DOMINION MARKSMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 8

DOMINION MARKSMEN.

THE.TRENTHAM MEETING. I ADDRESS BY COL. COLLINS, I THE DOOM OF THE BULI/SOiYB. ■ •— f ' :> f:': • " ■".'•■■ • ~•■, BY JTCBGBAM.—PUKSs" ASSOCIATION, - ' TuasTOAu, Friday': Ike Trenfcham rifle range presented a * ' animated appearance this morning, .1,2 the competitors mustered at the squaddU ' - posts to listen to the important sWt 0m : that were to be made by Colonel ' OoUin ■ ■ the chief executive officer of the .associ*! Colonel Collins said an uneasy f e6 U Btf V appeared to exist amongst riflemen J? ': i cording to what one read and heard ti£ ' i reason for it lay in the B inallne ßs of ™* .: ! tries, tat the fact that there were £ 4 1 entries epoko well for their entkusjjl 'f I considering that the territorial forces S ■at the transition stage. Not only S. that tend to make tho entries small ■b2 , the, want; of rifles Was a potent fact* ' ' It meant that no practice could be iZ ' ' dulged in by Wellington members, 'wh.Z as 500 to 350 came put every Jay -his#& previous years to ; this range. Thereto™ no interest was taken in rifle shooting Swil Wellington, with the exception' of thS ■ i evidenced by the rifle clubs.' The sair* i thing applied to other parts of New Zen and. , The.late harvest, down South'-,£»[ tended m the direction of reduced .entries As to the programme, they had arrived '"' at a time of most acute crisis.' The btuTs; , I -"' eye was doomed. General Godlcy' cam* out here, and he said he was ho «f tremist. He would "do "what ho' could for ' - rifle shooting, but considering that univenal training was in vogue it> W only natural that the shooting must bo of t military character. 'For that reason the • association's meeting naturally comprised . a good • many service matches. , : \yjj the , programme was drawn 'up'"' it mi a compromise. The! first two 'per. tiona of the programme,' team Si and service matches, were'" not" own to rifle clubs, it not being considered that ■ they wanted them, but several asked that the clubs be not ignored, and they wore in, '. .' eluded. Service matches were laid down ■'. by the Defence Department; and' were a great improvement on last year. 'The irienj. , wanted an alteration in, the constitution • of the association on the lines of the New 1 South Wales, Victoria, arid Bhley bodiesjffel, and he could assure them they would have ■ no trouble in getting that, bo that the «*,*s&?/ sociation might be run\w;ith a council, • elected from competitor's. Continuing, Colonel Collins said the Dei V fence Department was very anxious to rearrange the rifle .clubs, In referring to the .prize list, he pointed out that, asamended last night by the council, the men had greater chances of winning prized than with an entry of 600 men, tho prizes for , ' 325 competitors being £1375, as against, ' the original list of £1618, made up for 6CQ ! men. Bisley and Trentham aggregates? . would still stand. V In conclusion, he expressed the cbhvio ■ tion that this meeting would fee the tore- • runner of great fixtures' in the future.' If the next meeting , were worked- properly, ■' there would be 1000 entries, and he would ; prepare for it;' ' ■ • • The prize-list, for to-day's shooting i; 3 as follows:— ~ SNAP SHOOTING, 300 yds' (seven shots)*' ■ .