RIFLE SHOOTING.

Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 53

RIFLE SHOOTING.

DAILY MAIL CUP. SYDNEY, May 25. In the Daily Mail prize contest the j Gouiburn ambulance team made 801, but I as check scorers were not provided their scores do not count. BRISBANE, May 25. The Railway Rifle Club team put up 763, and the Seventh Regiment's team, firing at Ballarat, made 740. LONDON, May 25. The highest score so far for the Daily Mail Cup is that of 816 made by the Granville College team, Sydney. Tbsn come Langport (Somerset) with 812, the Young Club (New South Wales) with 805, ■and Hull with 795. MASTERTON. May 24. The Opaki Rifle Club, firing "for the , Dailv Mail Cup, put up a total of 778. i Mawley (101), and M'Hattie (100), were ' the top scorers. | _ , j On Saturday, at tho Balclutha range, the ! Rifle' Club of the Fourth Battalion firedl for the Daily Mail Empire Day prize. An average of 95.5 was put up. The weather conditions were cold, a dull light, and showery. The following were the eight

and was won by Kaitangata with 754, I Bruce 694, Popotunoa 686. Glutha (six men) 504, Staff (five men) 401. FINAL RESULTS. LONDON. May 30. The final scores in the Daily Mail Empire Cup contast are as follow: Granville (New South Wales) ... 816 Lang-port 812 North London 810 Young (New 'South Wales) ... 805 Hull 795 Peak Hill (New South Wales) ... 794 Queanbeyan (New South Wales) "792 Durban Light Infantry 790 Natal Carbineers 789 Queen's Rifles, Edinburgh 786 Pert Augusta (South Australia) 786 Gunnedah (New South Wales)... 781 The Victorian Railway Rifles came sixteenth, the Pest and Telegraph Rifles seventeenth, Adelaide and Bendigo tied for nineteenth place, Bathurst and New South Wales for twenty-fourth place, Akarana, Auckland, and Sydney for twentyninth place, and Mount Lyell (Tasmania) and Miklura (Victoria) for thirty-sixth place. The Ipswich (Queensland) Railway. Rifles finished thirty-ninth, Grafton and Bombala (New South Wales) tied for forty-third, and East Torrens ('South Australia) and Milton (New South Wales) for forty-eighth, scoring 760. Thirty-one other Australian teams are included in the first 150, scoring above 700. - : LORD MEATH'S TROPHY. SYDNEY, May 25. In the firing for Earl Meath'e trophy the Sydney Cadets scored 657. LONDON, May 27. For the Empire Day Challenge Cup thr leading scores are as follow : Second Hampshires 2670 Eighty-sixth Carabes 2621 Thirty-sixth Sikhs 2515 Twenty-ninth Punjabis 2360 Marine Artillery (Portsmouth) 2399 Second King's Own 2263 Seventh Australian Infantry ... 2217 A shooting match between the Queen's Rifles (Oamaru) and the Flag Swajhp Defence Rifle Club was held on the latter's range on Tuesday, May 24. Conditions—--12 men aside, two lowest counted out, seven shots and two optional sighters at 200 and 500 yards. The day was fin© for shooting, and the visitors made some gocd scores. They had. perhaps, a Blight advantage in using th© new aperture sight, as none of the rifle club men has; yet got them. A very enjoyable day was spent. The Queen's won by 17 points. The following are the scores:— ; Queen's Rifles.

highest scorers:— 200 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Sergeant J. Smith (Kaitt.nga.ta) 34 34 34 — 102 Lieutenant C. Bryce (Kaitangata) 33 32 32 - 97 Private G. Duncan (Kaitangata) 33 30 33 — 96 Private T. Frazer (Kaitangata) 33 34 28 — 95 Sergt. 0. S. Mosley (Kaitangata) 32 32 30 — 94 Sergeant D. Brown (Bruoe) 33 32 29- ■ Qd

Private H. Dickson (Bruce) Captain J. H. Moir (staff) . 32 29 30 33 31 31 - 93 — 93 Totals , 259 257 248 764 An inter-company mate! l was also fired,

200 500 yd=. yds. TlCorp. Swinard 32 33 - 65 Sergt. Steenson ... . 32 32 - 64 Pvt. Pinch 31 32 — 63 Col.-sergt. Doi-an 31 31 -62 Staff-sergt. Bishop . 28 32 — 60 Capt. Williams 26 32 - 53 Bugler Steenson ... ■ 31 26 — 57 Pvt. R. King ... . 32 25 - 57 Sergt. Bain 29 26 — 55 Pvt. L. King 27 26 — 53 Pvt. Manton (counted • out) 27 24 — 51 Sergt. Sinclair (counted out) 29 22 —:5i Total 594 Flag Swamp. Capt. Cameron 27 33 - 60 Rfllmn. Jos. Argue 29 31 — 60 Rflmn. Maxwell, sen. 31 29 -'60 Mr E. H. Clark, M.P. 28 30 — 58 Rflmn. PembertoiT 28 29 — 57 Rflmn. M'Donald ... . 30 27 — 57 Rflmn. Hepburn ... -, 31. 26 — 57 Rflmn. Dempsey 29 27 — 56 Rflmn. M'Lare-n ... . 32 24 — 56 Rflmn. Maxwell, jun. . 32 24 — 56 Rflmn. Lister (counted out) 27 27 — 54 Rflmn. Mullarrey (counted out) 26 25 — 51 Total' ... • - 577