SHOOTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1921, Page 3

SHOOTING.

<aa> CD : ! ap Jiv TELHUIIAIUI —I’UK I’RESS ASSOCIATION 1 I ‘ ! nt TRENTHAM, 'March 9. A beautiful day of line weather this j norning. Hawkes Bav match 10 shots , it- 900 yards and Taranaki 10 at 1000 ards, were taken simultaneously. The surly men had the disadvantage of haded targets, added to a mirage and , ( | Mizzling right drift across the face of he target. Moselen, the over-night felt leader, got on a. good first hit at • IK), 'l'lien his rifle nickled and his core dribbled off to nothing. Neilson m;) unner-up also had a bad passage fin- lr diing with 3G at 900, but lie still holds a | ( | •ell in the aggregate. The best score u t 900 yards so far is Ryan (Retone) n|l , 5, while at 1,000 Low (Karori) leads ;n|( ith 40 followed by Caldwell (Karori) , )S j. nd Comes (Waihi), each 45. * TRENTHAM. March 9 n ;j With a few cards to come in. the | >,, [awke’s Ray match, of ten shots at )0 yds., appears to he won by Koppert n , s )amaru) 47, including three inners |. lidway through his shoot; McLeod )kawa), and Warburton (Christchurch) illow with 40; the latter men had more ,-en light but tbe wind is full of tricks. >’s and I4's wer,. fairly, numerous. I espite this some leading aggregate , en could not find them. The Taranaki match, ton shoots at ' 100yds. called forth all that was n the en, and "West (Blenheim) 4G ties with o\v (Karori) for first place. Ryan (TVme) follows with 45. The Taranaki match completes the tries wherefrom emerge the Tvng’s J fty to fire for the Bolt. The best in gilt are Neilson, Vennell, and Croxton ich 513, H. Donald 509, Carter and U IcLearv 507, West 505, Giiliek 501, * 1 atriel; 501, Piper 199. wo