N.Z. BISLEY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1509, 8 March 1920, Page 5

N.Z. BISLEY.

LOVED AY LEADS FOR BELT. LINTON RIFLE CLUB SHOOTINGS WELL. (Per Press Association.) TRENTHAM, Saturday. Generally good "with exceptions," sums up the character of the shooting to-day, which was devoted to Belt matches. These have now reached the stage when the aggregates liecome interesting, as showing in what direction the 1920 champion may be sought. The figures will be worked out to-morrow. So far H. C. Loveday :;70, appears to hold the leadership. Work started before S o'clock in the Auckland Match at 300 and 500 yards. The weather was the same as the previous day, and the earliest men down met the same difficulties in the matter of shadowed target faces. Apart from this, conditions were good, and a light flicker of breeze from the left steadied as the sun drew in front of the targets and even the most captious rifllemen could hardly raise a growl, and high scoring was general.

i Alter lunch, however, a change came ' over the scene for a little while. The second stage, the (500 yards of the Wellington Match was then taken, and the breeze developed into strong puffs that upset even some of the big guns, who had come back with good scores from 500 yards. The later men to go down, however, had better luck, as the wind dropped and shooting liecame "in easy," at least. Those who got together good tallies declared it was easy; others thought differently and said so in no measured terms. IT. Povedav, Fryer, Caldwell, H. Harris and Duncan got on 49 at 500 yards. Poveday's was harder earned than a possible he got at the same distance in the afternoon, owing to the vagaries of light and wind. The Nelson Match, 10 shots at 800 yards, filled out the afternoon, in which as the prize-list shows, good scoring was general. The Senior Cadet Championship was fired during the afternoon and though the entries were not so large as had been hoped for, the competition evoked a good deal of interest It was held under Service conditions at 200 and 500 yards. Those cadets attending the big meeting, who all came from other districts, had the distinct advantage in having thenown rifles, and having been through the mill on Thursday with the men. The Wellington boys had to use the rack rifles issued on their arrival this afternoon, so obviously they could not expect to keep in the hunt with the visitors, though one managed to get fourth place. Two Hamilton lads tied for first place with 73 out of a possible 80 The results of the match, which was for £2 and a gold medal: Cadet P. Edgecumbe (Hamilton) 73 £1 Q M.S, J. R. Baird (Hamilton) 7:? 10/, Cadet C. Ashley (Auckland) 71 5/ each; Corpl. Wilson (Petone) 69! Corpl. Roche (Auckland) and Cadet Lambert (Marlborough) each <> <. Mondav will be devoted to long range matches, Otago 800 and 1000 yards, Hawke's Bav 900 and Taranaki 1000.

