RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

HOUSE CONTEST, OULIX'S WIN HAi:UW.\l!i: CLi , . Tlie fom-tli umui-il mulch for the llnnl-viii-B Kille Cup was fired «t Trenllinm on Salurd'iy. The cup, n haiul-ome silver one, is prcsenled bv Me>,i>. liri-cne nnd Co., M,1., .1. .Diilhie and Co., J,td.. K. W. -Mills and Cu., Ltd., C. am! A. Udlin Co.. Ltd., and tin- Stewart Hardware Co., Ltd. iw annual competition !iy lenm> from tlii , le.-poctivi- hou~c-. Tlie conditions are: Cup to he won 111 roe times before beeoniiiiK the properly of iinv team; raiiife-, three hundred and five'hundred yard*; seven shots at each; team-, of ten men iisiile: and iargi'ts as u-ed by the Dominion liiflt- AsMieiation. Five teams tomiieted. and it speaks well lor (he fuliire of i'ille--hoo(iii_!,' as a nnlionnl spell in Xe\v Zealand, when, under Midi had neather conditions as prevailed on Saturday, liftv moil from the hardware firms travelled abnnr forty miles (o /ire their annu.il match. On arrival al Trenthnm, in a shower of rain and ;\ dull, gloomy li;;lit, v.itli ;i lypkal Tientham iUhtail whistling up the v.u\"v, it was at once apparent that with luizylookini! preen and srey ii.eurc tovpets to pick up the conditions were difficult. However, the danpne>s of the atmosphere did not dull the ardour of the riflemen, who tackled their task in great spirit. At •inn yards, when half of e.ieh team had fired, Odlin'i lend by seven points with I.'t; Stewart's and J)u'(li'Vs beim? together with 117; Alills's were 112: and Briscoe's 07. AVith the second division down, Odlin's iiR-iva.=3(l their le.id by a point, totnlliii" 235 for the range: Stowurt's, "oiiia slendily, shook off Duthie's, and with 227 ran into second place,. IJnthie's following with 218, llills's 217, and Jiriscoe's 17;'). Goins back to 500 yards, the heavy wind and gloomy atmosphere made snooting very difficult. However, under the conditions, vory creditable scoring was done. With the'first half down, Mills'* began to .move along, and pulling nine points on the leaders, ran into second place. Duthio's also closed up four points on the leaders, while Stewart's fell back a little. The totals were now: Odlin's, os(>, Mills's, 347; Duthie's, 312; Stewart's, 332; Briscoe'.?, 2GI. It was still anybody's match, and the finish was very keenly foi.ghr out. With the last squads down, Duthie's passed Mills's, and steadily gained on Udlin'", finally finishing only eight points behind the leader.-. 'Mills's finished third, five points away. Ste«art's fourth, and Ifriscoc's fifth. " Tt wns n splendid contest, only thirteen points separating the first three tcam«. The final (otils were: Odli.i's, (7(1; Duthie's, «2; Mills's. -157; Stewart's, 428; liriscoe's, 331. Odlin's have now secured two wins, as jilsn have The feature of this match was tht great advanro made by Stewart's team, win improved on their Inst year's total by well over a hundred points. The highest score in the match was put up by C. lToddev. of Odliiv's, who put on 80. a line shoot on the day. The cup will be presentel al the annual hardware smoke concert on Thursday next. Captain Rnaehe kindly acted as range officer, Mr. Hugo taking charge of the target trench. The detailed .scores were:

C. AND A. ODLLV COMPANY. :idO iipa yds. yds. T'l. C. Hodder '»n :itl «0 C. Odlin 2- r > 27 52 Griffiths 2!) i". .Vi A. Maisey 2t 21! Ml Jennings 27 22 10 Hyde 20 21! Hi (juinlaii -■' -•' •'» Godfrey 18 27 l.'i l'cintoii 21 20 H C'arstens l'> H •■<< Aggregate score 235 235 170 J. DUTIUE A'Sli CO. Rugo 2'.) 2fl 5S Hart -~ 2» ■"•« Kamsey 25 311 55 liisliop 21 2.i .i 2 I'arkcr 21 2R « Cowlo.s 2!i 22 IS Hogg > 1!) 23 .12 T'nllock 1C 2(1 :ili lligg I-') 2il 35 Lone : 1.1 IS 31 Aggregate score -IS 211 102 E. W. MILLS AND CO. 11. Marshall 28 20 57 K. Vial '-■'» 3! sfi .1. AVagK ■•!« -'•"' SI G. Croll -'« -■" .•'•■■' ('. Gasquoine -t U -IS W. Staples 21 23 17 r "-....iprv0,, 18 in -M I?. Davis 21 22 « W. Henderson 1; -» •» Aggregate score 217 210 !57 STEWART HAKDWAKE CO. Le Cointe '11 2* "» Kelly -8 2f "J . Howard '-' 24 al Franklyn 23 2.' b Hasscll '- l! -I • . ui Pa( i IS 23 11 uice ::::::::::: 20 u> *> Honthorno IS 20 -|S Hill : .'• ji| K J ■ Late _1' J^ Aggregate score 227 201 I2S .3MSCOE AND CO. Dobson 27 21 51 Kinley ~ ;;. ' Deihl |» 22 > Wilson f. '(« :'; Stevens '•' ] ' •'} y-...l n l,| °° ft ill iiridson I::::::::::::::::: , ::::."" i» » 32 Cheyne 8 l i -' Ziickc-r J » ' ". Morley _JJ J; J}_ Aggregate sctfre 175 159 334