SHOOTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13648, 16 July 1908, Page 2

SHOOTING.

THE - DAILY MAIL." EMPIRE DAY COMi ! ETITK;:\\ The London "'.Daily Mail " of May 30th now to hand, contains us Ifcl of Uie results of. the nlle competition on Empire Day, fur the 200-guinea tup tillered by tho "Mail." An engraving and description of the cup are giuii. The latter states that the cup is one of I lie iargtst ever seen in Gr<.at Briaam. It. is two feet high, and so wide and ikep that a good-isized boy cou.d comfortably sit inside. It contaii/i well over 4v.0 ounce* of solid silver, and the bowl will hold 100 bottle of champagne. The silverwork is the best of its kind, though Iho ornamentation is simple. The chief ornament is a panel in enamel representing a, rifleman supporting the Union Jack, and surrounded by the emblems of all the States and possessions of the Empire. This large cup is to be held ■ by the winners for one year. Besides tins thf " Mail" provided two 50-guinca cufw, to be awarded permanently to the two teams which headed the list in the United Kingdom and Ovenseas. These are Goodwood patterns and 25 inches high. Medals were also provided for the first live teams at Home and abroad and for the hist team in each State from which five or more entries were received.

A paragraph introductory of the list, of returns says: From all quarters of the Empire—from its remote and far-off outposts and tsettlemente, many of them upon the very verge of civilisation—cablegrams have this w«k poured into the oflicts- of the " Overseas Daily Mail " bringing news of the shooting for the 200-guiuea, Challenge Cup ottered by this journal for competition by the Empires Kifle Clubs. A glance at the li«t of scores printed below will .show the general excellence of the fchooting. Up to the hour of going to press the leading team wi>« the East London Kille Club, with the magnificent total of 824 out of a possible 840. An Australian team is a very close second. The Railway Works Rille* Club, Brisbane, lias put. up the splendid (score of 807. The third place is held by another Australian team, the Bcndigo Rifle Club, with a seme of 793. South Africa furnishes the occupant of I lie fourth place, tho Cape Peninsula. Hitle.s having 797. points to their credit. '1 lie clubs, Witwateisraud, Bal hurst Civilian and North London were bracketed fifth with 792. As many cables are not yet to hand the names of ihe winners cannot yet be given. Then follows a list of about 190 insults received from overseas. Only half a, dozen New Zealand teams are named, of which Upaki is 16th with 778, South Canterbuiy 25th with 776, Wanganni 30th with 765, Otago 63rd and Christchurch 64th, with 744, Waikino being towards the end of the list with 643.

The lliwtbf score given is <N*l. was a, rapid billing oil' among the kail of the Uvereeas teams. Between the first and Ihc 4Clh the ( dell'erence was only 68, while between the last and the 20th from last the difference was 165. At a rough count Australia supplied M scores, Canada, 11, South Africa 68, India. 16. .Single scores were received Ironi tiibr.i.lti.l-. Cairo, Alexandria, Malta-, Hong Kong, two from Fiji, eeveml from tlie Malay SlH.tes, and one front the West Indies* sii liml, as the "Mail" remarked " it is a stately panorama, of the I'.mpire which the list, discloses."