500 yards range on' the previous.day his scora sheet showed';44;-.'SapperT'Millan, "of the Canterbury Engineers, " was, not in'.brilform at the first stage'.of the .ma.tch, when' his;effort' : yielded 19,' but :he fell .off further:ai■ -GOO^yhis" shots-only totaJling ! '6,'' which was made up of-eight .misses, a two., and,-a four. " A drop from .44 '^500'toidS it-'Mb-wai ,th'e position', of J. Meyers (Akarana); : and-Private Jack, ofLinwood,-' fellwfroin- the.'inoderately high : 40^at.'500 '.yai<fe''to the. lowly : ppsition of 14, at 600.. .

V-A; Cutler;'the Australian crack who has 'done • phenomenal shooting in . his time, soliloquises"Yes, .this is the shooting j weather Australians' like —brisk and bright. ' 1 can't shoot oil Trentham. Feel like taking the -..first boat for Australia. This is ,-,my' .lasti.:time, here. I've got enough . cups -and to stock a jeweller's shop. ; I-don't know whether I'm wi6ng, :: iny'gun's >TOng;'or;what's wrong —but I-can't .shoot. Best range I've ever shot' on? Willi'amstown; certainlylts quite fair and there are no 'patches' of windj. -It's a flat. ;plain, looking out to sea and every/, man 'down' gets the same conditions."-' -Tip'.'to time'' of .writing Cut-' ler's best , effort at any.': range :was 41 out o;" aSO possible. - : ,

