DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 553, 20 February 1868, Page 3

DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

Thb firing for the di trict prizes annually given by the General Government came off st the nfis range on the beach on lionday leet, 17th 5 net. Owing to the boisterous ■tate of the weather, the firing was very indifferent Below will be found the detailed More of the firing for the *X9BT CLASS PHIZES.

* The members of the Mounted Constabulary *re-distinguished from the Volunteers by an asterisk.

It will be seen that G. Blake and Northa were a tie. This was shot for at the close of the day, each competitor having two shots at, 400 yards. Both made a contra the first shot, hut, at the second, Blake scored 4 and Northe 1, so that the former was declared the winner of the first prize of the first class. The tie for the second prize (between Renouf and Crass* ■well) was shot for on Tuesday morning, when the former made a miss, the latter making & centre and carrying off the prize. SECOND CLASS PRIZES. The above was shot for by men belonging to the several militia companies in and about Napier. Their scores show a slight improvement on the firing of the Competitors for the first class prizes. The winner, Andrew Blake, will take the first prize of the second class and the medal for the best shot in the district. Subjoined will be found the scores ;

COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING. Th® preliminary competitive firing took place yesterday. The shooting was anything but satisfactory— the result being that 35 points (out of a possible 84) was the highest number scored, and that, in consequence—the score of 39 made at the country firing being also below the minimum—the Province of Hawke's Bav will be without a representative at the forthcoming Colonial Prize Firing to take place at "Wellington. The ranges were 400, 500, and 600 yards, and as, unfortunately, we cannot in this issue publish the detailed scores, wa give below the name of each competitor, with the number of points made at each range, and the totals:—

800 400 500 3 yards. yards. yards. 1 Jforthe 33032 n 32233 13 43300 10 31 Slake* 32224 13 34034 14 00430 7 34 Cresewell 33344 17 43033 13100002 2 32 Eenouf 34333 16 40333 13100300 3 32 Stubbs ... . Welder 43333 16 33030 9I00003 3 28 00333 8 42224 14,30300 6 29 Dinwiddle Boswell... Morrison 33423 15 23323 13 22032 9 053.30 6 30041 11:00000 30004 7100030 03324 12,00000 33000 6 20023 0 3 0 7 2G 23 21 19 30300 5:32330 11 03000 3 19 Oreentrell 0303i 10 20040 6.00000 0 15 Baxter 23303 11:30000 3 ooooo 0 14 Bead* 23423 13,00000 0 ooooo 0 13 Bntnam* 02003 5 7 00000 0 12 Thomas* 04000 4 32002 7 00000 0 11 00202 4 20004 6 00000 0 10 Sturm 0030k 3 03000 S oo.ooo 0 6 O’Rourke* 00300 8 00020 3 00000 0 5 M’Hugh* 30000 300000 0 00*500 0 S Irvine 00020 2 00000 0 ooooo 0 2

J 300 ] 400 yards. | yards. i 500 yards. 1 *0 H A. Blake 03433 1 13 31403 14-22343 ■n B. Williams 34334 17 2403.3 12 01024 & 37 0. Vlllers 43330 13 33213 15 03200 6 33 Caul ton 32214 15 03^30 6 33200 8 29 3 ViUer* 44034 15 20303 8-04002 o! 29 Evans 22333 13 02333 11'20300 c 29 Kennedy 24030 9 03303 9311003 6 24 Bcott 24333 15 CV03O0 3 00032 5: 23 Ftevens as-'so 9 20T40 C.32030 8. 21 Miller 23023 10 00400 4 0O034 21 Bndley 20333 11 03000 3 20030 5 10 Lament 20-103 9 04200 « 30000 3, 13 Collins 03040 7 20000 ** i»5330 6, 15 iPlcehurst 32003 8 00030 3 onoo3 3; 14 Wilkinson 30000 3 00300 3 00300 0 6

Blake, George 13, 13, 11—35 Stubbs 10, 1°, 15—35 Canltoa 7 17, 11—35 Badley i?: 10, 6—33 Williams 13, 11, 7—31 Pntnam 19, 8, 2—29 Norths Id, G, 4—24 M'Hugh 4, 11—19 Irvins 0 ii’ 6-19 Fielder 5, 4, 10—19 Smith 6, 6, 6—13 Kennedy 8, 4, 6—17 Henonf ' 8, 4, S—17 Evans 5, 3, 9—17 Take 7, 9 0—16 Tieeburst 8, 3’ 5—10 Blake, A. H. ... ! 5, 8, 2—15 Villers 7, 4, Dinwiddle, J. ... 6, 2—10 Read 5, 5, 0—10 Buchanan 3, 6, 3—10 Baiter 0, s’, 4— 9 Close 0. 0. 6— 6 Greenwell, S. T. 4_ 3 0— 6 Cresswell o’ 5, 0— 5 Haymes 5. 0. 0— 5 Haswell 3, 0, 0— 3 Swan 0, 0. 0— 0 O’Rourke 0, 0, 0— 0