DOMINION MEETING AT TRENTHAM.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13359, 7 March 1912, Page 4

DOMINION MEETING AT TRENTHAM.

A HEAVY DAY'S WORK

[United Presb Association.]

Trentham, March G,

To-day has b«on a. busy one c:i the Trentham range, as in addition to qompleting tho preliminary stage of the championship, tho champion teams match, united service match, nnd an extra match at 1000 yards have been fired. It has also been a day ct aggreg.itrs, lha Bisley aggregntr?, which carries with it the Clarkson Cup, the King's prize, £50, and servico aggregate having to he made up. 'Far more important to the majority of competitors \\<}tc the varying positions of tho leaders in the aggregate.

Proceedings opened \\ !th the Hawko's Bay match, at 900 yards. Loralay. who was tying with Atkinson in the load, put on. 49 here, and his opponent only made 41. Mase-j field, Milroy and Banks worn close in tho running. In this match Clark, of j Rnngitikci, got a possible despite a mirage. Four mon just missed.the| possible, and 46's-only just got in a programme of 50 prizes. The Taranaki match,. 1000. yards, the last in the King's series, was fired immediately -afterwards. Again thp scores of tlio leading mon were closely watched. The lisht was flickcrv. rind as the youthful Loveday started in the first botch there was a crowd nt, life bnnrd. Tho weight of t!"» 'md was evidently playing up on hiVi. find he trot 40. The wot] innn"flint<?]y wont round th-"t the sln->{in,H was difficult, and all p.loruz tf-p mounds men broke no badly. Won/I ("Christchurch) nlanked on n 49. .niid soon after T?nots, the 1011 eli.imoion. planked on 50, bnt it was tnn Into to. bo nny good t-o bim, o^eont to raise him a few places in t!''> pzjrreapte. Atkinson only got, IJA.1 JA. u-i.-'r1! spoilt his olinnon. MasofiKkl fot, '17, which pla-crd him next to T ov."dnv lint with a gap of six points. Guv (TCapnnm) put nn 49, but it did not. disturb the asrsn-cgatc. which left T/orjvlay with a 100 to 1 chance for th/xTiolt. for it is doubtful if any man in ISTtv Zealand can give him 6 points at 1000 yards.

In tbe afternoon the champion r,"ams matflh wnp fireri.. Twenty-two tennrs s(-^v|pcl. I'ut owinc to n misunnr +i tbo time b'^it ?.i 300 vnrds, lvwlreh they \wt 5 shotr tl'o Xo\v Plymouth tenmß -sufffred sevfiTilv. Th" Foorimx was very fr-nrl, victory I'ostin" with +I>a Onak> t«"ni. who i)n+. v.n I°'. nnd +l<"v..f oV p «•:.. (he hniulvomo ris<■.+ri».+ fb-lion -tf KbiVhi. Tim hi'xhe^.t i'ulivwlnM seor-

,-.]• ii-oe CJnVnp'fip r>t TCnron, v'n put i"> 101.. l">iif;')i,> .-ml T,-ilr'!i(T both secured the fi-^fecl e«"itnrv.

The rifie clubs' chnnip!oi;s!>ip fo:

i tir ; of fivp men iv."s «'nn by tho fl-nsMiurch Ril!« Club, t!- t'v'.u bo- '""" Wood. Pandford, "Duthie, Henry, ap'l Reynolds.

The united sorvieo match for teams of 20 mon representing rifle clubs, and Territorials, at 300, 500 and GOO yards, was fired after the teams match, fli)d concluded i" darkness. Th.s Tenitorir-ls won by 34 points, ."■"d are the l:older'j of thei Dawson Shield for a year. .Tho scores were: Territorials 1715, Rifle Cluhs 1681. Tho best individual score was Masefie'd 98.

To-moriw morning the service championship for tho highest 50 in tho service matches will be taken, nnrl at ■? o'clock tho King's match for the Ballinger champion belt at 1000 y:>-rls will he fired.

The loading prize winners to-day wc-r-' as follows:—

Hawko's Bay match, 900 yards, 10

rhr.ts: Clark (Rangitikoi) £5, ,50; Russell (Petone) £4 J J9; Munro (Muvihiku) i' 4, 49; Loveday (Woodville) Cawood (Apiti) each £3, !9; Neilson <n<iiiPßvirke) £3, 48; Brydon (Kaianr>i). Hartnoll (Taranaki). Gi'shnnn (^ntea), Potter (Auckland) each £2, -18.

Bisley augregate, for ln'ghest score at 800,900, and 1000 yards, in championship matches: £5, and Clarkson challenge cup, Loveday (Woodvillo) ?-U: £4, Masefield (Sounds) 232; £4, Wilkie (Upper Hutt) 232; £3 each, Caldwel! (Karori) 23], Kenning (Nel-

son) 230, Ncilson (9th Regiment) 229; £2 c ?.ch. Roots tfvaponira) 228. Cawoort (Apiti) 228, Banks ('Kimbolton) 227, and Hartne:i (Ta.rnaaki) 227 Highest aggiTi^ntos in chamiiionship<sories:"T,nv'i?<]ay (<ith Roginicnt) •JSS; Ma-sefield (Sounds) 453; Ranks rkimholton)'4sl; Atkinson (Auokland) 4i30; Wilkie (Upper Hutt) 449; A. Neilson (9 th Regiment) 449; Roots (Kaponga) 418; Cawood (Apiti) .148; Milroy (Nelson) 448; Kenning (Nelson)' 4-1.4; Wood (Christchurch) 444; Williams (OJiura) 442; Burns (Karori) 441; Oakhvell (Karori) 440; Hyde'(Opaki) 4.40 j >Sandford (uliristchurch) 440; G. Olmrk (Rangi-tikt-i) 439; Elliott (Akarana) 438; Almux) (Muriliiku) 437; Brydon (Kaiapoi) 437; Mclntosh (Waitolii) 437; IN. Willoughby (Karori) 437; Browne (Rangitikei) 437; James (Okawa) 436; Maingay (4th Regiment) 436. Taranaki match, 1000 yards, 10 shots, Bisley targets: £5, Roots (Kaponga) 50; £4, Guy (Kaponga) 49; £■!,, Wood (Cliristchiirch) 49; £3 each Nielson (Dannevirkc) 48, Evans (New Plymouth) 47, Brydon (Kaiapoi) 47, A. H. Curric (Ohura), Masefield (Sounds), Banks (Kimbolton), Payne (12th llegimc-nt), each 47. .»

Champion teams, each 5 men, 300, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots j first prize- district challenge shield and £20, one- of £7 10, four of £5, one of L 2 10s: Opaki A, 300 yards, 161, 500 yards, 162, 600 yards 161, total 484;'Christehurch A," 156, 163, 157, 476: Akarana 161, 164, 149, 474; Karori A 1.09, 163, 151, 473; Ohura, 158, 164, 145. 4CB. /

The following are the 12 highest aggregates for the service championship, to bo firr,:l to-morrow: Siriimonds (Waitohi) 193, Ruesdll (Petonc) 190, MaseSold (Sounds) 188, Duthie . (Christchurch) 187, Mayhew (Mn.nehoster) 186, Evans (Suburbs) 181, Guy (Kaponga) 180. Merrilics (6th Reciment) 176, Sprck ■ (Stratford) 170. Bulford (Karori) 174, King (Opaki) 173, and Moss (Bluff) 172.