MASTERTON GUN CLUB

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10504, 16 December 1911, Page 6

MASTERTON GUN CLUB

OPEN SHOOTING CONTEST

' An open clay pigeonm'atch was fred at the old Showgrounds on Thursday afternoon by the Masterton Gun Club. The conditions for shooting were good, and the meeting was a decidedly successful one. Tlie arrangement.-; j wore all oonplete, thanks t.i the oner- i getic secretary, Mr R. J. King, whose | experience in shooting meet- . ings was ii the utmo, c r va";:ie in connection with thn gathering. The i\ki pp. 2.0 wns a nc.v oouble-barrel Boy.veii hammerless piston gun, ohampered for 2?i cases, fitted with Lyman snotgun sights ; we-ghT 7Jd lbs, in leather case, with one hundred Amberitc Dragon ciir! ridges, the total value being £25. The .second prize was £5, and the third £2 10s. Ihe conditions were fifteen birds at unknown angles, tw„nominations being tallowed. ' Some of the best known pigeon shohs in New Zealand were among the competitors. The fust prize went to D. Sullivan, of Riversdale, who in his second nomination 'hit witih every bar- ; roll. The second and third prizes v.ere '. divided.between D. Sullivan and A. jGunn, of Masterton, who each sec red Jl4. Messns H. Catt of .Carterton -and 3>Lawrenson, of Carterton, \»cted as referee and scorer respectively, and ench carried out hjs duties in a very efficient manner. The details are as follow:—

1st nom. 2ml n'.wn I), Sullivan ' 14 lo A. Gunn 12 1-t J. Cave 13 13 A. Toms 10 13 H. Douglas 12 12 H. Allen 11 12 H Long 8 VJ, A. Teal 13. 11 0. F. Sidev 12 11 R J. King 11 11 . T.Irving 9 11 H. Rawson «) 11 F. H.Tn.plin 11 11 F. W. Groves 8 10 ,T. Whittakcr 13 10 0. Bellis 9 10 R. Bniek , 12 10 R. W. Carter 10 10 D. J. Cunningham 13 10 W. Taplin 11 10 H. Wooding 8 9 J. Oates ,12 »■■■■ J. Hill 10 0. Harris 9 \D. Fra'ser 11 D. A. Fraser 13