THE BISLEY MEETING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 29

THE BISLEY MEETING.

Scotland, New Zealand, and Canada protested against the result of the Mackinnon Match, which the council of the Hide Association awarded to the Australian team, who alone competed in the shooting. Colonel Davies^ the officer in charge of the Australians, has offered to reshoot the match, provided that the time limit be enforced.

Lake and W. Ballinger (Petoue Rifle Club) made "possibles" at the 200 yds stage for the King's Prize.

At Bisley, Corporal Winslade, of Wanganui, was fifteenth in the Graphic Trephy Match with a score of 35. He wins £o.

July 22.

At Bisley W. Ballinger (Petone Rifle Club) was third in the Wimbledon Cup, .with a score of 48. He wins £6.

W. Sloane, a Victorian, took sixteenth jpla'ce in the Coronation series, with a score of 99. He wins £10.

The scores of the Australian team in the Mackinnon Challenge Cup were : Ferguson 124, Farquhar 121, Sloane and Todd 117 each, Shaw 115, Lake, William, and East 113 each, Hibbard 108, Whitehead 105, Carter 94, and Galliford 88; fired under the new conditions — viz., teams of 12 men, with 10 t>hots and a sigbter at each distance of 900 and 1000 yards.

July 23,

The Kolapore Cup was won by the Australian team, with a score of 770, ■which is a record. The other scores were: Rhodesia, 758; Canada, 757; the Motherland, 755; Guernspy, 748; Natal, 746; New Zealand, 744; India, 708; and the W^est Indies, 602.

At 200 yards the Motherland led with a score of 263, New Zealand 262, Canada 259. At 500 yards Canada was first with 519, Australia 515, Rhodesia 511, New Zealand 510. At 600 yards the Australians had added the splendid total of 255, Todd and Carter making the possible and Whitehead (of Victoria) 34. The victory proved very popular. Lieutenant-general Hildyard warmly congratulated Lieutenant-colonel Da vies, the manager of the team. The individual scores of the winners were : Whitehead (Victoria), 101 ; Carter (Victoria), 99 ; Lake (South Australia), 98 ; Fargher (Victoria) and Ferguson (Queensland), 97 each ; Shaw (Queensland), 95 ; Todd (Victoria), 94; Sloane (Victoria), 89.

The following Australians are in the best 300 competitors for the first stage of the King's Prize: — Carter, Fargher, and Wniiehead, with 07 points each; Todd and Sloane, 96 each ; Grummett, 95; Shaw and Galliford, 94 each. New Zealanders : Wilson and Ballinger, 96 each.

AH the teams accept the Australians' offer to reshoot for the Mackinnon Cup on' Monday.

Lieutenant-colonel Djvies is urging the National Rifle Association to send a team to Australia.

July 24

At the Bisley meeting Shaw, of Queensland, was fourth in the Alexandra Match, with a score of 69. He wins £15. Ferguson, of Queensland, was third in the Premier, with a score of 39. He wins £5.

July 25

The New Zealand team won the Belgian Cup and £20 at Bisley. The score was 101 points. The Highland Light Infantry scored 97 ; and London Rifle Brigade 94.

Hawthorn (Karori Riflp Club, Wellington), the New Zealauder, heads the li-t in the first stage for the St. George's Challenge Vase. His scores were 33 at 500 yds and 35 at 600 yds.

The scores of the Australians and New Zealanders who qualified to compete in the second stage were : Gawith, 34 at each range ; Fargher, Gahliford, Turnbull, and iiauinger, GU ; King, Go; Hii*bard and Ferguson, 04.

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At Bisley Corporal Kerr, of the First Dumbarton Volunteers won the silver medal in ihe King's Prize competition with a score of 192. The following are the Australians and New Zealanders who were qualified to shoot in the final stage : —Todd, 187: Ballinger (Wellington), 184; J. G. Wilson (Woodville), •183; Ison, 181. Kerr, the winner last year, shot into the final, and Avon a prize of £12.

The New Zealand team have been 'disqualified for the Beelfian Challenge Cup on the ground that they are improperly uniformed and equipped.

