The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
F. O. Young's Success With High
Explosives in His Tar.
get Rifle.
SHOOTING At SHELL MOUND.
German Marksmen Hold Their Monthly
MEDIA Contests-San Rafael
Military Shoots.

1t was expected that yesterday the Shell
Mound rife-range would be packed with
marksmen, but the funeral of Governor
Jones of Nevada drew away hundreds of
military r1f1emen who were booked for their
monthly medal competitions. However.
the shooting-stalls were far from empty,
for several German sharpshooting clubs
and the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club
turned out goodly numbers and the
marksmen were kept busy. Early in the
morning and late in the afternoon the
light and weather were good, but at mid
day heavy wind blew in gusts over the
range.
The memb bers of the Colum bia Club shot
a lot of lead over the range during the
day, and, as might be expected, made
number of fine scores on the new target.
F.O. Young paralyzed the crowd by shoot
ing smokeIess. powder straight in his 81 40
rifles. 1t is customary to reduce the
charge, but Young's experiments show
that it is safe to use the new nitro in the
same measure as the ordinary black pow
der.
In fact he loads his shells to the top and
a glance at his scores shows that he OBJ
tanned excellent results on the target. The
recoiI of full charge is less than that of
the black powder and the barrel is clear
after every shot.
D. w. Mclaughlin also did some fine
work with rife and pistol. He is one of
the most reliable shots in the club. Nc
Laughlin began rife-shootlng twelve years
ago. He went to Chicago during the
Worlds Fair and won the Colum bian
medal on the man-target on "a out of
possible 100 points. In the New York
California team match in 1892 he made
the highest score in the California team,
1892 out of possible 1850 points.
Following are the Columbia's rifle and
pistol scores:
Rife, 200 yards, Unfred diamond medal,
three shots-Dr. L. o. Rodgers 10, D. W. Nc
Laughlin 13, F. o. Young II, A. strecker 13. E.
Champion class, ten shots-F: o. Young 81,
D. W. Mclaughlin rs, DR.. Rodgers 7S, A. H.
Pape "a.
+. Baumgarten 101.
S3, f. E. Mason ST, e.. Burley "a, E. Jacobsen
lO1, L. Pnger 100, w. F. Unired 147.
Pistol, so yards, ten shots champion class
J. E. German 46, c. NJ Daiss 3d. A. H. Pape 81.
First class-F. Baumgartner "a, L. o. Rod
gers 81. A. B. DorreH So D. W. Mclaughlin I'll.
Second CASA. FetZ 63, G. NJ. Bailey "a, E.
Jacobsen 76, w. Unfred 121, L. Zimmerman
1872.
Pistol, Banding medal, open to all corners,
three shots-A. H Pape s, J. E. German 10, F.
o. Young TO- C. NJ. Daiss 10, DR.. L. o. Rodgers
10, F. Baumgartner II, A. Fetz %.
Revolver, Carr medal-F. o. Young 36-42,
NJ. ]. White 49,
22-caliber rife so yards-W. Unfred 4S.
There was an interesting fifty shot match
on the German ring target between w.
GIindermann and Nick Ahrens. The latter
was allowed forty.points and shot 1882,
| making total of 1872. His opponent lost
by seventeen points on a score of 1855.
The other clubs and scores were as
! follows:
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein for monthly
| medal, champion class-William GGndermann
42S rings; first class, F. P. Schuster, 440; third
class H. Wicker, AIS; fourth class, J. d. Heiser,
| $40.
| First best shot, H Huber, 25; last best, D. B.
| Faktor, "a.
Germania Schuetzen Club, for monthly med.
ais, cham pion class-Dr. l.. Rodgers 429 rings;
first class, G. Alpers 429; third class, H. H.
First best shot, A. Mocker "a; last best shot,
| G. Alpers "a
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly
! bullseye shoot-F. Schuster 142 points, g.
Schulz 332, d. Hense 403, A. Mocker 422; L.
Bruno 547, IL. Hellberg 575, J. Lankenau 500
| II. Burteind GA, A. Hagedorn 642 j. Thpde
731, G. Alpers SAG, w. Garms S9S, H. Stelling
937.
Independent Rifles, military muskets. pos
J. Kuhlke 81. Sergeant F. NJ. Zeising Al, Cor
poral +. Harr 43, Lieutenant E. Moenning 81
j. A. Stang 10. H. Gactien "a, Corporal W
| Tienken %, Sergeant c. Kornbeck 80, F. T
BOND D. r. %, Sergeant j. Schneider &c, n
Biegel "a, Sergeant Z. Statmann %, Corporal
J. Staude 81, f. o. Raabe 2 Corporal c. Scbnei
der Is, H. Bishop 80 Captain L. Schneider 10