The San Francisco call., 1898-04-04
RECORD MADE
 AT SCHUETzEN A. Strecker, on the San Rafael Range, Taps His
 Highest Score. E. Eging Captures the First Prize in the Annual Shoot
 of the Turner's. Eight Thousand Picnickers Make Merry at the California Schuet-
 zen Park Sunday.

The rifle range at schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, was crowded yesterday from early morning until late in the after noon, and the great park was scene of animation. Fully 5000 picnickers as- sembled on the grounds to celebrate the opening of Schuetzen Park for the season of '9S. The morning trains conveyed great crowds of pleasure seekers, and by noon fully 5000 picnickers were making merry. At least 5000 arrived on later trains, and during the afternoon every available inch of ground was occupied.
 The crowds thronged the bowling alley. shooting galleries, swings, dancing pa- vilion and the many other amusement centers in the great picnic park. Manager Fred Schueman was the recipient of in- numerable congratulations on the success of the opening of the season.
 The greatest interest was naturally manifested on the rife range, where the San Francisco Turner SchuetZen held its annual shoot for medals and prizes. AS the marksmen made bullseyes through out the day the cheering grew apace. and an air of excitement pervaded the range, increasing in the afternoon as the contest narrowed down to an intensely exciting finish.
 :, Besides the great, shoot of the Turner Schuetzen for prizes, the. California bullseye shoot The shooting in this con- test would have taken place next Sun day, but owing to the fact that the mem @ hold their semi-annual prize shoot next Sunday on the San Rafael range, the builseye shoot. was held yesterday. The regular monthly medal shoot of the Cali fornia Schuetzen Club was also held yes- terday.
 The verein Eintracht also held its monthly medal contest, and the members of the San Francisco Grutli competed in their regular monthly meoal shoot. The Turner Schuetzen also shot in its medal contest These four organizations had their finest marksmen on the range, and the targets were kept bobbing up and down necessarily throughout the day; while perfect stream of lead perforated the bullseyes and the shots resounded throughout the canyons.
 Philo Jacoby, the veteran marksman and organizer of the world famous Cali fornia Schuetzen Club, D. W. McLaugh- lin, the Shooting King, John Utschig, senior and junior, and many others of the crack shots participated in the contests on the range. The wind was just sufh- cent to blow the smoke of the powder away from the butts, and the sun shone, strong and steady; ;rS on the targets during have been held under more favorable con- dtions
 The Utschigs, senior. and junior, won the special prizes offered by the San Francisco Turner's for the first bullseyes in the forenoon and the afternoon. c. Eging secured the last bullseye in the morning ana also captured the DT1Z0 offered for the best shot in the 25 ring after the first bullseye In the afternoon John Utschig, Sr., again captured the eye yea and M also SO, the M special prize for shoot shoot ing the most tickets. It was strictly Utschigs' day.
 Adolph Strecker, one of the crack shots of the California Schuetzen Club, beat the worlds record on the ring targets yes terday by making 561 rings in 20 shots. This extraordinary score was made in the zl-I~ l-1 the California Schuetzen Club. Strecker beat his own record by g points, having made on a. former occasion 452 points. When Strecker's phenomenal score was announced there were cheers given for the marksman by all the members of the California Club. Strecker's fine work did not end at this record. for he scored IT out of 20 bullseyes, equaling John Utschigs record in the California Schuet- zen Club. The work done by Strecker was the one topic of conversation during the afternoon.
 c. Eging captured the first prize in the Turner's prize shooot, making a score of 96 out of a possible 100.
 In the great prize shoot of the San Francisco Turner SchuetZen the follow ing marksmen made the highest scores in the competition for the cash prizes offered by the club:
 c: Eging ss; John Utschig ST. s5, c. H. Goetze g. E; A kqhis s2, Captain F. Attn bach ss, John -Utschig Jr. ss. c. Meyer ss. F. E Mason S7. Captain a Kuhnle SC. A. Jungblut so. L. Hauser 79. A. Bruess T.
 The members of the San Francisco Ve- rein Eintracht teld their regular monthly medal shoot, the winners in winch were as follows:
 Champion class medal-F Kuhls, A points
 First class medal-C. Schroedar, 354 points.
 Second class medal-C. suehrstedt, sss points
 Third class medal-H. Schweiger, 2s6.
 Tbo f<,JI 1{,,er Verein Eintracht in their various classes in the medal contest:
 Champion class-F. Kuhls 414. R. stettin 4o4, c. Muller S5S. L. Schmidt 3l4, F. Hagerup 30s
 First class-C. Schroder 354 John Zahn 311
 Second class-C. suehrstedt sss. C. von Hart wig 25s.
 ,s1 Third class elass.M 5ad schweger sss W. H. Huber
 First best shot. c. von Hartwis 24 points: last best shot, c. Schroder. 25 points.
 In the regular monthly medal shoot of the San Francisco Grutli the following were the winners in their several classes:
 eeond R. sffman Mauser M s joints
 Third class-Charles Ott, 365 points.
 rrs best ass an9 ceass o 20 B last
 The following were the winners in the regular shoot of the San Francisco Grutli. SchuetZen Section:
 thrd ss charles @ o W tours M essret 5 enth. Julian seeman; eighth. Joseph Fetz.
 In the regular monthly bull s-eye shoot of the San Francisco Turner Schuetzen, held yesterday on the San Rafael range in connection with their prize shoot, the following were successful:
 u1sanr E s RhG so agG ssya Robert s Tse 'an ss fourth, William Utschig. s67; fifth. H. Enge 7s0; sixth. Chris Eging, s5s; seventh. Adolph Utschig, 96S; eighth Captain F. Attinger, 1164, ninth. Robert Finking, 117s; tenth. Charles Sagehorn, 13S7 eleventh, Charles Rudolph thirteenth, L. Thierbach, 2543.
 Owing to serious mistake in comput- ing the bulps-eye scores of the California Schuetzen Club 1t was decided to re- measure the centers next Sunday, at which time the scores made yesterday will be announced.
 In the medal shoot of the California Schuetzen Club the following high scores were made by the marksmen