SHOOTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14373, 17 November 1908, Page 10

SHOOTING.

CAYERSHAM BIFLES. ■ The Caversiiam Rifles fired the second ; competition for Hallemstcin's clock and other ' prizes nt l'eiichet Bay range., on. Saturday. : The second claw shots also fired the second competition for Lieutenant Kmmerson's .trophy. Conditions: .Seven shots and sighter at 500 and oOQ yards, ,Tho following wore the highest scores: — ■ ■ SCO 600 'V yds. yds. lip. Tl. Corp. PcTtcpus ..., ... 35 26 1— 62 : Laneo-corp. Fogarty... 31 ' 27 4 — 62 | Priv. Nowla-nds , ... 29 28 5-62.' i Priv. ll.'.Allen ... 30 22 10-62 Ccl.-sergt. Porteoiiß... 3t ' 26 60 Lieut, GoldopstciU- ... 28 28 56 Priv. Portoou's \ ... 27 ,25 - 4-56 I Corp. Allen 31. 17 . 8-56 , Ser.gt, G-lou. 20 30 5-55 j Corp. Irvine ....... 24 18. 8— 50 Seoomi Ola-*s. I Priv. Watson ... ... 32 23 55 IPriv. F. Alien ■'■ „i 27 23 4-54 Priv. Graham .'• 23 27 54 'Priv. It. Alien ... 19 22 8-49 Priv. Williams. ...< 9 17 14 —40 Priv. M'Quecn ... ... 17 9 14 —40 FIRST. RAILWAY PIONEERS. The A and B Classes of the above company fired.the s«.ond eoniDctition for prizes j presented by Mr T. K. Sidey, Mr Fox, and I ofheis on Saturday aflertioon. Conditions: | Seven shots and optional sighter at 50p and . 600 yards. The. following are the' best scores In each class:— . A Class. 500 600 ■ '•',,' J*.' }*• Hp. Tl. bergt. Routledge ... 32 29 -1 —62 Sapper White ... ... 29 28 5— 62 . Sapper Burgess ' ... 31 26 5-62 j Lieut. Murray ... 28 26- 8— 62 jCapt, Searic* 32 29 61 j Sergt. 'M-Keich ... 27 31 58 i Sapper. M'Lyrcn' ... 28 20 8— 56 | Sapper' Na.ylcr ... 22 25 6-53 ; .Sapper Unp.ih.-irt- ..'. 23 26 3— 52 Sapper Davison. ..; 18 26 8— 52 Lieut, Wardle ~-. 25 26 -— 51 ■BOlaes. Corp. Carni-A ... 24 29 53 Sapper .Head ...... 20/ 18 9— 47 ; Sapper. Biggar 20.' 23 ift Sapper ... 9. 29 9— 38 - * Not eompj-ikvg. dunkdin' RIFLE CLUB. I The Duiicdin Rifle Club fired the -fina' . competition, for Mr Lyders's prize on Satur- ! day. The 'following are the highest scores, with the aggregates-.— 300 500 ■.. _ „ , , >•<'&• yds. Hp. Tl.' 1 Mr R. Grcenslade ... 33 34': 67 Mr R. Logan 29 32". 6-67 Mr -Miller 3C 34 2-66 Mr Tonkin 33 32 65 Mr Slingor ... 32 20 5-65 Mr Bradley 31 33 64! Mr Hawthorne 31 32 63 Mr Proudfoot 32 29 --61 M.r Potter ...' 29 30 2-61 Mr Portman ... ... 24 30 7— 61 Mr Lyders*- 28 32 60 Mr Hutclu'ngs 25 25 10 -60 * Not competing. Aggregates. lat 2nd 3rd 'camp, core p. comp. Tl, Mr R. Logan •' — 64 67-131 Mr Bradley 64 64 128 Mr Tonkin ... 63 ' — 65 — 128 Mr Portman ... ...61' 64 125 Mr, Miller ;.. 58 - 66-124 DUNEDIN' RIFLES. The Dumxiin Rifles ."on Saturday fired the third and f.nu-1 competition of the Officers' Match. Conditions: Three ■ competitions (two highest, to. count). Ranges, for Saturday wore SCO iind 600 j-a.ids, seven shots and '-optional sighter at each range. Highest scores: — 500 600 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Col.-sgt. Hay 32 32 54 Priv. Morrison 34 28 —— 62 Priv. Moore ; 34 25' 3— 62 Sergt. Strachan ... 30 28 4— 62 Priv. Butt ... 28 29 5— 62 Priv. Lunnam 29 27 6— 62 Sergt, Thomson ' ... 28 24 10 —62 Priv. M'lnncs ... -:.. 24 26 12 —62 Sergt. M'DonaW ... 30 29' 59 t Priv. Harty ; ... 31 25 56 Aggregates, with handicap for both days takenr together:— Competitions. 1 2 3 Hp. Tl. Priv. Morrison ... — 61 62 1-124 Col.-sergt, Hay ... - 58 64 2-124 Sergt. Strachan ... —,- 56 58 10-121 Sergt. M'Donald 61 61 ~ 122 Sergt, Thomson ... - 49 62 18-119 Priv. Harty; - 61 56 1-118 Priv. Moore. ... ... — 47 59 12 — 118 Priv. M'lnne's ... — 43 50 24-117 Priv.'North' 50 .. 50 — 12-112 ; '' DUNEDIN ENGINEERS. • On Saturday the Dtuiedin Engineers fired a one-day handicap match for prizes presented by the company. Conditions: Ten shots and ono optional sighter at 300 and 500 yards. The following are the highest scores:— 300 500 ; yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Sergt, Parker* 40 46 - 86 Corp. Clark' 31 42 12 85 Corp. Brown 31 40 14 85 Sapper Mever 34 37 14 85 Sergt, Keilor 36 47 ' — 83 Sapper .larvis 32 40 10 82 Q.M.-Sergt, Wells ... 38 42 - 80 Sapper ,W. Bergamini 23 32 25 80 Corn. Latta 33 44 2 79 * Prize-winners. SECONDARY SCHOOLS' MATCH. A very interesting matoh took place on Saturday last at Oa-maru between four secondary schools. Otago. Boys' High School and Ashhurton and Timaru High Schools- sent teams to meet Waifcaki High School. The conditions wore: Teams of 10 bona fide pupils, seven shots compulsory sighter at 200 aiul 500 yards; Eisloy targets. All the teams were unused to the range, but some good shooting was done. The following are the scores: — 200 SCO. yds. yds. Tl. Otago Boys' H.S. ..,'... 279 245-524 •Ashhurton H.S 263 237-500 Waitaki H.S. ... .:. ... 260 226-486 Timaru H.S. ... 235 233-468 The individual scores of the winning team were: - 200 SCO yds. yds. Tl. Lieut, Wilkinson 31 29 —60 Sergt. Reid ... 35 24 —59 Private Brown ... 33 26 —59 Liout. Walker 26 31 -57 Sergt. Stephens 28 27 —55 Corp. Scott' ... 24 29 —53 Private Cameron ... 24 26 —50 Private Baxter 25 25 —50 Private Haworth 26 18 -44 Private Don ... 27 10—37 Sergeant Reid put on eight consecutive bull's-eyes at 200 yds at a 6in bull. The highest-individual scorer was Corporal Low, of Afihburton, with 62. "" ■ "

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