The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-22
George Helm Becomes 4" Shoot
ing Hing" for 1892.
Splendid Scores Made By the Marksnen-T The
Record Broken in Point Shooting and
King Workmanship.


organization on the coast, and twice durin G
the year gives a shooting festival and invites
all marksmen to enter. There were. Ia adj
dItion 10 the San Francisco marksmen,
represen tative rifemen from Oakland, Ala
media, Petaluma, San Rafael and Sacra-
mento. The inducements offered TO the
contestants W ere many, and the prizes to
be obtained for successful craftsmanship
were quite valuable.
The shooting commenced promptly at
o'clock in the morning, and a constant
fuSlllade of firearms was kept up until b
o'clock in the evening. There were about
200 mark smen at the different targets, and
as many OF them fired over 800 rounds, and
some of them as many as 200. it will be seen
that the fltiemen assembled were prepared
to do active work
LIVELY MARKsMEN.
Many Of the contestants had TWO and
some three bTeech-lOaders, and only parted
with gun when the barrel became SO hot
from constant firing that its use became
dangerous. Others had attendants on hand
who were loading shells and getting the new
arms ready when the one in use became I'M
comfortable. There was a great hurrying
from one target 10 another in the endeayor
of the anxious maTksmen to md a target
that had the least number OF waiting rifle
men.
The people who were in such great haste
and 50 anxious to put In their shot were the
rlfiemen who were eontesting for the honor
of shooting king" and others who were
eDdeayoring TO win master sharpshooter's
diploma by scoring $50 points in the days
shoot. As ii is necessary to hit the bullSeye
in order 10 score point, 1t viii be seen that
the undertaking Is quite diincuIt task ana
REQUIRES time and science com bined TO obtain
the desired result. When some OF these
maTksmeH reached q target that was unOc-
enpied they would often pump as many
as 10 shots into the target without leaving
The shooting box. All these shots were fired
as rapidly as accuracy would permit.
TIE LADIES GALLERY.
The ladies' gallery connected with the
shooliDg-stand was we'll filled all day by
members or the fair sex. They did not
appear TO be annoyed by the constant ex-
pOsiun Of powder and cheeTed on the sue
cPssful marksman by waving of handker-
chiefs and clapplng of hands. Many of
them were provided With opera glasses and
watched the result of each shot with as
mucn eageTness as the participants.
The different styles OF targets were
sufficient TO suit the most exacting marks
men. There were point targets, honorary
targets and man targets. All appeared to
be well palroniZed, as q string of riaemen
presented themselves before each aud mani
tested desire TO get chance at the de-
lusive bnllseye.
The way that bullseye danced and jumped
Initiated put their guns to their shoulders
was caution. The spectators enjoyed 10
see a novice take off his hat and wave it IN
the air, Immediately alter a shot, aud call
for a bullSeye. But when the markers
disk would indicate a bad shot, and some
LOUD, to the great discontinue Of the eX-
peclant participant.
ANXIOUS MOMENTS.
There were times during the days con-
test when The interest manifested by all
became very keen. When marksmau
would have two good shots on the honorary
target, or three on the man-target and
needed but enc more coed shot to place him
On tip. he was watched by all with intense
interest. Very often his friends would take
him aside and offer all kinds of advice to
keep his nerve cool. Some Of the lucky
maTksmeD would Immediately follow up
their score, regardless of consequences {;
others would take a stroll around tile
park preparatory 10 making the final
attempt, while others would take a
little soda and something TO keep
off the shakes. " hen the fortunate
TiemaD followed up the good shooting and
placed his last shot near the center of the
buliseye he received cheer after cheer from
his admlrIDg comrades. Although the rifle
men are IN strong competition while ia the
shootIng-Stand ths best OF fellow feeling
exists among them. and they are always
ready to grasp comrades hand who re-
tires from the shO0ting-box with a good
score to his credit
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST
The conditions of the contest are that all
shooting viii be off-hand. distance of target
200 yards, all rifles, not over As caliber
All sights, with the exception of telescope
were allowed. As 10 the pull Of the trig-
ger the marksman could suit his own fancy
The sharpshooter could crafty his delicate
! FFf tsrs- -.
doughty guardsman was allowed his own
way with the 6-p0und drag.
The point targets consist of a Pinch
! bullseye divided into three points. The "a
and % rings of the 25-ring target are count
| ed as three points. This represents a circle
! three inches In diameter. The - and %
! rings count two points and the remainder
| OF the buliseye is counted as one point.
AT these targets all the marksmen who
! lay eiam to being well up ia craftsmanship
were assembled. All were busy in the en-
deavor TO roll mp goodly number of points
1 and at the same time run the chance of OBJ
| tanning a good center in one of their lucky
| shots.
The shsrpshooters who were firing a king
ticket were also doing their work at the
| point target
AS reward for skill in workmanship the
| club gives the following prizes for points
won: A silver medal or 50 30 for all marks
men shooting so points, So 30 extra for 100
| points. - 30 extra for us points and 81 90
| extra for 30 points and S. more and a
| laurel wreath and diplomas as master sharp
shooter for marksmen shooting $50 points.
and 50 additional for every 100 points over
| this amount.
AT the point-target the marker does not
resort to the disk TO indicate the value of the
shot. When point is made he indicates
the same by the waving of flag. Fer three
points red flag is shown. for two points a
oIue nag and Tor one point a yellow flag.
This deviation from the ordinary way of
marking caused considerable inquiry on the
part OF spectators who had rot before wit
messed it. When the target was explained
to them the marking was immediately IN
derstood and much interest manifested at
the skiIl OF each marksman was sgnaled
| from the butts.
As the club provided IA point-targets there
was room enough for all who wished 10
place large number Of points In lis score.
Ihe highest numbe OF points made by some
OF the participants was as follows:
&. Ibietbach BIZ, T. p. Carroll 429, A.
! 925. Il. linking 400, George Helm 1916. Dr.
Rodgers 500. PHO Jacoby 5lI, +. Kuhnle GOO.
/ John ptseiig 12o7, j. 4. Klein lS4, J. Stanton
lO7. W. NJ. Glindeman ITO. j. Leeman 1o7, A.
| Orsl 100. X. Steftin 60. r. Hausman 10 j.
I Uschig Jr. SO. DIR. Refill II, C. Ssgehorn 60. %,
Is. faktor So, C. Eging 81. A. Browning 81. r.
| Aitinger 27T, .. hTemer CO, X. Hovey 6I A.
| l.. Oh 100, r. freese 100. q. L. Muller ZIG. e..
Ba9rs, 49,. A. Won weyl 81, .. c. Hsgenin ca.
P' Brunoise 65. J.. q. BablD LOG.
The score Of 1921 points, made by John
| Utschig, Is the highest score on record and
| is a wonderful days work at the target
| His anxiety TO score large number of
| points caused him to be less careful than
usual and his score for king was less than
! his usual average.
SHOOTING KING.
| All the crack marksmen who wished
| to win the honor of being Shooting
| king" were required to FIRE 800 shots, and
the marksman scoring the greatest mum Der
| Of points in bis first 300 shots was declared
the winner. The king receives handsome
diamond medal i'm addition to cash prizes
| for points and centers