The final stage in the King's Match was "fired in a heavy gale of wind, varying from 25 to 40 miles. Lieutenant Johnston, of the London Rifle Brigade, rproved the winner, with a score of 307 : iIV. Todd (Victoria) second, with a f-core <>f\ 286 (prize, £12); J. G. Wilson j(Woodville Rifle Club.) forty-ninth, score 28-1 (prize, £10); W. Ballinger j(Petone Rifle Club) seventy-second, ecore 277 (prize, £8) ; Lieutenant Ison '(Victoria), score 276 (prize, £8). In the St. George's Challenge A'ase iFargier (Victoria), with a score of 113, s?inß £9j^ W. Bailinger (Petfinel, score

111, prize £8; W. King (Oamaru), score 110, prize £7; Gawith, score 110, prise £6; Harry Hawthorne (Karori Rifle Club, Wellington), Hibbard (Tasmania), score 109, prize £5; Gallaford (Adelaide), score 108, prize £4; Turnbull, score 102, prize £3. The winner scored 116.

Lord Roberts inspected the colonial rifle shots, and congratulated the winners. He hoped that the teams would come to Bisley annually.

July 28

Grummet, of Victoria, won the Service Rifle Association's Cup, or £25, with a score of 79 out of a possible 80 at 200 and 600 yard«.

NOTES FROM THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. (F*ou Ova Own Corm:spo>t)ent.) WELLINGTON, July 24.

Mr W. H. Ballinger, of Wellington, has sent his brother Arthur some interesting notes concerning the doings of New Zealanders at the Bisley rifle meeting. The letter, which was received yesterday, was, of ocurse written from the camp some weeks before the meeting began. The writer says that rain had fallen during most of the time sprnt there. Good practice wa= being done on every opportunity. It appears from Mr Balli»ger"s notes that great alterations have been made this year in the size of the targets to be ueod. When the last New Zealand team went Home the targets were the some i-ize as tho<=e u-ed at Trentham. Last year— namely at 200 yd?, Oin bull's pyc, 20in inner, and 32m " magpie '* : and at sCoyds and 600 yds, 24in " bulls,"' 36in inner. 48in " magpie." All these eizes have bcon tpduced considerably for this yeai"s Bifley meeting— namely, at 200 yd", 7in bull's eye, ]4in inner, 21in "magpie.' At 500 yds and 600ydg. 20in " bull," 30in inner, and 36in "' magpie." Another great change which has been effected if- that marksmen may take any position at the 200 yds range. At Trentham last year competitors had to stand when shooting at this stage, and previously at Bisl-ey they Lad to kneel at tho range (it was ptated in Tuesday's cable meeting that Mr Ballinger had scored the " possible " at th-e 200 yds range in shooting for the King's Prized An account is given by Mr Ballinger of the shooting of the New Zealanders for the National Rifle Association medal, the winner of which apparently qualifies to shoot in a special representative match. The ranges were 200 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds, and there were to be three matches only, two of whir-h had boen fired when the letter was po9tetl. Harry Hawthorne, who was the runner-up at the Trentham meeting for the xjhanvoionship. made 97 (34—32 — 31) and 88 (33—31 24)," Hydo (the Trentham champion), 72 (29-50—13) and 82 (34—23— 25); M'Gregor (Oamaru) 89 (34—34—21) and 70 (31—26—13) ; W. H. Ballinger, 90 (34— 31—35) and 83 (31— 30— 22^ ; Bandmaster King, 89 (31—29-29) and 88 (32—31—25); Head (of the Highland Rifles, Wellington), 78 and 88 (3' -23—31) ; James Wilson (Wellington). F0 (23—29—23) and 83 (31—26-26) ; W. H. Nelson (last year'? champion), 78 and 85 : Winslade. 86 and 85 : G. Loveday, 90 and 82: J. (i. Wilson (Woodville). 88 and 89: Bunting (Palmerston North), 66, but he did not compete at the serond stage; Okey (New Plymouth), 72 and 83. All thes« scores wore made under the new conditions.