SHOOTING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9136, 4 May 1908, Page 4

SHOOTING.

MANCHESTER RIFLES. The above corps fired the fourth competition for the company Belt ate Feildiug on Saturday. At 500 yards the wind was “Trentham at itsworst.” and Captain Barltrop was. the only man who got on a good score. Wind was still somewhat erratic at 600 yards, but at 700 yards; the conditions were much better. The scoring was poor throughout, the highest score being two underiuners. The conditions were seven, shots at each range. Scores:— FIRST GLASS.

The fifth and final competition, ate 200, 500 and 600 yards, will be fired on Saturday, 16th inst., and is a compulsory counter. There are four competitions one of five to count, aud the following is the position of the competitors, counting the three best scores :—Maybe w 260. Barltrop 255, Belk 248, L. Pleasants 224, F. Pleasants 220, Trask 213 (in the first class); Blnnden 154, Jones 136 (in the second class.) FEILDING MOUNTED RIFLES. The Feilding Mounted Rifles fired a match on Saturday for Sergt. - Major Younger’s gold medal. A second prize of a case- of pipes was presented by Capt. Sorensen. The conditions were seven shots at each range. Shooting was ,poor in comparison to previous competitions. Lieutenant Sandliauds, the scratch man, put on 91. Sergt.-Major Younger took part but did not compete for the prize. Results:—

500 600 700 Tl. Yol. May hew 26 29 37 83: Capt. Bari trop 33 23 26 81 Yol. Evans 28 26 23 77 Yol. Jacobsen 26 18 28 73: Yol. Belk 26 24 33 73 Yol. L. Pleasants 21 28 19 68 Yol. F. Pleasants 37 37 13 67' Sergt. Trask 24 16 19 59SECOND CLASS. 500 600 Tl. Yol. J Blundeu 33 24 46 Yol. Matthews 17 16 33 Yol. Fitzgerald 13 3 15

200 300 509 h’n Tl. S.-Major Younger 32 26 22 14 94 Life. Saudilands 31 26 34 — 91 Tpr. J. Phillips 27 26 26 9 88 Tpr. Murchie 23 20 22 20 85 Tpr. R. Martin 25 25 28 4 83 Tor. T. R. Taylor 27 21 29 4 81 Sergt Caldwell 29 24 22 4 79 Tpr. Boslier 21 22 21: 15 79 Tpr. R. Bennett 15 13 26 20 74 Corp. Hawes 21 16 12 12 61