RIFLE SHOOTING.
[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.! KING’S PRIZE. LONDON, July 17. At Bisley. Sergt. A. G. Fulton won the King’s Prize, after a shoot-off between Sergt. Fulton, Doctor Kelly. Cadet Vezey. and Lieut. Hughes of the Artillery, the four having tied with scores of 286 each. There was a sensation at Bisley when two notable marksmen were disqualified for ever, and ordered to forfeit their prizes for using rifles that "ere not authorised. LONDON, July 18. Fulton, late of the Queen’s Westminster’s, also won the King’s prize in 1912. His father won the Queen’s prize in 1888. One of the disqualified marksmen cabled yesterday, says he bought the rifle from a gunsmith at Devonshire. He did not realise it was a cut down barrel. The other said the packing of his .rifle was done freely in order to prevent the vibration of the barrel.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1926, Page 3
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144RIFLE SHOOTING. Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1926, Page 3
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