MILITARY SPORTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4870, 23 January 1903, Page 2

MILITARY SPORTS.

D BATTERY AT SEATOUN. Tho 1) Battery, which is now in ca,nip at Scatoim, held its annual sports there yesterday. The weather was beautifully tine, and" a large crowd vjsitod the camp during tho day. Tim object of tho syortrj, besides exciting cmvde.tion. amongst the men. avius to provide funds for Iho garrison bazaar, to bo hcla in February. Major Moorhouso was in command, and ho was assisted in carrying out the sports hy Licritcnants Ense, Courtney, Smith.and Johnson, and Mas-tor-Gnnnor Richardson. R.A. During tho afternoon the members of Harrison’s gymnasium class gave an exhibition of physical drill. The results of tho competitions were as follows: — Subdivision Alarm Competition.—This event excited much interest. The, battery was bivouacked in column of snb--divisions, harness .stacked in roar of horses, and detachments lying down in. roar. When the alarm sounded, tho teams were harnessed and taken into action at a distance of two hundred yards, two rounds of “blank” fired, and retired to original bivouac at the gallop. F detachment, under Sergeant Fletcher, was first, with SO per cent.; D detachment. Sergeant Carter. So por cent., second; A detachment. Sergeant, Gibson. 75 per cent., third. Handicap Flat Race.—Gunner Andrews 1. Dinner Parker 2. Tug-of-war (horseback). —Driver Day, Corporals Erwin and Brown; Balaclava Melee.—Sergeant Skolly, Corporals Brown, ITrwin, Stubbs and Driver Day. Wheel Race. 50 yards.—Sergeant Slcelly 1. Gunner ..Andrews 2. Novel Race.—Bonn Janson 1, Driver Brewer 2. Teiit. Pegging.—-Bom, Jnnsnn 1, Scr-, goont SkeP-v 2, Corporal Styles 3. Lemon Cutting.—Bom. Janson 1, Corporal Styles 2. . Tim sports were concluded with a dwnlay by tho battery. During the afternoon Sir J. G. and Ladv Ward visited t he grounds. • Driving Competition.—C subdivision. Sergeant. Carter- 1 : P subdivision, Ser-rre-'”t Fletcher 2. Half-section Competition'. O.M.S. TaP>ot and 'Trooper Styles, -Herctannga iV;. R,. 1. Addition Bane—O.M.R. Ta’bot, 1, Sergeant Ca-tef 2. Driver Janson 3. ■ E n ’bdi'-ision under Sergeant' Skolly ’■•ir’ the “Brandon badges ” and Surgeon feßins's cnr>. for best shooting snhd!. vision, senring 32 hits out of 51 rounds in fifteen minutes. Sergeanf l Ifletcl’cn’r; detachment ‘marine- second place. No. T .section fluent. Smith’s) wen Cn’enel Pearce’s cun for the best 'shooting .section in the hatterv.