THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 144, 16 October 1863, Page 3

THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING.

On Friday the weather was very hot but hazy, and therefore not favourable for shooting. Probably owing to this cause the average of the shooting was not so high as was anticiaated. A volunteer maker was siiot in the hand at one of the disc butts, but did not require surgical assistance. The first stage of the Queen’s Prize was concluded on Friday. The following are scores of of the competitors [left in for the tie —Private Whisker (2nd Essex), 19 ; Sergeant Millard (St. George’s), 49; Private Miller (Ist Gloucester), 47 ; Captain Henderson (L2lh Cornwall), 44 ; Sergeant Winser (3rd Kent), 44. The following made 44 : —Private Philips, Ist Shropshire ; Sergeant Allen, 2Gth Somerset; Corporal Worth, Btli Warwick ; Private March, 12 Norfolk ; Private Pace, 26th Kent; Bingham, Ist Gloucester ; Private Riddler, Ist Gloucester. The following made 42 : —Private Adamson, 27th Lancashire; Corporal Marshall, Oth Lincoln ; Ensign Bland, Bth Lancashire ; Colour Sergeant Gale, 10th Surrey ; Private Richardson, 10th Norfolk ; Private Crawford, 10th Renfrew; Private Fiddler, sth Isle of Wight: Sergeant Graham, 2nd Wilts; Sergeant Benuing, 2nd Bedford ; Corporal Coldcleugh, 7th Durham ; Private Wyatt, Ist City o London; Lieutenant Marrioner, 9th Middlesex 1 Private Mackenzie, London Scottish ; Sergean Smith, 15th Derby; and Sergeant Curtis, 13th Glamorgan. The following made 41: —Corporal Whitehouse, 3rd Leicester ; Sergeant Dailey, Oth Leicester ; Private Richardson, sth Lincoln ; Corporal Clilheroc, Oth Lincoln ; Private Ellis, Sth Surrey ; Corporal Allen, 14th Wilts ; Lieutenant Brougham, 13th Stafford; Private Trotter, 4th North York ; Corporal Russell, 291 h Kent; Private Berkeley, 2nd Tower Hamlets; Sergeant Brooks, 12th Middlesex; Corporal Taylor, 21st Middlesex: Sergeant Bcran, 17th Glamorgan; Private Rhcad, 3rd Gloucester. On Saturday the weather was fine, and the tie : shooting for first stage Queen’s Prize was shot off. The following are the successful competitors, the first thirty of whom win a Whiteworth nlle and £5 pound each, and the remaining thirty £5 each : —Private Wiskcr, 2nd Essex (winner of the Silver Medal) ; Sergeant Millward, Ist Gloucester; (St. George’s); Private Miller, Ist Gloucester; Corporal Winser, 3rd Kent; Captain Henderson, 2nd Cornwall; Private Riddler, Ist Gloucester : Private Pago, 26th Kent; Private Philips, Ist Shropshire ; Sergeant Allen,, 23rd Somerset; Corporal Worth, Sth Warwick ; Private March, 12th Norfolk ; Sergeant Bing, Ist Gloucester; Private Adamson, 47th Lancasliire; Corporal Marshall, 6th Lincoln ; Ensign Bland, Sth Lancashire ; Colour-Sergeant Gale, 10th Surrrey; Private Richardson, 10th Norfolk ; Private Crawford, 16th Renfrew ; Private Fiddler, sth Isle Wight; Sergeant Graham, 2nd Wilts; Sergeant Bonning, 2nd Bedford; Corporal C'oldclcugh, 7th Durham :

Private Wyatt, Ist City of London ; Sei'gt. Marrioner, 9th Middlesex; Private Mackenzie, London Scottish ; Sergeant Smith, 15th Derby ) Sergeant Curtis, 15th Glamorgan ; Corporal Whitehouse, 3rd Leicester ; Corjtoral Brooks, 12th Middlesex ; Private Bedhcaa, 3rd Gloucestershire; Sergeant Darley, 9th Leicester; Corporal Clitherto, 9th Lincoln ; Private Ellis, Bth Surrey; Corporal Allen, 14th Wilts; Capt, Russell, 29th Kent"; Corporal Taylor,, 21st Middlesex ; Private Richardson, sth Lincolnshire; Lieutenant Brougham, 13th Stafford ; Private Trotter, 4th West York ; Private Berkley, 2nd Tower Hamlets; Lieutenant Beavan, 17th Glamorgan ; Sergeant Haines, 16th Surrey ; Private Murray, Ist Mid-Lothian ; Major Dipon, 13th Sussex ; Private Bazley, 3rd Cambridge ; Private Cree ; London Scottish ; Private Avis, Ist Devon ; Captain Brooks, 10th Leicester; Private Chuter, 25th Surrey ; Private Coles, Ist Notts; Lieut. Watson, Ist Newcastle; Private Haughton, sth Norfolk ; Private Garwood, loth Norfolk ; Kettle, 16th Stafford : Private Betts, Ist Warwick ; Private Roberts, 12th Shropshire ; Corporal White, 20th Middlesex; Private Walters, Ist Edinburgh ; Private Read, 11th Sufforlk.

