The morning call., 1891-03-01
AT THE BUTTS.
CLUBS at Harbor View and NIIi-

/ Shooting Clubs at Harbor View and Mill
| tary AIarksmen ut Shell Mound.
The Eintracht Shooting Section viii meet al
| Harboi View to-day and compete for medals.
l. The Independent Rifles will hold their pre!fmi-
! nary medal shoot at Shell Mound to-day.
l. The Germania Shooting Club Will be at HarbOr
! View to-day and contest Tor the various medals
| offered by the club.
The CITY Guard Rifle Club, composed OF mem
| bers OF Company OF the First Infantry Regi-
! meut, Will have medal shoot at Shell Mound TO-
lie Grutlt Rife Club will have medal shoot
| at Harbor View to-day, and as the members in
| the several classes are evenly matched good
| shooting and close correction are looked for
| The California SchuetZen Cub Will hold its
monthly mccall shoot al. Harbor View o-cay An
effort will be made on lie part Of some OF the
| best marksnen 10 make a ecord high enough TO
carry OF The champion medal, now held by Fred
| huhnie.
| Company c, Third Infantry Regiment, viii
| have a edal shoot at Ilarbor View to. day. and
! as some Of The Oakianders have been doing some
| good practice recently 1t is believed they will
| also show good scores at their medal shoot.
return match was held on Monday between
| Fred kuhnie ana +. U. Young against A. john
| son and II. r.. Brown. On the day preceding the
| two named last beat their opponents IN Il close
match They were equally fortunate on the dag
following, as they again scored victory. lhe
! target used was Inc American standard aud the
| distance 200 yards. johnson and KuhnIe used
| set-trigger Winchester rifles, and Young and
| Brown used Springfield rifles. The score was
! as follows: kuhule 7S9, Young G9S, total 1887 :;
| johnson 773, Brown T27, total 1900.
Those who have once taken up the use Of tile
sniall-bOre. rifles rarely drop them. There Is a
kind Of fascination about them that is indesenb-
| able. They train the eye and tile muscles so
that eacufS IN perfect harmony with the other
and beth are IN perfect harmony with the rifle.
The Target seems TO be struck simply by the
wllp0wef:uf The shOOter-he points the rifle that
! way ana somehow The target or game is hit al
| once.
! Tie question Of what constitutes an amateur
aud professional in trap and rife shooting cir
Giles IS an exceedingly difficult o answer and
| has caused even that august body, the Board of
| Directors OF The National Rifle Association A
good deal OF tIouDle. They defined profession
| alism some years ago, and aised such a storm
OF protests that The question had to be given up.
| In trap-sAO0ting il is nearly the same, and If
clubs wish 10 bar out certain individual shooters
| In prize contests they usually do so by printing
| the respective names on the programme. Near
! ly every IMAM who uses the rifle or the shotgun
al all has does OF he VIII shoot for money The
! rules of the Amateur Athletic Union do not al
! low any member 10 take part In contests tor
money prizes, nor can an amateur, II he desires
| to remain la good standing. lake part in trial
! OF SKIN together with people who have competed
| lOr Cash prizes, Hud are therefore considered to
be professionals under the laws OF The Amateur
Athletic Union. Practical shooters consider as
| professionals men who make their living either
out OF shootlng alone OF indirectly as owners or
ehlplOyes oil Sporttng-gOOds Stores ammunition
Idelolles, arms companies OF sbOotins-galleries.