GUN CLUB NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 31, 4 January 1922, Page 5

GUN CLUB NOTES.

PALMERSTON NORTH SHOOT. The £loo* shooting match promoted by the Palmerston North GTun Club was abandoned, on account of the lack of entrants. The three sweepstake matches which wore lived off in the afternoon resulted as follow (handicaps in yards)£l Sweepstake, 25 birds ; A. E. Bartlett (14) 15; B. Burgess (10) 15, N. Crabb (13) 11; F. Triplow (11) 14 ; R. Gray (15) 14; A. Dennison (10) 14; J. Donald (10) 14; R. Seivert (10) 14 ; 1). Fraser (19) 14; H. Haycock (9) 13; J. L. Crabh (12) 13; F. Soivcrt (10) 13; W. B. Benson (9) 12; Fj. O.anne (8) 12; W. Fenwick (8) 11. Peter Meehan (13), Paddy Meehan (14) and C". Gray (10) retired early in the shoot. Bartlett and Burgess, with 15, divided the prize money, £1 Sweepstake, 10 birds; A. F. Barlett (10) 10; R. Gray (15) 10; A. Dennison (10) 10; Peter Meehan (13) 10; I!. Seivert (10) 10; E. Ozanne (8) 9; C. Bray (14) 9; B. Burgess (IS) 9; F. Triplow (10) 9; L. .1. Crabh (11) 9; B. ; oßnson (9) 9; H. Haycock (9) 9; F. Seivert (16) 9 ; W. H. Hankins (15) 8; D, Fraser (19) 8; N. Crabh (14) 8; .1. Donald (10) 8; W. Wynn (10) 0. Paddy Meehan (14) retired. The last match of the day was a. “quail drive’’ sweepstake of ss, for which there wore 21 competitors. The shooting of the low Hying birds proved'a much more difficult matter for the competitors than with the straight fliers, and only one man secured the possible of live birds. This was B. Burgess, and N. D. Stubbs secured second place with four birds to his credit. Most of the others’failed to hit more than one or tw* The winner was awarded £3 as the first prize and the runner up £l.