The San Francisco call., 1896-08-24

early part of the day the attendance was
fair, but the afternoon trains landed
marksmen by the dozens, and until the
targets were rung down at $50 o'clock
perfect sheet of bullets few across the
range. The light was treacherous and
frequently it became necessary to move
the elevation screws up and down several
points. The wind was steady and strong
from the west and Kept the windgauges
over to the left between two and three
points ell day.
With these conditions some very good
and some very bad scores were made, but
that is to be expected. Even with good
score q marksman sometimes misses a
prize.
Such was the case of D. w. Mclaughlin
yesterday and of ]. E. Klein the Sunday
previous. White shooting on the point
target Klein ran up the best single score
of the day, 1, 2, 3, 8, 2, 3,3, 2-19, and still
missed prize on best counters on that
ticket. Yesterday Mclaughlin came near
being crowned the shooting king" but
his name was his hoo-doo. No man with a
"Mac" in his name was ever known to
win kingly honors.
Early in the morning he pulled hard for
the title and the prize that goes with it
and in ten shots made 225. Before the
day was over son of the Fatherland, Louis
Bendel, snatched the crown from his brow,
30 to speak, with score of 228.
Among the visitors was John Meyer of
Sacramento, who knows when to touch the
hair trigger at the right time. He won a
prize on the honorary target on score of
"a, 25, 21-70, which he might have beat if
he had not been obliged to take the after
noon train for his home.
On the honorary targets, 25 German
ring, there were spirited contests all along
the range. In this event there were sew
enty-five merchandise prises, valued at
$1,000 offered, consisting of fine plate and
silverware, fine target rifle, and jewelrv
and all manner of things that gladden. the
good marksman's heart.
Among the first to work to the front and
get out of the sixties was d. b. Faktor,
who made "a, %, 24-70. This caused A.
Strecker to bet w. Glindemann $40 that he
(Glindemannl would not beat 20. The lat
ter went further and bet like sum that
he would beat Strecker's best, at that
time. Glindemann' rs second ticket showed
up IL and that lucky party tucked a $40
piece into his vest pocket. a. II. Pape.
who was using smokeless powder, also
made II on "a. "a, %.
Some of the others who made good
scores on these targets were: J. Utschig
Sr IL II. r. Brown TO- I. 7. Schuster g.
d. w. Mclaughlin 20, n. Ahrens SO, D. B.
Faktor 20, G. Meyer 20, L. Bendel So, N.
Remenperger "a. Ed Ladd 66, A. Jungbut
go, r. Stettin 81, A. L. OFT 65, Charles
Thierbach 6S, ]. Straub So
No little interest was centered in the
man targets This target represents the
upper part of a man, and the line down
the middle of the figure is numbered 20.
The other lines on each side are half an
inch apart and run TO l.
Lieutenant f. L. Pritchard shot on this
target for the first time and surprised his
friends by making 10, 10, 10, 1857. The
real fight lay between Louis Haake and e.
Raumpartner, who made dead tie on Is,
on 10 DOT. There was no time to shoot
off the tie for the first prize. Among those
who are sure of winnin prizes beside
these two are: d. B. Fakior-20, 18, Is,
18-74; J. Utschig-19. Is, Is, 20-75; A. II.
Pape-2O. 10. II. 1874; G. Thier bach-20,
18 10 1913; f. l.. Pritchard-19, 10, 15,
I8-67: w. Ehrenpfort-20 19, IL, 1875; z.
Never 73, D. W. Mclaughlin Y, II.
Schroeder 66, A. Rahwyler "a
The $5 fee for tickets on the king target
German % ring, ten shots(, prevented
many from competing for the honors.
For a time Baumgartner, with 218 rings,
thought he had chance, but McLaugh-
Inns score put that in the shade. How
ever. all who shot are sure of winning
cash prizes. The principal scores were:
L. Bendel-25, %. "a, "a. q. 1e. "a, 10, "a,
25-228; D. w McLaughlin-23, "a, %, "a,
%, 25, 20, % %, 20-225: J. Utschg sr.-22,
10, 19, %, %, 20, 70, -, IA 23-17o: "a n.
21o; F. p Schuster-22. 21, II, q, Il 21 y,
%, 81, 2l-2O5; w. Glindeman-22, %, IL. "a,
Is. az 21. %. 20. 1920; J. Alpers-23, Il,