ixnsa 80, 1894. j 



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New York Schuetzen Corps Festival. 



The thirty-seventh annual festival of the New York Schuetzen 

 Corps. Capt. Henry Offerman, was held in the Union Hill Schuetzen 

 Park, Union Hill, N, J., on Wednesday and Thursday of last week 

 One hundred and seventy five members assembled at headquarters 

 Wednesday morning; coaches were in waiting to transport tbem to 

 the park. The arrival in the park was followed by lunch, after which 

 the corps was marched to the shooting house, where the festival was 

 formally opened by the usual ceremonies of saluting the eagle, etc. 



The shooting programme, which was open to the general public, 

 consisted of SJ500, in cash prizes The festival was in the hands of the 

 following shooting committee: John Q. Thiilke, first shooting master; 

 B. Zettler, second shooting master; A. W. Lemcke, third shooting 

 master; Wm. Krumsiek, Aug. Liss, John H. Klee, Henry Strate, Cbas. 

 Grosch, Fred Schmidt, Alb. Schulenburg, Fred Lange, J. D. Wilkens, 

 A. H. Sievers, Wm. Hahn, Fred Facompre, Wm. Wessel. This com- 

 mittee was composed of active shooters, each of whom has had a 

 large experience in the past in the management of prize shoots 

 Another element which added to the success of the festival was the 

 active zeal of Capt. Offerman. 



The shooting on Wednesday was confined principally to members of 

 the corps. The only visitors on that day that we noted were Geb. 

 Krauss, Louis Flach and M. B. Engel of the Zettler Club. 



On Thursday morning visiting riflemen bpgan to arrive. Among the 

 first arrivals were Harry M. Pope and Fred K. Band, from Hartford, 

 Conn. These were followed by others during the day. A census of 

 the group developed the following prominent riflemen: Fred. C. 

 Boss of Brooklyn, Henry Holges, B. Busse and L. Vogel, New York; 

 L. P. Hansen, Jersey City; Ueo. Schlicht, Cuttenberg; David Miller 

 Aug. Meyns, Hoboken; M. Dorrler, G-reenville. 



About 4 P. M. on Thursday came large delegations from the New 

 York City and the New York Central Corps. The shooting was brill- 

 iant and interesting at times. Band of Hartford had two shots (flags) 

 on a man ticket. He neglected to put the necessary bullet into the 

 rifle for the third shot; the result was a miss and another opportunity 

 lost. Henry Holges, with a 26 and a 24 on the prize ticket, pulled his 

 third shot ton much to the right; up came the flag (25) giving him 74, 

 the b*>st score of the festival. 



An unusual sight in the shooting house was two veteran riflemen, 

 who were present and not participating. We refer to Michael Dorrler 

 and David Miller. They came without their "outfits," and looked on. 

 The "Harlem Joker" remarked that Michael "appeared like as though 

 he had come away and forgotten something, and had not time to go 

 back for it." Both of these riflemen claim that their shooting days 

 are over. 



During the two days that the public and individual members of the 

 corps had been engaged in competition upon the prize targets, the 

 corps as a whole had be»»n diligently engaged in shooting into pieces 

 the eagle from his lof ly perch. By 6 P. M. on Thursday the bird had 

 been denuded of every limb and decoration, from crown to tail, until 

 there was nothing remaining but the body or center piece. To him 

 who succeeded in bringing this piece to the ground belonged the 

 honor and responsibility of kingship for the year 1894-5. Bound after 

 round was shot by the members in rotation until it was nearly dark, 

 when the deciding shot was fired by Barney Kumm, the secretary of 

 the corps, and the body was down. Barney Kumm was King. "Long 

 live the kin^ ." The settling up of the secretary's accounts developed 

 a surplus over expenses ot the two days 1 shoot, and Capt Offerman 

 and his committee felt justly proud of the success of the festival of 

 1894. Scores: 



Ring target, 3 shots per ticket, two best to count for first 5 prizes: 



H Holges.. .70 74—144 M B Engel 69 C G Zettler 66 



FC Boss.... 70 72-142 L Vogel 69 O Krauss 65 



L Flach 70 71—141 H M Pope 69 W Roedel 65 



B Busse 69 70—139 B Zettler 68 FFaconpre 61 



G Schlicht. ..69 69-13S GWPlaisted 68 Wm Forkel 64 



F Schmidt 70 LP Hansen 67 Wm Bosenbaum. . . 63 



F K Band 70 A Meyns 67 C Grosch 63 



Premiums for 5 best tickets: Holges 347, F. Boss 347, L. Flach 341, 

 H. M. Pore 340, B. Busse, G. Schlicht 340. 



Best bullseye by measurement: H. M. Pope 20 degrees, F. C Ross 

 24. H. Lahden 31, L. Vogel 31^, L.P.Hansen 32, H. B'ltfer 35)4 J. 

 Bonn 36J4 G. Schl'cht 37, J. D. Wilk<;ns 37, F. Plump L. Flacn 47, 

 F. Schmidt 53, J. H. Meyers 54, R. Busse 55, B. Zattler 59, M. B. Engel 

 70, F. K. Krand 73, J C Tholke 75J/>, H. Holges 79, G. W. Plaisted 88. 



