CLAY BIRD SHOOTING
WINNER’S 41 STRAIGHT HITS.' (By Telegraph - Press Associationn. CflßlST'CHtTin-I. "Aug. 5. ■ The. twenty-ninth sweepstake ... day. pigeon match for the championship of New Zealand was held under the auspices of the--North- Canterbury Club, Rangiora, to-day. The winner, was S. Anderson (Meth-on). -■ were .37 entries and the price: mop ey was divided among six who tied, all on. Anderson won tb<r shoot off. The ,six qualifying: were; S'i.v Vnderson. D. Davison (folyerdeu), T.. Longley (Levin), J. Winchester (Ellesmere); H. Grennell (Christchurch),and C. Seddon (Hamilton). The conditions were 21 birds off 18 yards; The match was fired in a dull light, a heavy sou’-west wind, and-''ceaseless! rain. Anderson shot all 21 birds, and i‘n the shoot off lie •beat- Wentworth, at the 20th bird, so that the winner .shot 41 birds straight. ...
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 6
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132CLAY BIRD SHOOTING Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 6
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