WELLINGTON MATCH. 500 and' 600 yards, ten shots at. each range. Prize' money, .£125. First .prize, £5; second and third, ,£V each; fourth, fifth, and sixth, .£3 each; ' seventh to tenth, £2 each; eleventh..to eighty-fifth, .£1 fe'ch; ten tyro prizes of »£1 each, and twenty of 10s. each. '■ ' 500 600 ', '- . " - yd. yd. T'l. 1 Corp. J. Fisher, Stoke:.—,. 47 49 06 2 Rfln. J.: Parslow, Akaroa... 48 48 9(5 3 Sergt. Baker, - Wellington .49 47 . 96 4 Sergt. James, Napier........ 49 47 96 '5 Corp. Smith. Hastings ... 48 47 95 6 Sergt. Tonkin,Diinedih... 48 47 95 7 Capt. King, Linwood ...... 48 47 95 8 Rfln. W. J. Pigott, N.S.W. 45 49 94 9 Rfln. W. H. Moselen, ' Kaeo 46 48 9-1 10 Gunr. F. W. Ching, Lyttelton 47 47 94 11 Sergt. Frank, -Nelson ...... 47 47 94 12 Pto, A. Govenlock, .' ' Woodville '... 47 47 94 13 Rfln.'R; York, Waitahuna .48 46 .94 14 Q.-M. Shaw, Auckland" ... 48 -46 94 15 Pres. Marshall, Karori ... '46 47 93 1G Rfln. N. Willoughby, ! Gladstone 46 47 93 17 Pte. Russell, Hutt : ......... 47; 46 93 18 Rfln; C.' Whiteman, Hutt 47 46 93 19 Surg.-Capt. Macknight, Maniototo 47 '46- 93 20 Rfln. W. Greig, Hutt ...... 48 45 93 21 Corp. Kells, Palmerston North .-r 49 44 .93 22 Pte. Given, Wellington 49 44 , 93 23 Rfln. Williams, :" Featherst'on r, 49 44 93 24 Sergt. Stedhian, Christ- ' church 49 44 93 25 Pte.. Eyles, Dannevirke .... 49 44 93 26 Sergt; Green; Westport, ... 50 43 93 27 Rfln. L. Loveday, Ohura... 50 43 93 28 Sorgt. Wills, Southland -... 13 49 92 29 Pto. Tozer, Temuka '. 44. 48 92 30 Rfln. F. G._ Harrison, . New . .' South Wales 45 47 92 31 Corp.; M'Connell, . Christ- ' ' church 46 .46 92 32 Rflii. W. K. Williams, Ohura ..V 46 46 92 33 W. H. Cutler, New Sooth . Wales «. 92 34 Lieut. Hood, llasterton ... 46 46 92 35 Sergt. - Eden, Waimea ...... 46 46 92 36 Rfln. Worthington, Kio Kio 47 45 92 37 Sergti-Maj. Bilton, New South .Wales 47- 45 92 33 Sgt; Tinney,' Wellington ... 48 - 44 92 39. Acting-Capt. lirine, Nelson 48 .44 .92 40 Corp; Melhuish, ■ Kaikoura -48 44 92 41 Capt. Rollinson, Waihi ... 49 43 92 42 Corn. Mosley; Kaitangata -49 43 92 43 Rfln. J. Guy. Rahotu 50 42 92 44 Rfln. -. Tuke . ...Whiteman, • . ■ Hutt V.:.;.' 44 47; 91 45 Rfln.' C. -Williams, Ohura 45 46 91 46 Gapt. W. Domigan,': Gore 45 : 46'; 91. 47 Col;-Sgt.-M'Kerras, Auck- -- :' land' ' '45 46 9148 Rfln. G. ..Loveday, Ohura 45 46 91 4i) QiM.S: Fraser," Port Chal-: •liters-: 45 ,46 91 50 Ptie'i Blaikie,. Brube ■ ......V..', 45 46 91 51 Sgt. .Oliver, .Taranaki 46 45 91s'i Lt.' M'Gormick, v Hawke's ' Bay ■ :. 46 45 -91 53 Rfln; A. H. : (3uy, Kaponga -46' 45 91 5'4 Pte.- Flaherty; .Greymouth 46 45 91 55.5. .Rhodes,'*.N,S.W. ' .......... 46 45 91 50 Pte. Weddington. Imperial Rifles : 46 45 91 57 Rfln. A.- Speck, '.Stratford 47 44 - 91 58 Rfln.: Hi: S. Ellis, Petane 47 .44 - 91' 59 Capt. Potter, Auckland ... 47 44 91 60 Corp. Mixnssen, Nelson ... 47 44' 91 61'Sgt.;- Major:.- Maingay, Piako 47 44 91 (P. Sgt. Childs, Ashburton 48 43. 91 63 Lt., Ongley,, Oairiaru , 4S-.-43- 91' 64 Rfln. Quartennan, ;,Tura- ' ktm; . 41- 49; 90: 6.'> Rfln." G. Halliday, Karori;.; 48 . 47- 90,. fiC Rflh.:'o.; E. sßoyd,' N.S.W., 43 '47 . 90' 07- Pet. Smitu, Geraldine ... '43 47 . 90 68. Pte.j Campbell, Oreti 43 - 47 . .90! 6'V Pte. Barkle,' Chrjstchurch 44 : .47 90' 70 Rfln.'H. Cuthtortson, Tua,-' .. jiariha. '44 46 90, 71 Rfln. A. Beeth'am, .Opaki '44 ,46 ' 90. 79'Sst. M. Carey, . Patea 44.; 46 ...90 73 Rfln. G. A'. .'Monk,' Nga-': , 1 tiawa -45 45 . 90 74 Tpr. Campbell, Murihiku 45 45 . 90 75 Pto. G; Crimp, Green Is^land ' '.....v...'...... 45 45 90 76 Capt.'Ross, Wellington ''45 '4b. 90 77 Rfln. E.' J:'Painton, Nel- " '" : son « ,45 '90 7-! Pte. T. Fraser, Kaitangata 45 45 90 7) Sgt.-Head, Napier 45 45 90 83 Lt.-Col. D'Arcy ... Nelson :v. 45 45 - 90 81 Rfln. W. R. Clark, 'Rangitikei 45 45.; 90 82 Corp. Ayson, Murihiku, "46 44 ,90 83 Rfln. J. Perrini' 1 Linton"... : 46 44 '90 84 Lt. Sanford, ;Ghristchurch' 46 44 90 8"i Pte; Clifton,. Active List 46 44 ' 90 Counted .. out.—Patrick, Wilson, Kenning,' Humphries, and, Br^ce.'."

