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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11826, 2 December 1901, Page 5

The military sports in connection with the Pinko Mounted Rifles eventuated on Thursday. rind were vrry successful. Slight showers fell in (ho morning, but by eleven o'clock, when the sports started, the weather was all that could be desired. In the morning there were not many spectators, but in the afternoon, which was the town half-holiday, a fair number were present. The To Aroha Band was in attendance, and during the course of the flay played several selections. Ex-Captain Cochrane officiated as judge, and gave every satisfaction. Altogether there were 15 items on the programme, and for each event there were numerous entries. The stewards (Captain Clifford, Lieutenant Strange, SergeantMajor Knock, and Sergeant Gregory) and the committee (the stewards, with Sergeant; Parr, Corporals Steele and Row©. and Troopers Brown and McKee) worked hard, and it is hoped that the success attending their efforts at this first gymkhana will encourage the company to mako the affair an annual fixture. The following arc the results of.the different events :—Tent-pegging : Sergeant Gregory, 1 • Trooper Brown, 2. Handicap foot race: Trooper Tattersall, 1; Trooper Cochrane, 2. Tug-of-war : Lieutenant Strango's team, 1. Ladies' Bracelet : Trooper Deveril, 1; Trooper Fordyce, 2. Lemon-slicing: Corporal Steele, 1; Trooper Cochrane. 2. Alarm Race l'roopei Cochrane. 1: Trooper Tattersall, 2. Bare-backed Hurdle Race: Trooper Hughes, 1; Trooper Brown, 2. Handicap Hurdles: Farrier Buchan. 1; Trooper Tattersall, 2. Tilting at Ring: Sergeant Gregory. 1; Trooper Cochrane, 2. Lloyd Lindsay, Sergeant Gregory's team, 1. Wrestling on Horseback : Team, consisting of Troopers Brown, Montague, and 11 ore win i, 1. Victoria Cross: Trooper Cochrane, 1; Trooper Hughes, 2. Victoria Cross (returned troopers): Hubbard (Paeroa). 1; Trooper Wild, 2. Thread-the-ncedle : Trooper Brown. 1: Lieutenant Marshall, 2. (landsmen's Pace Handicap: Patterson, 1 ; Lawn, 2. In the evening a socinl was he'd when Captain Cochrane presided, and handed the prizes to the succesful competitors. The monthly inspection parade of the Onehung? Rifles was held in the Drill Hall on Tuesday last. in the absence of a staff officer the company was inspected by Captain Mcintosh. After inspection the company was put through company drill by Lieutenants Williams and Mason, after which the captain instructed the corps in the new manual signs for skirmishing in the firing line. Class-firing will be continued on the range on Saturday next.