RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1920, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE DOMINION MEETING, SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. HAWERA MAN OBTAINS POSSIBIAi By Telegraph.—Press Association". } Wellington, Last i Thin fog lay over Trentham at day- ■] light after a bright moonlight night, in i which there was a sharp touch or frost, which made itself felt. But the sun soon routed the mist wreaths and wh*a'!' the day's business began at eight'o'elOßk " not a cloud marred the blue overhead, I and the eun promised a scorching ; day<— • a promise which waß fully redeemed. - Shooting started with the 3tfi yards ■■ range of the opening match, vftiien does ] not count for the championship belt. Ingram (Hawera) notched a, possjbl*, while Colonel Snrth (Dunedin) aadV Braithwaite (Okav got a 34. Till the sun had ,ained some altitude*, the target faces were shadowed whilet the men were in bright sunlight, whb)h. ; with a faint mirage and slight rightf "drift," occasionally upset calculations. As the hour hand of the clock moved on the sun came full on to the targets, and though now and again Trentham'a famed "fish-tail" wagged most exasptratingly, the shooting on the whole wis what experienced hands - termed "dead easy." , At GOO yards R. J. King got everything into the "bull", and 34 was fre-> quently seen on the boards. The six' hundred yards proved a stronger test, and the scores showed interesting yari* ations. After lunch the Westland match* seven shots at 300, 500 and COO yards, and the Canterbury match, ten shots at, (lOC yards, both counting for the belt* were fired. The breeze freshened «p> and developed pronounced "fish-tail" prosperities, and as a consequeneei scores, with few exceptions, showed considerable undulations. To-morrow's programme includes the Auckland match, ten shots at 300 audi 500 yards, the Wellington match, ten phots at .TOO and GOO yards, and the Nelson match, ten shots at 800 yards; also the cadet championship in the afternoon. The prise list is as follows: OPENING MATCH, seven shots at 300, 500, and 000 yards (possible 105). £5—A. Dippie (Dunedin) STi £4-J P. White (Auckland) 97 £4—C. J. Tage (Linton) 075 £3—-F. H. James (Napier) 9ii £3—P. Palmer (Patea) .......... 90 £3--W. J. Feast (Opaki) 08 £2— W. Winsladc (Opaki) Oft £2— H. R. Kcene (Dargaville) .... P8 £2— W. H- West (Blenheim) K 95 £2— R. J. King (Opaki) ,j 95 The following take £1 each: L. CL Braithwaite (Opawa) and A. J. Pietersen (Ponsonby) 1)3; H. Harris (Christchurch), J. K. McClaughlin (Featherston), S. Soffe (Ohura), W. Milley (Invercargill), W- J. Henry (Christchurct), G. G. Ashley (Akarana), Cadet C. Ashley (Auckland), Sergt. F. W. Ching (Wellington), and D. Roots (Hawera) 94; A. W. Cheal (Te Kuiti), R. ft Barkle (Wellington Suburbs), D. J. (Juincy (Petone)~ S. Marenzi (Tararua), T. G. Stokes (Kinohaku), W. Powell (Akarana), Captain W. P. Bell (Tauranga), C. Whiteman (Wellington Suburbs), Artificer W. Aston (Wellington), W. Hudson (Wanganui), J. H. Maossen (Nelson), and Lieut. J. A. Munro (7th Mounted Rifles) 93; L. F. Gtfmatone (Wellington Suburbs), Q.M.S. J. R. Baird (Hamilton), A. S. T. Butler (Karori), E. J. Reston (Akarana), W« E. McKeich (Kiwi), G. Howe (Wellington Old Navals), P. E- Wilton (Bum hine), J. F. Halligan (Opawa), C M. Broughton (Rangitikei), A. G. DeTOra (Akarana), Lieut. W. Duncan (Westport), J. W. Milroy (Nelson), F. Crimp (Hawera), and E. Ingram (Hawera) 92; T. F. Maiden (Taradale), S- J. MayiW (Linton), W. Fellingham (Wellington Suburbs), 1,. Catley (Levin), lieut. J. F. Atkinson (Auckland), Lieut. A, G. Lowe (Auckland), T. W. Warbraton, (Petone), J. C. Carter (Petone), A. Harris (Wellington Suburbs), John Craig (Christchurch), J. G. Cornes (Walhi), W. J. Heney (Kaiapoi), and C. E. Hoggard (Dannevirke) 91. . Ten tyros took; £1 each, and ten took 10s each with scores ranging down to 86. Fiv» re-* turned soldiers aud five senior cadets, took prizes of 10s in special classes, with scores ranging down to 77. The leading men in the. WestfewU match ;— — A. Govenlock (Linton) .......... t ' 88) VV. B. Hudson (Wanganui) .' 97J. F. 11. James (Napier) fljj F. J. McDonald (Wellington Suburbs) ft 7, H. C. Evans (Te Kuiti) 91J The leading men in the match are:— " H. V. Croxton (Karori) £Ol C. Barkle (Wellington Suburbs) .. 49 H. B. Maunsell (Opaki) 48 F. Kennedy (Te Kuiti) 4g E. A. Ballinger (Petone) 48 C. Dunstan (Waihi) ...' 47; A quick march continuous match, seven shots at 200 yards at a running man, was opened to-day. It will go on till about Tuesday, when the scores will be added to the aggregate in the service series. Nothing more is available to-night,