Tyros—Winnere of £1 each: Ca.ptain, W. Bradsliaw, Ashburton; Private, J ones, Linwood; Rifleman J. D. Christian, Rahotii; G. P. : Brown, .Karori; "Colour-Sergeant Morgan, .Napier; • Sergeant!, Bryan, Wai-. uku; Private Hopwell, • Eltham; Gimnnr Keenan, Port -Chalmers; Rifleman Hay, lvarori;' Sapper. Urquhart, !:I Djiinedin,;,B9 each.' ' Winners',of -10s.. eachs.'Lieutenant Holden, :Auclflan'd; . 'Rifleman . -W.'vD. Banks, ScargiU? Private ,Gallien'j' : .Napier; Gunner ' Scott, Westport;Lanoe-Corporal Turner, Christchurch; Private, .Whale, Marton;: Rifleman:; J. ; Jarvis, Taradale; 89 Cach; Sergeant. P. Bafcham, Wellington ; Rifleman <V. ! Jenkins, Warea; Corporal . ■ Goodall, ■■; Greymouth; Lieutenant Levy, Westport; .Priyate ,H.- Hunt, Wellington ; Private ".' H. V Von. Tunzelman, Queenstownßifleman .P. 'Linsetti, Amberley;: Eiileinan C.' -E.vßlewitt," Mauriceville; ■ Private Swinard; Oamarh; Sergeant P. C.. Hogg; Rifleman A. K.' : Boyd, Hutt; Rifleman James Wright, Rivers'dale; Private Grover, Taranaki; each . 88. Counted out: Rifleman Oliver,, King Country; and-Rifleman W. Nix, Featherstori. : .

OTAGO MATCH. 800 and 900 yards,-ten -shots at each range. Prize-money, illSa. First prize, £o; second: and • third, £i each; fourth, fifth, and sixth, , .£3 each; seventh to tenth,' £2 each;, eleventh to eighty-fifth, •Sl-eachj; 10 tyro prizes of s£l each, and twenty of.'los. each., • 'V : c 800 900 - yds. yds. Tl. ' 1 Sergt. J. Moye, Denmston 47 47 94 2 Q.-li.-S. N. J. Morgan, .Auckland 45 48 93 3 Pte. P. Morgan,-Napier ... 45 48 93 i Pte. Olsen, Eketahuha ...... 46 47 93 5 Corp/ Clyde, Waikari ' 48 15 93 6 Corp. A. R. Ayso'n, Muri-' 'hiku- ............i..:............'...... 42 50 92 7 Corp.-.Patrick, Auckland... 45 47 •.92 .8 Sergt. M?Galley, : . N.S.W. ... 46 46 92' 9 Pte. Marenzi, Eketahnna... 44 47 91 10 Sergt. C. Thomas, Cromwell 47 44 91 11 Col.-Sergt Buschl. Waimea 48 43 91 12 G. Halliday,! Karoru.™—. 48 43 91 13 J. G. Wilson, Petone ...... 43 47 90 14 Pte. R. Allen, Wanganni... 43 47 90 15 Pte. Wi Wilson, Kaitangata' 44 46 90 16 Corp. C. Wellsford, Akx- ' ........iA 46 90 17 Pte. E. W. Storkey, Napier .44 46 90 18 Lt. Hawthorn, Wellington 45 45 90 19 Lt. F. -Bolton, Pahiatua... 45 45 90 20 P. Lnisetti, Amberley ...... 46 44 90 21 P. Ettinghausen, N-5.W.... 46 44 . 90 22 Gunner "Keenan;■ Port ChalI mew 46 44 90 23 Pte; R." Belk.' Feilding 46 44 90 24 Sergt. Crimp, Green Is--1 land 47 43 90 25 Sergt; W, Ryder, Hastings 47 43 BO 26 W. H. "Cutler, N.S.W.' 50 , 40 , 90 27 Pte: -W.mver, Wellington 40 49 89 28-Lt C. Bryce, Kaitangata... 41 48 .89 29 N; Thorpe, Stratford'' 42 47 SS--30 Sergt. N.'Jordan,. Blenheim 43 tff 89 31,Sergt. Wiills,.fSouthland 1 ... .43 46 . 89 32 Pte. T. • Marrett, Taranaki 13 46 89 33 H.'Marshall, Karori ......... 43 46 89 34 Gunner- F. 7W-. Cbing, Lytteltoh ....; 43 46 89 35 Sergt.-Maior Evans, Christ- . : church ...... 44 , 45 89 36 Sergt.-Major . - Maingay, . Piako 44 45 89 37 Lieut. T. Clarke, .Waihi... 44 45 89 38 Sapper Butcher, Dunedin... 45 44 89 39 E: Harrison,' Rahotu'...... 45 44 89 40 Capt..J. H. Ross, Wellington ...: :.... -.. 45 44 89 41 Pte. Geo. Crimp,- Green Is- < laud 47 42 89 42 Bdgler E.. Ballinger, Nelson 39 49 88 43 Sergt. F. James, Napier ... 41 47 88 44 Corp. F.; W. MTKay, Dunedin ! 41 47 88 45 M. H. Tessimond, N.S.W. 41 47 88 46 Pte. L. A;' Belk,. Feilding 42 46 88. 47. Pte. J. Anderson, Auckland 42 46 88 48 Pte. J. Frederick, Marton 42 46 88 49 Lt. G.: C. J. Hollard, Hutt 42 46 88 50 O. E. Boyd, N.S.W. 43 45 88 51 Lt. L. D. White, " Christ- .. church 44 44 88 52 J. MTjaughlin,- Eetone-..... 44 44 88 53 Sergt.; Cresswell;"' Marlborough 44 44 -ffi 54 Pte. Grovor, TaraaaJd 45 43 88

