The San Francisco call., 1898-03-07
REVELRY AT
 SHELL MOUND The Picnic Season Opens Happily and Au-
 spiciously. Thousands of People Enjoy a Day at This Popular
 Resort. Adolph Strecker Makes a New Worlds Record With His

Between 5000 and 10000 people visited Shell Mound Park yesterday to partfci- pate in the first picnic of the season at that popular resort and help to mark the opening of the shooting season for this year.
 The weather was all that could have been desired, and the merrymakers en- tered with gleeful animation into the pastimes provided by the management The big pavilion seemed at times crowded almost to suffocation with the dancers. who kept merry time to the music of an excellent band throughout the afternoon. The hundreds of chil- dren present got a generous dividend of undiluted joy from the swings and other appliances dedicated to Juvenile pleasures, and there were amusement and recreation in plenty and in diverse forms for people of all ages and condi- tiOnS.
 This event marked the nineteenth year of Captain L. Siebe's manage ment of Shell Mound Park, and the large attendance was a flattering trib- ute to his popularity. The captain was given an almost endless series of Ova- tions throughout the day, and many a warm wish was expressed for his long continued health and prosperity.
 Notwithstanding the large crowd present at the picnic grounds the order was eXcellent-not an unpleasant feat ure of any kind arising to mar the hap piness of the occasion.
 Great interest centered in the public prize shooting match on the man tar get" under the auspices of the Nord- deutscher Schuetzen Club. This con- test was open to all corners, and for all rifles excepting those with teleScOpic sights. The competition developed some wonderful shooting, and Shell Mound supplies another new worlds record in craftsmanship for this year. The high est possible single shot on this target is 20 Four-shot scores ruled in this match, making a possible 80. Adolph Strecker'S score was 19. 20, 20, 20, a total of 79, which beats by one point the best previous record known to the rifle world. George Alpers made good second. with a score of 78. Cash prizes aggregating $1S0 were given, ranging in amount from $1 to s20, and the win ners, with their scores, were as fol- lows:
 A. strecker, 79; George Alpers, 7S; J. Pdpa PPa5ehg g G P M MSLasghn s Fl E. @ Masoh M m B; H. Huber, 73; L. Haake, 73; J. D. Heise, 72; R Finkingi 72; F. Q Young. T; tor, 69.
 
 making the following scores: At POO yards-Captain McCreagh, 21; Lieutenant McGurren, !; Lieutenant White, IS; Brown, 19: Pohlmann. Is; Flynn, IT. Mccarthy, Il; Curtin, 20; Nicoll, 4; Ben der, 22 Minehan, F; Staples, 10; Meadows, Darling, IT; Landucci. Is; Quirk. $; Lane 13; Roussel, 15; Koeneman. II. At 300 yards-Darling, IT; Meadows. 10; Downie. 2: Seagrave, IS; Kelly, 5; Quirk, 4; Lan- duccf, IS; McCreagh, 19; Bender, '; Pohl- man. Is; Roussel [; White 19; Flynn II; ; Curtin, '; Brown, 15; Staples, s; Me- Carthy, g; Koeneman. Il. At 800 yards McCreagh, '; Meadows, 9; Seagrave, IS; Landucci, 10; Darling, 5; Kelly, F; Rous- sel, 15; White, IS; Pohlman, II; Mccarthy, Is; Staples, r; Bender, r; Flynn. 10.
 The first division naval militia also had it's monthly shoot at 200 yards, with the following scores:
 Harris, 40; Beattie 3S; Quinlan, 36 Lu- derman, 42; Anderson 8; Green,- S5; Flynn: 2 HHIealey, 2s; keaTTneyi io s; rdIn Lin saint, 39; Smith, s; Peters, 26.