THE THIRD MAN.
I CAPTAIN I. H. ROSS. ' Captain J. H. Ross, ' third in the . "King's," ii a highly-popular rifle shot, 3 who began his career on rifle-ranges in the 'seventies. He admits that ho js fifty years old, -and that the coming of the aporture sight has increased his
shooting life. He won the old Cartiine Belt outright while a subaltern in the Napier Rifle Volunteers. ■ The three occasions were in ISBJ, 188G, and 1888. He has boen runner-up for the Belt twice— first in 18S9 (Sergeant Parslow, Auckland, champion}, and in 1898 (Private J. M'Gregor, Oamaru Rifles,' champion). As an officer of F Battery.in R.N.ZJ.A.V. he first shot in an association meeting at Brightwator, Nelson, in 1879. He was ono of the New Zealand representative team at Melbourne during Exhibition year (18S9). ' Captain Ross used to shoot from the right shoulder. -Nowadays he uses the left. He is on the active unattached list, and is employed in the Civil 1 Service.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 12
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