OUR BISLEY.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1129, 9 March 1910, Page 4

OUR BISLEY.

THK TK KNTHA-M MEETING

YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING

.. ;> _l'lilt I'KKSS ASSOCIATION. ""'"' Treiithiun. March 8. The weather was perfect for shooting at Trentliam. The day was devoted to service, shooting and the whole, of the series were completed. The shooting was'good and a large percentage of competitors got over 60 per cent, of hits. Cover Match, 300 yards, 10 shots. •Topliu £5, Ca Id well (Karioi), Canr|>bell (M.urihaku), Field (Ngatawai) Aston (Karioi) each £3. Snap-shooting Match,' 300 yards, seven shots.—McTntosV (Opaki) £4 10s, Pettio (Bruce) £4 10s, .Tones (Linwood), W. Cutler (Australia). Mayhew (Feilding), McGlashan (Petonp). Keiler (Dunedin), Guy (Pohutu), Wright (Riversdals), 'Marett (Tarannki), Bairstow (Opaki) £1 lGs each. Loop-hole Match. 500 yards ten shots.—Wadclington (Ch'ristchurch) Duncan (Millerton), Nielsen (Dannevirkc), Duley (Dannevirke), Cordukes (Pa.raparaumu). Rapid Firing, 500 yards, ten shots. —Burns (Karori), Pnniell fWnncanui), £4 10s; Wickens (Wellington). Dickson. Burson and Bruce. £3; Grovor (Taranaki), Xolls (Palmerston North), £2. Attack Match.—Sand ford (ChristehurcTi), Munro" (Murihukm), Joplin (Wellington) each made possibles and take £4 each. R. Belk (90), L. 'A. Belk (88), and C. Aitken (87)". of Feilding, Avon £1 each in the Otago Match. .As an indication of the wonderful progress of the rifle shooting of late years, it is interesting to recall the championship meeting of 1892, held at TYentliam, which was run by Major Somerville, whose solitary range offi-' cer was Car>tain Lomax, while Captain (now Colonel) Collins did all the statistical work. At the present meeting (says the N.Z. Times) there are about twenty-five range officers, and the statistical officer has a staff of four. The only newpaper representative at the 1892 meeting was the late Mr George Humphries, of. the Press Association. This year there are ten reporters at the meeting, not to mention several competitors who are newspaper correspondents or the .press photographers.