RIFLE SHOOTING.
DAILY MAIL COMPETITION. ty Telegraph.— Presj Asgaelailon.— Copyright. (Received May 25, 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Tn the Daily Mail rifle competition for teams of eight, Bathurst, New South Wales, heads the list in this State with 792 points. The Mail offered three prizes for competition by teams in all parts of the Empire. The prizes are : — A fifty-guinea cup to the rifle club which makes the best score in the United Kingdom. A fifty-guinea cup to the- rifle club which makes the best score in any part of the Empire outside the United Kingdom. These cups will be won outright each year, and will remain the property of the clubs which win them. Furthermore, there is a hundred-guinea cup to go -to the club making the best score in the whole Empire, this cup to bo held for one year only, unless, of course, the same club should win it two or more years running. The conditions are as follow : — Ranges —200, 500, and 600 yards. RoundsOne sighting shot at each range. Seven scoring shots. Position — Bisley positions : standing, kneeling, or prone. No member can shoofc for more than one club.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 123, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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194RIFLE SHOOTING. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 123, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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