RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

"DAILY MAIL" CUP. COMPETITIONS TO DATE. MEATH TROPHY. : . BIG; SCORES BY SCHOOLBOYS. ; . ' BY TELEGRAPH—MMS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHt. (Roc. May 25, 10.40 p.m.) ; \ London, May 25. Taking,the scores that are to hand so far, : thoro is atio for first place in tho " Daily Mail" Cup, tho-North London Rillo ; Club - and the Bathurst Civilian Club (Now South .Wales) being- equal with 792 points each. Two .teams of..English schoolboys .shot, for > \ Earl Meath's trophy. ■ Ono team, composed of boys whoso r.gcs _p,veragcd years 9 - scored' 862. The second team, conr;r ; Bisting of boys whose average 'ago is' nino I months older, scored 860. -.■/•

- Wormald, a boy belonging to tho Swan .; ". Street''SchooV Cit}vscored 118.'■ ■ .Y. . ■'\ ■ BATHURST'S FIGURES. " / . : Sydney, May 25. ■ In tlio " Daily Mail" rifle competition' for teams of eight, Batlmrst, New South Wales,' ' heads the list, in this State with' 792 points.: V'V'.u V aUndor : 'the "Daily Mail"' competitions,the, eight highest scores on the day of- tho match' ■ ■ count as the tear.:; any number of inen from ;$& . one unit can. shoot; '.Ranges—2oo,'• 500, and 600 yards. Bounds—One" sighting shot 'at each range.. .Seven scoring shots. - Position—Bisley■ ' ■ .positions.! / standing,' kneeling,. or ( prone.. No - member,caii shoot for more than ens ' club.' • The "Daily, Mail" offors-arhuhdrtd;.guinea ; '•$ roup : for the .winning- team in-the wholo Em-, v ; pire, ; and two fifty guinea cups for:the winning ; ' teams.'in (1) the British,lsles,'(2)'the Empire out side the British Isles. ' ■■ v ; "DAILY MAIL" OVERSEAS COMRETI- , 1 TION. DPAKI'S REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE,- . . (BT TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL COEEESPONBENT.) .1 , ■ Masterton, May 25... . ' The members of the.Opaki, Rifle Club, sevon-teen-1 in number,'.fired :off their matteh .in ;; ' ." Daily' Mail," :Empire.: Competition, toi - . day on the: Papawai range, . near, viroytown. V The - conditions generally;' were .good, .and there' 1 ■:, :- ; was sonie.excellent shooting.: The'aggregate of ; first eight shots',-who.'"qualified was 776, which' ' v is, understood to, bo a New Zealand' record' in' : an: eight-men match :at:same distances, namely, two, five,; and : six hundred; yards, and only one ■ '. point behind the world's record gained by the . 'Australian'team /which won the Kolapore Cup competition in 1907. .' ; / ' ; : ; The' successfiil :' eight who/ qualified to-day. •' were:—President- Welch, 'and : Riflemen Bairs- . tow, W. Feast, W. J. Henry,-J. B; A. J. Cameron, Spring, G.j Hyde, their; total .\'.r.^'yj.,^gregate3';ayoraging; i ' 97.' per ; >man:-; Only one Eossiblo ' was scored' during'. the .'match—that', y Rifleman W. : Feast at: 200 yards. : His . : j ' sighter was a. bull,-and ho continued it' right i through. .Scbres.-of -31 ..were made by, President' Welch' at 600 yards, Rifleman Bairstow, - / ; and Sutherland at , 500 yards, arid Hyde'at 200 yards. . The New Zealand champion had- rather hard luck through shooting' at 500 yards when the v light was ve'ry bad, his score reading only 27 at that, range... Sutherland also had hard luck • at :600. : , yards range.'. .He commenced with a '. bull, .'and' : then; followed with an outer,, the only- outer, recorded; amongst' the ■ first eight, : but .'recovered (himself. with five bulls, and . finished ■ with- an inner.. Hyde made : six con-' •- Bccutivc Mills at COO yards. In recording; tho . j conditions; of.'-shooting-. it . was. noted - that at. -,' '; 200 ;yards-the .light : .was : good, :with ; left drift N:,. wind, varying., from-5 to 7 degrees,'and that Y'Vat-the;soo 'yards: the light-was variable'from •. y.bright sunlight to., overcast, the wind lessening .■ • from;. 4 to 6.-degrees*! At 600: yards the .lijjht: ."• was; very steady,' but overcast,'.'with .a"'good- . steady: left drift wind of about 6 "degrees; The .rap'g'e.'wai', ; under.'; the . supervision.' of Major ; Tate, and .the' the , trolled by Sergt. Bilby,; is proved by thel.fact. .. that .two shots challenged ' during, the day, The.scores were:—.'.i,/ 200 500 600 "■/'"«»• ". , •-•yds. yds;.-yds. Tl.' President' Welch , c.. 33 •• 32 3-1 99 : < .Riflpman W. ■ Feast... ;... 35 .;82 . .32 ..' 99 Rifleman J. Bairstow. ; : ,32 :3-i -33 99 RiUoman W. JV.Henry .32 . '32 33 ■ 97 ; Rifleman J; B. > Sutherland 32 3-1 31 97 Rifleman A. J. Cameron ... 31 32 33 96 Rifleman Spring .... .32' 31 , 32 96 Rifleman G. Hyde ... ...' 3-1 27 33 94 ,: Total' ? ;';.::..v'' : : ; ... ... ... 776 " \> ' .The 'following are ' aggregates those, who ' ,did 'not,- qualify-.—Rifleman D.- M'Leay; 9-4; Rifleman S. M'Nab, 1 91; ; Rifleman R!: JV King, 93 j Rifleman Winslade, 91; Rifleman J. Turn- . bull,-90; Rifleman'J. M'Kenzie, l 90; ■"Rifleman ' - Mawley, ' 83; Rifleman- Miller, -79; Rifleman Bennott, 62. • ; - •■ \ : The-'.total "aggregate of . seventeen • marksmen was 1557, and the average per man, 91 10-17.. WHAREROA RIFLE CLUB. ' ' • The Whareroa Rifle. Club fired their match" in ( thV "Daily Mail" Empire Competition' on . their range 'at,Paraparaumu on' Saturday. ■ As- .;- a strong-galo was-blowing, 1 with frequent'rain ■'. '~.y\ squalls, high scores were out of .tho question..

