TRENTHAM RIFLE MEETING.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 2602, 7 March 1907, Page 2

TRENTHAM RIFLE MEETING.

rail UNITED I’ll ESS ASSOCIATION. Treutliarn, March 5. During the day there were rumours current that a deal of “pointing” was going on at the range. A meeting of the Council, called hurriedly, confirmed this view, and the circumstances were gone into as fully as those conversant with the details were prepared to admit. In one instance there was little to cavil at; in fact, the competitor complained of was well within his rights in claiming a point that the spotting disc showed he had not been credited with. In the second case there was no doubt reason for an inquiry, as it was shown that there had been a suspicion that all was not correct, and when the competitor was taxed with a difference in the scores on his card and that kept by those who were watching him, he conveniently altered his total to lit that shown him by the latter. Another case was that in connection with the firing off for the final position in the 50 aggregates. Irvine, who at present holds the Belt, was amongst those who were ordered to parade at noon to shoot off at the 1000 yards. The other five put In an appearance, but not Irvine, and when the men got to the range it was found that Irvine was there practising. Irvine explained that lie understood they were to fall in on the range, and to his credit he offered, if the others thought he had secured any advantage, to withdraw and not take part in the shoot-off. The others would not agree to this, and Irvine fired, and while the incident was a regrettable one Irvine’s explanation is accepted as satisfactory. A singular coincidence happened at. the 100yds range in the Continuous Match (7 -shots). Some wag worked a bogus card for Sontag, of Dunedin (who had not entered), and put his score at 31 as follows: 5555245—a rattling good shot had it. been correst —anil in addition his supposed sighter was put down as a "bull.” Hearing of the yarn, and being congratulated on all sides, Sontag straight away entered for the match, and, strangely enough, made exactly the score his jovial friend- attributed to him, and, what is more, the value of his individual shots were in the same order as on the bogus card. Later in the afternoon Sontag had another try at the same range, and rang on 29. The prize list in these continuous matches will not lie known till tomorrow.

Rapid Firing, 200yds, 10 shots.— Wanganui Rifle Team, 26: Christchurch No. 1. Engineers and Orepuki Rifles, each 22 : Wellington No. 1 Battalion, 16: Taranaki Battalion, 12.

Rapid Firing, 600yds, 10 shots. —Wellington Battalion. 2!): No. 1 Engineers. Christchurch, 28 : Wanganui Rifles. 27: Taranaki Rifles, 2(1: Orepuki Rifles. 17. Colonial Ammunition Company's Match. 10 rounds.—Karori Rifle Club, 18 hits; No. 1 Engineers. Christchurch. 13 hits: Victoria Rifles, Auckland. 13 hits: Taranaki Rifles, 13 hits: Wellington No. 1 Battalion. 12: Wanganui Rifles. 12: Palmerston North Rifles. 12: Timaru Rifles. 11: Opaki Rifle Chib. 11: Gisborne Rifles, 9: Orepuki Rifles. ,9