PIGEON MATCH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3962, 9 February 1882, Page 2

PIGEON MATCH.

! A pigeon match was fired at Bell Block last evening, in which somo o£ our local . " crack shots" took place, and some first- • rate shooting was done. The weather was ; all that could be desired; a light breeze assisted the pigeous on the wing, and made i the shooting at times very difficult. It ia , creditable to the shooting to be able to record that only two birds pot away un- ■ harmed. Although missing all his birds from the trap, Brewßter 'killed two while , fielding. Coombor also added two, and Ilarris and Cootnbcr one each, to their score from the same source. The rise was ; twenty-one yards, and the ■£ollo\ving are the scores : — : C. Coombcr ... 1, 1, 1, I—41 — 4 O. B. Kawson ... J, 1, 1, o—3 J. D. Harris ... I, 1. 1. I—4 .1. E. Biwster .. v ,0,0, 0, o—o (J. White 0/1,0,0—1 After this a nmtoli \vas fired at gla.ss balls from the trap. llcm-c again the shooting was first-rate. On Coombcr's aide fourteen balls out of fifteen were- broken, ttml iittbe commencement of: the match ninu successive shots wore fired without a single num. The following are the scores :—: — J. E. Brewster... i,1,,1, 0, I— 4 C. E. llawson ... .- 1, 1, 1, 1, I—s O. Coomber ... ,1,4, 1, 1, I—s 14 J. D. Harris ... 1,1,0, 1,0—3 K. Lnngmun ... 1,0,^1/1.0—3 c. white ... i, 0,;0,i0,;i— ■>