RIFLE SHOOTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 60, 6 March 1912, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING.

I MOST INTERESTING DIAY AT | TRENT'S AM. • ■ P FINE SHOOTING AT 800YDS. . / cPor Press Association ) Trentham, March 5. /To-day saw the most interesting exhi/bition of shooting at TTcntJuun during the present meeting, and rarely has there been a better display ci • KKirksnianshtip on the ground. The wjjpather and the men were at their ‘best. Early in tlie day a baffling mirage spoilt the .shooting to some extent, •tort later on, banting a few (spasmodic gpsts, conditions were almost perfect. ■/The Otago Match, of 800yds, was the- ‘.first Vof the long range events in the championship, and the character of the work put in by the firemen needs no further description than to say that thei'e were no fewer than ■seven possibles, which led to the equal division of the first .seven prizes. There were several all-buts, and a multitude of 48’s and 47’s were counted cut. •Amongst those securing all-huts, in addition to' those in the prize list attached, were: Burns (Karori), Ross (Bluff), Munro (Muriliiku), six in all.

The -Nelson Match of two .stages, 800 and 900yds/ showed a continuance of . good .shooting. At 800yds Falk nor (Wellington), N. Willoughby (Bate'no), Lovoday (Wocdville), and Marshall (Karori) made possibles; Lane made a possible at 900yds, but with only 37 at 800yds, ho was out of '(’ho prize list. Marshall broke down at 900yds, and he also wa? out of,At. . W. Cox ' (Auckland) and 0. Soper < (Napier) each got 49, and there were many other good scores. The Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki .Matches will be fired to-morrow, these ’being the last of the championship ssfliies save the King’s Prize, in which the 50 highest aggregates fire off at 3.30 on Thursday. The following are the leading prizewinners;— • - Canterbury Match. (Ten shots at 600yds, figure targets.)

.Henderson (Sounds) 50, £4 10; Ryder (9th Regiment) 50, £4 10; Smart (Wellington) 49, £4; Brinsley (Wanganui) 49, £3 10s; Cawood 'Apiti; 48, £3; Banks (Kdmbolton) 48, £3; M)lroy (.Nelson), Hoots (Kaponga), Cuthbentson (Taumarunui), Forest (Roxburgh), each £2. ,v . Otago Match. (fen sliots .at'Booyds, Bislpy. targets.) £: - - (Okura), Hartnell -' (Taranaki), Kenning (Nelson), Caldwell (Karori), Browne (Rangitikei), and Banks (Kimboltcn), 50, each) £3 8s; Cawocd (Apßi). -and. Mainkie (tipper Hutt) and Oliver (New Plymouth) 49, each £1 10s. Trentham Aggregates. (For highest at 300, 500, and 600yds in championship series.) Elliott (Akarana) £5 ... .i. 229 Milroy (Nelscn)' £4 226 Loveday '(Wcodtiil'e) ’£4 225 Bank%t)(Ki I W jr iffedl)i "-e Butler (9th' -Regiment) £3 .... 2^ Williams (Ohara); £3 ... ... 222 Canter (12th Regiment) £2 ... 222 Wood (Christchurch), £2 ... 222 Clark (Rangitikei) £2 ... ... 221 Browne (Rangitikei) £2 ... ... 221 Elliott wins tire Carbine Cup aggregate. Atkinson, of Auckland, put up the ■ higbbst score in the Trentham aggre- : gates with 230, 'beating Elliott by one point, but he omEttcd to; enter for the Trentham Aggregate Match, and thus Toses first prize -of £5 and the Carbine Cup. .

Nelson Match. (Ten shots at 800 and 900yds; Bisley Targets.) W: Gox (Auckland) 98, £5 ; Loveday (Woodville) 97, £4; Munro (Murihdku) 97, £4; Caldwell (Karori) 90, £.‘3; Bulford (Karori) 98, £3; Sandford (Chris tchnroh) 95, £3; Hartnell ' (Taranaki) 95, £2; N. F. Wl- - (Karori) 95, £2; Soper ( i anmarunui) 94, £2; Bollard (Kaponga) 91. -£2 ' > > Ballinger Champion Rifle Seit. Loveday and Atkinson Leading. With two ten-shot single matches to fire, the following are the twelve leading aggregates for the Ballinger Belt:— L. Loveday (Woodville) ... ... 3<o L. Atkinson (Auckland) ... ... 370 •J. W. -Milroy (Nelson) ... ... 368 E. F. Sandford (Christchurch) ... 361 A. W. Cawocd (Ap'iiti) ... ... 361 W. H. Williams (Ohura) .'. 361 W. N. Masefield (Sounds) ... 360 A. Henderson (Sounds) 359 F. Wilkie (Upper Hutt) ... ... 358 W. Banks (Kimbolton) 35R A. Brown' (Rangitikei) ... "... 356 J. Burns (Karori) 3"fj TO-Cl AY’S PROCEEDINGS. Tremtham March 6. TBo Hawkes Bay Match, ten shots, 900 yards, .started to-day’s business. Thero was a light baffling breeze, and tricky light. Loveday got all but and is now leading in the aggregate by five points. Clarke (Rangitikei) made a possible, and Munro (Murihiku) and 'Russell 49 each. The match is proceeding. The leading prize winners in the Hawke’s Bay Match are:—Clark, Rangatikei, £5, 50; Russell, Petone, £4, 49; Munro, MnrfhSki, £l, 49; Loveday, Woodville, Cawocd, Apiti, each £3, 49 each; Neilson, Dann?virke, £2, 48.