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Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 28

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NORTH DUNEDIN RIFLES. The Nortji Dunedin Rifles fired their first competition for the Company's Belt and other prizes on Saturday afternoon at the Pehchet Hay range. The conditions were Ranges 300 and 600 yards, 10 shots with optional sighter at each distance. The following were the highest scores: — 300 600 yds yds. Tl. Lieutenant R A. Johnston .. 37 34 —71 Sergeant J. Bland 37 30 — 67 Corporal A. Phillips .... 36 30 — 66 Private W. Hutehinson .. 38 27 — 65 Private W. Black 38 25 — 63 Corporal W. Harbour .. .. 38 25 —63 Sergeant H. LongwoTth .. 35 27 —62 Private A. M'Donald .. .. 41 20 —61 Private D. Dippie 36 21 — 57 CtTY GUARDS. The City Guards fired the third and final competition of a series of matches arranged for prizes presented by Messrs Hallenstem Bros, ajid Irvine and Stevenson. The conaitions were seven shots at 200, 300, and 500 yards. The best scores were : — 200 300 500 yds. yds. yds. Tl ''Lieutenant Jack „33 30 28 — 91 'Private Sonntag ..29 23 33 — 85 "Corporal Moss .. ..26 25 28 —79 Private Christensen ..28 25 22 — 75 Private A. Raper ..26 25 23 — 74 Private Offen .... 27 20 25—72 * Range prizes. Aggregates. The condition of the match v, ere that the best two scores out of the three competitions were to count for prizes. The prize-takers are as follow. — Ist 2nd 3rd comp. comp. cornp. Tl. Lieut. Jack 82 — 91 — 173 Private Sonntag .... 85 — 85 — 170 Corporal Moss .. ..87 — 79 — 166 Private Offen .. ..81 — 72 — 153 Private A. Raper .. — 75 74 — 149 Private Mills .. .. 78 70 148 Sergeant Jenkins . . 78 — 65 — 143 HIGHLAND RIFLES. On Saturday afternoon the Highland Rifles fired the second competition of No. 2 Match. The conditions were seven shots and a sighter at 300, 500, and 600 yards. Owing to the delay occasioned in commencing the shooting, the long range had to be fired almost m the dark. Following are the principal scores — Private Chisholm 74 Private Cowie 73 Private Hogg 71 Corporal Dickel 71 Corporal Cutt 70 Bugler Garbutt 68 Sergeant Cameron 65 Sergeant Harper 64 DUNEDIN ENGINEERS. The Dunedm Engineers fired the second competition for the Ladies' Challenge Belt and for Major Beal's and other trophies. The conditions were seven shots and a sighter at 200, 500, and 600 yards. When the last range was reached the light became very bad, and the shooting poor. The highest scores were • — 200 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Sapper Dean 29 "27 25 —81 Sapper Pollock .... 30 29 20 — 79 Corporal Bragg .... 23 26 19 —74 Sapper Whelan .... 26 29 16 — 71 Sergeant Tonkin .... 29 31 11 —71 Coiporal Smith .... 28 20 22 — 70 Sergeant Bryant .. .. 25 25 19 —69 Corporal Marett .... 25 25 18 —63 Corporal Miles .... 30 23 14 —67 Sapper A. Aburn .. .. 27 19 17 —63 Captain Barclay .. .. 22 26 15 —63 Sapper Grant .... 23 21 35 —59 Corpoial Power .. „ 2o 20 12 —58 Lieutenant Mic'gley . . 2S 15 14 —57 Lieutenant Ross . . . . 25 20 12 —57 Sapper Steele .. ..24 22 11 —57 Corporal Jacobs .... 27 21 7— 55 Sapper Campbell .28 23 2 — 53 DUNEDIN RIFLES. The Dunedm Rifles (Burt's Coips) fired the fir°t of a series of two matches for a gold medal pTefrer.ted by Mr Molloy on Saturday afternoon. The day was fairly calm, and the light steady. The following are the chief scores — 300 600 yds. yds. Hep. Tl. Private Rand ell .... 33 29 13 —75 Private M'Donald ..32 30 12 — 74 Private Morrison .. .. 35 34* 69 Private Ferguson ..37 23 7 — 67 Sergeant Poole .... 39 24 63 Bugler Stracban .. .. 35 14 12 —61 Private Douglass . . . . 34 21 5— 60 Private Dieaver 31 22 6 — 59 * Lieutenant Jackson and Private Morrison secured lauge prizes.