CABLE NEWS. ' TbY ELtCTKiC TELEGKAPH.—COPYBIGHT.J . 4 THE BiSLEY RIFLE MEETING. «

Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 24 July 1897, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. ' TbY ELtCTKiC TELEGKAPH. — COPYBIGHT.J . 4 THE BiSLEY RIFLE MEETING. «

A WELLINGTON MAN HOLDS OUT TILL THE FINAL STAGE: [PBESS ASSOCIATION.") London. 23rd July. In firing for the second stage of the Queen's I'rize to-day, Sergeant Scott, of the Border Regiment, made the highest score, 151, making his aggregate for the two stages 219. He wins the silver medal as "the highest scorer. The second stage scores included Cartpr, Victoria, and Howe, Wellington, each 146. SSiiorers of under 207 will be excluded from the 100 who compete for the final of the Queen's Prize. The present aggregates of the- New Zealanders are : — Hawthorne, Wellington 207 Richardson, Dunedin 205 Howe, Wellington (including possible at 500 yds in second stage) 204 King, Oamaru ... ... 200 Harris, Little River 196 The other leading colonial aggregates are : — Victorians.— Carter, 211; Walker, 203; Todd, 198. Queeuslanders.— Bradle3 r , 204 ; Anderson, 202 ; Mitchell and Heeuan, 199 ; Ferguson, 194. It is interesting to note that in the Queen's Prize Match the total of the eight highest from New Zealand was 752 and that of the eight highest from Victoria 742, so that New Zealand's eight beat the record score which won the Kolapore Cup by one point, firing at the same ranges and under the same conditions.