T.N.B. Prize Shooting.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2172, 20 December 1875, Page 2

T.N.B. Prize Shooting.

About 30 members of this corps assembled at the Government Rifle Range last Saturday to compete for Mr McLaren's medal, which was carried off in the morning squad by Seaman Thomas Nelson with a fine score of 48 points at 200, 5C3, and 600 yards, closely followed by Seaman Grundy with 48 points, but Nelson made the most points at the 600 yards. This medal is carried off from Petty Officer: Gordon, who ?wonsame at the previous 'competition. The following are tho leading scores :—Seaman Nelson, 48; Seaman Grundy, 48 ; P.O. Gordon, 42; P.O. Nightinga'e, 40; Lieut. Gavin, 40. "VVe understand that it was decided at a general meeting of the company held last week that company go to Auckland on a visit in company's boats on the 30th instant to spend New Year amongst the Auckland N avals, and no doubt they will enjoy themselves. iWe also understand that a request was made to the Auckland Regatta Committee to put a race on their programme for Naval gun boats, towards which this company would give a sum of £20 if the Auckland men would give a similar amount, and the committee subsidise these sums

by £15 or £20 to make a substantial prize to pull for; and the Auckland men were written to on the subject, but objected to pulling at all, and candidly confessed their boat was more built for sailing, and they had no objection to sailing, which our men agreed to, as there was no chance of a pulling race. On the captain of the Auckland Brigade receiving the acceptance of the sailing race, he sent replying as to what canvas and conditions the Thames boat- was to sail on, and all kinds of stipulations which the Thames men consider quite unfair, as the officers told the Auckland people that they would sail against the Auckland boat any canvas and dis'tancej and if'they liked "take Illtheir men on board, but it seems the Auckland Brigade know their boat is more for sailing than pulling, ami want to make doubly sure of the race towards the Thames boat. We certainly understand gun-boats of the kind built for our volunteers are more to train the men to pull an oar than to go out yachting.—Contributed. : -; ■ ;