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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 March 1912, Page 3

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ARXST'S MOYE.M KXTS. (Pk«cs3 Association.—Copyright.) SYDNEY. March 7. Arnst has r-. reived a cable from Jim Field agro.Miig to act for him in the nogotiations for the iac<_> with Harry, and asking him to The Thanus Rowing Club has also cabled, inviting .Arnst to train there. A third cable from Durnan asks Arnst to state terms lor a match with no boat mom v. Arnst interprets this to mean that Jlurnan's backers want to offer him a fixed sum to row 011 Lake Toronto, they taking all the proceeds of steamers \ii\vin<j the race. Arnst states that if Durnan wants him to stand out of a halfphare of the gate he wants £SOO for v.xpenses and a race for £SOO aside. If Durnan agnes to those? trims he will have to wait for the rac e till SepU-nibt r, after he has met Barry. RIFLE SHOOTING,

THE TREXTHA.M MEETING. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, t United Press Association.i TRENTHAM. March 7. To-day was the final day of the championship meeting at Trentham, two championships beini/ decided—the Service and the Ballinger Challenge Belt. The Service Championship, in wTiich the highest fifty in the aggregate took plact, occupied all the morning. The afternoon was devoted to the King's Prize. Wht-in the shooting started in the morning it was raining heavily, and blowing a gale—truly service conditions, but several of the men put up good scores, notably the winner. Merrilees (Tauranga) and Duthie (Christchurch. During the interval bc-tween the two championships the . rifle club delegates held a conference with General Go-clley, in which, several matters pc-rtaining to rifle clubs, as well as to future meetings, were discussed.

At 3 o'clock the King's Match, t-en shots at 1000 yards, was commenced. The match was fired in a heavy storm, rain pouring down at times, while the wind blew from the rear in great gusts. As a result the scoring was v-erv poor. The championship was won bv the youthful Woodville rifleshot, Leslie Loveday, who is only 21 years of age, and the youngest man \yho has ever won a New Zealand championship. Loveday's score was only 26, out of a possible 50, but as all the leaders suffered badly by the gale his low score did not harm his chance of victory. The second place went to that brilliant young Christchurch. shot, Xoiman Wood, who piled on 34, which was the highest individual score made, and also secured him the Rifle Cup. The championship was the most boisterous ever fired at Trentham. and is only equalled in New Zealand shooting history by that at Oamaru in 189 S. Merrik-es. of Tauranga, th e service champion, wins the Kynoch Cup.

I SERVICE CHAMPIONSHIP. I 1 The following are the principal scores : I Merrilees (6th Regiment), £lO 277 Duthie (Christchurch) £8 266 Russell (Petone) £5 265 May hew (Fei'ding) £4 264 Law (Dannevirke) £3 256 King (Opaki) £2 256 Speck (Stratford \ £3 'cS>d Guv (Kaponga) £2 252 Belk (Feilding) £2 249 Ross (Bluff) £2 248 KING'S PRIZE. •11000 yards, 10 fhoti ; £35, Ballitiger Belt, gold-medal, go'd and D.li.A. 1 badges. Loveday (9th Regiment), AL9, 26, total 485; £2O, silver star, and i D.R.A. badge 1 N. "Wood (Christchurch) 444, 34, 478; silver star, and D.R.A. ! badge A. W. Cawood (Opiti) 448, 27, 475 ; £l2, silver star, ■ and D.R.A. badge 3 A. Neilson (9th Regiment) 449, 25, 474 4 £5 Each and D. R. A. Badge. Caldwell Karori) 473 Masefield (Sounds) 473 Roots) Kaponga 472 Milroy (Nelson) 471 Banka (Ivimbdlton) 4UJ Maingay (4th Regiment) 468 Willoughby (Karori) 468 £2 Each and Badge. Atkinson (Auckland) 468 G. Clark (Rangitikei) 4c6 W. F. Sandford (Christchurch) 464 W. A. Kenning (Nelson) 463 T. H. Carter (Nelson) 460 W. West (Blenheim) 4^o A. Henderson (Sounds ) 460 C. Williams (Ohura) 4t9 F. James (Okawa ) 459 J. A. Munro (Murihikau) 459 G. Woolley (Auckland) 458 F. Hartnell (Taranaki) 457 F. Needham (Linton) 457

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. WELLINGTON, March 7. At th e prize presentation at Trentham Colonel Collins said that the meeting considering it was the first under the new conditions, had. been very successful. Loveday, in compiling 459 before starting on the final shoot, had broken all records for these meetings, the previous best being 451. Root's possible ai 1000 yards was the first scored at that range. The trouble with th e rifle clubs had been happily settled at a conference that morning between General Godley and the presidents of the clubs. Sir Joseph Ward congratulated the officials and the competitors on the success of th e meeting. He especially mentioned Colonel Collins, who now had been connected with rifle shooting for 45 vears, and had been nine years in control of the Trentham meeting. The Government was helping the meeting a© far as possible, and, this year provided equipment-. transport, markers, and £750 cash. He hoped his successor would increase the amount to £ICCO. This money was not being wasted, and shortly the dominion would be able to boast of a body of men as well trained as any in the world. He heartily congratulated Loveday, and the other prize winners on tjheir success fa-nd praised the efforts of the less successful men. Lady Ward presented the prizes, and also, on behalf of the whol e of the competitors, presented a handsome gold watch lo Lieut. Roach, secretary of the Dominion Rifle Association.