SHOOTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13847, 8 March 1909, Page 6

SHOOTING.

. the TRENTHAM meeting. X'vr J/rvba Abbuciaciou. TREiN mAM; March 6. To-day was uc/oieu euareiy to (service IhuLCUca, .auU Keen llltcicSi v>ua Lil Ken IXL LUUiil oy LUC iuululuudillOua competitors.- Xiieae matches liave cuiupariii,iVfciy little interest. "lu ine general jjudiic bocaube tuere is nouiiiig tuai. acanus out conspiciuusly in tneni as lu. tlie case or tiie various jnaccues for tlie cnampionsini> belt, Out tney secure tne class or sliooting tor wliicii tne JJomimon .tune lealiy exiots, ana ;>u are a valuable aid to-national derence. Xlie weawier conuitiuns co-uay were similar to tnose e.vibi-nig. ciunug X'nursday and -rriuuy, ana u«ie oldest 'xreutham n.arksmen cannot recall so prolonged- a spoil of perfect weather during a championsnip meeting. 'Die only drawoacK lias been the unusually ingli temperature during tlie day, and excessive cold at lUgllt.

m starting the men off to the. mounds this morning Col. Collins made a cheering announcement. Xlie programme, lie said, had been based upon an estimate of 500 competitors but the total number of riflemen entered was 536. It had therefore been decided to give £IOO in extra prizes tion match open to all competitors wuo had not won £1 or over, and £SO to be distributed at the rate of £1 "per man to the fifty men whose aggregate scores are nearest to the fifty Jiignest aggregates firing in the King's Prize competition and gain £2 per man.

Tliere were four service matches fired to-day. In the service match No. 7, sharp-shooting 200 yards, 7 shots, 125 competitors won 8s each. In service match No. 8, rapid firing at 500 yards, the following were the principal prize winners: —Turner, Petone, £5, 46; Potter, Auckland, £4, 45; Chapman, Tekapu, £3, 44; Frederick (Marton), McLeary (Opaki), Brenton (Pongaroa), each 46s Bd, each scoring 43; Rait (GisI borne), McCalmont (Opaki), Soper (T'aumarama) each 33s 4d with 41 each. In the Cover match the following won £2 6s each, -Lowe (Gisborne), Barltrap (Feilding), Drummond (Westport), Moslen' (Kaeo), Franklin (Weber), Anderson (Ka'itangata), Bent . (Taranaki), Stephens (Ashburton), Jackson (Wellington), Standish (Tarata), Pearson (Timaru), Proffitt (Napier), Currie (Riversdale), Wickens (Wellington), Kitchen (Upper Hutt), Irvine (Nelson), Wayte (Mataura), Eden (Nelson), Cameron (Palmerston North), Watson (Permanent Force), Wing (Marton), Nix (Apita), Merrilees (Johnstonville), Frederick (Marton), Simpson (Waikato), Loveday (Ohura). In tiie Attack match, No. 9, distances 400, 300 and 200 yards, competitors start at the 500 peg, and on the bugle sound run to 400 yards and fire from there three rounds; at a further bugle call competitors run to 300 yards, firing three rounds there, and the same proceedings take place at the 200 range. The prize winners were Peak (Waikato) 9 —52s 6d, Eden (Waimea) 9 —52s 6d, Parkhurst (Colac Hay) B—3os, Henry (Opaki) B—3os.8 —30s. Zimmerman (Tariki), Cameron (Opaki), Ching (Waimea), with 7 each take £1 each ; thirty-three others take 15s each for sixes, while fortv-five take 10s each with fives.

S.C.M.R, On Friday evening the S.C.M.R. fired at 300 yards for trophies presented by J. Ballantyne and Co.', and Mr G. Watts. The' weather was dull, but there was some fair shooting. The following are a few of the highest scores: St. S.M. Clements ...... 41 2 43 Corp. Hurdley 42 0 42 Lieut. Smith Pte. Dawson 36 2 38 Corp. Mitchell 34 4 38 Pte Hurdley 28 9 3/ Pte. Robinson 25 12 37 The next match will take place on Tuesday evening.