THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 54, 23 March 1901, Page 3

THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.

GAPTAIS OK BY FOURTH IN MARLBOROUGH MATCH. NK HUBS ASSOCIATION.) Wahoandi, March 22. ThdTO was beautiful wta'her ell diy for •shooting, tnt the wind, though light, chtnged at Jeart three tiims during the day and upsst the calculations of sonic men and this was noticeable where a competitor was rattling on a good score, but sadden shift tf wind carried him away and would probably finish up badly. Co-spared with the shooting here last meeting tl<B scores aio much higher and the 303 had all the best of it. This will piobablv b> demonstrated more clearly ai the meet jng progresses. Ia the Hftwke's Bay match Wirslado Wangpnui, and Nelson, Woodville .finished first and second with the good &cO r * cf 94 out of a possible 100. G. Lovea>y» Wojdville, finished third w.th 93, there were two of 92 and a si'mits* aumber of 91. In the aftwnoon the Marlborough match, 10 sl;o l « at 500 yards, was shot And bore thesh vjting was #g*in an improvement on I hat at Last meeting, there be : ng t' r. <3 49's and while 43 was •counted out l<»t yf-ar 46 wss eouxited ■eut in to-day's Following -ars chief prize-tikeis in Marlborough match :

Waugh (Tiooaru) .£6 .. . * ■ Feaat ( Wairarapa) £6 .. .. *9 Ingpeu (Woodville) £6 .. .. 4!) Ciotain Olrey (Taranski) £i .. 48 Garr (Dumdin), Buntin (Ohrisf.church), Newall (Auckland), and Turner (Wellington), take £2 each with 48 each. Waugh, Feast, and fngpen fired off for Kynoch and Co.'s cup wkich gijea to the highest scortir in thin match an<( Waugh won making the

pos-ible with his three shots, wlvls the other two mide elevrn points e'.ch. At preset NelsoaoF Wood villi hads for the belt with 140 and his fellow townsman, G. Loveday, is second with 139. WiesUde, of Wanganui, and Tnrow are 138 each. A change of wicd ferk place at the 600 yard , «nd the shooting b'como a little erratic. Kemp, of the Canterbury Engineer/", rang on the A nd takes the range prize »f £s■ "WinKltdf, of W*nganui, and Wiison, •of Woodville, sored 47. Fallowio*. are the chief p.-ize-takers in tho H«wke'a Bay Match, 500 and 600 yard?, ten shots: — Wiß?d*l(?{ Wanganui) £7 ••• **4 JJel-oi (WcodviMe) ,£G .. 91 G. IrtVtday (Woodville) £5 .. 9-* Kemp (Chrif-tchurcls) £i.. .. Hawthorne (Wellingtoa) £4 .. 92] M-rxball (WtlliHgton) £3 .. 92 £ughw(Wangsmui)£3 ~ .. 92

Wo'j'hiU (Durediii) 1)1, A. B:i;li»gtn (WtlUna' >*) 1)1, Stephen (Timaru) 90, Purnell (Wan<-iinui( 90, t ike £2 o-ich. Sco:esof 88 wi iv eoun'.ed out.