WELLINGTON MATCH, 10 shots each at 500 and 600 yards, possible 10 0. £5 1,. Pimm (Christchurch) 04, £4 W. Miley (Invercargill) 93, £4 R. J. Gillick (Kiwi) 93, £3 R. C. Barkle (Wellington Suburbs) 91, £3 A. Govenlock (Linton) 91. £8 S. Elliott (Akarana) 91, £2 F. Bolton (Opaki) 91 £2 C J. Nix (Featherston) 90, 11 E' A. Ballinger (Petone) 90, £2 P. Foden (Timaru) 90. The followingtake £1 each: L. Loveday (Ohura), Capt W. N. Mase field (Nelson), D. J. Guiney (Petone), McKay (Blenheim) and F. Crimp (Hawera) 90, J. G. White (Auckland), H. V. Croxton (Karori), W. J. Feast (Opaki), L. Barren (Petone), A. Patrick (Auckland), M. R- Jarvis (Taradale), A. J. Henderson (Sounds), and H. Harris (Christchurch) 89, R. E. Harrison (Hawera), H. J. Atkinson (Hawkes Bay), T. Simpson (Feildmg), 1. Jn. Warburton (Petone), W. Powell (Akarana), W. E. Keats (Dunedin), H. Donald (Opaki), H. C. Evans (le Kuiti), T. B. Catley (Levin), Lieut \ J. Owen (Westport), Sergt. F. W. Thing (Wellington), G. Howe (Wellington, Old Navals), V. E. Donald (Opaki), D. Roots (Hawera), Lieut. W Duncan (Westport), H. C. Loveday'(Hawera), F. Fryer (Waipukurau), and L. A. Caldwell (Karon) 88, W. G. Paterson (Kaitangata), W. ivWilliams (Ohura), Capt. W. P. Bell (Tauranga), J. W. Milroy (Nelson), W H. West (Blenheim), W. J. McIlvride (Petone), C. M. Moss (Dunedin) B. J- Cook (Blenheim), L. Lewis (Wellington), J. Te Whaiti (Tuhirangi), F. J. Sunnex (Sounds), Lieut P. P. Kay (Taradale), J. Knowles (Kaitangata), McElroy (Christchurch), and E. F. Sandford (Christchurch) S7, E. J. C. Reston (Akarana), Breingan (Gisborne), and Lieut. F. H. Sharland (Nelson) 86. Thirteen were counted out. Ten tyros take £1 each with scores down to 84, and ten take 10/ each down to S3. Five returned soldiers take 10/ each with scores down to SO, and five senior cadets 10/ each with scores down to 74. AUCKLAND MATCH, 10 shots each at 300 and 500 yards, possible 100. —■ £5 H. C. Loveday (Hawera) 98, £4 Major J. A. Wallingford (Auckland) 05 £4 A. S. T. Butler (Karori) 94, £3 R ' 11. Hunt (Wellington) 93, £3 IT. Harris (Christchurch) 02. £3 O. Ricky (Waipuknrau) 92, £2 L. C. Braitnwaite (Okawa) 92, £2 Lieut. H. H. Donald (Opaki) 92, £2 Lieut. J. F. Atkinson (Auckland) 92, £2 V. E. Donald (Opaki) 92. The following take £1 each: P. J. Gledhill (Nelson), E. Ingram (Hawera), R. C. Barkle (Wellington Suburbs), R. A. Wilton (Opaki), G. Halliday (Karori), W. R. Jones (Timaru), Capt. W. P. Bell (Tauranga), and A. Govenlock (Linton) 92, A. D. Paterson (Kaitangata), Lieut. A. J. Green (Westport), A. W. Cheal (Te Kuiti), H. Boon (Wellington Suburbs), W. Sutherland (Goodwood), L. Barrell (Petone), A. C. Crossan (Karori), E. A. Ballinger (Petone), R. E. Harrison (Hawera), F. A. Whiteman (Wellington Suburbs), C. G. Enstrom (Opaki), Tpr. A. T. McMurray (Frankton), T. W. Warburton (Petone), and G. G. Ashley (Akarana) 91, F. W. Mackay (Dunedin), K. McKenzie (Featherston), D. J. Guiney (Petone), L. C. Pimm (Christchurch), D. S. McLeod (Okawa), A. J. Pietersen (Ponsonby), J. W. Paynter (Blenheim), C. D. France (Riversdale), C. E. Bluett (Opaki). Sergt. R. E. Hester (Wellington). Capt. W. X. Masetield (Nelson). M. F. Halligan (Okawa), W. IT. West (Blenheim). S. J. Mayhew (Linton), W. H. Moselen (Kaoo), J. Te Whaite (Tuhirangi), F. J. Causley (Thames), and H. V. Croxton (Karori) 90. J. McKenzie (Opaki), Major Tf. AT. W. Richardson (Trentham), .T. B. Torbett (Akarana), W. J. Henry (Christchurch), W. H. Thomas (Linton). W. Winslade (Opaki), .1. E. Burns (Karori), 1-. Loveday (Ohura), C. .1. Nix (Featherston), and 11. A. Cameron (Thames) SO. Ten tyros take prizes of £1 each, and ten of 10/ each with scores ranging down to S5; five returned soldiers take 10/ each wit ii scores down to S2, anil ten senior cadets take 10/ each with scores down to 77. NELSON MATCH Id shots at SOO

yards, possible 50. — cf. W. .). Feast (Opaki) 49, £4 H. C. Loveday (Hawera) 4S, f4 P. I'Vjdor (Timaru) 48, £:■: I!. H. Cameron (TJunncs) 4S, £3 W. Mandell (ronton) 45} £3 I). Roots (Hawera) 48, £2 O. S. "Wootton (Gisborne) 4S, £2 T-T. Seymou.- (Alfredton) 48, £2 Cadet L,. T-T. Tobi*» (Kaikohe) 4S. £2 W. Bradshaw (Timaru) 48.

