RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 85, 19 July 1910, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

:1 vu.. TM 'IPJEX MEETING. -uuat -i,/, d (By : Association.—Copyright .i-i,,: London, July 17. jCorporal-'F., Radice, aged 22, an un.Oxford, won the King's pr<2»i.witl\ 340—a record. W. Morsefield, a- New .Zealander, with 321, won' £8; Radice liad. aa ovation, and was chaired. Hitherto only Major Pollock hag..iwon the gold and silver medals together. Lord Roberts was watching the shootings and congratulated the colonials. Lord Cheylesmore, president of the Rifle Association, announced that an effort would be made to send a team to Australia next year. • AUSTRALIAN SUCCESSES. Received July 18, 8.45 p.m. London, July 18. In the final of the King's prize, Halligan, with 330, finished sixth, winning a ,badge and £ls; Armstrong, with d2B, I £l2; Grant, with 320, £10; Boyd won £8 and Pilbean £5. In the St. George's Challenge Vase, Williams, of Victoria, came second, securing a silver cros9 and £25. Grant, Adams, Boyd, Best and Galliford won badges and money prizes, ranging from three to ten pounds. OKATO CLUB. On Saturday last the local club continued its competitions for the Swan I trophy. The day was fine, and some | food scoring was done at 200 yards, | { tes. Penwarden making the coveted | j possible. At 500 yards the marksmen | had to contend with shadows cast upon i j the targets by some neighboring trees, j j making the shooting a good deal a mat- j ter of guesswork. Notwithstanding this i drawback several 33's were registered. | ;In connection with the trophy a match, I was fired between the A and B team, | the latter winning by 11 points. At the conclusion of the match several mernibers went to the 000 yards range for practice. The following are the full ,scores:— 200 500 600 Tl. Rfm. A. Thomas 32 33 30 95 Rfm. J. G. Grover .... 34 33 27 94 V.P. S. Hart 31 33 2!) 98 Rfm. J. Goodin 30 31 28 89 Rfm. F. Jenkins 33 30 29 92 Rfm. C. Putt 29 28 27 84 'Rfm. A. Richardson ... 30 27 27 84 | Rfm. Arnold 31 32 20 83 I Rfm. D. P. Evans 29 28 25 82 I Blfm. G. Pitch 29 27 23 79 Teams' scores are as under:— | —A Team— j 200 500 Tl. Pres. O. Penwarden ... 35 30 65 Rfm. A. Thomas 32 38 65 V.P. A. Thomas 31 33 64 Rfm. J. Power 31 26 57 Rfm. A. Richardson ... 30 27 57 Rfm. J. Goodie 30 31 61 Rfm. G. Petch 29 27 56 Rfm. A. Roebuck 20 21 50 Rfm. E. Malone 21 20 41 ] 268 248 516 | —B Team.— I ! Blfm. J. G. Grover 34 33 67 1 Rfm. Arnold 31 32 63 Rfm. F.. Jenkins 33 30 63 Rfm. C. Humphrey .... 30 28 58 Rfm. C. Putt 29 28 57 Rfm. D. P. Evans 29 28 57 Rfm. H. Corbett 28 28 56 Rfm. Walker 23 30 53 Rfm. A. Richards 26 27 53 \ 263 264 527 3 Majority for B team—ll points. r | The final for the Swan trophy, which - will be fired 011 August 6, should prove - particularly interesting, as tlie leaders !• are practically bunched together. A. - Thomas (196), Grover (194), Power, - Putt and Hart (192) hold pride of place, while Penwarden (190), Evans and

Humphrey (18!)) follow closely. Handicaps for this event are: Grover, Hart, Jenkinson, Thonuus, scr.; Penwarden, 1; retch, 4; Evans, 5; Richardson, Putt, 8; J. Goodin, Roebuck, L. Eustace, 10: Power, 14; Humph ley, lti; Richards, 15; C. Goodie, 18; F. Goodin, 19; F. Eustace, 10; Richards, 15; C. Goodie, 18; F. Goodin, 19; F. Eustace, 17. Next Saturday several members visit Warea for a combined practice in view of the match against Rahotu the following week.