DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 60, 24 February 1868, Page 48

DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING.

The firing for tbe di-trict prizes annually • given by the General Government came off at the rifle range on the beach on Monday last, 17th inst. Owing to the boisterous state of the weather, the firing was very indifferent. Below will be found .the detailed score of the firing for the FIBST CLASS PRIZES. -

* The members of the Mounted Constabulary are distinguished front the Volunteers by an asterisk.

It will be seen that G. Blake - and Northe were a tie. This was shot for at the close of the day, each competitor having * two shots at 400 yards. Both made a centre the first shot, but, 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 Cress* well) was shot for on Tuesday morning, when the former made a miss, the latter making a centre and carrying off the prize.

SECOND CLASS PBIZES.

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, vyill take toe first prize of the second class and the medal for the best shot in the district. Subjoined will be found the scores:—

The preliminary competitive firing took place yesterday. The shooting was anything but satisfactory—the result being that 35 points (out of a possible.B4) was the highest number 'scored, and that, in consequence—the score of 39 made at the country firing being also below the mini-mum—-the Province of Hawke’s Bay will ba without a representative at the forth* coming 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 toe detailed scores, we give below the name of each competitor, with the number of points made at each range, and the totals: —

300 yards. 400 yards. 600 yards.. Total. BTorthe 33032 11 aaaaa ia Blake* Oresswell 33344 17)430331 1300002 2 32 Benouf Stubbs Pielder noaaa sUiwma laa/vinn a Close 33423 15 23323 13 22032 9 00330 6 anann k 30044 11,00000 0 30004 7,00030 3 03324 1200000 0 33000 6 20023. 7 Dinwiddle.... Haswell Morrison Tuke* 23 21 19 ttreeuwell Buchanan 03034 10,20040 6,00000 0 04430 1120000 2 00200 2 23303 Ili300p0 3:00000 0 23422 13,00000 0 00000 0 02003 5 00322 7 00000 0 04000 4 32002 7 00000 0 00202 4'20004 6 00000 0 0030a 303000 3 00000 0 00300 3100020 3 00000 0 30000 3 00000 0 00000 0 16 Baxter Bead* Putnam* 14 13 Thomas* Cramer Sturm O’Rourke* M'ETuRh* Irvine 6 5 .3 —

300 yards. 400 yards. 500 yards Total. A. Blake 03433 13 l 34403 14 22343 14 41 B. Williams 34334 17 24033 12 01024 .8 37 C. Viilers ,143330 13 33243 15 03200 5 33 32244 15 03030 6 33200 8 29 J. ViUers 44034 15 20303 8 04/002 6 29 Evans 22333 13 02333 11 20300 5 29 Kennedy 24030 9,03303 9 30003 6 24 Scott 24333 15 00300 3 00032 5 23 Stevens 33030 9 20040 6 32030 8 21 Miller 23023 10 00400 4 00034 7 21 Badley 20333 11 03000 3 20030 5 19 Lament 20403 9 04200 6 30000 3 18 Collins 03040 7 20000 2 00330 6 15 Ticehurst 32003 8 00030 3 00003 3 14 Wilkinson 30000 3 00300 3 00300 0 6

Blake, George 12, 12, fell—85 Stubbs 10, 10, 15—35 Caulton 7, 17, 11—35 Badley 17, 10, 6—33 Williams... 13, 11, 7—31 Putnam ... 19, 8, 2—29 Norths ... ... 14*, 6, 4—24 M'Hugh - 4, 4, 11—19 Irvine 2, 11, 6-19 Fielder 5, 4, 10—19 Smith 6, 6, 6—18 Kennedy ... 8, 4, 5—17 Renouf 8, 4, 5—17 Evans 5, 3, 9—17 Tuke 7, 9, 0—16 Tieehurst 8, 3, 5—16 Blake, A. H. ... 5, 8, 2—15 Tillers 7, 4, 3—14 Dinwiddie, J. ... 6, 2, 2—10 Read .... ... 5, 5, , 0—10 Buchanan 3, 5, 2—10 Baxter ...- ... ... 0, 5, 4—9 Close 0, 0, 6— 6 Greenwell, S. T. 4, 2, 0— 6 Cresswell 0, 5, 0— 5 Haymes 5, 0. 0—5 Haswell ... ... 3, 0, 0— 3 Swan 0, 0, 0—0 O’Rourke 1 0, 0, 0—0