RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4317, 28 March 1901, Page 3

RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

YFSTERDAV’S SHOOTING. K ING AND WILSON LEA 1)1 NO Lou Tin-; belt. 1*10589 ASSOCIATION. WANGANUI. Ala rob 27. Tills morning’s shooting began at 7 o’clock. Tim weather was fine, but the wind tricky. Only fourteen men fired in the match for returned South African t roopers - dllOyds and COOyds. ten Mints. The prize-list is as follows:

Soimnerv'ille, Second Contingent,£7 81 Young, First Contingent. £0 ... 80 Carla ml, Second Contingent, £5 ... 72 -McDonald, First Contingent, £1 ... 70 Wright, Second Contingent, £3 ... 00 Parlies, First Contingent, £2 ... 00 Naylor, Second Contingent, £3 ... 05 -Morrison, First Coutlngo at. £2 ... 51. .Douglas, First. Contingent. £2 ... 42 Peebles. First Contingent, £1 ... 41 Crawley, First Contingent, £1 ... 37.

Nearly l 100 men shot in the Tyro .Match, which was open to those who had not won prizes at any previous meeting—ten shots at 500 yards. The child’ prize-takers were:

('ollini'i', Wooilvilli', .U » ... ... Oakley, Nelson, Co * ... ... -I llewlctl, Olinstolniich, X.-1 ... ... 4!) Trent, Chn.stclnmh. £1 ... ... 4S K ic(sclii!i;ii-, A uck 'it ii< <, .fcj ... ... -IH| The follov.intr take XT each : - !vi;i-

llainl (Mauaia), Howard (Napier), Sinai'l 1 1\ dl angal a), IK; I’errin (Palmerston), Papps (Sloke). Morrow (Olirisiohurehi, Kemp (v 'hristeh nreli), 17 ; Duley’ (Daiinevirke). Iliddell (Peninsula), Muss I Dunedin), Turnbull (Gere). .McCulloch i \Vaipawn). IJarkle U'liarlton), Hyde (Napier), Balfour I Napier),Morton (Kimliolfon), 40; Mills (Dunedin), Mollard (Wellington), MoDonald (Timaru), Hammond (Blnnboim), do. Counted out— Carlson (Auckland), Bennett (Taranaki). In the. Wanganui Mutch some good shooting was made, and King got on the excel In ill score of 100, and shot up level with the leader for the holt. The following are the chief prize-lakers: Wanganui Match, 000. 500 and 700ycls, seven shots.

King.) Oamaru, .CIO ... ... ... 100 IVarson, Timaru, £3 ... ... ... 97 I'api), Stoke, £G ... 9G T. Fraser, Kaitangata. .Co ... ... 94 Facey, Wellington, Cl ... ... 90 Cox, Auckland, £1 90 Sergeant Okey, Taranaki, ,C-t ... 93 t-l. Anderson, Kaitimgata, £4 ... 92 Mollard, Wellington, £3 ... ... 92 Winslado, Wanganui, £3 ... ... 92 W. I.ovcday, Woodville, £3 ... 92 Tlan'.ing, Blenheim, £3 92

Humphreys, Hastings. £3 ... ... {KJ 'l'nj-nf>:ill, Gore, £3 ... ... ... ','2 King's .shooting was really brilliant, and by securing LOO out 'of 105 wiiou be most wanted it, the present champion maintains a reputation that has really In be reckoned with when within eooce of tin* belt. Not only did this Line shooting put him alongside the leader Lor the belt, but it secured for him. tho New Zealand Natives’ Association, Cap, Mr Thain’s rifle and Mr F, W. Williams's revolver—ouiio a gathering of trophies for one day—and it may also win him the belt. At last meeting King won tn« Natives’ Association Cup with a score of 03, and the trophy now heroines his own property. Ho narrowly missed adding the Union Company’s trophy pi Ins list, as I’earson, of Tiinarn, only heat him by a. couple of points for that prize. Ilnd King won this cup it would ba vo become his own property with the probability of bis winning the belt (in which ease it would be bis own property), it appears likely that King will remove ma.ny trophies which the Government woo'd have to determine how to allot when it takes over the meeting. At the 5110yds range in the Wanganui Match the shooting was of the very best, and about a dozen rung on the possible ; and at 700yds everything proved that the .303 is a better shooting weapon than the old MartiniHenry. it or some time before file meet, ing began the queption as to the superiority of the weapon in wind was freely discussed, and thorp was a consensus of opinion that tho Martini could hold its own, but experience here has quite exploded that opinion. In fact, at all points the .303 comes out on top, and those who have shot best with the Martini intend to discard th-t weapon for future meetings. The individual belt matches, being completed, shoved that the Woodvi’le team was a. long way a head in the. Champion Teams’ .V;■: r■ 1 1 . 3 in' highest aggregates in mat. elms 2,3, I, 5,7, 8 ana !) count litvo, and the fol.o.viu.o; is the result;

