The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-06
SHELL MOUND SHOOTING.
An Interesting Score Riddle Grows
Out of a Friendly
Match,

There was considerable interesting shoot
ing yesterday at the Shell Mound range
The interest was not SO mucn in the num-
bers shooting or the Importance of the
events as in the points involved. The
Columbia Pistol and Rife Club was repre-
scented by its most enthusiastic marksmen,
and considerable time was devoted to ex-
penmenting with f. o. Young's new
target In order to put the 200-yard target
10 a test Young fired several strings of
shots, and his be st ten, with muzzle rest
was "a, "a, %, %, %. %, "a "a, "a, 25, or
total of 242 points. These scores were
estimated on the basis OF the German
point target. A. H. Pape fired on the
standard target and made 80 out of a pos
sible 100.
On the pistol and small rife range
number OF excellent practice scores were
made. Ed Hovey and Charles Daiss did
some excellent work, the former making
SO with the target pistol. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Rutherford also fired many shots The
lady did remarkably well with the small
rifle, off-hand, making two scores of go
Two of the most enthusiastic mem bers
of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle
Club came from Big Pine, Inyo County,
and they showed wonderful Improvement
over their former work. They were Ed
ward IrudO and Fred Conn.
The militia men have cause to congratu-
late themselves over the i'm provement thew
have made in rifle-shooting during the
past few years. The force in the adiutapt-
general office at Sacramento has recently
been hard at work compiling the target
scores of 1895, and the result shows an
astonishing improvement over those of
former years. These scores were made by
boys and veterans, IN hot valleys with
eli 1arIr0 at nS11h
windy seashore.
The scores in the adjutant-general's of
fee show that in 1892 there were but thir.
teen members in the National Guard who
had averaged 80 per cent In 1893 this
number had increased to thirty-one, in
1894 to htty-nlne, and last year there were
over 10C.
The next National Guard championship
shoot, which will be held next month,
promises to be one of the most interesting
events of the kind ever held in the State.
djutant-Generai Allen, now at Sacra-
mento, states that it will probably con-
sumo two days or more, but cannot say
where 1t will be held, as this will depend
largely on what the people are willing to
do toward taking it to Sacramento
Yesterday the members of Company A
OF the Fifth, stationed at Oakland, held a
practice score with the following results
Robinson 20, Donahoe SO, Mccormick 40.
Peterson 81, Deeds 80, G. W. Pickett 50, Slack
IS, Alvord 80, +. Poulter 80. S. A. Pickett AZ,
Dickinson 80, Downie 40, Tymerson 33,
Vaughn AZ, Captain Poulter AZ, Littlefield ii
Jahnegain 80, Fellows 10, Leary 80, Nc,
Killican 80.
Three of AS men shot friendly match
of ten shots each, which resulted in a
tangle that they would like TO have the
authorities in military shooting decide.
1t was complication that might not arise
in a thousand years. The contestants
were J. NJ. Vaughn, G. W. Pickett and
w. J. Downie. The conditions were that
Downie gave Pickett two points and
Vaughn one point. The following scores
were made:
Vaughn. ..................45 34345 454-41
Pickett ....................5 5 4 2 d S al
Downie. ...................4 4 4 3 d 4-4p
The question is, Which man won by
points and Creedmore2 The solution of