*/•■••, " , ' "'* ' '' ■' -V Totals/' Mayhew (Fedding), ? six bulls, £3' 103 35 hloyd (Tauranga), six' bulls, £2"' .i 35. -. ,£1 Is each: Evans (Wellington Suburbs), 35; r Monro (Murihiku), 35; Jones '(Opaki, . 35; iGrant (Taradale), i 35; King. Master,. , ton},' 35; ■> Guy* (Kaponga),- 35; Masefield (Sounds), 30 Hartnell (Taianaki), 30 James (Okawa), 30; Speck (Stratford), 30; Hughes (Wanganui), 30; Guy 4E&-- ' ..; pong&), 30: Lower (Karori), 30; Belk ' ■ l (Machester) Rifles), .30; Clark (Rangitikei), 30 Drummond (Westport), 30|-Ericksi«'ilßl : (Lincoln), 30; Smith (Kaponga), 30 fi Millen (Goodwood), 30; Brinsley.'fWaaganui), 30; . Stubbings (Ngatiawa), 30; Lawley (Opaki), 30; Merrilees Regiment), 30; Eobisson (Wainui), 30; Simmonds (Waitohi*, 30; Sutton (Shannon), 30. Others received from 13s to 8s fid each. : / LOOPHOLE COVER MATCH, 700yda '>■ '- (10 shots). - • -V .. McCallum (Opaki), -'one-' bull, £4i... : A3mtM Melville (Waikato) one : bull, £2"10s ... «0 V R. J. King (Opaki), one'bull, £2 105... -40|fe k-£1 each: Craw (Linton), 35; Barkis (Suburbs), 35; Walker (Christchurch), 30 :, Russell (Petone). 30; Dnthie , , (Christchurch), 30; Hill , (Eketahttna'. £ i 30; Fellows (Karori), 30; Elliott (Motu), 30; Russell (Petone). : 30 ; Laking (Blenheim), 30; H. R. King (Mas- • terton), 30; Wilson (Christchurch), 30$ Nicholson (Petone), 30; ' Munro ' (Muri- ' hatu), ,30 Long (Okawa), 30;.' 'Guy. (Kaponga), 25; Maselieid (Sounds), "25 fSS& Eldridge (Upper Hutt), 25; Alexander (Akarana), 25; Reed (Feathertton), 25. :: Others receive 18s 6d to 10s each. i ■ - SLOW , PRACTICE.. ,;, / Sharland (Nelson), £4 ... '... ■ ..; 32 Gilshenan (Patcaj; £3 .:. ..: • ... 32 '■ ■ Carey (Patea), £2 ' ...- ~.- ■ ... 32 - £1 each:—Meriilees (Sixth Regiment)/ Capstick: Regiment), Pickering.(Lin- ' ton), Smith (Geraldine), Nelson :(I)aiine' ' ! virke), Barkle (Suburbs), Keating NeW . . : Plymouth), Dickson (14th Regiment), George Ninth Regiment),; Hunt (Sub- - urbs), Russell: (Petone), Halliday (Karori)Mp Guy (Kaponga), Matthews (Manchester) , Smart; . (Suburbs), Duncan ''/'(Grariitylftwl Beattie (Tapanui), Caldwell.; (Karori), Phmmer (Karori);-.'.Melville. {.Waikato), • ; : Roots (Kaponga); W. S. - King '(Christchurch), Thomson (Napier), Simmonds (Waitohi, J. Craw (Linton)v ''Evans (Suburbs),. . . ' ""' '• '.' ' Thirty others; received 10s each. '- ■;. 500 YDS FIGURE TARGET.; Ten Rounds, Fellows (Karori), £4-. 45' ■' Facer (Chalmers), £3 ... ' .;. ... 44 Morgan (3rd Regiment), £1 ... ... 43 ; Russell (Petone), £1 ... i „. ... 43- •. Caldwell (Kar0ri),.?!,.... ... ... 43

£1 Each: Wilson : (Christckurch),. • , Botham (Taumarunui), Flovd. (Taurahga), < Simmouds (Waiotahi), Bui ford (Karori), May hew (Manchester), c.ich 41 Sojnnel ■",', (Nelson), Dahiell'; (Linton), ' each. ' 40, : - Given (Suburbs), ; W. G. King.'(Christchurch), Elliott (Akuraha),. Kennedy '. ■' (Okawa), Carey (Patea), Swnnson (Opaki), ; Ward (12th Regiment), tneh 39; Beichol ';:.... (Orepuki), . Merrilees (6th Regiment), Hugo (Karori), Falconer .(Garrison. Artil- -.* lery), Sunnex (Sounds). Melville (Waikato), A. H. Guy (Kajiongis), Russell (Petone), each 38."