THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 57, 28 March 1901, Page 3

THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING

[p:;r ?;■-.:,•=.; association.] W.ys-gamut., M.-cl) 27. In th? ui :,•::•*!•>. ivffl! good shooing w.ik vu.uL>, z.:-A Khig got oc £•:# exc.jilfst w.r? of 100, and ffe.t up hvßl with the leader for tho belt. The following are tho chief p,'i:!o- - in tho Wanganai Match, 300, 500, and 700 yards; 7 shot* each range:— King (Oamaru) £lO .. ..37 Papp (Stoke) £6 96 T. Fi-aser (Kaitangata) £5 .. 94 Lacey (Wellington) £5 .. .. 9," Cox (Auckland) £i .. ..93 Sergt. Okey (Taranaki) £4 .. 93 G. Anderson (Kaitangata) £4 .. 92 Holland (Wellington) £3 .. 92 Winslade (Wanganui) £3 ~ 92 W.LovedHy(Woa.lwll6)£3 .. 92 Hardy (Bkßheim)£3 .. .. 92 Humphreys (Hastiags) £3 .. 92 Turnbull (Gore) £3 .. .. 92 The following are the highest ©f the hundred who fire in the aggiogito match, which is the next to the Jast match for the bolt:— Wilson (Woodvilla) .. ..444 King (O.imaru) .. .. .. 444 W. Loviuiay (Wocalville) .. .. 44'2 Nelson (\Voadvil!«) .. .. 440 Humphreys (Napier) .. .. 438 G. Levoday (Weodville) .. .. 436 A. Ballicger (S* .. 435 Webster (Auckland) .. ..432 Domigan (Gore) .. .. ~ 431 Balfour (Napier) 429 Turnbull (Gore) 428 Purnell (Wanganui) .. ..428 W. Ballinger (Wellington) .. 426 Oakley (Nelson) 425 Pearson, Timaru, wins the Union Co.'s Cup. King, Oamaru, takes the Native Association Cup and wins Mr. Williams' revolver, fid the Ttaue* rifle. Woodville won the Champion Teams Match with the fine scoro ef 2173; Petone, 2090; Karori, 2073. Shooting began at saven this morning and continued until six o'clock to[night. The Try Match and that set aside for the returned contingenters were shot. Collinge, of Woodville, won the chief prize in the former having with the assistance of a one poiat handicap made the possible. In the South African Match only 13 sh't and eleven of thesa touched money. Trooper Soramerville and another representative from that hot shooting [district, Woodville, beiag ©n tsp. The | Wanganui Match was the next to finish and here King the present champion, maintained his reputation ss a brilliant shot making within five of the possible at difficult ranges, This placed him right alongside tho leader for the belt l and he was most heartily congratulated. The m«>n were thon given a spell until the 100 highest aggregates selected to (fire for the belt had been got out. j The Auckland Match (which takes the pines of the Old Grand Aggregate Match) and Last Try were fired simultaneously. In the last mentioned, from which those who have won £8 at meet'ing ara excluded, Parkinson, of Marton, won with th« possible of 50 and takes £7 ; Scott (Wanganui), £6, 49, 2nd ; Mosi (Dunedin), £5, 48, 3rd ; and Divw (Wrnganui), £4, 48, 4 f h. In 'ih.i Auckland Match Wakelin (ex-champion, and Hawthorne (Wellington), tied (96), bat on the range the former is first, and t .kes £B, r,s a<rw s>. £6 by the Wellington rep. Other chief prize-takers »ere:— Ciroy (Patea), £5 95 Trev*tHck (Petone), £3.. ~ 95 R'indtll(Wrtlineton), £3 .. 94 W. BalliPßT (Wellington) £2 .. 93 Domig-m (Core), £2 .. .. 93 Purnell (Waneanul), £2.. .. 93 Turnbull (Gore), £2 .. ..93 K-nnaid (Marten), £2 .. .. 93 At the finish of to-day's shooting tho following were t :- <* leading aggregate?, nnd th-ra nra row only ten shots to be] fi ed 'o tho Championship : Wilson (Woedvile) .. ..532 King (Oamaru) 530 W. Loveday (WoodvilloV . .. 529 A. B-llinser (Wellington) ..528 Sergt. Oakey (Taranaki).. .. 526 Humphreys (Napier) .. .. 526 Turnbull (Gore) 521 Purnell (Wanganui) .. .. 521 Nelson ;'V'-.edville) .. .. 521