RIFLE SHOOTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1914, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

MEETING AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

[Teh Press Association.]

The tenth annual meeting undei the auspices of -titO'-Taranaki Hih

Association was commenced at the llewa Rewa range, Waiwakaiho, yesterday. The wind was very trying

I ami the light was dull. Only three possibles were scored during the day, one of them being credited to Rilfc|man I). Armstrong (Whaugaiuomona > lat 300yds. Roots <Pa tea) did not shoot, having to leave for Wanganui in the morning because of a family bereavement. The first three places in the Kaponga match fell to Ka--1 ponga men, Rifleman Srnith winning 'from Rifleman Bollard with (>,l after

ja count hack. The Inglewood match I wont to an Inglewood man, Rifleman T. King, with (57. Rifleman T.'King ; has not competed for two or three years, owing to his occupying the position of secretary, and his success is

the more deserved. Four competitors lead in the New Plymouth match, and the count hack ■ gave the verdict *o Trooper A. Songster (Stratford), xmteman Loveday being second, Rifleman T. King third, and Rifleman F. J. O’Neill (Kapongai, fourth. Following are the scores of the local men :

Kaponga Match, seven shots at 300 and 500yds: G. R. Smith (Kaponga) 05, S. -I. Bollard (Kaponga) 65, A. 11. Guy (Kaponga) 63, C. Jackson (Stratford) 61, C. King (Kaponga) 01, A. Harrison (Kaponga) 00, C. J. 80l-

lard (Kaponga) 59; tyros: L. Schumacher (Kaponga) 55, W. Cleaver : Tahora) 55, G. S. White (Pohokura)

Inglewood Match, seven shots at 300 aiid 600yds: i\ King 65,' Harrison 65, Guy 61, A. E. Speck (.Stratford) 64yR. Willis .Kaponga) 63, C. ‘E. Bacon Whangamomona; 62, G. R. Smith 61, A. Saugster (Stratford) 61, (counted out;; tyros: Cleaver 50, G. S. \\ Irite oJ, Schumacher 58. New Plymouth Match, seven shots at 300, 500 and 600yds: A Sangster 97, F. J. O’Neill (Kaponga) 97, JD. ‘Armstrong (Whangamomona) 96, S. I Stocklcy (Pohokura) 92, J. Guy (Ka- ! poaga) 91,-Harrison 91, C. J. Hollard 190, A. E. Speck 90, A. H. Guy 90 ; counted out: Nat/.ke (Whangamomona,) 90, G. 11. Smith 90; tyros: G. S. White 86. With seven shots at 900yds and 17 at 1000yds yet to be Hired, the following are the leading aggregates:—. t Rim. Loveday (Woodville) , 253., Rfm.j Mayhew (Feilding) , v , £sl, It fin.; G. 11; Smith (Kaponga), ,2,19 HtinJ: T. King .Inglewood) ... 218 Lieut. Hartnell (B Coy, N,F.) 1 ,218. itfmJ 3. !>. Cly istian ;(Opunj^^^|4Z,. Run H. Gilshmm iTatea) .... 21 0 Rim. H. C. Evans (N.P.) ... 2io Rfmi F, it- 91 txl 244 R fm; 1) Armstrong (WhangaJ. __244_ Tr’ptr illm- A. E. Speck .Stratford) ... 243 R fm. A. llarrisohKa r )k)riga) Rim. H. Baker (Opunake) ... 240 Pres. A. H. Guy (Kaponga) ... 240 1 : .-r,.,. / ?»/.« 1 , TARANAKI ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting'‘of tliiM AssociaW riin; was held in the New Drill Hail in the _ Colonel Okey presided over '‘^F^^Qoir attendance country clubs being Well. « , , Vi r -:u ■ vf'.iOiU-c 1. oc it. presented.

Officers « ore eject (jd as , fallow ; —- Patron, Col. Klti’sf *V.IX ; fft'&sideut, X ial.l la ,J. B. Hine, iM-r.kwood' Mayor of Stratford), T. B. Crump f ( flavor of El t ham); secretary Wud treasurer, Mr V. J. Hill ; Lieut. Hartnell, Riflemen C. E.< Bacon, C. -Jackson, T. King, MX Oliver, A. H. Guy, H. C. Evans, H. Gilshnau and A. Whitingforth; president and secretary ex-oflicio; auditor, Rfm. A. L. Humphries; council, Riflemen W • Slaughter. F. J. Sheppherd, M. Carey, J. A. Colmer, (1. H. Tayior, and Lieut. Humphrey, with the executive. Rfm. T. King proposed that future matches, with the exception of teams’ matches, should not be more than two ranges. Three-range matches, he considered, were out of date.-: Rfm. C. Jackson seconded this, and also suggested that prizes should bo given for a short range and long-range aggregate.—The resolution was carried.

Lieut. Hartnell said that up to the present they had not had sufficient funds to make the meeting attractive for outsiders, hut they hoped to do more in this direction in future. He emphasised the tact that this -was a Taranaki meeting, and not a New Plymouth one.

Sergeant-Major Bond stated that service matches should he included so as to cater for ..Territorials. Territorials,* he said, were not used to hull’s-pye shooting, and would not compete against riflemen, who were always using the hull’s-eye. This led to some controversy, hut

the majority of members were of opinion that men who first learnt hull seye shooting could learn service coadditions more readily.