VOLUNTEER NEWS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume I, Issue 23, 3 January 1891, Page 5

VOLUNTEER NEWS.

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The Auckland Rifle Association held their annual competition on Friday last (Boxing Day) at the Mt. Eden Range. The day was very fair for shooting, but in some of the matches very poor scores were made, and this was put down to the bad quality of the ammunition. The meeting was not very well patronised, only about twenty-five men entering. Lieut. Dormor of the City Guards., (the secretary) had all the arrangements in his own hands, and everything worked very smoothly and gave general satisfaction. Shooting commenced a few minutes after 8 and continued till 12 noon, when an adjournment was made for one hour for lunch. After the interval shooting again commenced, and the last match was finished before 5 o’clock. The various results are:— First Match. —Officers’ prize, a trophy, and five money prizes. Ranges:— 200 yds. standing; 300 yds. kneeling ; seven shots at each distance. Entrance 4s. Sergt. Parslow, “ A ” Battery, trophy and £x 47 Seaman Weir, Thames Navals, £1 55.... 47 Pvt. Osborne, City Guards, £ 1 4 6 Sergt. McCallum, “ O ” Battery, 15s .... 43 Sergt. Soall, City Guards, 10s 43 Sergt. Orr, City Guards, counted out .... — Second Match. —Beck’s Cup and eight money prizes. Ranges: —200, 400, and 500 yds; five shots at each distance. Entrance ss. The Cup can only be won by a member of the Auckland District. Gun. E. Buchanan, “A” Battery, Cup and £1 10s 59 Capt. Tobin, Royal Irish Rifles, £\ 5s .. 51 Sergt Parslow, “A” Battery, £1 5 1 Gun. Henderson, “ A” Battery, 15s .... 51 Sergt? McCallum, “ O” Battery, 10s .... 49 Seaman Weir, Thames Navals, 10s 47 Major Morrow, staff, 5s 4 6 Pvt. Osborne, City Guards, 5s 4 6 Third Match. —A trophy and eight money prizes. Ranges: —200, 300, and 500 yds.; seven shots at each distance. Entrance ss. Seaman Weir. Thames Navals, fancy inlaid box, and £1 10s 74 Sergt. Parslow, “A” Battery, pair trousers and £1 5s 74 Gun. E. Buchanan, “A” Battery, hat and £i;..r........................ 7 2 Pyt. Osborne, City Guards, volume and 15s 71 Capt. Tobin, Royal Irish Rifles, 10s .... 70 Gun. Greenshields, “ O ” Battery, 5s .... 68 Corp. Doughty, “A” Battery, 5s 68 Sergt. Orr, City Guards, 5s 63 Sergt. McCallum, “ O ” Battery, and Pvt. Nutt, Newton Rifles, counted 0ut.... —

Fourth Match. —Open to Martini rifles onlyRange, 600 yds. Entrance, 3s. 6d.; nonmembers 2s. extra. Sergt. McCallum, “O” Battery, 15s .... 3 1 Mr. Kelly, 12s 6d 31 Major Skinner, staff, 10s 27 Pvt. Nutt, Newton Rifles, 7s 6d 27

Capt. Tobin, Royal Irish Rifles, 5s 25 Fifth Match. —Aggregate match for District Medal, Herald and Star Cups, and five money prizes. Range, 500 yds.; ten shots. Open to the twenty highest aggregate scorers in first, second, and third matches. The score made in this match will be added to the aggregate score, made in matches first, second and third ; and the highest aggregate scorer to take-the District Medal, the Herald Cup, and first money prize; the second highest grand aggregate scorer to take the Evening Star Cup and second money prize. Both cups to be won twice in succession or three times at intervals before becoming the property of the winner. Entrance 2s. 6d. Sergt. Parslow, “A” Battery, District Medal, Herald Cup and £1 10s 204 Seaman Weir, Thames Navals, £1 5s .... 198 Gun. Buchanan, “ A” Battery, £1 193 Pvt. Osborne, City Guards, 15s 192 Capt. Tobin, Royal Irish Rifles, 10s .... 179 Seventh Match. —Open to Martini rifles only. Range, 500 yds.; seven shots. Entrance 3s. 6d.; non-members 2s. extra. Sergt. Parslow, “A” Battery, 13s 33 Mr. Kelly, ros 6d 3 1 Corp. Doughty, “A” Battery, 9s 31 Seaman Weir, Thames Navals, 7s 6d .... 30 Pvt. Nutt, Newton Rifles, 5s 29

“ Dan ” O’Brien has arrived in Auckland in the hopes of picking out another Carbine or Trenton at the yearling sales. The Taranaki pony, Flirt, broke her leg while running in the Pony Cup at Potter’s Paddock on Saturday, and had to be destroyed. At the Wairengahika races, run near Gisborne, a horse called Bustle won the Hurry Scurry, paying the sensational dividend of £B9 Us. Mr J. Crozier, the well-known Australian stud-master, and Mr. Day, veterinary surgeon, came over from Australia by the s.s Monowai, and will remain in Auckland until after the Sylvia Park sale. Mr. D. B. Tonks was commissioned during the week from Australia to price Ahua and Ixion, the Southern jumping horses. £1,200 was the price asked for Ahua, while would buy Ixion. Both horses are owned by Mr. D. Rutherford. Messrs. W- R. and J. R. Wilson, who visited us last year, and took away the best of the thoroughbred yearlings sold, are in Auckland again, and will probably be large buyers at the sales. It will take a large sum to stall oft Mr. W. R. Wilson if the “Silver King” sets his heart on obtaining some of Nordenfeldt’s best.’ The rumours that Ormonde was about to return to England would seem to have been without foundation, for an advertisement in the Buenos Ayres Standard states that his services can be retained for a limited number of mares at the fee of £5OO sterling ! Barring accidents, no one is likely to displace Tommy Loates from his position at the head of the winning jockey’s. He is about thirty victories ahead of his nearest rival, George Barrett. His average, however, is not so good as that of either Watts, Fagan or Tom Cannon, each of whom has scored a victory in every four rides. For the Cambridgeshire there were no fewer than twenty-nine runners, though one or two of these had such outside chances that as much as 500 to 1 was laid against them. Alicante maintained her position as favourite to the fall of the flag, though closely pressed by Morion ; while Fostig and Victorious were well backed. The race almost exactly followed the market, except that Morion was not placed; for Alicante finished first, Fostig third; and Victorious fourth. The second was Belmont. The other events of the day require no notice, with the exception of the Flying Stakes, in which Goodlake succumbed to that uncertain creature Noble Chieftain.