WAIRARAPA RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2183, 31 December 1885, Page 2

WAIRARAPA RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Thk annual meeting of the Wairarapa Rifle Association was continued yesterday, and completed at dusk.. The.'weather was favorable for shooting, though many of the competitors declared that their shooting at 600 yds. was spoilt' by a light variable wind which kept playing across the range. The scoring at this range was certainly very poor, some, of the best shots scarcely hitting the target. BotlrSorgfc.' Kuohen, of tho Wellington Artillery, and Vols. G. Bentley and Kummer, of the Masterton Rifles, who,, had excellent chances for the aggregate, lost thevn through making so many ■misses,. -The: aggregate haa been taken by.-Oorpl, Gray,, of the Wellington Artillery, with a : score qf 160, not a little of which is. due to his steady shooting'at the long range, and he is followed by three other Wellington- men. The meeting- did not' attract a large number of visitors, although it was held so close to the town. The inner man was cared.for pn the, ground by flip F. D, Polling,-and there being a'considerable number of Volunteers preseritj'liis'bo.oth wmveil patromVed. '"' ' : The following are tho leading scores, with the prizes taken :

No, 2, County Match, 300 and, 500 yavife seven. al>ot| a| eacji range, '..," *"W1& ■■• 3,0.0 600 , Tl. Gorpl. McLachlan ... 25 29 64 Ser»t. Kuchen ~.' 27- § fcf VqlG.Bentley .„ 28 38 '4B Vol Shaw ,V ,„ \i 22 47 Vol Brown,.,' ,„ S)7 2Q 47 Vol Petrle ~, „. 23 '23 46 VoIP. O.Levers... 26 20 4fl Capt, D. Donald ... 28 18 46 Capt. Loveday ... 26 19' 45 The following are tho prizes in the above match:- Ist, £3, and Mr Nathan's cup, value £3 3s; 2nd, £2, and Standard's i»l i 4th, £lss, andMrOaselborg's vases ya)ued 15s; sth, £], : and Mr Biggins' ptfee, value JOs | %\ IBs, and MiBurrows' fat pig valued 10s Qd; 7th, Ms; Bth, 10s; 9th, ss, No. 3 Wairarapa Match, 7 shots at each range. 600 600 yds. yds. Tl. Prry. Greer ~ }9 Jjs 44 Pi'iv. Ashe'r.':; ~', 31 13 44 Priv. J. T. Shaw .'.'; 28 ltf 43 Priv. W. Weloh ... 25 17 42 Lieut. Smith ~, 25 17 42 Sergt. Kutclien ... 24 ,17 41 Corpl. Goodin ... 24 17 41 Sergt Matthews ... 27 14 41 Vol, Kummer ... 23 17 40 Special prizes, third match..

Ist, Mr Gray's prize, £3 3s; 2nd, Mr F. H. Wood's desk, £1 ss; 3rd, Mr Caselberg's prize, £1; 4th, Mr Henderson's prize, 16s; 6th, Mr Clifton's ham.

Fourth. Match, 600 yards, }Q shots, Qorpl. Gray ,„ ,„" „, 34. Lieut. White 32 Seaman Tayloy ... ..• 29 Vol. Summer ... .„ 29 Yol. Jury ... ,„ 23 Vol. J. Reid , ; . "' 27 Sergfc. T. Reid 27' ■■ Vol. A. Ballinger ... ... 25 Vol, G. Bqnjiloy ... ... 23 SPECIAL PRIZES. Ist, Mr Duthie's Morris Tube and 500 rounds; 2nd, Hallenstein Bros' Gladstone bag; 3rd, T. H. Hill's prize,' value £1 Is;' 4th, Messrs Veitoh & Allen's prize 16s; 6tli, Townaond and Oowper'a prize, }Qs; 6th; Mr Hammerich's prize, attlo of iJiuikey, ■■i--.. ,- . The following are the highest aggregate scorers; ■ Oorpl Gray, Wellington Artillery, 160; Seaman Taylor,. Naval Artillery, 154; Vol Asher, Guards, , .154. Lieut White, Kaiwarra Rifles, 152; Oorpl Gray therefore takes the championship of the Association. The aggregate scorers receive the following :—lst, £5; 2nd, £3los; 3rd, £2 10s; 4th, £l. ' ' In the evening a large number of Volunteers assembled at -the Theatre Royal, where' the 'presentation of ; the prizes formed an important item on the programme, '■'.' Mr.Qaselberg, Mayor, after mounting tha stage, explained that he had received a telegram from Major Bunny informing him that ho was prevented from being present owing to illness.in his family, and requesting him. (Mr Caselberg) to attribute 1 the prizes, He had some' doubt a? to the propriety of a civilian distributing prizes to military men,-but he had beon assured by soveral authorities on such matters that it'was not at' all an unusual thing. He might say that if he was not, a military man now, he once' had the honor of serving Her Majesty—as a full private in the Militia. (Laughter.) Th,es,ucM3sfqlcompetitors; were' then ranged on the platform, the Mayor, supported by Messrs Beetham'and ; VieeTresjdetits of .'the "Assdoiafiidn, oooupying a central position'j arid, the prizes were distributed. Congratulatory speeches having been made by the Mayor and Messrs Beetham and Buohanan, the proceedings terminated, ' • "• • . .•■''■'•*''