Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-21
THE sCHUETZEN BUND.
Opening of the Annual Shooting Fe
 of the Southern New EnglaI

Opening of the Annual Shooting Fest
 of the Southern New England
 Schuetzcn Bund at Schuetzen Park
 Many Societies Represented-Seyen
 Hundred People Take ,Rart-The l
 Shoot. |
 The twenty fifth anniversary of the or | ganization of the Independent German Rifle company of this city opened yester- day at Schuetzen park with the annusl shooting festival of the Southern New England schuetzen Bund. About 2,OOO people were on the grounds, including large number of ladies.
 The company met at Aurora hall about 9 o'clock, and after forming they marched to the depot headed by the American band to meet the visitors. As the different companies arrived they were royalty wei comed by the local company. After all the visitors that were expected had put in an appearance the line was reformed l snd marched back to Aurora hall, where | the lady friends of the local com pany had prepared Q substantial lunch. Three long tables loaded down with sub stantials and delicscies were set in the hall | and there was room enough for all of the visitors to sit down and enjoy the spread. The lunch was arranged by Mrs. Felsburg and Mrs. John Jaoos, and their efforts were highly appreciated. After the visi- l tors had attended to the wants of the inner man they formed in companies and
 fell into line in the following order: Grand Marshal Michael Hessler. l Second Regiment band. l Assistant Marshal Chris Doerschuck. l Harry Weidman.
 l 8markers.
 German SchuetZen company of Hartford. 1 Captain Julius Heubler.
 Lieutenants Charles Groenke and Albert
 Meriden Independent Rifle club.
 ro,r gaptain sHs.s ain SaSls Chris Hsglsr; g:u,,, | Captain Fred Engel.
 Lieutenant Berthold Jahn.
 Sfosep0ft apssIa sassRs1ssat gosn HseF ss company
 Lieutenants William Ibermann and Frederick l Springfield Schuetzen Verein.
 | Captain Herman Bucholtz.
 New Haven Independent Rife company | Captain George Stelzle. :. .-.-
 Lieutenants Theodore Martus and John Hugo. 1 Guests in carriages.
 Owing to the delay in the arrival of the
 out-of-town companies the line of march,
 which had been decided upon had to be
 cut short The parade, after leaving Au-
 rora hall, marched through Chapel street
 to State, to George, to Church, to Elm, to Grand avenue, to Franklin, to State, to
 East, where the barges which were waiting
 took the visitors to Schuetzen park.
 On passing Captain Sickle and Captain Doerschuck's on State street salutes were fired. At 9 o'clock the target shooting
 began, and was participated in by abou 700 people. Among some of the principa marksmen who shot yesterday afternoon ; were Captain George Sickle, John G Lauth, Theodore Martus, Henry Buchter , Louis Uhl, Fred Granniss, Morris O'Con nor, Conrad Heine, Henry Spitzler, Joh1 Hugo, Chris Doerschuck, Fred Kober ant Henry o. Young.
 In the contest at the target of honor the high 8 est number of points made was 55 out of a possi 2 At the cup target Harry c: Young, John Huge ! Louis Uhl each captured silver cup. scoring 9 l points out of & possible 30.
 reached the highest of 5S and 61 respective ly, out of a possible 75. Louis Uhl stood 54 an ! John J. Dinnan, the Orange street electrician I has put up electric belts at each target whic ] has greatly increased convenience in shooting g He also furnished large part of the ammuni q tion.
 T arms for those who could not provide them fo tnemseivgso Mr esr1 o aerk.n nnder wbose uanssss, the park now is, has spent considerable money getting it in the best possible shape and the ger I 1 it never presented a more attractive appearapc o | than this year. The only possible fault that ca be found is that the State street cars only run . Bishop gate, thus leaving distance of from twt thirds to three quarters of mile to be covered . 1 Between the rapacity of the drivers of barge 5 5 and stages and the irregularity of their ruunin d the result is that the quickest way to reach tn !? park is by walking. The best possible arrang, o ment that could be made would be with tn railroad company to have several of the accon 8 Inodation trains stop at the park to accomnl, @ date the thousands of people that would f1oc v hither could adequate accommodations be pr, v vided, for there is not a more attractive plac for outdoor amusement around New Haven. . Yesterday there were large delegations pre-
 ent from Bridgeport, Hartford, Ansona, Ne
 Britain, Meriden, Springfield, Hoyoke, Ne > York, Brooklyn, Newark Hoboken, N J h l and other towns. The shooting is under the d if rection of the following commlttee: John Engl
 hart, shooting master; c. Heine, John G. Laut j. Philip Hugo, Theodore Martus, F. Doerschuc
 Captain Sickle.
 The Second regiment band discoursed prom
 made music during the afternoon, while u
 dancers ''tripped the light fantastic to tt |. music of the Concordia orchestra. To-day tf = l crack shots are expected to be present and tf 7 shooting will continue this morning and afte d noon until o'alock. The Bavarian Shooting S |. ciety of New York city is expected to be presen . Prizes ranging from $2 to $50 are being shot f, q at the general shooting tonight. Valuable priz :, are also offered at the other targets. The targ u of honor is open to the Independent Rifle COT