To-Day's Shooting.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7405, 9 March 1903, Page 3

To-Day's Shooting.

The shooting at 700 yds in the Canterbury Match opened in unfavourable weather, entirely upsetting marksmen; and the scoring all aiong the line, so far, has been iudifferent. Half of the squad had fired before 76 was reached by King (Opaki), which is the highest, Paterson (Hawera) 70 next, Heatley (Hastings), Shepherd (Eden Cadets) 76 each, King (Opaki) 74. [These are the figures sent by the Association.] Hyde (Opaki) 72, is still leading for the Aggregates. Th 6 Aggregates will be considerably upset at the close of the match. Ching, who was second on the list of Aggregates at the close of the Nelson Match, only scored 57, Winslade and Maingay 64, Sandford 62, Cox (Auckland), 61; Shanks 65, Smaill 58, McKenzie (Oamaru) 68, Lewer 60. The Canterbury match closed with Paterson (Hawera), still at top, with a score of 80. The character of the shooting can be gauged by the fact that scores of 69 came into the prize list with 67 for the tyros. The following is prize list in the Canterbury Match, 600,700yd5, ten shots at each : — Paterson, Hawera, __6 80 Shepherd, Auckland, £5 76 Heatley, M 76 McKee, Piako, £i 75 Seal, Caversham, £3 74 Carey, Patea, £3 74 Feast, Featherston, £2 73 How, Gore, £2 72 Vennells, Tewharau, £2 ... ... 72 King, Opaki, £2 7. Hyde, Opaki £2 72 The Otago match is now on.