55 W; J. Pigott, N.S.W. ...... 45 «' 88 56 Pte. F. Vincent, Eltham ... 45 43 88 57 J. Sutherland, Opaki 45 43 88 58 Corp'. Sharlani, Stoke 45 43 88 5!) Lt. F. Wilton, Maurice- . . villi! .....: 4.1 43 SB 60 J. R.. Franklin, Weber ... 46 42 88 61 Cnl.-Sergt. Grindell, Napier 46 42 88 62 Corp. W.. Olsen, Eketahuna 46 42 88 63 .T. Timbrell, Lincoln 47 41 88 64 Corp.' G. J. Fisher, Wellington 48 40 .88 65 G. Grant, Taradale 37 50 87 66 Sergt. F. S. Head, Napier 39 4S 87 67 Lieut. S. F. Sanford, Christcburch .■ 39 48 87 6S .Major Macknight, Melbourne 39 48 87 69 A. A. Oliver, King Country 39 48 87 70 Lieut. Mirrilees, .Johnsonville .'... 40 47 87 71' Bugler Wayfe, Mntaura ... 41 46 87 72 G. Fisher; N.SIW. 41 46 . 87 73 Gunr. Focke, Wellington 42 45 87 74 Col.-Sergt. C. Aitken, . Feilding 42 45- 87 75 Banks, ICimbolton 42 45 87 76 D. M'lntosh, Opaki ......... 43 44 87 77 Pte. J. Winberbottom, Denniston. .....' 43 44 -87 78 J. Jarvis, Taradale 43 44-87 79 Sergt. F. Yates, Napier... 43 44 87 80 Pte: Hunt, Wellington ... 43 44 87 81 B. Gooke, Blenheim 44 43 87, 82 Sergt. Stedinan, Christchurch 44 43 87 83 W. A. Kenning, Nelson ... 44 43 87 84, Corp. Kells, PaJmerstonN. ,44 43 87' 85 W. J. Worthingtoni Kiotao 44 43 87 Counted out: Sofer, Winslade, Moselen, Liddle, M'Alullin, Skelley, Shaw. ... The following tyros w° n ■£! each: A. E., Boyd, Upper Hutt, Capt. Rollinson, Waihi, Pte. Campbell, Murihiku, A. Henderson, Sounds (each 86); Pte. H. Barkle, Christchurch, A.' Caldwell, • Karori, T. Currie,'Ohura, James Wright, Riversdale,' F. Cordukes, : Paraparaumu, Corp. Fisher, Stoke (each 85). ■ The following • took 10s. each: H. H. Mercer, Raugitikei, P. A. W. Preston, Auckland (each 85) ; Lieut. -P. .S. Hood, Masterton, Pfce. Cook, Palmerston North, Pte/'Mosley,. Kaitangata, -B." M. Peattie,: Flag Swamp, Pte. F. 'Preston, 'Auckland, W. E.' Williams,*. Ohura, Pte. A... Hadfield, Blenheim/ Col.-Sergt. 'C. Morgan, NapiOT,' ''Corp. : /Shannon,. Wellington, Sergt. ,T. Bryan; . Waiuku,'Pte. Brownlee, Thames,-' Gunner.' Croxtori, Wellington, W: -Baker, Rahotu, T. R. Caplin, Petone, ; Corp; W1 Gower, Wellington, H. S. -Ellis; Petane, Corp.-Bugler Hay, Napier, R. >J.Painton, . Nelson, (each 84). ,