Premiums for most buil^eyes: F. C. Boss 40, F. Schmidt 27, Hansen 

 24, H. M. Pope 2S, L. Flach 20, G. Schlicht 16. 



Premium for first flag Wednesday, L. Flach; for last fHg Wednes- 

 day, W. Roaenbaum; for first flag Thursday, H. M. Pope; for last flag 

 Thursday, L. P Hansen. 



Man target, 3 shots, possible 60: George Schlicht 59, H. Holges 59, 

 F. C. Boss 58, Aug. Meyns 58, Ph. Feigel 57, L. Flach 56, Dr. Grosch 56, 

 F. Schmidt 55. R Busse 55, H. M. Pope 55, J. G Bonn 54, L. Vogel 54, 

 C. Q, Zettler 54, George Plaisted 54, J. Facklamm 54. 



Cincinnati Rifle Association. 



Cincinnati O., June 17.— The Cincinnati Rifla Association held its 

 regular practice shoot at its range to-day aDd made the scores ap- 

 pended. Conditions, 200yds , off-hand, at the standard target: 



Oindele 10 10 10 10 9 8 9 8 7 8-89 



9 10 8879 10 98 8-86 



6 10 10 8 7 8 6 9 10 9-83 



7968998 10 8 7-81 



Payne 10 10 8 7 8 10 7 9 8 8-85 



98876 10 869 7—78 



10 9 10 658876 9—78 



95778 10 68 10 8-78 



Wellinger 7 6 9 10 6 6 7 7 7 8-73 



6 7 7886776 10-72 



49 10 759 10 98 5-76 



888766885 8—73 



Hake 454636585 4-50 



69 5 678565 3-60 



22497 6 589 6-58 



05334 0 386 3-41 



Schmidlin 260752304 6— 3=> 



6447 3 7449 6—54 



268536244 0—40 



Strickmier 668528246 3—50 



4723454 10 7 4-50 



3 48450933 10-49 



543364762 5—45 



Union Grove. 



Hartford, Conn., June 23 —I inclose you scores of the Hartford 

 Rifle Club, made at their regular shoot at Union Grove this afternoon, 

 German ring target, 200yds., off hand, . Weather conditions were very 

 hot, harsh light and a fish tail wind. Medal match, oue entry only: 



D S Seymour 22 22 22 22 22 25 19 23 21 24—222 



H M Pope 24 20 22 22 20 22 20 21 24 19 -214 



W J Dunbar 20 24 22 19 21 24 20 21 21 20-212 



J H Foote, Jr 25 23 23 14 23 20 23 16 24 18—204 



Re entry Match. 



Pope (50 shots) 22 22 21 23 24 19 23 20 24 23 -221 



24 23 32 22 23 25 24 23 23 



22 22 19 18 23 23 11) 31 22 23-312 



21 21 23 23 21 21 23 19 24 24—2 0 



22 23 23 18 22 21 24 23 22 1.9-217 



S J Lyon 25 22 22 23 24 23 23 23 22 21-228 



Seymour 23 24 21 22 20 24 22 14 20 20-210 



Foote 22 19 20 23 20 18 23 20 22 21-209 



Dunbar 20 17 14 20 17 23 20 21 23 16-191 



Fox 22 17 24 20 20 20 20 10 34 18-189 



H. M. Pope, Secretary. 



Good Eye. 



Mr. H. R. Wills of Alton, 111., writes me about a string he has just 

 shot on his friend Mr. Lahee's grounds, at that city. This probably is 

 intended to frighten the Western office of Forest and Stream about 

 going into another match with Mr. Wills, but it will fail of that pur- 

 pose. Mr. Wills has often beaten us, but he hasn't got us scared yet, 

 nor has he yet wrested away from 909 Security Building the palm of 

 the championship of Halstead street. The only trouble is, Mr. Wills 

 has never seen this office fully extended as yet. We will be ready the 

 next time be comes. He writes: 



"Not for publication, I wish to give vou the result of a little 100yd. 

 shoot I made the other day with a new Marlin .22 which I was sight- 

 ing up for a friend. Conditions— off-hand, no swearing. The shoot 

 took place on Mr. Lahee's grounds. Massachusetts target, bullseye 

 3in. with a 12 center. I simply give the totals of each 10-shot string, 

 60 consecutive in all, as follows: 106 109 105 109 100 109—638. Aver- 

 age 10.63. This is the highest that has been made upon our 100yd. 

 range and is very close shooting, if I do say it. I wish also to impress 

 upon your mind that I have no ulterior designs upon your nerves in 

 giving this bit of information, and still insist that you can do me up 

 to the queen's taste if you wiil try it some time under the right con- 

 ditions. Yours very truly, H. R. Wills " 



Blumenthaler Co. No. 6, N. Y. S. Bund. No. 1 



Held their second shoot at their gallery June 23. Thirteen members 

 were present to compete for silver goblets donated by the company. 

