Rifle Association Meeting.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6320, 16 March 1892, Page 3

Rifle Association Meeting.

Teentiiam, last night.— The Otago match was concluded at 2.30 this afternoon. The following are the leading prize-takers : — Kruse (Wanganui) £8, 84 ; Little (Auckland) £Q, 84 ; Tihen (Gisborne) £5, 83 ; Spiers (Oamaru) £4, 82 ; A. Cameron (Temii) £4, 82 ; Kuchen (Wellington) £4, 81 ; Neill (Peninsula) £3, 80 ; T. Jones (Waikari) £3, 79 ; Doughty (Auckland) £3, 79 ; McKeich (Tuapeka) £'2, 79 ; Randall (Palmerston)£2, 79 ; Burns (Duuedin) £2, 78 ; Craige (Invercargill) £2, 78; Froudfoot (Dunedin) £2, TB. At the conclusion of the match the following were the highest aggregates for the belt : Spiers (Oamaru) 312 ; Doughty (Auckland) 310 ; F. Jones (Waikari) CO9 ; Purnell (\Vanganui) 304 ; Proudfoot (Dunedin) 303 ; W. Ballin^er (Wellington) 301 ; Robilliard (Kaiapin) 299 ; Kennedy (Napier) 299 ; Blanc (Masterton) 299 ; King (Napier) 299 ; A. Ballinger (Wellington) 298 ; Ross (Napier) ; 297 ; Taylor (Auckland) 297 ; Burns (Dnnelin) 294 ; Randall (Palmerston) 294 ; Sontag (Waikari) 293; Parslow (Auckland) 293; Kruse (Wanganui) 292. The following is the prize list in the Auckland match, 300 yards, ten shots, any position, not counting for the belt : Nimino (Oamaru) £8, 43; Wakelyn (Christclmrch) £6, 42 ; W. Robertson (Peninsula) £5, 41 ; Head (Auckland) £4, 41 ; Robilliard (Kaia- I poi) £4, 41 ; Henderson (Auckland) £3, 41 ; Richardson (Duradin) £3, 41 ; Armstrong i (Wanganui) £2, 41 ; Marks (Dunedin) £2, ' 40; F. Jones (Waikari) £2, £9; Remining- ; ton (Wanganui) £2, 39 ; Taylor (Ai:ckland) < £2, 39 ; Spiers (Oamaru) £2, 39. ! To-day. — There is aga: l magnificent '• weather and a bright sun, without wind. Strenuous efforts will be made this year to '■ send a strong New Zealand shooting team to the Victorian and New South Wales Associa- ' tion meetings : i October, with a \iew of ' securing a return visit, which would tend to ' give greater : iterest to the meeting in New Zealand. At present it is doubtful whether ! the Auckland Ammunition Company' 3 match will come off, as the Company has intimated a desire to give their prize money (£35) in ammunition instead of cash. It is understood that at the annual meeting a proposal j •will be made to change the conditions en i which ties in the prize list are worked. Now \ ties are decided on range tovals, the value of hits or shots iv the rivcrse order, and the \ proposal is that ties should divide the money ■ when the value of the prize exceeds £1. The principal prise takers in the Ladies Match were Purnell (Wanganui) £8, 47 ; Sergeant Jack (Dunedin) £6, 47 ; Banks (Christchr.rch) £5, 46; Rait (Wellington) , £4, 46; Mahoney (Wanganui) £4, 46; Kirk (Petone) £3, 46 ; Howe (Wellington) £3, 45 ; Kuchen (Wellington) £2, 45 ; Sergt. Ewart (Nehou) £2, 45 ; Stratha* (Wan- | ganui) £2, 45 ; Reid (Qneenstown) £2, 45 ; Craig (Wauganui) £2, 45 ; Whiue (Oamaru) ; £2, 45. ■ In the Ladies' Match some excellent shoot- , ing was made, and Purnell and Jack each , scored eight bullseyes, one inner, and a magpie, but the former won first money, having made the best hits at the long range. At the finish the position of the men in the aggregate was not much affected by the match, as first, second, third, and fifth man on the list each made 43, but Purnell rose ' with 47, Spiers pulling four. Robilliard, Burns, and Randall fell away, while Kuchen ' rose. Taylor and W. and A. Ballinger im- ( proved their position a point or two. At the finish of the Ladies' Match the aggregates were thus : — Spiers (Oamaru) 355, Doughty (Auckland) 352, T. Jones (Waikari) 352, Purnell (Wanganui) 351, Proudfoot (Dunedin) 34(i, W. Ballinger (Wellington) 345, Kennedy (Napier) 343, A. Ballinger (Wellington) M 2, Ross (Napier) 342, Taylor (Auckland) 341.