The morning call., 1893-08-01
AND RIFLE
The California SChuetZen
Club Festival.
The Garden City Cyclers Training for
the Big Race Meet In Septem.
Der on the New Track.

The following were the scores made yes
terday In the second rifr-shooting COM
petition for the Siebe trophy at Shell
Mound Park: Fifty shots at 25-riug tar
get-First, George Helm, 1865 points; Sec
ond. d. l. Mclaughlin, 1852 points; third,
DR.. l.. o. Rodgers. 1924 points; fourth, d..
r. Brow n. 1918 points; fifth, Captain j. E.
Klein, 979 points; sixth. William Glen der
mann. 969 points: seventh, George Schultz,
952 points; eighth, L. Haake. GAL points !;
ninth. A. II. Pape. 93S points.
The Springfield rifle match, fifty shots at
ring target, resulted: c. Meyer, first with
1905 points; second. Fl. r. Brown. 95S
points; third. j. U'schig Jr., 955 poin IS !;
fourth. J.. Ringer. S4S points; fifth. Lieu
tenant 0. l.. Rchard, 1874 points. Captain
j. G. Klein was in charge of the shooting.
The great shooting festival which will
be held at the California Schuetzen Club
Park, San Rafael, on August 20 and p. is
attracting considerable attention in rifle
shooting circles, as competitors from New
FORK. Omaha and Chicago have signiied
their intention Of journeying 10 this coast
purposely to engage in the contest and to
have look at CALIFORNIA; beautiful
scenery. The programme. which has just
been completed. is as follows: All shoot
ing must be otf.hand, distance 200 yards,
and all rifles not over % in c8lber aud
shooting not more than SEVENTY grains OF
powder will be allowed. Telescope sights
re barred. Point target shooting will
open the Iusillade. In this Contest the
markers will show white flag tor one
point, blue flag for two points and red
flag for three ! oints. All shots in the
three point circle Ghree inches) will be
measured for best centers. in this compe-
tition forty priz-s will be offered ranging
from 81 to $40, and aggregating S282 So
Twenty-Five pr'zes, aggregating SIT.
vii! be given to he winners who Will
score the most points during the day.
The shooting king contest will be one of
the principal features of the festival.
Marksmen desiring TO compete for this
honor must take out tickets containing
$50 shols. and the one making The mast
POINTS will be crowned shooting king and
awarded diamond medal prize. Those
shooting for the shooting king prize will
be allowed to participate in the point
target contests until the king tickets are
finished and delivered to some mem Der of
the shooting committee. Marks'Een must
also emember that persons shooting point
tickets must deliver them to a member If
the committee before leaving the stand or
their points will not cnuDt.
The man targets, which will represent
the upper part OF man, are thirty inches
high and twenty inches broad al the bot
tom. They are divided into twenty per-
iendicular lines, counting from twenty
points To one pOint from the center In
the competition forty nriZes aggrpgating
S2I4 will be offered. For the honorary
target con petition $1,000 in przAs is offered.
The finish of the first days competition
will he held or the day following.
Work on the track Of the Garden City
Cyciers al San Jose is being pushed rapidly:
track surfaced with a new coating, so that
by the time the first race is called on Sep
tpmbe 9 it will bs one Of the fastest tracks
in the State. The club is making great
preparations for the meet, ard already the
committees are hard at work. President
Col has appointed the following as mem-
beers of the race meet committee, and from
a ,erusal of the names it will reality be
s4en the .tfair is IN good hands: Howard
Alexander, chsirman; C. l.. Davis, c. n.
Ravlln. r. j. Butter, j. A. Desimone. W.
Z. Hobson, II. Ii. Herndon, AL Col, G. w.
Pollard and Al Barker
The Semi-annual election Of tho Garden
City Cyclers occurred last week, and re-
)sulsed az follows: President, Al Col;
Joseph Desimone; secte-
iary-ir-asurer, G.. w. Pollard: captain, c.
n. Ravlin; first lieutenant, Ell W!iliston:
second lieutenant, H. FL. Herndon :;
buglers, w. w. Needham and S. Il. Alley :;
coIor-bearer, Fl. f. Turil; boari of di-
rectors, Howard Alexander, j. c. Lewis.
c. l.. Davis, Joseph Desimone, Al Col, &.
N. Ravlin. G. W. Pollard. Al Barker and
I +. T,amk