The following take £1 each: J. Johnstone (Gisborne), Major 11. M. J. Richardson (Wellington), and Corpl. J. H. Baird (Hamilton) 4S, W. G. Franklin (Dannevirke), Major Merrillecs (Tauranga), R. A. Mackie (Dunedin), F. Clayton (Kiwi), C. Loveday (Oh.ura), W. A. Mitchener (Nelson), H. Harris (Christchurch), M. It. Jarvis (Taradale), W. Winslade (Opaki), L. B. Clayton (Kiwi), H. G. Evans (Te Kuiti), Tpr. A. T. McMurray (Frankton). L. Catley (Levin),

VV. G. Farr (Cambridge), it. J. King (Opaki), C. G. Engstrom (Opaki), ami E. C. Wallis (Cambridge) 47, W. Sutherland (Goodwood), S. Elliott (Akarana), J. I>. Torbett (Akarana), L. I*';irr<jil (Petone), L. C. Braithwaite (Okawa), VV. Pyan (Petone), P. J. Mayhew (Linton), F J. McDonald (Wellington Suburbs), P. W. Ching (Wellington), P. J. Sunnex (Sounds), P. Woodland (Waihi), C. Dunstan (Waihi), G. A. Eyles (Dannevirke), P. Sneddon (Wellington), McLaughlan (Feather.ston), R. McLean (Waipukurau), Lieut. P. H. Sharland (Nelson), P. SolTe (Ohura), J. Burns (Karori), T. W. Warburton (Petone), F. Faulkner (Gisborne), Lieut. J. W. Dayman (Wellington), D. M. Mcintosh (Christchurch), D. J. Guiney (Petone), b. Shaw (Wanganui), F, J. Gledhill (NePon), D. Catley (Wellington), d. .i. Nix (Featherston), it. J. Giliick (Xiwi), A. Patrick (Auckland) 46. Seven were counted out. The shooting in the Nelson Match was almost phenomenal, the winner only dropped one point and the sixtyninth man in the list was only three points behind him. During- the morning shoot two tyros, V. H. Ross (son of "Carbine" of that ilk) (Wellington) and Tronson (Taradale), got on possibles at the 300 yards stage of the Auckland Match.

With (lie completion of the Canterbury Match, the result of the Trentham aggregate match, including the scores made at. 300, 500 and 600 yards of C. series, becomes known as follows, the possible is 460. —£5 and the "Carbine" Cup, R. C. Barkle (Wellington Suburbs) 416, £4 W. J. Feast (Opaki) 414, £4 H. C. Loveday (Hawera) 412, £3 D. Roots (Hawera) 410, £3 W. Winslade (Opaki) 409, £3 A. Govcnlock (Linton). 409, £2 P. C. Pimm (Christchurch) 408, £2 H. Harris (Christchurch) 408, £2 E. A. Ballinger (Petone) 407, £2 H. W. West (Blenheim) 407. The following take £1 each: P. 11. James (Napier) 407, F. Bolton (Opaki) and F. ,1. Mayhew (Linton) 40*P 11. V. Croxton (Karori), S. Llliott (Akarana) and Major J. A. Wallingford (Auckland) 40 5, H. C. Evans (Te Kuiti) and P. Palmer (Patea) 404, F. J. McDonald (Wellington Suburbs; and W. Hudson (Wanganui) 403, J. P. White (Auuckland) and I"). J. Guiney (Petone) 402, Lieut. H. H. Donald (Opaki), V. E. Donald (Opaki and .1. W. Milroy (Nelson 401, W. K. Williams (Ohura), Lieut. A. J. Green (Westport), W. Milley (Invercargill) and Capt. W. N. Mascfield (Nelson) 400. R. J. King (Ohaki) 399. The following were counted out: Sergt. F. W Ching (Wellington), G. G. Ashley (Akarana), Leslie Loveday (Ohura) and W. P. Line (Akarana).

The Nelson Match made the fifth or the Belt series, and when it was finished the lollowing emerged at the head of the struggling column of riflemen (possible to date 405). —-H. C. Loveday (H; wcra) 370, W. J. Feast (Opaki) 365. A. Govenlock (Linton) :;ii<;, 11. C. darkle (Wellington Suburbs) 305, D. Roots (Hawera) 364, H. \' r . Croxton (Karori) 363, PI. C. Evans (Te Kuiti) 362, H. Harris (Christchm-e 1 ) 361, F. Bolton (Opaki) 361. S. J. Mayhew (Linton) 36 1. S. Elliott (Akarana) 361, F. J. McDonald (« -,'aki) 361, W. Winslade (Opaki) 360. W. H. West (Blenheim) 36 0. Three long range matches tomorrow, however, Avill no doubt cause a good deal i>i" reshuffling of the positions, before the names of the final fifty to fight nit for the King's Prize Match on Wednesday are known. Tuesday wili >e devoted to the Teams Matches.

The wean, r to-day maintained its semi-tropicui characteristics of the last four d;iys, and the prospects are for its continuance. ,