 The following scores were made: 



W Hicks...: 230 228 2?8 226-912 Aigeldinger 230 216 ^446 



FNorwicki.240 226 224 220 - 910 WKorner..l66 161 91 ...—418 



HDMuller.232 227 225 225—909 DrHKolb..206 203 -409 



G Gross . . . .232 227 225 219-903 Heitzmann.,197 —197 



FSchill 223 222 232 216-883 A Wild 57 — 57 



J Maurer. . .206 195 186 180—767 A Lawrence 41 — 41 



WRoebach.185 184 174 106—649 



Henry D. Muller. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The extreme hot weather of the past week is having its effect upon 

 the members of the Greenville Club. At the weekly shoot on Friday 

 night several of the regulars were prominent by their absence. Win- 

 ners: First Class — C. Beag first, G. Purkess second. Second Class — 

 C. Charlock first, J. Spahn second. Third Class — R Daniels lirst, Holz- 

 apfel second. Scores: n. Boag 240, Purkess 237, J. Boag 235, Scheeline 

 235, Collins 225 Spahn 234, Charlock 231, Agneau 231, Chavant 223, Hill 

 220, Pudson 206, Daniels 226, F. Wuestner 212, E. Wuestner 219. 



R. Busse Defeats L. Buss. 



There was a well contested gallery match shot off on Zettler Bros.' 

 ranges, 219 Bowery, New York, on June 18, between R. Busse, of the 

 New York City Corps, and L Buss, of the Empire Rifle Club, 100 shots 

 off-hand, for $10 a side. Scores: 



R Busse 245 240 238 246 238 243 244 243 242 238—2417 



L Buss 241 238 240 240 239 244 245 243 238 240-2408 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



At their weekly gallery shoot on June 19, Geo. Dorr won the cham- 

 pionship medal, J. Diehl the first class medal, A. Meyer the second 

 class medal and Geo. Richert the third class medal. Scores: G Schlicht 

 240. G Dorr 236, A. Meyer 236. C Meyer 232, J. Diehl 234, M. Daus 232, 

 F. Richart 23 1, W. Schlicht 229. G. Liutenberger 225, G. Scholp221, A. 

 Deubline 220, E. Wagner 215, F. Lambrix 211, J. Bombers 210, J Ded- 

 rick 218. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



At the weekly gallery shoot, June 19, the following scores were 

 made: W, J. Hennessey 231, B. H. Duff 231, G. Buland 211, J. Binns 

 220, G G. Williams 220, W. Hughes 237, J. Hughes 233, E. J. McCarthy 

 233, Thos. Hughes 228. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Our city papers have during the past, week published various cable 

 reports of wonderful work by Gus Zimmerman with his rifle at the 

 Interrational shoot in Mainz, Germany. If Zimmerman has secured 

 one-half of the champion trophies credited to him, he does credit to 

 himself and the American riflemen, whom he represents. 



The Excelsior Club of Jersey City will dedicate its new club house, 

 No. 54 Oregory street, on Thursday night of this week. Invitations 

 have been sent out to our prominent clubs and individual riflemen to 

 be their guests on this occasion. An interesting feature of the 

 evening's sport will be a team match between the home club and a 

 team from the Greenville' Rifle Club. 



The Zettler Rifle Club will hold its regular bi-monthly shoot at 

 Wissel's Cypress Hill Park, July 1. Visiting riflemen will be welcome 

 to participate. 



The Newark Shooting Society will hold weekly practice shoots on 

 Thursdays during the summer arid autumn, at the Newark Schuetzen 

 Park. 



A visit to Armbruster's Park on Saturday of last week brought us 

 into the presence of one of New York's most enthusiastic riflemen in 

 the person of Dr. E. R. Chadbourne. The doctor, like many others in 

 the profession, is an ardent devotee to the rifle. We append two 

 scores made by Dr. Chadbourne on this occasion, using the .25-10 

 Stevens, another proof of the efficiency of this small caliber at 200yds. 

 Scores: 9 10 10 8 10 9 10 9 6 10—91 10 10 9 7 10 9 9 8 10 8—90 



Armbruster's Greenville Schuetzen Park, most thoroughly equipped 

 for rifle shooting. Range open for practice every Saturday.— Adv. 



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