THE RIFLE MEETING

Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 2

THE RIFLE MEETING

At Trent ha m on Saturday the day was devoted to service matches. Before the tiring oniino.ru ed Colonel Collins said that the programme, had been based upon an climate of 500 competitor*, hut the total number of rillemeu entered was 536. It had therefor-, been decided to give £IOO in extra prizes—£so for a Consolation .Match, open to all competitors who had not won £1 or over, and £SO to be distributed at the rate of £1 per man to the fifty men whose aggregate scores are nearest to the titty highest aggregates firing in the King's Prize Competition. Following are the prize-lists in Saturday's matches : SERVICE MATCH Xo. 7, Sharp-shooting. 200 yards; seven shots. 'Hit' following scored 55 points and win 8s each : —M'Knight. Jessep, Franklin. But lei, Hold gate, liarltrop, J. MacKay, daw, Drummond, Dnncan. Moselen, Boys, Dodds, Anderson, M'fvor, Reed, Stephens. Banks, Biddies, Beckinghain, Nelson, Sta.ndish, Sorensen, Xielson, Hoi-' ton. Hoots, Hodgers. Pearson, Whitley, Shanks, Pro Hit. Harbour, Wills. Chapman, Carter, Soper, Kitchen, Cameron. Shaw, Tobiti, Bairstow. APElred, Munro, Lane, Morrison, Hall, M'Kee, Tarr, Montgomery, Wills, Hill. Neville, Davidson. MTntosh, Clyde, M'Donakl. Mills, Hippie! Cameron, Smith, Wayte, King, Lineham, Kcnnaid. Kenning, Harding, Noonan, I'klen, Whiteman, Whit, Olscti, Marshall, Jones, Lewer, Porteous, Vennell, Wilson, Ongley, Breignan, Tinney, Duncan, Boleyn. Dulny, Bradley, .Wilson, Pleasants, Garlick. Mawley, Potter, Hollaid, Moye, Atkinson. Watson. Forbes, Dick. Cooper, Moore, Crimp. Morgan, Gilbert, Heighway, Lang, Preston, Barnes, Merrielees, M'Leay. Xarbey, Bennington, Tonkin, Moore, Skelley. Whiting, Benton, Melhuish, Waddington, Johnson, Webb, Dewar, Rankin, Johnston, Ryder, France, Lee, Sharland, Deihl. SERVICE MATCH No. 8 (Bisley marking). Rapid firing; 500 yards. Turner (Pet-one), £5 46 Potter (Auckland). £-1 45 j Chapman (Tekapu), £3 44 ' Frederick (Martouj, £2 6s 3d 4-5 M'Leary (Opaki), £2 6s 3d 43 Rrenton (Pongaroaj, £2 6s 8d 43 Rait (Gishorne), £1 13s 4(1 ... „. 41 M'Calmout (Opaki), £1 13s 4d 41 Soper (Taumarina), £1 13s 4d 41 The following Otago men take £1 each : Clyde (Wakari), Ongley (Oarnaru), Wilson iCaversham), M'Kay. (Dunedin), 40 each; Butcher (Dunedin), Dick i.Riversdale), 36 each. SF.RVTCE MATCH Xo. 10 (Cover Match). 500 yards; ten shots; prone position. The. following men scored 35 points, and win prizes of £2 6s each :—Lowe (Gishorne), Barltrop (Fcilding), Drummoml (Westport), Moselen ilvieoi. Franklin (Weber), Anderson jKaitangaiai, Bent (Taranaki) Stephens ' (Ashburton), Jackson (Wellington), StanchVh (Tarata), Pearson tTimaru), Protfit iNapier), Carrie (RJvnrsdaJe), Wiekeru (Wellington), Kitchen (Cpper Hutt), Irvine (Xelson), Wayte (Matanra.), Eden (Nelson). Cameron (Pakuorston North). Watson (Permanent Forces), Wing (Marton), Nix lApitii, Merrielees (Johnsonville), Frederick (Marton), Simpson (Waikato), Loved ay (Hohura). ATTACK MATCH Xo. 9. Distances 400, 300, and 200 yards, (,'ompetitors start at 500 yds peg on bugle sound ; competitor runs to 400 yds, and fires from there three rounds; a further bugleis sounded, and competitors, ceasing lire, run to the 300 yds firing point, firing a farther three rounds. The same proceeding takes place at the 200 yds range-. £2 12s 6d. Peake (Waikato), £2 12s 6d 9 Eden (Waiinea), £2 12s 6J "* 9 Pankhnrst iColae Bav), £1 10s . '" 8 Henry (Opaki). £1 lbs [,[ g Zimmerman (Turiki), £1 7 Cameron (Opaki), £1 7 Ching (Waiiuea), £1 " 7 Milroy (Permanent Fortes), £1 ' 7 The following Otago and Southland competitors take 15s:—Wills (Southland), Morrison (Dunedin), Way to (Mataura). Soniitag (Dunedin), 6 each.' The following take 10s each :—Mac-Knight (Maniototo" M'Kay (Dunedin), Clyde (Wakaril. Lineham (Oarnaru). Joues (Dunedin), Jenkiii.= (.Dunedin), Sesrle (Duneduu, 5 each.