SHOOTING NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 21 July 1914, Page 6

SHOOTING NOTES.

(By Right Barrel.)

The season lor live game is drawing to a close, and soon weildcrs of the "walnut" (except those who delight in trap shooting) will reluctantly have to hang their beloved double-barrels on the wall and console themselves either ivith the fishing rod, or by recounting to those who will listen, tales of marvellous "rights-aud-lefts," or instances of almost human intelligence in their dogs. ,< With regard to the number of pheasants bagged, the present season has fallen far behind previous ones, and shootists must resign themselves to the doleful conclusion that this sport will soon be a thing of the past in this district, notwithstanding the praiseworthy efforts of the Acclimatisation Society in the direction of re-stocking. However, quail remain very plentiful, and in are still on the increase, and for some years to come splendid sport with this game little bird should be obtained.

The local Gun Club is holding the Tarauaki clay bird championship on Friday next," on the Show Grounds, when a large entry and keen competition is assured. This event is in the form of a sweepstake at 21 birds, the winner receiving sixty per cent, ol the sweep and a gold medal, and was won last year by Mr W. J. Greaves, with'the fine score of twenty.

The Club hopes shortly to put on a sparrow match on a fairly large scale, part- of the proceeds to be devoted to furthering the candidature of the Sports Clubs' nominee. Miss Virginia Arnold, a noted American lady exponent of trap shooting, is at present in New Zealand, and there is every likelihood that she will give an exhibition in Stratford at an early date, probably in the form of a match with one of the best male performers to he found.