RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13650, 7 March 1908, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

. THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. Per Press Association. TRENTHAM. March 6. The cqn.di|ions .at Trentham were just aboi]|t; is as possible to-day. Competitors' Tiroke up, badly at id] ranges. The Otago Match was not completed, the best' scores at 800 yds : being Reynolds ) (Christchurch) 44, Holdway (Blenheim), Johnstone (Owaka), and Kempton 43' each. AUCKLAND MATCH— 200, 500 and 600 yds. H. Haw|hoxne tss 65 Fishftj .^eiidinl),/ M 5.,.^^.-^ M Nee^ham (Palmerston North), £4 . 92 Reid (Queenstown),,^-, , >.. 91 Turner (Naseby), £3 91 Sharland (Stoke),. '£3,.;'. , 91 Perry (Masterton), JB2 .' 91 Marenzi (Eketahuna), £2 91 Mnsefield (Sounds), £2 90 RAPID FIRING MATCH. TRENTHAM, March 7. ■ The Rapid Firing; Match*, 800 yards, was completed last'^eyfenfng. The shooting was very good.. Following. are the principal prize-winners> — > ' '• *' Wilton- (Mairi-ioeviH^,r£s .....; ?..<** 83 Boleyn (Chorlton), £8 10ft 33 Chapman (Te Kapau» £3 10i 33 Atkinson (Aucklalrd);^^;.^ 32 Lacey (Wellington), £% v .....: 31 Other winners were : * Searle (Dunedin), Whi^ley (Kaiapoi), Stock (Pal< merston North), and Jones (Timaru), 31, each £1 15s. Thwe'were 37 prizes of £1. •.*> , „ '4, , «.- Tp-DAy'S^Fytri^. \ y „- Shooting began this, morning at 8 .o'clock. Tlje wea,ther*wss N n<rt Propitious. 'There was » strojigi puff^ wffijß and constantly changing 'light I .'' The Otag6 Match, 900 y*r«fi rang^, l * and Nelson Match, 500 s*ards, wete the first taken, r* At 900 yards, Hhe/ best scores in- *hn -first batch down ?w*»!e : — Kingston $®i Rennie ((^^stcb.uigßh) 37. The best completed scores for 800 and i 900 yards are: — Kretschmar (Auck1 land) 77, Sharland (Christchurch) 67, Timbrell (ChristchurcKJ" 66. .In the Kelson Match, 500 yards, the best scores' are : (Timtfru) 35, Mathie^ son <Dunedin) 34, Bracefield "^ Wettington) 38. • ' ' ■'