RIFLE-SHOOTING.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14986, 5 June 1914, Page 9

RIFLE-SHOOTING.

f, KAIEOUBA CLXTD. . ' i.* 5 * £tßs ' s Birthdl >r '"•as marted by tneTumm at tho Kaikou:ft JJefcnco R.fio Club arntgMff to shoot amongst themselves for the »i»bi- of having tho highest scorer's name -swenbed on the Greenwood Belt for 1913-U. «mijh the outlook was docid(>d!y -onpromis«S, tirehTp members a.«ecicblca on tho range, •"ocwdinj;* .ccminonccd in a very etroc eou'- * l " rll SJ! l ' which v J«e3 in fo:ce and veered * "crtl roiitg. After ccmplot.on of tho first jMpi (200vda) in a fitful -eind, tho wind ' *«» ifry boistertrufl, making it difficu't _*«"." we target*, steady. Eventually ono ut&i was broken, end finally tho wind got to sou'-eaat. Thore was a -moruen- . »«7 lull, than the wind "•piped" and rain *M swn coming i:r> thickly. By this timo , jwy egnt of the entrants haS complet»«l t 'snag at the th?ee ranges, tho other four **a voU-d tho conditions "too hot" and loft •w rsase. The leading ecorcs of the corrSfUlors who fired at three distances (330, ', «P. and COO yarae) were:— RJl»nan A. Keener .. .. 93 Pr~)deit J. Ga-llagbear .. -~70 Rifi-nan J. ]£err .. .. 76 t.ce-Prcsidont J. A. Johnston ..71 •aoa ilember Xi. 'Comer .. 70 » i* l^* oo ™ of tbree o£ tsa * retiring quarteik* * Sβ aod 500 yjres were:-Rifleman E. v«w , «' ******* W , . Abraham 53. lliflt"w v. Store 49. that all tad not fired throughout * - -'~J* S Dro F (,s e<i tMt the whole match «!? wcr oßaiD ' but thc unreasonublanew; of *«dj a (v-utw wr« urged and the naatk-r to the next meeting of the

iHv /f' Kn ? a BOCI " a1 took pko « the Ctob. Hotel, Mr H. lv F!o«r ,at XJ* 1 "*■ tho Pre»JS*el) Iwinfr ia th.« iJm • leB ?% toast list with anno en-Z*7*-«2 r«::tat;ons acd »ood eoags occu-sS-T?i- ln *' !Or portion of tie ©veDiasj. TFiW? j UO! J of P? fcrroed an intereatm- ; aielude/ the -K-inwrs beinsr:—Hon. JfcmK'r ' I^o^ a *" iho iTnllane cun and » trophy: gjptaan G, Took, the Cown Brewery enp, •rmV 7, R Johnston-the Schroder JTOStj Prce-deni J. Callsgbor, Eifl'mav. H. ift-kW -?v d Kifl<>ala » T. AkxanJer's ille na mes cf a number of new eabw * »«e fdd«d to the dub roll.

•n m ll^ TKBRrroRiAiiS. t ' *j^15 1,00,16 *nritoria]*. held their anmial iSSr* C ??t a " HenderecD. iltifketry In•rfßcor, d«cribn) ? it «c the bert be had - «js'» a C * n ' oT " a7lr J'> consid-eTin-» the weether «/, Scores:—Serztant-Maior Hus- '"' fahfv a (chjnipion belt. Colonel Hmyhiiret'3 J'PW, aaa cnn). Lientsnant Pnrdom Z' (T?- A - Caitwright 5". Pt*. Frishv ' ?!.»?• Bn rborotr?h SI, Pte. H<«rn 53, j -tVf-JwSS, Pt». Truinper 52, S«r-t. Pratt- " i 4*- SO, Pt«. F. W. Davey rj r -I U. T«ibot 50.