The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

made for the ferries. On arriving at Shell
Mound Park ninety-one mem bers enrolled
themselves as desirous of competing for
the position of king. The eagle-a Ger
man bird with crown on its head, a
scepter in one claw and an apple in the
other-was perched on a pole seventy-fiye
feet in the air and the object was to shoot
it to bits piecemeal. The marksmen were
stationed about seventy-ive yards away
and the excellence of the shooting may be
| imagined when it is known that each piece
brought down was perforated from twenty
five to forty times.
The medals and prizes attached to the
various parts of the bird were in the fol-
lowing ratio: First, the crown on the
eagles head; second, the apple in its left
claw; third, the scepter in its right claw;
fourth. the ring in the birds beak; fifth
the eagles head; sixth, the neck; seventh,
the right wing; eighth, the left wing !;
eleventh, the tail; and twelfth, the body.
which carried with 1t prize of $3.50 and
the title OF "Schuetzen Koenig."
The contest began punctually at IL A. NJ.
and J. Gefken, the SchuetZen meister called
the first name on the list. Some of the
| first to try for a prize, but it was creeping
very close to the noon hour before the
crown was shot off the eagles head by
Major A. Huber. Soon afterward F. Koch
shot the ring out of the birds mouth, and
then twenty minutes of continuous firing
ensued before lucky shot from Henry
Finck's gun knocked the apple out the
| eagles claw.
There was another pause after that and
then in rapid succession Charles Rapp shot
away the scepter, George III. Pein shot
away the head and F. Attinger the neck
The right wing in the natural order of
things should have fallen next 1t was
r-H I01 hull ntc Il
| chips were knocked out of the body of the
bird. The whole structure was weakened
considerably by the hail of bullets and
finally August G. Hagedorn shot away the
left wing instead OF the one on which
eyerybody's fire was concentrated.
BY this time the right wing was split in
half dozen places and one peg only held
it to the body of the bird. Judge Bahrs,
R. Finking, John Utschig, George Helm
and ]. Gefken shot their best to bring down
the tottering wing but failed. B. F. Bruse
took a careful sight, pulled the trigger and
down came the wing. The winner, follow
ing the example of bis predecessors. treated
all and sundry.
This left only the right and left leg and
tail to be shot away before the iron plate
was removed from the back of the bird and
the king shoot began. The marksmen
looked a each other in surprise as it was
only 2:3o P. NJ. and last year some of the
pilLCS idQ W Dc lslt Ou tuG DOuY III OTQer
to finish the king shoot before dark A
number OF the retaining pegs being gone it
was not long before d. Won der Mehden
brought down the left leg and tail with
one shot and at P. NJ. John Peters secured
the right leg. The iron plate was then re-
moved and No. Is on the list of entries
opened the pail. The marksman who
fred eighth from him loosened the bird
and turned it completely around The
succeeding shooters were too anxious to
fire before the body fell and consequently
they missed. Charles G. Wiese was the
one who made the most successful shot of
the day. He hit the body fair and square
and down it came with rush. His COM
rades Immediately raised him shoulder
high and preceded by the band playing
''See the Conquering Hero Comes" they
marched to the pavilion. There Miss
Katie Utschig crowned him king and
hung wreath of roses over his shoulder.
His majesty rewarded his loyal subject
with kiss and then Miss Lizzie Utschig
presented D. B. Faktor, the dethroned
king, with bouquet of roses. Henry Dor
cher then proclaimed Wiese king for a
year and the ceremony was over.
Among the bowlers the contest is very
close. and no decision will be arrived at
before next Wednesday week. III. Remens-
perger, ]. Peters and w. Glindemann have
each scored thirty-fve out of thirty-six,
and John Zimmerman has that number 10
his credit three different times. He won
the prize yesterday for the greatest num-
ber of mines made during the day. ].
Attinger and P. Eggers have each thirty
four to their credit, and these six will
probably win the principal prizes.
The prizes for the greatest number of
points made during Sundays contest will
20 to the following: J. Utschig, 4S7; G.
Helm, 403; ID. B. Faktor, ..399; and A.
Strecker, $40.