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THE KOLAPORE GUP.
AUSTRALIANS SECOND.
NEW ZEALAND WINS KING'S
PRIZE. '
SOME FINE SHOOTING.
LONDON, lSth July.
i he Australian rifle team sliot into
second place in the competition for tlio
Kolapore Cup at Bisley, scoring only six
points fewer than the winning team, repre
senting Great Britain. The Australians
won the- Colonial Prize of taO in connec
tion with the Kolapore Cup; 13 prizes in
the Corporation of London competition,
and the Martin's Cup, scoring 833 points in
the latter contest. The King's Prize was
won by Sergeant Loveday, a New Zea-
landcr.
THE KOLOPORE CUP.
The final scores in the Kolapore Clip
shoot were as follow:--
Gre,i.t Britain 1,009
Australia 1,034
Canada 985
New Zealand 97.7
The Australian team was leading with a
score of 316 at the end of the first stage.
New Zealand scored .329. In the final, when
there were hut ten 'hots to 01 the Aus
tralians were one point ahead. Captain
Brack put up the best scare — 49 out ot a
possible 50 at 600 yards.
THE KING'S PRIZE.
Sergeant Lovedav. of New Zealand, won
the King's Prize with a score of 253 points.
At the end of the shooting at 300 yards
Loveday for third with 16S, against 171
and 169. the first and second , scores. At
500 yards Loveday tied with Bissett, of
the Irish Rifles, and Dick, of the Royal
Navy, with 209. Loveday made a hrilliait
44 at 600 yards.
Loveday had a tumultuous reception.
Garlanded with roses ho was hoisted into
the famous chair, which was draped with
a New Zealand flag, and carried oft io have
his ride examined. Priuee Albert, who
wnR watching flic shooting, saw Loveday
end with five hulls, ami he win among tlio
first to congratulate the winner. Ill dis
tributing the prizes. Priuen AUiert specially
welcomed tbe Dominions riflemen nnd con
gratulated t-licm upon capturing the King's
Prize. After the distribution of the prizes
Loveday was again eluirod around the
camp, visiting the e.luh Ileuses. An Aus
tralian hand played See the Conquering
Hero Comes.
Five Australians, including Beurdsmore,
commandant of the Australian tearm and
three New Zealanders shot into the King's
Hundred— the 100 highest scorers nt the
end of the second stage who competed in
the final. They are: —
Ballenger (N.Z.) 122
TV. Green (South Australia) .. 120
M'Klwec (Tasmania) 118
T.ieut. Best (Australia) .. .. 117
Kldridee (Australia) 117
Relk (N.Z.) 117
Tozer (Australia) 115
Australians and New Zealanders scored
as follows in the final:—
Green, 24th 239
Ballingcr, 24th 239
Benrdsmore. 30th 237
Bulk, 35tli 230
. M"EI wee. 51th 232
Best, 58th 231
Eldridge, 72nd . . 227
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE MATCH.
In the Duke of Cambridge match White
and Aldridge (Australians) tied with His-
lop (Roynl Scots! . In the shoot off Hislop
scored three bullneves, White a bullsoye,
an inner and a bullseye, and Aldridge a
biulseye nnd two inncrs.
KING'S SILVER MEDAL.
For the King's Silver Medal two coin-
petiturs tied, senrirro 129 each. BenrdHmore
(New South Wales) scored 127, and Love-
Si. vrIunis Prize winner) 126.
I ho New Zealanders carried off seven
prizes ill the Corporation of London com-
petition.
NOTES ON THE SHOOTING.
