The record-union., 1896-10-19
MANY RENOWNED RIFLEMEN
Now Attending the HelVetia Clubs Tour
nament.
Some of the Chief Events YeSter.
day-ShOoting to Con-
tinue To-Day.

The first great public rifle shooting
festival given in this city in the last
eighteen years began yesterday at the
American River range under the au-
spices of the Sacramento Helvetia Rifle
Club, and proved a great success. Be
sides local marksmen there were cham
pion rifle experts from San Francisco,
Woodland and other places present, and
grand shooting was done.
Before the first shot was fired Captain
II. l. Seymour of the local club address,
ed the visiting riflemen in an eloquent
speech and bade them welcome to Sac
ramentO, hoping TO meet them every
year on hike occasion.
At a. m a shot from W. H. Eek
hardt's miniature cannon gave the sig
ral for the beginning of the FESTIVAL =
and A. Strecker of San Francisco scored
the first three-inch bullSeye. In forty
minutes F. p. SchuSter of San Fran
cisco had scored 100 double points, and
won the fine gold medal for that event.
The last bullseye of the forenoon fell
TO E. Schmid of this city.
During the dinner given to the visit
ing sharpshooters William Ehrenpfort
and Philo Jacoby spoke feelingly of the
happy time they had spent many years
ago at the old-time Sacramento shoot
ing festivals, and proposed three cheers,
which were given with WILL for the
success and prosperity of the Sacra-
mcnto Helvetia Rifle Club
Twenty-Five years ago, Mr.. Ehrenp-
fort said, he had shot in a Sacramento
rifle tournament, and eighteen years
ago he won a beautiful medal given by
Frank RuhStaller. He hoped the pres
ent reunion was the forerunner of many
similar ones in the future. Too long
lad the good fellows of the rifle range
been drifting apart. Many of them are
getting old, and they should put in their
remaining years in fostering a spirit of
gcod-felloW ship. Every year the rifle
men must go out from their home
ranges and meet the e-Shooters of
other places-they must get out Of their
shells and become better acquainted
with one another. There should be an
nual reunions, and he wanted to come
to Sacramento at least once a year,
breathe the pure country air, meet the
good fellows that compose the Helvetia
Rifle Club, and beat them on their own
ground.
Shooting was resumed at 12:45, and
with his first shot Philo Jacoby scored
a bullseye. The last bullseye at the
close of the first days shooting was
scored by M. Miller of Sacramento. Fol-
lowing are the principal winners so far
of the different events:
First bullseye in the forenoon, A.
Sprecker of San Francisco; first 200
points (shot in forty minutes), F. p.
Schuster of San Francisco; last bulls
eye of the forenoon, Emil Schmid of
San Francisco; first bullseye Of the
afternoon, Philo Jacoby Of San Fran
cisco; last bullseye of the day, NJ.
Miller of Sacramento.
The above prizes are finally won, and
for the other events shooting will be
continued to-day. Those in the lead so
far are: Honorary target, A. Sprecker,
II out Of a possible 10; d. B. Faktor
of San Francisco, 20; William Ehrenp-
fort, 20; f. Schmid of Sacramento, 20;
Charles Thierbach of San Francisco,
20; P. Jacoby, 6S: A. Ackerman of Sac
ramento, 6S; A. Breuss of San Francis
CO, 81; William H. Eckhardt of Sacra-
mento, 81.
Most points-F. p. Schuster, D. B.
Taktor, A. Specker, Charles Thierbach,
E. Schmid, p. Jacoby, W. H. Eckhardt.
Best single tickets (eight shots)-D.
B. Faktor 19, Charles Thierbach II, A.
Sprecker II, E. Schmid 16, F. P.
Schuster 10, Jacob Gruhler of Sacra-
mento 15 p. Jacoby IA, A. Jungblut II,
w. H. Eckhardt IL.
The committee of the Sacramento
Helvetia Rifle Club who have the ar
rangements of the shooting in hand,
and have made a great success of it,
are Messrs. j. Meyer, E. Schmid, A.
Griesel 0. Kaufman and NJ. Miller.
Besides Sprecker, Ehrenpfort, Faktor,
Schuster, Thierbach, Jungblut, Breuss,
Woenne and Jacoby of San Francisco,
a delegation of six marksmen from
Woodland under the leadership of Os-
wald Schlueter, were present and COM
petei.
To-day the other well-known marks
men L. Bendel of San Francisco, Louis
HaaSe, John Uhrchig, William Flinde-
mann and others are expected to be on
hand
Messrs. William Ehrenpfort, Adolph
Strecker and Philo Jacoby, who are
among the visitors, are men with ma
tional, even worldwide regulations as
marksmen. They are the only living
members of the California team that
won the championship at the Centen-
NAL celebration at Philadelphia in 1876,
and have even been to Europe and de-
feated the best sharpshooters there.
Mr.. Ehrenpfort is known as the
"Scheutzen Papa" in San Francisco.
He is in his SEVENTEEN year, but is just
as good a shot as he ever was, and as
enthusiastic over the sport as a youth
Of 90
Mr.. Jacoby has more medals than he
has places on his clothing to pin them.
III 1S59-6O he was a compositor on the
Sacramento Union and declares that
those were among the pleasantest days
of his life. He, too, is upward Of 60
years of age, but is as full of zeal over
rifle shooting as he was thirty-five
years ago. He is at present editor of
THE Hebrew" newspaper in San Fran
CISCO.
Mr.. Strecher, the youngest of the trio,
is also we'll known to Sacramento rifle
men. He Is not quite as noisy as
his San Francisco companions, but
"gets there just the same.''
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