RIFLE SHOOTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8455, 4 June 1907, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE BOLTON CUP. ! The Maaterton Mounted - Rifles visited Eketahuna, yesterday, to fire a match against the local Club for the Bolton Cup. ' Neither the Heretaunga nor the Pahiatua Mounted Rifle Corps sent a team. The weather was fine, but there was a tricky wind blowing. Eketahuna, who won the Cup last year, still retain it as they won yesterday by 62 points, the scores being—Eketahuna, 546; Masterton, 484. Last year Eketahuna won, with a score of 577 points, and the year previous Pahiatua won with 517 points. In the evening the visitors were hospitably entertained by the Eketahuna Corps at a smoke concert. A number of toasts were honoured. Vocal items were rendered by Captain-Chaplain Kitcat, Captain < Page, Sergeant-Major Collier, Sergeant Farmer, Trooper Cheshire and Mr von Reden. The scores were as* follow: — EKETAHUNA MOUNTED RIFLES.

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200 500 700 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Trooper Hill 25 31 19--75 Trooper Preece 23 29 19--74 Sergt. Marenzi 31 26 16--73 Trooper Caye 24 26 22--72 Trooper Syversen 27 22 21--70 Captain Page 27 23 20--70 Trooper Robinson 27 26 17--70 Lieut. Prendeville 22 18 2--42 Total ... 546 MASTERTON MOUNTED RIFLES. 200 500 700 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Trooper Hood 26 28 19--73 Acting-Capt. McKillop 24 27 20--71 Sergt-Major Collier 23 31 16--70 Corporal Schofield 29 21 18--68 Trooper Southby 22 25 11--58 Trooper McLachlan 20 20 14--54 Sergt. Schofield 20 24 9--53 Trooper Schofield 16 13 8--37 Total 484