RIFLE SHOOTING.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ” Wellington, last night. The annual Open Handicap of the' ■ Wellington Gun Club was fired to-day. Fifteen competitors killed seven birds each. They divided .£135, and shot off for the balance of the stake. The last three left in the shoot-off were F. Redwood, of Blenheim, C. Annandale, a champion New South Wales shot, well known as “ Gorriek,” and H. J. Price, of Christchurch. The first-named missed one bird, which put him out, and the other two divided. Seven divided in the £1 sweepstake. Annandale only missed one bird out of forty-six, off the 32yds mark.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 323, 25 January 1902, Page 2
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100RIFLE SHOOTING. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 323, 25 January 1902, Page 2
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