ARTILLERY COMPETITION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3589, 1 April 1886, Page 3

ARTILLERY COMPETITION.

'! he first annual competition fur tho Challenge Cup presented to tho C Battery, N.Z.A., by Mr Alex. Sinclair, took place yesterday morning, the conditions wero na follows: — To bo fired for with tho 2-tpr. iiowitzcr ; each detachment to firo three shrapnel shells blind, and three filled and fuzed, to stnrt with tho gnu limbered up, como to action, roar firo the six shots (all except the No. 1 lo chunge rounds after each shot.) ; CCU9O tiring and limber up to the rear ; time allowed thirl enn minutes ; correctness of drill to be taken into account ; highest possible score for drill 20 points for firing 2<l points. Three detachments competed, and all acquitted themselves very creditably. All the detachments finished within the time allowed, the scores being a3 follows : —

Firing. Drill. Tl. No. 1. Q.M.S. King ... 12 1(> 28 No. 2. Serf, Jackson ... 11 1(5 27 No. 3. Scrgt.ilng!ie3 .. 10 10 23

Tho target was mourcd about 1030 yards from tho firing point, and the practice was very fair fur a singles boro howitzer at such a range. Q.JI. Sorgt Ki"g will hold the Challenge Cup until next composition, nnd his detachment takes the Battery ordnance prize of £1 per man.