KING’S PRIZE TO CANADIAN
FINE SHOOT-OFF AT BISLEY... ■ By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received July 21, 11 p.m. London, July 20. Shooting at Bisley for the King’s Prize Colonel Blair and Lieut. Burke, both Canadians, tied with 283. Colonel Blair won in the shoot-off. The shoot-off was started immediately after the tie. The competitors were allowed three rounds with a sighter. Each sighter scored a bull, followed by three bulls, and they were allowed three more. . Colonel Blair scored three bulls. Lieut. Burke began with two but the final shot was an inner. Two others lied for third place with 282. Last year the prize was won by a Birmingham man, Lance-Corpbral A. C. Halo with a score of 283, tho same as this year’s. In 1927 Captain C. H. Vernon won. with 292.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1929, Page 11
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