The morning call., 1890-04-28
NEW SHOOTING PARK.
Opening Of the California Schuet'
zen Club Grounds.
a Large Attendance and Coed Scores Made at
the r le Range-NatiOnal Guards
men at Shell Mound.

About sixty members of the California Schuet-
@zen Club, the majority accompanied by their
wives and families, took early boats for San
Rafael yesterday morning to enjoy days shoot
ing and picnickng on the new grounds OF tile
club which were recently purchased.
These grounds are about half a mile southeast
OF san Rafael, lying partly in the marsh, and are
as finely located for a shOoIing-range and pleas
uie park as can be imagined.
pouion.of the park is composed of wooded
hills from The tops OF which a beautiful view of
The bay, city and Mount Tamapais can be OBJ
Iained. While The remainder is perfectly level
giound, spendidly adapted 10 rifle shooting.
The butts are placed against the hill in the shade
Of tie trees making the light excellent. and this
with The sheltered position OF the range. is eX-
ected 10 bring the shooting OF the members of
The cub up 10 championship form. Both the
narrow aud broad gauge railroads are within
few moments walk Of the park, ana the trip can
lie made from the city in about an hour.
TO BE MADE A RESORT
The club anticipates making the park resort
10 which they can take their families on Sunday
LOT All outing and which viii be more private IN
its character than those now PatTonized. a
dancing pavilion viii be erected in the beautiful
Little glen to the hills, and numerous targets
With aH ample shooting pavilion for Tie pr0tec-
lion OF the maIkSmen. viii be feature.
Al present The park is almost unimproyed, be-
yond fencing and other necessary work, but work
on permanent buildings VIII be begun soon.
Yesterdays shoot, which was intended to be
du Informal opening Of the park, was Tor best
burs-eyeS, ana considering that none of the
Iuarksmrn had ever sh0I over the ground before,
the results were remarkably good. The range
was zoo yards and the buPs-eye 6 inches.
seventy members competed and over 1Ity bulls
eyes were scored.
Twenty prizes Tor members were offered. the
conditions being that the best bBlt s-eye made IN
that number OF shots should decide the ma ks
mans chance for prize. The trophies con-
sisted OF sllYer-waTe, Jewelry, cigars, liquors q,
musical instruments aud various other articles
both useful aud ornamental, the following
were the prize winners:
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
FIRST prize, j. Darnblerer; second +. Miller .;
third, George Helm; fourth, j. IlerOach; fifth,
y. Mncker; sixth, y. BarreTe; seventh. ID.
SCUUeufeld; eighth, O. Graf ninth. a. Sirecker;
tenth, \ Fion; eleventh II. Eckmann; twelfth,
/. UtIi thirteenth, j. Heath; fourteenth, A.
tSOhigi fifteenth, a. Holden; sixteenth, f.
Frvese; seventeenth. j. Beda; eighteenth, j.
SuAu5. nineteenth. J. BerIelseni twentieth, c.
Meyer
Ia The cadet class only one prize was given.
which was won by {. SageharH.
The candidate member prize was won by NJ.
' Ogel OF san Rafael; the candidate cadet prize
by Dunn Jr. with a good 20).
A shoot for press representatives resulted In d
victory for the CALL man.
The members of the club were highly delight ed
WIN The park, which is undoubtedly destined TO
become very popular resort Tor the German
-. Iltlemen OF This CITY.
President Pinto Jacuby fired the first shot OF
TIE day and scored a Dui's-eye. During The
balance of tie day he was busliy engaged in
looking after the comforts of his guests and
E.leHlng them over the grounds,