■- AUCKLAND SCORES. (BV TEr.T.GEArn.—rBESS ASSOCIATION.) \Auckland, May 25. The Auckland representatives fired for the ' "Daily Mail.".-Empire 'Day .Cup Competition IV at/ P.onrose- to-day. .<The' conditions' . were. most- .- imfavotirable,. and the rain came, across the ' range in: squalls. The men also had to con- . ' V ■: tend ;with, a'fish-tail wind. - The-scores were , as follow:— . • Private-A. Patrick (Victoria Rifles) 98 Sorgt.-"\V. Maingay (Pinko' Mounted Rifles) 93 Sergt.'-Hajor W. Morgan (No. 2 Company 1 Garrison Artillery) .... ' ... ... ... :93 Private AW Cox ;(Victoria Rifles) ... ... 93 ; Lierit. .51.' N'.:Atkinson(No. 1, Native Rifles). .93' Private P. J. M'Carthy (Victoria Rifles) ... D 2 - Private T. Jack (Victoria Rifles) ... ... 92 Sergt. H. C. Cotton,(College Rifles) ... ... 89 . - ■ ■ Total - V ... ... . ... M . 713 . KARORI RIFLE CLUB. - - . Firing in-\tho' "Daily Mail" Overseas. Rifle' Match was carried, out by the Karori - Rifle Club at Polhill Gully yesterdajv The -conditions of the-match were -as .follow: — - Seven shots each at 200, 500, and 600: yards, . the. eight: highest aggregate'scorers to-form the representative- team. ' ' ' \ - • "■'J'"* ' The weather conditions on the'whole were favourable for good shooting, being regarded as'excellent shortly after noon. The Karori . men established a record; for ten-men teams, . by putting up 930, and average. of 93 per . man. .Captain| J.. A. .Cowles,' of' the No. 1 ' \ Wellington Rifle Battalion Staff, superintended the firing. .. Colonel Robin was also present during the firing. The following wero tho eight.

SOUTHLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION. (BY TELEGiIAPII—PEES3 ASSOCIATION. J Invercargill, May- 25. The Southland Bifle Association, firing , at Grasmero to-day for the "Daily Mail" competition,.' registered 745 points for the eightmen team; The scores were as follow;—

Tho weather was (lull, with a light breeze, from,the right and rear. It was a. matter, for, surprise that champions Wills, Oyson, Munro, and tho other cracks failed'to'feet a place. Nineteen members competed, and'the scoring all round was good, 82 being 'the lowest. ' 1 , NELSON SCORES. • ' (bt telegaami.—press association.) . "Nelson, May 25. •The following wore the eight highost scores in the Nelson Rifle Association's team shooting

-■ ' . Timaru, May 25. In the Empire Cup shoot to-day South Canterbury made 766. : The ' proprietors of .the . "Daily Mail," in of the conditions governing the match, -have defined?the'word""Association" as fol•lowsf—. ■ The word " Association" .must •be taken to mean a separate:.unit, or, in other words,, a self-contained club. That is to say—where a rifle club is a part of an Association, that club must .enter its team entirely on its own account. . _ ■ ' :■ ' Note.—ln "case of any misunderstanding the matter shall bo referred to the National Rifle Association, whose. decision shall be final. In ' view of the'. foregoing, the Wellington Voluriteer' 1 Rifle 1, decided not to enter a team, notwithstanding the fact that '.both the' Otago and .Christchurch Associations have Competed: v c '

. : v' v . -''I" 200 500 GOO •. : ! ." . : ' - yds. yds. yds. Tl. ' Eifleman-C. Whiting '...,33' 32 28. > 93 , l; Eifleman 1 'J. Field, ..'.' . ...• 31 ■ : '27 : 29 - 87 ■-Eiffeman'P; RtiSTi... '31 32 - 24 87 .; Eifleman. S. .-Weggery ; V ....: 28 . 30 . 27 < 85 ; Eifle'inan T. Coraukos* • ; .i.. 29: -'2G. 29 . ' 81 Eifleman J. V/hiting 31 . \ .32 .21 84 Eifleman,C. Doii-sett • ' ... 35 '28 ,19', .80. . 7, ; President' it. • JI'Leari. ... 32 21 25 ,' ,78 Tofal ... j.l ... 678

■ loading 'scores;— I ■• 'P Y - . -200 500 COO ' v • yds. yds. yds. Tl. Y-'Y.Eifloman J.'. Turner... 32 33 32 97 Y Eifleman H; Marshall ... 33 32 30' 05 Bifleman G. Halliday ... 31 ..'.33 30 .94 . Eifleuian IL Biilfortl . ... 29/ 33 31 93 'Eiileraan C. Hodder 31 32 30 93 , Bifleman W.-Aston"..;,: v.../ 33 31 - 29 ,93 Itifleman .WYE. Jackson ... 29., 33 Y 30 92. Bifleman J. Burns .... ... 31 28 32 91 . '• Aggregates 1 ..a Y Y. 249 . 255 • 24-1', 748 Also shot well:—' Eiflemah J. Thomas Y. 32' 27 32 91 Bifleman AV. Judd ... ... 31 33 : 27 ■ ; 91 Bifleman A. France ... 29 31 30 90 Bifleman W. Tarr ... ... 30 31 \ 2S 89 Bifleman B. Bandell 31 30 26 87 Bifleman A. Marchant, Y~..26 31 26 83

Trooper P. Ayson.. ... 93 Capt. O'Toole .... j ... 93 Capt..1 Stevenson- .... 93 Pto,.Craigie ; ... ,. ... 93 Sergt. .Coivan ... . ... .-v.... 92 Sergt.'Moss'.. ...ii'V.'... .7.... ... ... ... 92 Pte. Smithies,,. . ... ... • ..." ... 92 Pto. Patterson ' ... ... 92

for the Empire Cup:— Sergt.i Frank .... : "... 99 EiflemSn Sherwood; . ... ... ... ... 97 Pte. Guy .... ... ... ... ... ... 95 ■ Rifleman''Milrojy, ... 95 Sergt. Chirig ' ; i 93 Rifloman Catley * ... ... ... 93 Corpl. Sijarland t .. v.... 91 'Rifleman Kenning ... ...... r ., 90 • Total - ... ' J ' ... _ 753