AT TRENTHAM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 February 1914, Page 5

AT TRENTHAM.

SECOND DAY'S SHOOTING.-

4JOMJE FINE SCORES.

(Bj| TeUgragh—Jfrtu diwociatUM^Y THENTHAM, Last Night. During the night the weathercleared and the morning broker beau—tifully fine for the " second day's shooting. Bright sunshine eontineeif all day and a light left wind btak» from th© north, but was not troublesome- excels to those marksmen win* shot towards the conclusion &t tis«t 300 yds range, in "TSe opening match, of the C series.

Aided by a good light some erteef.lent cards were returned possibles at the 300 yds being made by Cameron" (Opaki) and Captain Matheson (Wellington), and at 500 yds by Barkl& (Suburbs), King (Opaki), Head (Afcarana), McMurray (Te Aw&muta) audi Hunt (Suburbs). At the 600 yds range were recorded but MasefieW (Sottn<fe> maintained a good average 6o6re and won_with a total of 101. Henderson, & fellow-club member of the winner, was next witfi 9{T and Guy (Kapanga) handed in the third caird, also ..99, Evidently the last range' proved®.. formidable hurdle for some gobd. shots, a£ none of those who SCWed possibles at the earlier ranges were ." included amongst tlie first nine. In the Auckland- matchf the. first* match for the Belt) there- was some line individual shooting, F, W» Ching.,l(R.N.Z.Ai,, late of Lyttellony wound"up his 'shoot at-'the first! • range with 48, while at SOOydp hj» planted -on ten consecutive bulls, his total being 93, which won him the match.

Mcintosh, one of the famous Opaki team, returned "a card of 97, and White, of Christchurch, who made at possible at the longer range scored 5)6..

Following are the loading prizewinners in the Opening match:— ; Masefield (Sounds) £4; 99; Gify (Kaponga) £4, 99; Henderson (Sounds) i £4, 99~; Lumsden (Raingitikei) £3, 99; JlcLeod (Okawa) £3, 98; Black i (ffeilding) £3 97; jCurrie (Ohura) £2, ) 97; Sangster (Stratford) £2, . 97; Bryden (Kaiapoi) £2, 97; Reynolds (Ch.ch,.) £2, 97. The following won £l.—Bolton (Opaki) 97, Milroy (Nelson), Wii- [ lotrghby (Karori), Fisher (Suburbs), 1 Eyles (Dannevirke), Cox (Auckland)* ; Minton (Opaki), Boys (Timatfj), Hunt, Barkle and Turner (Suburbs)* N orris (Petone) 96, Harrison ponga,\ Tanson(Taradale), Richard* son ({Jrevmoutli), 'Wood (ChCch.)f r Delhi (7th Re-giment), Roots (Patea) > Cotterill (Wellington), Lane (Akara* na), Mo&sley. (Kaiep), Macintosh (P. and' T.), Patrick (Auckland), Broughton (Rangitikei),' Hodge® (OpakiA, F. W. CJiing (staff),. Beetl- ~ am (Opaki), Marshall (Karori), King. (7th Regiment), ,Soper Taumarunm),* McMahon (Sounds'), Head (Akarana), - HelmshaWs^Chi:ch.), Cameron-(Opaki) 95, MoLeay (Opaki),,James (Okawa), Mugridge; *(Ohakune"i, (King Country), Harris 3rd Regiment), Davies (Taumariinui), Laing (Wai- . mangaroa), Morgan (3rd Regiment), Robinson (W.ainSu), McMurray (To Awamutu), H. Raffing (2nd Regiment), Thurston .(Te- Hud* son (P. and T.VKeefte®arßimlk>;-. Meyhew (Feilding) 94, White/Ch.ch.* 98. \ ' " ■■ ■■■<'■' ■ Tile following tyros e won £lLaiV sen (Mauriceville), Corps), Ball. (Linton), M all (7eAj<Aa\ 93, Higgs (Blthaw). - wood), Smith * (Akarana), thesoh 92, Ingram (Shannon),; Hy<» * ( °Audc\a 9 i!d Match (first for helt Eerie,), 300 yds T W Oliins: fetSh (Opaki) £4, 97 ; White (<tetchurch) £4, 96;- Major Symonds (BlenhSm) k 96.-, (Kißg Co„a^) £3, 95; Oheesemon qr,. Cliirnside (Karon) £2, 95, H. tr. Hunt (Sbibi) &, 96 r McGWt (Opaki) 42, 95; Melville £2, 94. The following, with a + score of 95, won £1: Montgomery (Staff), Bell (Staff), WiUoughby and Da^el (Linton), Brydeji (Kaiapo ß ), Feast /Onaki) Potter (Reserve), King (Opaki)! J- Hunt (Dunedin), Wallace (Te Aroha) The following won £1 with a sc«re of 93: Monro (SoutV land), Balfour (Greyiown), Randull (Linton), Sunner (Sounds), -McKen« (Opaki), Mayliew mer (Te Wharau), McDonald (AM"' ton), Devore (3rd Begb.)> Croxton (Karori), J. Wood Cotterill (Wellington), Tronson (Taia-r ■ dale), Ratten (R.N.Z.A,), Duncan, (13th Regt.), Brennan (Oamaru). The following won -£l ! witn a score of * Wffiianis (Ofoura), Atkinson (Auflfc---land), Giving (Suburbs), Lilian (Dunedin), Dewar (Oamaru), Turner (Clmstclturch), Belk (P. sa»), Henderson (Sounds), Hubbard (Hauraki), Griffiths (Wangantu),- Logan ' (P. and T.), Milroy (Nelson), Moselen (Kaeo), Yoo (Au c kland), Norris (Auckland), Bolton (Opaki), Wilton (Mauriceville), Patrick (Auckland), Hodges (Opaki), Wost (Blenheim),Cox (Karori), Bellrrapjsr (Petone), Engstrom (Opaki). The following tvros took £1 ©ach: Smith Corps), Culsen (Kanieri), Flynn (3rd Regt.) 91; Wallace (Te Aroha), Owens (Kanieri), King (Kapoiiga), Flyim (Glenavy), Smith. (Akarana), Tonks (Rangitikei (90; Nicholson Tara- . dale) 89. A judging distance competition was held at the close of the shooting, but the results are not available. 1 - . To-morrow morning will bo devoted . to the Westland match (No: 2 of the series), and in the afternoon the ser- - vice teams and miniature matches will provide the bill-of-fare..