The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
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 The second grand shooting festival of the National Schuetzen-B of America, which will take place at the Glendale Shooting Park, Long Island, from July 8 to July Il, is attracting more attention among the local rifle men this year than. ever before. There are two reasons for this The first is that many more of California's sharpshooters are going East to attend the festival than ever before. and the second is that a strong effort will be made to have the next Bund fes- tival held in this city. These gather ings do not take place every year, but every three years, and they are the occa- sion of drawing together all of the finest rifiemen of the United States and Europe. It stands to reason. then, that the prizes offered are large. In the coming event over $25,000 is offered in cash, besides in- numerable premiums, medals, cups and other prizes. The association has a guar anteed fund of S200 900.
 The Bund does nothing by half. In the coming festival there are seven or more events and the cash prizes run from s2 to $500, to say nothing of the premiums. etc. While the majority of the matches are for the members of the clubs belong ing to the Bund, still there are plenty of matches where individual, unattached rifiemen can take part. Most of the mem bers in the East are men of means, and they take much pride in offering special prizes of no small value. For example, at the previous festivals pianos, sets of household furniture, solid silver sets, pie lures from the best artists, etc, have Nearly all of the rifle clubs of the East are members and fair representation in the Middle West. In this city only two clubs belong to the association-the San Francisco SchuetZen Verein and the Co., lumbia Pistol and Rifle Club.
 When the last festival was held the L1acf fa~rN ,1ND,-e- citic Coast brethren that an offer from California would be seriously considered for the present celebration. But there were many things to be considered and provided for, and the opportunity was passed with the understanding that the festival of 1901 should be held in this city. making necessary arrangements for such an event While the Bund puts up nearly all of the cash prizes, still much is ex pected of the community in which the festival takes place. Many special prizes are expected and ample provision must be made for the entertainment of the vis- the Bund does not meet in this city on the next occasion it will go to the city Tn Europe offering the best inducement. Nearly all of the marksmen of the East would prefer to come out to the Pacific and see the beauties of California, and it is believed that the delegates from this city will not have very much trouble to induce the Bund to hold the next shoot ing festival on one of our bay ranges.
 The move to bring the Bund to this city has already been made, the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein taking the initiative A week or so ago its executive committee sent out invitations to the presidents of all of the other clubs to assemble and dis cuss the question. The meeting was held 8. few nights ago and the following rifle shooting organizations were represented: San Francisco SchuetZen Varcin D R Faktor, John Utschig, L. Haake, Richard Heise and William EhrenDfor1: Verein Eintracht, Captain F. A. Kuhls: Califor- mia Schuetzen Club, A. RahwYler; San Francisco Turner Schuetzen. Captain F. A. Attinger; Deutscher krieger Verein, Captain Wienecke; Germania Schuetzen Club, N. AhrenS; Norddeutscher Schuet- zen Club, William Garms President l.. O. Rodgers of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, which was holding its regular meeting that evening, was instructed by the club to 1ndorse the movement. At the meeting of the several organizations representatives the matter was discussed in all its lights, and the decision arrived at was that every marksmen going to the 1eStVal on Long Island In July should use every effort to have San Francisco selected as the place for the next meet ing of the Bund. If they are successful this gathering will mean more to the peo- pie of California than the uninitiated can comprehend with explanation. In the East the majority of the riflemen are men of unlimited means, and they number in- to the hundreds It has been the efforts of many of the larger improvement or ganizations of this State to induce peo- pie or resources 10 come to this State, the belief being that once here the natural advantages and beauties of the State will induce many to remain, or at least make investments on the Pacific Coast Here. then, is an opportunity not offered every day. and the organizations which have undertaken this move should have the encouragement of the public-spirited citi- Zens of the community. Many will be surprised to know that in this city and around the bay are over 1500 rifemen while scattered over the State are almost as many more. In Los Angeles, San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, Ukiah, Eureka, Fresno, Arcata, lone and many other places are large and small rifle and pis- tol clubs. Such an event as the local rif1emen are now trying to bring about would call in members of these organiza- tions by the hundreds.
 There is still another element that must be taken into consideration-the rifemen of Europe. At every one of these big shooting festivals the crack shots from the larger cities of England and the Con- tinent can be found, putting forth their best efforts to best the marksmen of the Western continent. Money or prize with them is not so much the object as the honor of superior marksmanship The shooters of the Pacific Coast feel that they are able to hold their own with the best shots in the world, and from the sentiment displayed at the meeting of the representatives of the clubs there is also a feeling that they can make the visitors from the East and across the Sea believe