The Kolapore Challenge Chin was present
ed for competition in 1871 by the late Rajah
of Kolapore. It is open to representative
teams of eight men from all parts of the
British Empire, and this year was shot at
300, 500 and 600 yards, under similar condi
tions to those prevailing in 1914, with the
exception that 10 sliots are i\pd at each
range instead of 7. The targets used for
the match consist of an 8-inch bullseye at
300 yards, a figure target, with a 15-inch
' invisible bull" at 500 yards, and an lS-inch
bullseye at 600 yards. In addition to the
challenge cup each member of the-winning
team is presented with a commemorative
silver bowl. A time limit is fixed for the
match. When the number of shots was 7
at eacli rauge the time limit was one hour
per team. In 1897, wheu'Victoria was brim
full of crack shots, a feeling prevailed
among riflemen that a combination strong
enough to hold its own at Bisley was avail
able. Bug the matter resolved itself into
one of finance. The late Mr. David Syme,
proprietor of "Tlio Age," hearing of the
(Ktsit-ion of the riflemen, paid the Vholc of
the expenses of the team, and had the
satisfaction of seeing it secure the much-
coveted Kolapore Cup honor for Australia.
, 'Sam wet home under the auspices of
the Victorian Rifle Association, and was
under the management of the late Colonal
l'empleton. Their score of 751 nt that time
constituted a record. In the following year
another Victorian team undertook the trip,
but was not successful. In 1902 the first
Commonwealth team visited Eugland, and
set the pace by eompiliiig 770 points, and
establishing a new record. The second
Commonwealth team made the trip in 1903,
and surpassed the previous year's record
score by 1 point. The next Commonwealth
team to visit England went in 1907, but it
lost to the mother country on the count
hack. In 1910 and 1913 Australia was again
unsuccessful in the Kolapore Cup, but iu
the latter year we annexed the M'Kimion
Cup. The team which visited England in
1914 was tlio most successful of any. It
won both the Kolapore and the M'Kinnon
Cups. The Kolapore Cu pscore on that
occasion was 776 points, made up as fol
lows:— C. Gross, 99; S. Long, 98; F. Harri
son, 98; D. M'Alistcr, 98; L. Hubbard, 97;
1'. Tiinmins, 96; A. Rarsons, 93. The
record score iu the shooting for the Kola
pore Cup was made in 1910 by Great Britain
with 798. The conditions then were more
favorable to high scoring than those which
obtain now.
Tlio King's Prize is the big indidivual
event at Bisley. Beside the honor, the first
man receives a gold medal, a gold badge
anad X250 presented by the King. The
total value of the prize money for the
match Is well over £1000. The match is
only open to those who havo worn the
King's uniform, and this year was shot
over ranges . between 200 and COO yards.
For the first stage 10 shots are fired at
200 and 500 yds. In the second stage the
first 300 competitiors in the first stage fire
10 sliots at 200, 500 and 600 yds, and the
third and final stage consists of 10 shots
at 200, 500 and 600 yds. The only Austra
lian to win this much coveted prize was
Lieutenant W. C. Addison, of South Aus
tralia, in 1907, after sliooting off a tie 1 villi
Private Hope. In 1914, the last occasion
on which a King's Prize contest was held,
it was won by Sergeant Dewar, of Scot
land, after shooting off a tie with the Eng
lish crack shot A. G. Fulton. On that
occasion a young marksman named Jamie-
son, of New South Wales, led at the first
stage, and lie arid other Australians shot
well up into the final stage, but owing to
the boisterous weather that prevailed their
chances were 1 considerably interferd with.
Th match was won with a total of 309
points. The adoption of figure, or service,
targets this year, is not an afterthought
of the war. The matter was very seriously
-.discussed when the 1914 team visited Eng
land. The feeling of the authorities at that
time, was that most of the principal
mntclios should be shot as sen-ice matches.
Sergeant H. White (South Australia) is
one of that State's foremost warksnien. He
was only eight points behind the winner
of the Syme aggregate in 1912. He has
shot for liis State in representative
matches, and was a member of the Bisley
team in 1913.
A. ,T. Tozer is a member of the Glen
Alvie ifle Club. Victoria, and is one of
thosn riflemen who have been well up in all
firat class shooting.
Seargeant W. Green, South Australia,
has on various occasions represented his
State in Commonwealth matches. He was
a member of tbe 1913 Bisley team ,and shot
through with fair success.
Mr. Beardsmore, wlio is in charge of the
team, is » member of the council of the
bitinnal Rifle Association of New South
Wales. |
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