OTAGO RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15032, 4 January 1911, Page 3

OTAGO RIFLE ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL PRIZE FIRING

The weather favoured the fortieth gather - ing'of the Ocago Rille Association on Mon--5 day. The noitii-east gal 9 of the previous , day had blown itself out, and there was ; a dead calm at the Pelichet Bay butts, so i that competitors shot' under almost rillc ; gallery conditions, saving that there were ! a few oatspaws, as siulormun would call tlium, coming capriciously down the gttilies near the targets that could not be taken into accountat the shooting mounds further south. In tiie a'fternoon tile dull grey of the sky was broken by bursts of sunshine, making the atmospheric conditions eome- • what tricky, perhaps; but, taken on the 1 whole, the weather was ideal from every 1 point of view.. The competition was keen, | for there were 127 entries this year (a ' rceord), as compared with 94 last year. Very great improvements had been made , at the ranges by providing the new system - of firing at Bisley targets, These show . the lower half a grass green, and the upper a sky blue, with the figure of a man, disclosing his vital parts abovo the veldt to be peppered with impunity, and without the nerve-racking fear of retaliation. Under these favourable conditions s tho scoring was good. Last year, under bad weather conditions, only one possible at tho 200 yards was scored, but yesterday Sergeant Waug-h, at 200 yards, scored the -greatest possible number (35), and at 500 yards possibles were scored by Messrs Fenwick, Ray, Wills, and Cowan, and Corporal Bradshaw. The gathering attracted many visitora, and amongst tho veterans were Corporal Munro IMurihiki Mounted Rifles), who won the Victorian Rifle Association's badge in 1909: Private T. M. G. Frazer and G. Duncan (Kaitangata Rifles), Privates Sonntag and T. Jones (Dunedm City Guards). Lieutenant-colonel Smith and" Captain Proud-foot were present during tho day to show their never-tailing interest in rifle shooting. The range officers for the day were Major Wright. Captains Douglas, Moor, Seattle, and Lieutenant Newman, of Christc.liure.li. Captain Lacey, in the tent set apart for tho secretary, out his official duties with military precision, and in the role of paymaster acted with a promptness that secured the goodwill of the winner?. The following were the winners:— CITIZENS' MATCH. 200 andi 500 yards. Seven shots at each range. Mr Fenw'ick, £2 1 Corporal Bradsliaw, £1 10s 2 Sergeant Nicoils, £1 10s 3 Rifleman Ray, £1 ... ... 4 Rifleman Cowan, £1 5 Private T. Jones, £1: Sergeant Harbour, 15s; Private M'Donald, 15s; Rifleman Munro, 15s; Privato Johnston (City Guards), 15s; Sergeant Montgomery, l(fe; Private G. Frazer, 10s;' Lieutenant Beroliel, 10s; Ser-geant-major Montgomery, 10s; Rifleman Wills, 10s; Rifleman J. Millar, 10s; Rifleman \Y. Boys, 10s; Sergeant Brown, 10 Sergeant O'Hara, 10s; Private Harty, 10s; Bugler M'Kenzie, 10s; Sergeant Rigby, 10s. Counted out: Colour-sergeant England, Corporal M'Kcohnie, Sergeant Mosloy, Colour-sergeant Moss, Sergeant Waug-h. Tyro Pmzes.—Corporal Smith, 10s; Corporal Strong, 10s; Corporal Fogerty, 10s; Private Sim, ,10a; Private ICeith, 10s; Private Porteous, 10s; Serjeant Glen, 10s; Rifleman Ellis, 10s; Private O'Callaghan, 10s. HALLENSTEIN MATCH. Seven shots, with an optional sighter, at 200 and 600 yards. Competitors take tho following sums:--Bugler M'Kenzie, £2; Lieutenant Capstiok and Sergeant Hogg, £1 10s each; Sergeant Tonkin, Sergeant Mosley, and P'rivate Harty, £1 each; Privato Duncan, Trooper Searie, and Lieutenant Campbell, 15s each; Private Johnston, Mr Fenwiek, Sergeant Lapsley, Mr Robertson, Private Sim, Lieu- 1 tenant Bryce, Captain. Searie, Captain Swinard, Corporal F. M'Kay, Mr Hepburn, ' Sergeant Logan, and Private -O'Callaghan, 10s caoh. Counted out: Colour-sergeant Moss, Sergeant Crimp. Tyuos. The following take 10s eachPrivato M'Donald, Private M'Keitch, Mr' Ellis, Sergeant Strong, Corporal Smith, Private Clayton, Private Connor, Corporal Fogarty, and Sergeant Broad, Counted out; Mr R. Logan, {Private Porteous, Sergeant Glen. The following ore the leading aggregates.—Harty, 161; Capstick, 159; Hogg, 157; Fenwiek, 157; Johnston, 155; Searie, 153. _ , Tho prize-firing was continued yesterday ill fine • weather, though tho wind proved a trifle tricky in the morning. There have been several range possibles made during the meeting, and in this connection tho names of Lieutenant Bryoe, Sergeant Crimp, Sergeant-major Montgomery, Corporal Munro, Rifleman Fenwiek. Sergeant Montgomery, Corporal Tavender, Sergeant Bent, Private Boyes, Sergeant Hogg, Cor. poral Bradshaw, and Rifleman Cowan may be mentioned. ' ( The Mowing are the results of yeste-r- : day's shooting:— PRESIDENT'S MATCH. ' 500 and 600 yards. Seven, shots at each : range. Sergeant Brown (£2). 66 1 Rifleman Finch (£1 10s), 66 2 Privato Hnrty !£1 10s), 66 3 Sergeant Eraser (£1), 66 4 Bandmaster Dickson (£1), 65 ... 5 Sergeant St-eenson (£1), 65 6 Sergeant Lapsley, Bugler M'Kenzie, Private Mahoney, and Sergeant. Hopg 15-s each; Sergeant Burt, Sergeant Crimp, Pn vate Duncan, Private Glue, Rifleman York, Corporal Tozer, Lieutenant Gapstiek, Colour-sergeant Moss, Sergeant Ha-rtoui, Sergeant Tonkin, Rifleman Searie, and Sor I geant Moore 10s each. > | Counted out: Smith and Menzies. Tiros. The following tcok 10s cach:—Privat-e Rountrie, Corporal Husband, Private Par-