Champion Team l ! Match. Wondvillo Rifle Club. —Wilson, *l4; G. Lfnoclnv, 4-‘’6; W. Lovedav, 4-12; lagIll; Kelson,. 440 ; total, 2175-£l">, Pol one llillo Cluh.—W. Ballinger, 42G; A. Ballinger, 43/5; E. Mallard. 411); W:I- ---.<■ ()!!, *4IH ; Trevcthick. 407 ; total. 20:4(1 (;!(). Karon Hide Club.—Band-all. 421 ; li.iivth.iriu*. 411; Marshall. 4!. 4; viil--41.“.; Hums. 410; total. 2074 - The o'.her i wims competing wtoe-—Can-terbury Engineers. 2044; Akarami B.fhC i.b, 241 7 : Wiiirtirn,)!i it fl» Club, 4; ViCi.rhi Kifles (Auckland). 2002: Homire rv Reserve-i (i brisi vl-m-cii), 1988. liy his win in the Wanganui Matcii, King wins Uio How Zealand Mutivcu’ Association’ll Cup. Private Pearson, of Tiiiiuru, wins the Union Company’s Cup, having made the highest aggregate in the Wanganui, Christchurch and We.lington Matches.

THE AOi,^cCIATES. When tho Wanganui Match was over, the following were the highest of tho ono hundred aggregates who were privileged to lire in the Auckland Match (formerly the Grand Aggregate Match), tho conditions of which are —Open to this hundred highest aggregates in matches 2, I!, 4,7, 8 and 9, seven shots at 500yds, GOOyds aiftl 700yds, the highest fifty of aggregate to fire the final stage for the holt;—King, 444; Wilson, 444: W. Loveday, 442; Sergeant Okey, 440; Nelson, 410; Humphries, 438; G. Loveday, 430; A. Bailinger, 435; Webster, <132; Doinigan, 431; Balfour, 42!); Turnhull, 128; Purnell, 428; W. Ballinger, 420; Oaklov. 425: Pearson. 425; Turner, 425 ; Winslade, 425 ; Taylor, 424 ; Cox, 424; Thorpe, 421; Woollett, 421; llandall, 421; Lacey, 421; Gleadow, 420. Simultaneously with this match, the Last Try Match, ten shots at 500yds, confined td those who have won net more Hum £5 at tho meeting, was fired, the prize-list being as under: Last Try Match, ten shots at 500yds.

Parkinson, Marton, £7 ... ■ • >() Scott, Wanganui, £G ... ... 49 Moss, Dunedin, £5 ... ••• 4- 43, Drew, Wanganui, £4 ... ... ..... 48 Howie, Wairoa, £8 ••• ••• ••• 48 Toliin, Auckland, £2 ; ... ••• 47 Mills. Dunedin. £2 ... 47 ti. Fraser, Kaitangata, £2 4/ Ivniso, Wanganui, £2 ... ... 47

Steohrai-s Timaru, 47 ; Morrow, Christchurch, 40: Sexton, Wairoa. 46; Smith, Kaitangata, 4G; Strachan, Marton, 46; Irvine, Waimea, 46; Kretschmar, Auckln.*l. 46; Armstrong, Wakan, 45; Kiernati. Mnrton. 45 I ?4tersom Havvera ; , (Jarr, Dunedin. 45; A. Williams, Woodville, 45; J- Eeckingham, Timaru, 45; Harding, Blenheim, 45: Lawrence, Kaitahgata, 45; Hewlett, Christchurch, 41 ; Drummond, Daunevirke, 44; Buchanan,

! Auckland, 44 ; Ashley, Alarton, 44 : I Cameron, Christchurch, 44; Robinson, [ Christchurch, 44; McLean, 44; Whitley, I Kainpoi, 41; Ferguson, Hunterville, 44. j Each of the foregoing take £l. Counted nut —T. Fraser, Kaitangata: Milne, Mania; Ramsay, Napier; Barkle, Charlton. I Tho following were the prize-winnars 1 in the

Auckland Match. Wakelin, Christchurch, £8 ... ... 9G Hawthorne, Wellington, £0 ... ... 9fl Carey, Patea, £5 ... 95 Trevothick, Pctone, £8 95 Randall, Wellington, £3 04 Domigan, Gore, £3 ... ... ... 93 Purnell, Wanganui, £3 9.3 A. Pallinger, Wellington, £3 ... 93 Turnbull, Gore, £3 ... ... ... 93 Kiernan, Marton, £3 ... ... 93

The following take Cl each:—G. Loveday, Woodville, 93; Churton, Wanganui, 03; Thorpe, Wairoa, 02; Crow, Petone, 02; Pearson, Timaru, 01; Williams, W’oodville, 91; Skinner, Auckland, 00; Perkins, Christchurch, 00; Marshall, Wellington, 90; Sontag, Dunedin, 80; Lacey, Wellington, 80; T. Fraser, Knitangata, 88; Wilson, Woodville, 88; Ki’iup, Chrislchureh, 88; Humphreys, Napier, 85. Counted nut—Winslade, Wanganui.