CARTERTON RIFLES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 21 July 1883, Page 2

CARTERTON RIFLES.

COMPANY'S CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION. • '

The half-yearly competition for the above Cup took place on Friday at the 1 new, range,.oja Park: Vale road. The terms on which tli'6 Cup becomes the .absolute, any member are that 1 it be; woii, 'J'frico; in succession or threi) times ajt The winners previous to-this Competition have been Private .Sheferiiif'OiiJdr-Sergeant Campin,' Private''^ atfife" Keid, Corporal 0, Goodih, ans Private-P. Goodin.' From tho close running ofj the scores.on the last competUid^,Considerable attention wasdfawn £q tfe one, nineteen members, despite'ihb' inclemency of the iWeather, competing',-resulting in Corpl, C. Goodin get^fii r g sepofid foot in witli 58 points. ;'fhe-,feather was very rough, it raining throughout the day, with a shifty gale across the range, varyingffom south-east to south west, the former prevailing. Tho match, to which several private prizes had been added, was: fired: at' Wimbledoh target, the ranges being 20P, 400, .500, and 600 yards. The top'scores of the dav were, Corpl. C; 'Goodin -58, Sergt. T. Reid's3, :Vol, J, Todker 46, Yol. J, Reid 44, Yol. W. Moore 44, and Vol, P. Goodin 43'. Seirgeant T. Roid- presided at the firirig "point, Privates 'Matthieson and Parker ; taki'ng tally at tho butts. The private prizes will- be selected at the ensuing-parade. Mr W. McKenzie's.prize for th& best score at. 200 yards goes to Corpl. . Hooker (31), the Cup winner being excluded I from taking" < private;| prizes. Mr ! McKenzie last year gave his prize: to' ' the highest score at the long range. ,