AUCKLAND MATCH. 200 and 600 yards,. ten shots at each range. The 000 yards stage was, completed, the, leading scores being as follow:— Rifleman Balfour, Taradale 49 W. J. Tigott, N.S.W. 49 Sergt. Kennedy, Napier 49 Lieut. H; J.'Ellinglam, Auckland:-... 48 Pte. : Russell, Hutt ...i.';:.48 'Sergt.--J. Smith, Kaitangata. .48 Pte: Belk, -F0i1ding, : ...... 48 s; -A. Keiford, N.S.W. ... '18 G. Halliday, Karori ...... — 48 Trooper ....... 48 Capt. Beere, Gisborno 48 Col.-Sergt. Ching', Waimea. v ... 48 Pte. Froderick, Marton 48 Lieut.. Ongle.v, Queen's Rifles 47 El Vennell, Te Wbarau 47 A.' A. Oliver, King Country 47 Lieut. S. Koeley, D. Battery 47 C!.;-'H. Speck, .Stratford — ;47, ■F. 'Whiteman, Upper : Hutt :... 47 Corp; -Hurler, -AVanganui 47 Pte., Lang,, Deuniston . 47 H. Marshall, Karori 47 H. Cuthbertson, Tua. Marina 47 J.', I.apslow, .Akarana, -47 A. il'-tiurray,, Taradale .... -47 Pte. Patterson, Millerton . 47 R. - York, .Waitahuna „ 47 G. Grant, Tafadale 47 P. G. Wilton, .Alfredton 47 Pte. Farley, Auckland :47 Armourer-Corp.,; Saunders,.: Auckland 47 Pte.; Wing, Maxton ' ..; ,47 H. Williams, Featherston ■ 47 Sapper Urquhart, Duriedin .......... 47 Sergt. Wakelin,' Wellington -.. 47 Corp. Smith, Hastings 47 Capt. Sotheran, Greymouth 17 Sergt. Barcham, Wellington. -47' Nat Willoughby, ' Gladstone 47 Corp... Heail, 'Marton '•'•47 Corp. Fisherj Wellington .47 I'te; Tqzer, Temuka —. .47 F.C..Franklin, Weber .47 Sergt.-Campbell, Murihikn 47 Lieut. Levy, Westport — ... 47

( ;; ; :. CANTERBURY MATCH, •.900;. and. 1000 yards, 10 shots . at • each rajnge. The 900' yards range was completed yesterday afternoon, . the leading scores being as under:— .. ,• Sergt.' Smith, Kaitangata ; ; .+9 Sergt. Dodd, Wellington. • 4a Se'rgt.-Majov Evans, Christchurch 48 G. 'Grant, Tafadale .... 48 Ete. • Given, Wellington ....: 1S Pte. .Wagner, Popotunoa 48 Capt. Beere, Gisborno 47 Sergt. Ryder, Hastings 47 Corp. Cannon, Waiiganui 47 Trooper' Jlarcnzi,- Eketahuua 47 Jiieut. Clarke, . Waihi ......v............ 47 8.,' Cooke, Blenheim' 47 Sergt. Brown, Bruce ... 47 Sergt. Wilson, Canterbury • 47 Sergt. Stedman, Engineers 46 Col.-Sergeant Morgan, Napier 46 G.' Halliday, Karori 46 Corp.' Beale, Hastings 16 Corp. Go-irer, Wellington 46 Lieut. .Sandford, Christchurch ...16 • Ptei M'Culloch,. Fastings 46 Gunner Mole, Petone 46 Pta. Taxar, Tamukft 4fi

