RIFLE SHOOTING.
A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM. June G. Remarkable shooting by 15. Ma.sefieldficld, son of Captain Masefield. King’s Prizeman at the National Rifle Mooting Trentham, was a featuro ol the Marlborough championships. In 10 shots each at 300, 200, ‘GOO and GCO yards ranges lie dropped only three points, scoring 49, 50, 50, 48, and a grand’ total of 197 out of a possible 200. Ho won tho championship belt and several other trophies. In a sequence of 40 shots Masefield got fours with his first, thirty-fourth and thirty-ninth 'shots, all the rest being bullseyes. This performance is considered a record for Marlborough, and must necessarily run closely any similar record for a provincial meeting in tho Dominion. Conditions at the beginning of life shooting were not good, light rain impairing visibility, but as the day drew on the weather improved.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 159, 7 June 1939, Page 11
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144RIFLE SHOOTING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 159, 7 June 1939, Page 11
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