The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-17
Tenth Deutsehe Bundesschiessen to-
be Held in Berlin Next
Month.
The Occasion to be q Gala Season
for the German Marks
men.
American Clubs That viii be Represented
Mr.. Jacoby, of California, and
His Great Record.

German shooting festival, will be held at
Berlin in July, and promises to be the great
est meeting of rifemen and members OF
shooting clubs ever seen. A central COM
mittee Of all the Schuetzen corps OF Ger
many and Austria arranges such meeting
once in three years, and this year the invi-
tations sent to German rifemen all over the
world have been so generally accepted that
the committee estimates that no lees than
sixty thousand men will take part in the
contests. Unlike the English and Ameri-
cans, who devote themselves exclusively to
making scores when they g to shooting s i7t
ment of sociability into their sports, take
their wives and children to the rifle range,
have parades and banquets, and get a great
deal Of all-round enjoyment out Of their
meetings.
A great many German-American shooting
societies will be represented at Berlin, and
most of the members who 20 to the meet
ing will be accompanied by their families,
the fatherland. The steamship Wieland
was chartered by the New York Independ-
emit Schuetzen corps, to sail for Europe on
the 18th of June, with several hundred
Thirty-fve members of the New York Cen
trail Schuetzen corps and the representa-
tives of the New Yorker and New York City
corps went by the regular line steamships
at an earlier date. All will meet in Hanover
on July Sd, and proceed directly to Berlin,
for them by an advance committee consist
ing of Messrs. William v. Weber, Alexan-
der Stein and Gus Zimmerman.
Matches will be shot in Bremen and Ham
burg before the grand festival, and some of
the American representatives will take part
will enter the Inter den Linden by the
Brandenburg Thor, march to the palace,
with American, German and corps flags fly
ing. and listen to speech of welcome from
the emperor. Afterward they will march
to the city hall, where they will be received
by the mayor.
The Independent corps will give ban
quet at the Kaiserhof on the evening of the
Fourth of July. They will entertain 100
guests of honor, and they expect the m
peror to attend, although that point is not
definitely settled. Minister Phelps will be
present, and will respond to patriotic
American toast. Mr.. William V. Weber,
quet.
On the 9Th of July there will be grand
parade in Berlin of all the Schuetzen
corps, and the Americans will have great
open-air reception in Kroll's Garden, near
the Thierearten. The shooting will begin
July 9Th, and continue until the 18th.
The programme of the festival shows
that the Schuetzen corps take little or no
interest IN long-range shooting. All their
matches will be shot off-hand at ranges of
IT'S and 800 metres, equivalent to 200 and
use of the rifemen, divided equally between
the two ranges, and nearly $780, GOO worth
of prizes will be distributed among the con-
testants at the end of the festival. The
target at the 30O-metre range is oblong in
shape, 80 oentimetres high, and 40 cent?
metres wide. The black centre is 81 cent?
metres high and IL centimetres wide. A
shot in the black counts two points, and in
the outer part of the oblong it counts one
point. The 175-metre target has round
bull's-eye 30 centimetres in diameter. with
an inner ring of Is centimetres. Most of
the fine sharp shooting will be at the shorter
range. A great variety of special targets
will be used also, such as the running deer,
at 60 metres; the jumping hare, at IS metres;
and disappearing targets, to test quickness
of sight, etc.
On Tuesday, July 9Th, the sharpshooters
who have entered their names within pre-
scribed time will contest for supremacy in
rapidity and accuracy of fire. The man
who makes the greatest number of BULLS
eyes within certain number of minutes, or
certain number of points in the shortest
time, will win the first prize. Ten cups are
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test. Most of the contests are open to all
corners upon payment of a small entrance
fee. A fee of six marks will secure an ad-
mission card for the whole festival. and any
foreigner not a member of Schuetzen corps
can become member and engage in the
field shooting by paying three marks.
The rules of the range admit any kind of
rifle weighing not more than 1919 pounds.
Plain open sights must be used at the 900
metre range, but at It's metres peep-sight
is allowed. The front sight must be open
at all ranges. The three-pound trigger pull
they admit hair and set triggers without dis
elimination.
Several targets will be devoted to revolver
and pistol shooting at a distance of Sc
yards, and it is expected that many army
officers will take part in the revolver
matches. No professionals will be allowed
to participate. The Schuetzen corps have
not paid much attention to revolver prac-
tice, however, and only few members Of
the American societies will shoot at the pis-
toll range. Mr.. Alexander Stein, who Is the
best marksman with revolver in the
Seventh regiment, is probably the only one
who will try to win prize with the smaller
weapon.
The American contingent hopes to
achieve the most fame in the team matches,
and with that object in view q number OF
the best marksmen have been selected
from the various corps to shoot for places
in team of five men. Mr.. Weber, the fest
president; Captain Diehl, of the Independ-
emit; Captain Sieburg, of the New
York Central; Captain Meyer of the
New York CITY. and Captain Wehran-