THE AUSTRALIANS' FIGURES. CUTLER TAKES THE . LEAD. The aggregates of members of the Australian thirteen show ' that" Armonrer W. H.- Cutler holds pride of place on the .visitors' list, with a total of 359. 0. S. Boyd, who has only been shooting for about five years, but who has done good work in tnat time, is second, with 357, and W. .T. Pigott, a member of the Sydney Tramway Rifle Clubs, is also on the. .357 mark. Tho' detailed aggregate totals are:—

W. H. Cutler 359 O. S. Boyd 357 W. .1. Pigott. 357 M. H. Tessimond 350 S. A. ICefford 346 J. Bilton 341 W. A. Porritt 341 G. Fisher 340 W. A. Jacobs 33S F. G. Harrison .. : .134 J. J. llathison 334 P. Ettinghausen 331 A. Cutler 319 The visitors took part in four different events yesterday, completing the 900 yds. Otago match and 600 yds. Wellington match, and starting tho 900 yds; stago in the Canterbury match and the 600 yds. stage in the Auckland match. Details of these matches are:— . . ..Otago. Wgtn. Cant. Auck. 900 . 600 900 600 yds. yds.,. yds. yds. A. Cutler 38 44 35 37 S. A. ICefford 46 45 43 48 W. J. Pigott ...... 43 49 38 49 W.A.Jacobs 40 43 40 42 W. H. Cutler 40 46 .41 43 F. G. Harrison ... 38 47 36 43 J. Bilton 40' 45 37 38 W. A. Porritt .40 14 ■ 11 41 G. Fisher 46 44 32 43 P. Ettinghausen ... 14 38 37 38 J. J. Mathison 38 • 42 40 . 40 M. ,H. Tessimond 47 . 40 .39 4G O.S.Boyd 45 .'47 '44, 45

"SERVICE" AND "TARGET" MEN. Advocates for "service conditions" in all defence shooting should hear the other side. A Dominion man listened with interest to a vigorous exponent of the. utility of. target-shooting . yesterday. Said the advocate: "There are two schools in rifle-shooting; the bull's-eye shots, {and the service shooting advocate's. In f&e Empire match at Sydney there was no tune limit, and, under the guidance of ■the coach, the Australians waited for ten m.rmites until the wind ..was. favourable bdfore they fired 'a shot. The British team wanted no time limit. The other school generally merely wastes ammunition. In the Gordon Highlanders match, the officers of that regiment drew up the conditions. They could have known absolutely' nothing of the rifle, since they insisted on snap-shooting ;at 1100 yards. The position was kneel or stand. 1 Firing at 1000 yards the rifle must be; absolutely stall, and every "precaution mtfst be'takeri. The target was a khaki man—and/if he had been a real man he would have been' quite safe at the -long distances." The team (there were four or five, teams entered) had to move up to 800 yards,, and, to show how "effective" this service rifle firo wu3, _ the New Zealand team: easily, with only five' hits on the man. Tho teams were each of eig:ht men, and every man fired ten rounds. At none'of the ranges would any sane man do snapshooting, because it is not effective. Snapshooting at. ranges, over-500 yards 16' insane. I don't- wonder - that in warfare it takes a million bullets to kill one man."

Advocates 'of . bull's-eye '.shooting, as against "service" shooting, are ten to one at -Trentham. --"I. quote Major Richardson,; an. English and shootingcaptain- of the.last-English team in ! Australia," remarked a . bull's-eye ;man. "Give me thepick of. the men 'shooting in first-class bull's-eye matches, such as the Eoloipore Cup. I'll let you (the service conditions people) pick from the winners of the service matches. Then my team shall shoot a match with you under service conditions for .£100." The shooter's point is that the first-cla£s target man is a first-class "service-condition" man, and infinitely more accurate . than. the' person who has only been trairied/asi a "service" shot.

• Another champion ' for target-shooting 1 'Advocates- of purely 'service-coriditioir rifle-shooting are not practical rifle-shots or-students. They -are. generally, bookmen or theorists.-• Before any man suggests the destruction: of target-shooting,' he should be made to use a- rifle. One of the keenest advocates of 'purely service conditions' is a military'officer who can-not-shoot at all. .It seems hardly worth while, quoting him." '.

