The record-union., 1897-03-26
CRACK SHOTS TO COMPETE.
National Guard Prize Medal Shoot-Off
Tomorrow.
American River Range Will be the
Scene of the Contestant Ar
rangements Completed.

At 10 O'clock Tomorrow morning the
sharpshooters of the National Guard,
who qualified during the season OF
1896. will meet at the American River
Range and shoot off for the gold me-
dals hung I'D for the best rifle and re-
volver shots.
The shoot will be under the supervis-
ion of Colonel Park Henshaw, of the
Governors staff, superintendent of
Rifle Practice, and Captain Stearn,
Company G, Second Infantry; Lieuten-
ant 1. A. Robie, Second Infantry staff,
and Lieutenant C. H. Dasher, Company
A, Sixth Infantry, of Stockton, have
been detailed, together with hVe non
commissioned officers and privates, to
take charge of the scoring, marking,
etc.
Captain Stearn has made every ar
rangement for the comfort of the con-
testants, and vehicles will be at the
Golden Eagle Hotel from S o'clock to
9:45, to convey them to the range.
They will be made to feel at home by
the local soldiery, and their outing will
be made an enjoyable one.
The shoot will begin at 10 o'clock
sharp, two ranges being used at the
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ten shots, rif1emen from the 200-yard
flag, revolver shots from the 50-yard
scratch.
The contest will be held under Blunt's
rules of target practice and all diff
ferences, if any happen, will be settled
IL that code.
The medals are well worth competing
for, being of solid gold, tastefully and
appropriately inscribed, with space
left on one side for the winners name.
They are pendant from cross bars, one
formed of a miniature rifle the other
of the regulation revolver
The number of contestants entitled to
shoot is f1fty-seven, of which sixteen
will use the revolver and forty-one the
rifle
The names of the knights of the re-
volver follow: N1ajor Charles Fl. Muir
ply, Major Charles J. Evans and Cap
tain H. A. Wegener, field and staff,
Second Brigade; Colonel ]. w. Guthrie
Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin A. Forbes,
Major Marion Pirky, Lieutenant j. G.
Lee, Lieutenant Frank L. Pirky and
Captain L. P. Tooley, field and staff
Second Infantry; Major ]. w. Juilliard.
Lieutenant E. S. Heller and Lieutenant
A. A. Borlini, field and staff Fifth In
fantry; Major G. G. Grant, Sixth In
fantry, and Colonel H. j. Burns, Col
onel S. 1. Kellogg and Captain J. E.
Klein, on the retired list.
OF the sixteen men who will compete
with the pistol, all the scores they have
made in the past look Well Those Of
Major Pirky, however, are higher than
any of his brother officers, the two
highest being 4S and 40 out of a possi-
BILE 90. Major Charles H. Murphy
comes next with A and 4S while Lieu
tenant A. A. Borlini is close third
with 4S and Al. It is extremely doubt
full just who of the number will carry
off the prize medal.
The names of tfe men who are en-
titled to compete for the prize medal
rifle shoot follow:
Company c, First Infantry Regiment
Private c. Meyer
Company l. First Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant II. Huber w H. Tobin.
Company A, Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Sergeant E. O. Messenger. Pri-
vate L. w. Brooks, J. w. Costar. P.
Kurtz, H. w. Lemon, G.. w. Thomas
son, w. Allenger.
Company B, Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Lieutenant Thomas Rutledge.
Private Thomas Ajax, A K. Ball. c.
H. Manville.
Company d, Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Sergeant p. ]. Delay, Corporal
j. P. Arnoldy. W. c. Waldron. J. l..
Howard, John Selinger, Private P. Ar
noldy, j. H. Barr, J. c. Frates G.. F.
Herzog, T. c. Johnson, c. E. Rookie
feller, w. w. Shaffer.
Company f, Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Private W. G. Hanford, B. L.
Showalter.
Company F. Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Corporal F. b. Edison
Company G, Second Infantry Regi-
ment-Private J. Gruhler.