The San Francisco call., 1897-08-23
Annual Festival Of the
California Club a
Success.
0ld-Time Marksmen Visit the
Scene of Their Former
Triumphs.
T. 9. Muller Wins the First Honors
of the Day and A. Streoker
Wins the Last

The incessant crack of the rifles, the
musty odor of burned powder, the shouts
of victory that told of the making of
bulIseye, and the serious faces of the
marksmen all told of the excitement that
marked the annual shoot of the California
Schuetzen Club, held at Schuetzen Park,
near San Rafael, yesterday.
The sport was lively from the first,
and as the day advanced the crack of
the rifles continued with even more energy
Than marked the mornings shooting.
+. C. Muller won the first honors OF the
day by scoring the initial builseye. The
three making bullseyes following him were
A. Strecker, Captain F. Attinger and J. c.
Waller.
j. Utschig Sr. made the first 25 on the
honorary target and A. Breuss IN ade the
first 20 on the man target.
d. w. Mclaughlin OF the California
Schuetzen Club scored the last bullseye in
the m ornlng.
A. Breuss, who made the first 20 on the
man target, made the first bullseye in the
afternoon At Sacramento last season
Breuss captured all four bullseyes.
The com mittee in charge of the shooting
consists of the following well-known men,
bers of the club:
F0lIO JdCODl, ". lodoii,
treasurer; r. LANCER secretary; Otto Bur-
meister, j. T. Carroll, A. Ehrenpfort U.
Remensberger, D. B. Faktor. J. G. Waller,
Joseph Straub.
The old timers who used to perforate
the targets and make scores almost be-
yond imitation were on hand yesterday
and made it appear like an old-time gath
ering when the beer flowed like wafer and
the noise of the r.hes gave one no time for
thought.
Otto SchIuter of the Woodland Rife
Club, of which he is secretary, was on
hand, this being the first time for over
year that he has made his appearance on
the local ranges. He said that up in
Woodland the greatest interest was taken
in the sport among the marksmen. He
was the only representative from Wood
land and did some good shooting, with
score of over 100 on the point targets.
A. RahwyIer, who has not for a long
time made his appearance at the range,
was on hand and took an active part in
the festivities. John Horstmann, an
other of the old shots, was on hand.
William Shew, en- old-timer who held
the 1000-yard championship for long
time. was at the butts, and while he did
not shoot as he once did he made first-rate
shots.
P. Beda of Port Costa, f. Kuhnle of
Petaluma; II. Strecker of Roberts Island,
Sacramento River; ]. G. Mcmillan,
County Surveyor OF Santa Clara County;
Judge G. c. Groezinger and Superior
Judge g. II. Bahrs OF San Francisco were
also partici pating in the shooting.
William Ehrenpfort, the veteran marks
man, celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
at Scnuetzen Park yesterday. James
Stanton, over 73 years, was another OF the
old marksmen who was present.
On the man targets the following high
scores were made out OF possible 80:
C. ]. waldrn 76, Joseph Straub "a, C.
Egipg rs, Fl. Srecker II, L. LANCER 20, R. Pau
son 60 g. Oppenzeller 90, F. E. Mason 81, r.
Finkfng 81 A. Gehret 81, Louis Haake 66, o,
Schlueter &c, c. Nobman SO, J. G. Mcmillan
IS. Ed Ladd 65, John Frei "a, A. Breuss 81,
William Garms 90.
On the honorary or 25 ring targets out
OF possible IS, the following made the
highest scores:
J. c. Waller 20, ID. w. Mclaughlin 20, T.
Dawson 20, L. Haake SO, F. E. Mason 67, J. g.
81, P. Hrunotte 66, R. Finking 66 o. scnluter
65, r. LANCER 66, F. Atunger 64 f. Kukuly
64 ]. f. Robinson "a. Judge G. H. Bahrs 81
C. j. Walden 63, I'D Ladd 63. FL. Strecker 63,
Won Wyle 63, Joseph Straub 80.
In the shooting for the bsst score in 200
shots the following were the results:
F. Kuhnle 2S7, F. P. Schuster 2s7. D. B.
Factor 80. F. A. Kuhls 284, ]. Utschig Sr
800, A. Breuss 200, Captain f. Attinger 227,
J. G. Mcmillan 1913, o. A Bremen 279, D. w
Mclaughlin BAL. F. f. Mason 29s, Philo Jacoby
169.