ENTRIES TO DATE. Entries for .the champion team match (open to teams of five from volunteer'or cadet- corps or 'defence force rifle clubs) closed last night. The ; distances, are 200 yds., 400 yds., and GOOyds., seven shots at'each distance. There mil. be ' ek'ht prizes for this event,, valued at'\£6o. The first prize is the ' District Challenge bhield, and .£2O. Entries to date .are as under:— .. Wellington City Eifles "B" team; Timaru, Rifles; Ashburtbn Eifles; Opaki Victoria ' Rifles (Auckland) B. team; Earori "C" team; 'Post 1 and Telegraph Rifles. The : following teams have entered for the sectional firing, cover firing, surprise service target, and:. Colonial Ammunition Company, series:—Linton, Eltham, Wellington City Rifles "A" team, Manchester Kiiies, Green Island. : Rifles,' Auckland Mounted Eifles, Dennis ton, ■ Murihikn, Hastings, Linwood, Zealandia Rifles, Napier Eifles, Kaponga Eifles, Napier Guards, Nelson. Rifles, Victorian Rifles, laradale, ■ Opaki "A". and "B" teams, Upper. Hutt, Te Wharau, Weber, Ohura, Jretone, Second .■ Battalion Auckland Intantry, First- Battalion Wellington, ftmaru Port Guards, Dannevirke, Christchurch Eifie Club, Akarana Rifle Club, Stratford, Eaitangata, Nelson, Canterbury Engineers, Riversdale Rifles, Earori A * nd No. 2 Wellington Battahon (Wanganw), Tua Marina, South Canterbury Battalion, and Bruce Eifles.

Appropriate names for men with rifles axe to be found among the competitors. Kitchener" is shooting; so is "Maaser" ou "OU£ names of' foreign flavour indole /Etanghansan," "Marenzi," and. "TassimomL" The "lifer" of a rifle-shot, is long and enthusiastic; and any old shot talks ratn fervour of the days long syne. In tie champion team match at Trentham m.1301, the City Rifle team included W Randall, A. Ballinger, W. Bollinger, and C. Hales. Twenty years before all theso men were in the team that won the same match, the fifth, man (Boss) having died in the interval. Age cannot wither nor custom stale their infinite onthusiasm. 1 TVTlring about ranges. and their vagaries'to Halliday, of Earori, yesterday, it was elicited that in his opinion Palmereton North range is the best he had eroer fired on. Woodville, he held, is exceedingly good for an open range, without serrated hills at' tto rear, and gives fair conditions to all contestants. A marksman yesterday called, the attention of a reporter to tho absence of rifle shooting as a training or pastime for constables, stating that Mr. Bishop, S.M., had mentioned that policemen should ba trained to shoot. He instanced the excellent shooting done by Australian constables, and named a case. Constable "Dave" Scott,' of the Sydney Police, for two successive years won the long-field aggregate. His method in all he did was exceeding care, and "you could tell he was a shot as soon as !>• got down on the mound." But the most interesting 'case and coincidence is that Policeman Scott, during each of the occasions referred to, put up 215 points, which figures constituted . his. "regimental" number in the police force. A revolver is " part of the equipment. - of ■ officers of • the '.New Zealand Defence ' Force, and it is awmnod—.pari-am ortoneouslx—that ofli-

cers can use this weapon. There is, however, no evidence that this is so, for nu revolver matches are fired at Trentham. Revolver matches aro common in England and still commoner in-America. The finding of a revolver bullet on Trentbam yesterday suggested an inquiry and it was shown that navy men sometimes journey thither for practice. Revolver class-firing for officers might arouse interest in a weapon that is much' neglected and which has a wide field of usefulness. No adjunct besides an aperture sight is necessary for accurate shooting from c properly tested rifle. ■ It lies, as. onu marksman says, quite as cosily on a'rifle, as if it were "built in" und with a. simple protector the rille may be parried wherever a man need fight. "Tricky, be hanged!" rapped out a-grev-haired shot, "what's tHe good of shooting if the wind isn't tricky? With an aperture sight in a dead true, wind or a calm, a man with accurate eyes can't miss a bull's-eye. Without wind . variations shooting i 3 as interesting, as picking oakum or shelling peas." A "shot" with a twenty years "life" was asked if a rifle barrel lived that long. Ho laughed. It seems that an ordinary "stock"'barrel is generally true and effective for one season. With careful handling, cleaning, and attention by the armourer, a two or even thres-Tears-old barrel may still pile'on bull's-eyes.. "Ifs all very well-to hold that a bare and unaltered rifle will, do absolutely accurate shooting," said a' veteran. "No two rifles are alike'.-' If' I want to'fire at COO with my gun ,1 use the 500 mark, and so on. A rifle must be studied continually. I will guarantee that a crack shot, using the same windage, sight, and elevation on a dozen different rifles one after the other will obtain diverse/ results with each gnn. Maybe the rifle ic faultless to,the man who tests.it, and inaccurate is the soldier until he has 'learnf it."