toous, Private I 'Kcitcii, Private Perry. Corpora] Fogturf.y, Private Bomiingham, Pri vate Sim, and Corporal Smmders! Counted out: Glen.

OTAGO .MATCH. £00 and 600 yards. lon shots at each rawe. "Sergeant Hogg (£2), 95 " 1 Colour-Fcrgeiml Dora.n (£1 10s), 95 2 Colour-sergeant Mackio (£1 10s),■ 94 ... 3 Colour-sergeant- Montgomery (£1), ... 4 Sergeant- Nicoils (£1), 93 5 Private T. Jones (£1), 92 5 .Sergeant Glen, Sergeant Frascr, Sergeant Geddes, Lieutenant Oa-pstick, and Rifleman Robertson, 15s eoc'i. The following got 10s:—Lieutenant Bryce, Lieutenant. Campbell, Private Clayton, Colour-sergeant Smith, Private Ha.rty, Private T. Eraser. Corporal Menzios, Private M'Donakl, Colour-sergeant Moss, Corporal F. Smith, and Rifleman Gillon. out: Parsons, Newman,'Lapsley, Keenan, and Finish. Trp.os. The following took 10s each:—Rifleman Finch, Rifleman Ellis, Private Sim, Oorpor.il Fog-xrty, Bugler M'Kenzie, Private

(Jlu<?, Private Saunders, Private Keith, Pri'.vato Porteous. Counted out: O'Callnglian. : TEAMS MATCH, for team of five men; (lie stores in tlie four competitions to count as an aggregate. Caimaru Rifles (£4- ss), 13M ... 1 Kaifa.ng.ita Rifles (£2 10s), 1351 ... ... 2 Jnvercargill Rifle Club (£1 15sl, 1321 ... 3 There were nine teams competing. AGGREGATE PRIZES; for the aggregate in the first four competitions. Sergeant Hogg (£5), 2£6 1 Private Ilnrty (£2), 284 2 Bugler M'Kenzie (£1 10s), 281 3 Lieutenant Claprtick (£1 10s), 281 ... ... 4Private Nicholls (£1), 280 5 Private James (£1), 273 6 Colour-sergeant Moss (£1), 278 7 Private Duncan (£1), 277 8 Counted out: Sergeant-major Montgomery. This oompletes the annual prize-firing.