For the Prince of Wales’s Prize, Corporal Rum - bold, 3rd Kent, made 58 points, ami was declared the winner.—The St. George’s Challenge Yaso was won by Private Jopling, South Middlesex. The next highest shots being ties for the next prizes, were shot of on Monday, and are reported below.—ln All-comers, 500 yards, small bore, on Monday, Lord Fielding, Flint; Corporal Ferguson, Ist Inverness; and Private Ashton, Liverpool, each scored 27. At GOO yards, Captain Jessop, 12th Derby, and Captain Fenton, 26th Lancashire, made 25 each. For the Enfield Allcomers, 200 yards, Ensign Lloyd, 14th Middlesex ; Captain Gibbon, Ist Edinburgh; Private Meakin, 2nd Derby ; and Sergeant Miller, 10th Berks, made 4 each. For the Enfield All-comers, 500 yards. Corporal Sysler, Ist Aberdeen, 24 points. In first series extra prizes, Sergeant Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire, and Sergeant Fletcher, Ist Warwick, made 27 each ; in 2nd series, 600 yards, 5-77 boro Private Ilibbs, 6th Dorset, scored 22.

The Whitworths were distributed to the competitors for the Queen’s Prize, and Lord Ducie instructed them in the details of that weapon at the sighting target. Captain Herbert, of the Coldstream Guards, made tho followsng score at the running deer: —For 60 shots he made eight bull’s eyes—two consecutive—twenty-six centres, ten outers, and six misses.

On Monday the weather was favorable for shooting; and tho presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales attracted 3,000 or 4,000 visitors. The royal parly arrived about three o’clock. The competition between the members of the Lords and Commons then commenced. The following is tho result of the gross score at 200 and 500 yards : Commons: Viscount Bury, 60; Hon. W. Duncombe, 50 ; Mr. Dillwyan, 44 ; Sir P. Egerton, 39 ; Mr. Forster, 35 ; Earl Grosvernor, 47 ; Mr. Humberston, 37 ; Mr. Talbot, 30 ; Mr. Vivian, 48 ; Mr. A. Wemyss, 30 Lord Elcho, 44. Total, 460. —Lords : Earl Ducie, 50 ; Marquis of Abercorn, 49 ; Earl of Airlie, 34 : Lord Bolton, 46 ; Lord Sullield, 3 4 ; Earl Dunmore, 43; Lord Dufferin, 22 ; Duke of Marlborough, 30 ; Earl Gronard, 23Lord Londesborough, 31; Lord Wharnelilfe, 51; Total, 423. The Commons th us won by 37 points

On Wednesday, tlie weather was again fine and hot. The following are the results of the day’s shooting : —The Albert Prize, won by Sergeant M. Smith, Victoria Rifles, who made the remarkable score of 73 points at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, being eight more than Sergeant Roberts made at the same distance for the Queen’s Prize. Ensign Brazill, 01st Lancashire, second, with 70 points. Other good scores were—Captain Greig, 27th Cheshire, 00 ; Captain Heaton, 3rd Manchester, 07 ; Private Lalhbury, 3Sth Lancashire, G 3 ; Sergeant Gibbs. Bristol, 62 ; and Private Ashton, Liverpool R. 8., 62. In 500 yards (all competitors), on Tuesday, it was stated that Captain Heaton, won the first prize, £SO, and Sergeant Smith, of the Victorias, £lO. These gentlemen were ties ; they did not shoot, off, and have divided the first and second prizes. For Extra Prizes, 800 yards, Sergeant Boynton, sth East York, made 27 points; Captain M’Gibboin Edinburgh, Sergeant Brown, 13th Lancashire, and Captain Ross, Kincardine, 26 each. For Extra Prizes, 800 yards, Sergeant Boynton, slh East York, Sergeant Cobb, 3Sth Middlesex, and Captain M’Gib* bon, 21 each. First Stage House of Lords ; First prize was won by Corporal Sarsons, 22nd Middlesex, 2G points, £2O; Hooper, 19th Middlesex, 25 points, £lO. On Thursday, the feature of (he day was tho contest between England and Scotland, which bad not terminated at gunfire, the Scotch party deciding not to compete at tho last range of 1,000 yards until Friday, although the English competitors had commenced, owing to their firing more

quickly. Some of Uie shooting was most remarkable, Captain Ilcalon making twelve bull’s eyes out of fifteen shots at 1)00 yards, Serjeant Smith 10 at the same distance. On the Scotch side, Captain E. Ross 11 bull’s eyes at 000 yards, and Captain 11. Ross, 6lh Kincardine, 10 bull’s eyes at 800 yards. The gross result of the firing at 800 or 1)00 yards was a majority of 20 in favor of England, as shown in tho following i-cturn : England; Lord Bury, 101, Lieutenant-colonel Halford, 101, Captain Heaton 110, Lord Ducie, 00, Serjeant Smith, 101, Lieutenant Hawker, 95. Private Ashton, 07, Captain Rowland, S 3. Total —7BO. Scotland: Captain H. Ross, 106, Captain E. Ross, 105, Lord Elcho, 80, Lieutenant Colin Ross, 88, Hercules Ross, 100, Master of Lovnt. 83, Corporal Ferguson, 05, J. Farquharson, 01. Total —751. At tho 1,000 yards range the English eight had scored 243, with five shots each to lire next day. Tho Association Cup was won by Captain Heaton, 3rd Manchester, with a total score of 80. Mr. Evans, honorary member Derby Rifles, won the Duke of Wellington’s Prize. Pres loti Guardian , July 15.