SNAP-SHOOTING MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 761, 9 March 1910, Page 8

SNAP-SHOOTING MATCH.

■ "RULING" RUBE." , ;The individual .'in Iho picture is popularly .known on the range as "Running Rube," and represents "a fugitive ,'foe, but' no .fugitive foe that' ever ran from a British- rifleman was so corpulent as "Rube/' nor did he move with such deliberation. Ho does not run; he crawls. He is propelled through .the..'fire zone 'by. squad.of ' Artillery : men, whose monotonous . duty it is to revolve the. cable, drum which winds and unwinds the wire rc-pe. • •

Service conditions;' seven ' shots at 300 yards; head and shoulders targets, . with bull's-eye invisible .to the firer, exposed' fer three seconds at irregular' intervals varying from 5 to 30 s2cohds; one shot per..exposure;. 5 pointsjfor'each.hit; possible score, : 35 points; . bull'e-eye counted only to decide ties. Prize money, .CGO. D. 11. H'lntosh. of Opaki," and' Col.-Ser'gt. Beattie, of .Bruce, tied for first place, each scoring the possible 'of '35. points,' a'nd securing four "bulls." They : were awarded JU 10s. each. There were also ten. prizes of <£116s. each,', thirty-two of 41 each, and seven of 35.. each, Results:—Prizes of, £A 10s. each: . . . ' ' Hits. Bulls. D. M. M'lntosh, ■ Op aid 7 4 Col.-Sergt. Beattie, Bruce: -7 , ,4 Prizes' of • .£l-16s; each;' Pvt. Jones,. Linwood .... 7 ' 3 G. Hyde, OpakT" 7 ' ,3 Arm.-Sergt.' .W. H. .Cutler, ■NS.W.I/ 7 3 Pvt. MaheWj Fei1ding,............ 7 3 C. M'Glashan, .Petone '7... ..3 Sergt. Keilar, Christclrarch ... 7.' . 3 J.' buy,. Kahotu 7 3 Jas. Wright, Biversdale'':.!...... 7 ■'• 3 : ■ Pvt. Majett, Taranaici 7 3 J. G.. Bairstdw,- Opaki 7 ' 3 Prizes of £1 each.; '. Sergt. M'Calley, N.S.W.; Corpl.-Bugler Hay, Napier; Lieut Clarke, Waihi; Sergt. Yeo, ,A,ucliland; Sergt; . Hogg,. . King's Rifles' Pv.t. Preston, Auckland; .H. Reynold, Christchurch; Bomb. Plirolner; Wellington; Pvt. Belk.Feilding; A. M. Cameron, Scargill; Pvt. Smart, Wellington;; p; Sunnex, Sounds; S. C. l'\ Spencer, Petone (each 7 hits, 2 "bulls"); Oorpl. Cox, Gore; Corp"B Cl Rhodes, N.S.W.'; , 'C.'"H. Speck,. Stratford; B. Johnston, Mangaweka; O.'H. Boyd,.N.S,'W.; Corpl. Iveils, Palmerston North; Sergt. Purnell, Wa-. nganui (each.7.hita, 1 "fbull"); Capt/Cdx,. Auckland; S; J. Hollard, Kaponga; Capt. Sothcran, 1 .. Greymoiith; 1 . C. Williams, Ohnra; A.-C. 'Bischell, Tarata; M'Le'an, Weber; R. Diithie, .'Christchurch;- C. J. 1 E. Howard, Nelson; Col.-SergtV Moss', Bluff; M. E. H.. Field, Ncatiawa; J. Parsloe, Akarana (each 7. hits); J.. Law, Tua Marina (each. 6. hits, .4 "bulls")'.. Prizes of 35.. each; ' : Sergt. Jones,'Feilding (C hits; 3 '."bulls"); • Sergt. Molloy,'Reefton;-H. S. Ellis, Pe,tone; C6rplv!.Moore,!Timarn; Sergt. Wallis', Waikatoi' Sergt. Welsford, Alexandra; C; "Whiteman; ■ Hutt (each C hits, 3 "buiis");' .

When Sergt.-Major Nicholls, of the Marlborough Mounted Rifles, fired seven shots at "Rube," as he crawlod ,• along on', his perilous way,. the fugitive' came hi for an exceedingly, bad. time.. Each shot hit fyiin, and three,; of tliem were."bulls." Sergt.-Major was considered to have put up a record in "Eube" perforations.