, Some men on the Trentham range .cannot remember the old English yew bow, the cloth-yard, "quarrel" or the Norman cross-bow;. but' there are ancients onthe ground who have had their shoulders bruised with "Brown: Bess," the hardhitting Enfield,; the. Snider (which kicked like a horso), the Martini (which had mulish tendencies), and the single-shot .303. Rifleman Reynolds, of Christchurch, who is something of a veteran, talking to a'Dominion-reporter, said that he used to shoot rather, well with the old Snider arid-then'gave up for thirteen years before he. took'.to .the Martini. One.'extra; ancient veteran spoke.interestingly of the time' when in' the heat of battle the soldier put - three, ■ or even four charges in his gun,. raihmed them down, and pulled the trigger without adding a percussion cap. "If the soldier remembered the. cap when' his musket was full to tHe end of the barrel," quaintly observed the. veteran; "there was no soldier left at the butt end of .the gun."

"Thank goodness the marker's, alive," fervently exclaimed a man on the 900 yards mound, when,' after long immobility, the target ■ sank. ■ Markers are frequently puzzled to find a puncture in the target, and this is usually the cause of 1 delay. The rifleman. wound up by saying: "That's, one funeral I haven't got>to attend;" ...

_ Markers know'., when they.: are, going into a trench, but not when they are coming ont. ; One'marker-yesterday afternoon was seen carrying a large tin towards the targets. "What have you got there; Tom?" queried a mate. "Tea, ;some. ..candles !" said. Tom.

...Illustrating/ the vagaries of.' fate—or the - wind—it '-is: interesting to note : > the luck of various. men. - For instance, Wil-liams,'-of yesterday at one range put on nine consecutive bull's-eyes. Then he-allowed one degree windage, arid .'went quite; off. the target. It was noticed in l several < : cases that men -made either bull's-eyes or misses—nothing else.

Many shootists mention Trentham as' being , the most up-to-date range in Australasia as" far as equipment is doncerhed. The telephone cables, are,, however, .laid. along the ground,; and smeri' 1 sometimes ,trip in them. Before-next these cables will be bffiied. ,;u.. There is no doubt that the permanent artilleryman- is an person. He has practically been under canvas "since October.--/ He had a week's break' during that, month and then went into : the Petone Navals' camp.- ■ Leaving there -he journeyed . to ; Palmerston • North for the tournament, had a trifling spell, and then-' attended Colonel Gorton's funeral on New. Yearns Day. - After this duty came the Wellington Navals' camp, his own training camp, the manoeuvres at .Tohnsonville and-the Kitchener camp at Fort' Ballance. Now he is hard at-work at Trentham— and .he is a healthy-looking specimen. • It. is-estimated that by the end of the n.eetiug, something like ' 145,000 rounds Vill' have- been,fired into the Trentham hills, at tho rear of the targets on which" .many keel eyes are now: straining. Nineteen, cases of .cartridges, representing about (12,700 shots/ had been fired. . The. whole - of'. the ammunition used, at , .the meeting has been specially manufactured for, Trentham by the Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland.. ■ ;

Challenges rolled in steadily , during yesterday's shooting, .the number lodged 1 against the marking -in tho ■ trenches mounting: up to 261 before the order to oease. fire .was given. Only 64' of that total number were sustained, and as each challenge/carried a 2s. Gd. fee with it, "the monetary return from this sonroe was .£32 125.,6 d.; or a'total of 12s. 6d. to date.