The San Francisco call., 1896-03-02

made their scores at the Shell Mound
shooting range on February 9, and they
made total of 1889 points, or an average
of IS As per man. Their official scores
were forwarded on the next steamer. As
shown by the following letter from George
Manson, the correspondent for The CALL
at Honolulu, the Hawaiian National
Guard made 2009 points, or 40.1S points
per man:
HONOLULU, HAWAII, Feb. 1O.-The 2OO-yard
rife range OF the Hawaiian National Guard Is
situated at Makiki, one OF the suburbs OF Hon
olulu, about mile and hall from the city III
consists of small gully, with an average
width of fifty feet, covered with undergrowth
and lined on either side with algeroba trees.
II seems to have been naturally designed Tor
the use it Is now put to. At one end are four
targets, with bullet-proof bulkhead OF steel
between, behind which the markers retire.
At the other is simply constructed shed OF
whi;ewashed lumber, with stalls Tor eight
marksmen and seats for the scorers ana Jew
spectators. Ii there are many spectators, as on
Saturday, they must find seats on the turf out
side, from which, being on rising ground,
good view OF the targets is obtained. Captain
E. O. White had charge Of the arrangements
on Saturday, and no hitch occurred in the
first international shooting match In which
Hawaii has yet taken part.
The first eight men.to shoot were S. johnson,
Peterson and Hansrold of Company F; Sproat,
Lohman, Carlyle and Neeley Of Company E, and
Roweu of B. Johnson and Lohman both led Off
with bullseyes, which looked encouraging, but
the others could not find it, Carlyle only scor-
ing g. This was good shooting and Hawaiian
stock went up point the detachment making
score of 332 points, or an average OF 41%.
The second eight to face the butts were also
from the regulars. Coyne, Barry, Buchanan
and Gouyier from Company E, and Ludwig, P.
Johnson Lambert and Burnett of F. Ludwig
and Lambert carried off the honors of this
squad with 43 each. Burnett started off with
and made a total of 80. Gouvier and Coyne
oh Init
80, while Johnson fell down with 35. The
men, however, got 318, or two points less than
an average of 40.
Sixteen men had now shot, with a score OF
$50 points or an average of 4O5s each, which
exceeded Colonel Fishers estimate, and sew
eral of the best marksmen in the team yet TO
shoot.
The third detachment consisted OF Captain
Pratt of the Presidents staff, Elvin and Story
OF Company B, McKinnon, Drummond and
Dexter OF D, Taylor of and McKeague of F.
Pratt led off with four, Elvin with five, but
McKennon and Dexter got threes only. In the
next round everybody got four, except Nc
Keague, who found the center This team made
322 points or an average of 40H. The first
twenty-four men had now gained 972 points,
among them, which was just exactly the aver
age expected by Colonel Fisher, who told your
correspondent before the match that he ex-
pected the Hawaiian team to average 4O1a.
The fourth delegation 10 shoot for the honor
of Hawaii consisted of Smith of ], Sutton,
Moore and Sherwood of Company E, Hagerup
II "A
Camara of C. Six Of these made forty and
over.
This squad ran the score up to 1889
points for the thirty-two men.
F. Peterson of CompanyF, Olsen, Parke, Giles
and Schmidt OF B, Boyd of D. Ferreira of and
Boardied of were the next to shoot, scoring
only 312 points among them and still further
reducing the average. Sixteen hundred and
one points had now been made by forty men,
which is good shooting for .ffty-men- team
matches, but less than was expected of the
Hawaiian team.
Owing to tardy arrivals only six men shot in
the next bunch. They were Fitzsimmons,
Reade and Vollberg of Company F, Lieutenant
shaefer OF E, Captain E. Q; White of and
points Captain White and Colonel Fisher
both found the center without any difficulty
the first effort and made 43.
Colonel Fisher made four bullseyes and 4
in the first five shots and his prospects were
good for big score, but a shower of rain came
on and the light on the target changed so that
he could not find the center again. His other
five shots we're all fours, making his total A.
With four more men to shoot the score was
now s45 points, or five more than an average
of 40.
and Major W. G. King were next to
shoot. Johnson made Al. Crozier made 40.
King started off with and made total of A.
With safe man left to shoot in the person
OF Colonel Soper the Hawaiian team had only
80 points to make 10 reach the coveted 1000
points, less than which would have been dis
grace. The markSman maze q Dhu beginning
with 3, the sights of his rifle being set TOO low.
His three last shots were planted within an
inch or two of each other, but directly under
the center His total was 80, making the team
total 2o09. or 16 points below Colonel Fishers
estimate, which shows he had pretty good
idea of what his men could do.
Bruce Cartwright and Joseph Marsden rep
resented the California team at the match in
weighing in and Mr.. Graham in scoring Lieu
tenant Schaefer and Charles B. Wilson scored
for the home team.
While the weather was occasionally cloudy