SPORT WITH THE RIFLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 5

SPORT WITH THE RIFLE.

.;.;.;...-. ..__ ; : / • .; :.;..- ./'//.; OPENING/ OF. T;Hi;SEASON^;-.'.'. ':-'lt .hfls,been/'arranged -by.'the Executive. Committee.of the Wellington Garrison ' Rifle/Association that the shooting season .of 1910-11 will;bo. formally opened ■ on- October -B—a month hence. Tempted ;ont'by'the fine /weather on Saturday,; a good, of- riflemen visited /.Trent .nairi-range. They included a detachment "of/about fifty : bhiejackets; 1 from VH.JVI.S. .Encounter,-.outfar-practice,, a class-tiring, party of .27 from .the/College Rifles under/ Captain C Harcour't Turner, ,'a'ml/"a"'detachment' of' 9 'from the''Post'.and Telegraph Rifles, engaged in • practice for the annual Empire Postal'match, to bo fifed on September 21. •■;. - The light/was rather variable, while the ,;wind, a -right./rear :wind, .required from, 3. to;sf degrees allowance. The.Encounter men :■ put 'up some ..very fair scores. :■'. Among the' .men :■ of • the College • Rifles, Sergeant''; Cowles, with .five shotsm snap' shooting practice, potted .three bulls and 2 'inners:,,The.o following',; were' the scores' made by/ the/'/Post, and '-'Telegraph men:r- '/ "• '■..."'"''' ■' ■'■' ■■■: "'■■'■." '■ :'■',■''. . .200 "500 . .600, / ;;: ''..-'■ '/" :.',/,: /yds. yds./.yds. T'l. ■H. Hamilton: .;;.i...;.:. ; •35 >'. 32 ."'■': /31 'i, 98 S. J. Bolton/...,.;...;../ 32 32 '33 ..97 C. 'Davidson ....»......' ■32 . 33 32/ /97 ,V; Moore ...;.'.....•..... 33 32 .29: ,9-4 J. Maclnchlan -~..;.31 /. 32 30 . ,93 W. Gower ;.;.-■'3l -".88 / 28 • 92 G:"B. .Williamson;;.;/ 32/ 31 / 28' ,/91 J.-.Macm0rran ; ......... ■30 / .29 28 / 87 'S:''''Spencer/:.;:.;..;.'...'..'.-. , ,31 '.'..-/29 /22 /82 '..It .has. not,yet ; been "decided'./whether .an official match .will ,be arranged; for. the opening' day 'or not, though the.. pro l -.babili-ties'are that; this.e'ven't'will be deferred till the weather is. more settled. Steady progress., is being made with the .general, schemo 'of extensions and. impTovemen'ts• to the/range;: and/riflemen mil see a big .oliarige .in/ the aspect of the place by the-time/the opening/day cornea.rountf. ,'......-;.'-.■ •' . ,/... ;■.'...■/.-;

j Arrangements for/tho grand;entertain-; m'ent and military assault-at-arihs,.which -is/being organised in, aid of. the funds of, 'the . Garrison Rifle Association are going forward excellently, aid everything points to a first-rate/performance. The various' tableaux, are being vary carefully rehearsed now,- and these will form., one of/, the star attractions of the entertainment. - ■' • ;.-:■•"', •■■'