SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13307, 12 June 1905, Page 3

SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.

. 'DUNEDIN RIFLES, The Dunedin Rifles fired tho third and final competition of the .Officers' Match on Saturday afternoon.",' The conditions were:.' Ten, shots 'and optional sightcr at 500 and 700 yaids! . .The, f»iling -light rendered it rather difficult for the latter-competitors at the long range,, l'he following are the scores:— , . . 500 .'7OO : . / . .yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Private Harty. ;. .. .. 47 31 8— 80 Corporal M'Donald ~, 45. 35 — 80 Sergeant Hay ... 47* ,33 . 80 Lance-corporal M'Keich: '47 21 ,12 —80 Sergeant Leggett .. ~ 42 36* 78 Private Moore . .... 24 14 10 —48 . ' ' Range prizes. The following are tho aggregates ■of tho three competitions, with the lowest score counted out and the handicaps of both days taken, together:— ; • Ist. 2nd. 3rd. comp. comp. comp, Hp. Tl. •iSergt. Leggett ... — 79 78 7 —IGt fCorpl. M'Donald — 77 80 3 — 160 t Sergt. Hnv.' : ... — <75 go 155 L.-corpL M'Keich ■ G1 ' — G8 22 —151' Pri. Mooro ... 51 - 38 20-109 f Prize-winners. CAYERSHAM' RIFLES. )■' Tlie Caversliam Rifles fired the first competition for a .prize presented by Chaplaincaptain Dutton oh Saturday. The conditions were: .Seven shots at 500 and 700 yards. Tho weather''conditions were favourable until.the finish at 700 yards, when tho light failed, the bull's-eye being hardly discernible. The following' is tho result:— .500 700

* Range prizes, t Not competing. . RIFLE .MATCH} ' , Oil. 'Saturday afternoon a most enjoyable rifle ma Mi was fired on the Engineers' range (kindly lent for the occasion) between teams 1 representing Messrs Satgood, Son. and Ewen'a factory and Messrs Michaelis, Hallenstein, and Farquhar's tannery,. Sawyers' Bay. The match was a vory closely-contested one throughout and resulted in 3, very close''finish, Sargood's men winning by 2 points. The conditions were: Ten men a-side; seven shots and one sighter at 200 and MM yards. Scores:Sargood's. 200 500 ,

Total . » ■■ «5

„ ■ * _ jds. Hp. Tl. Sergeant Porteous ,, 33* 27* 1 — 01 Corporal Alien ,, 22 22 1G — CO Sergeant Down .. ,, 59 og 4 — 59 Private J. Pqrteous 33 20 3 gg Private A. Porteous ..25 18 • 12 — 55 + Colour-sergeant Searle 31 23 54 t Marker Peat ...... 25 22 47

_ _ _, —. yds. yds. T). Mr D, Russell „ „ „ 31 07 _ 5S Mr II. Hood .. ,,, 28 2S - 5G J? Jt lth 25 30-55 Mr G. M'Donald ,, „ ,, 25 27 — 52 ■H r .. 22 25-47 Mr Jus. M Arthur 17 24 — 41 Mr M. Brown 20 21 - <1 Jfr J, Ford .. 03 18 _ 39 u' & w'n- - 18 «-« Mr D. Williams „ 13 14 - 2G Total ,, .. 447 Tannery. Mr H. "Montgomery 30 29-59 Mt Middloditcli 28 23 — 5G Mr H.-S. Montgomery 31 03 _ 54 Mr Sarc'ufield 24 26 — 50 M* 25 24-49 Mr Johnston 20 23 -'43 Mr Straslian ' 21 10-37 Mr Long. .. .. 19 15 — 34 Mr J; Millar . .. 18 14-32 Mr Manson 256 — 31