, 1869-07-22
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Extraordinary Aehlepem cut In
Pigeon Shooting.
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Bogardus Kills One Hundred Birds
Consecutively.
Interesting Rses 6nr Saturday atD Dsx.
=; teT Pnrtts
PIGEON SMOOTHING.


!; Agatn Chicago has beaten tie wo1ld-again Sue
cestfully performed q feat which has been repeat
edly attempted IN various parts OF tho unlYerss
tut never accomplished. Wonders never ceasc
What WIS deemed impossible yesterday, to-day Is
demonstrated to b within the scope Of human
! roweE Al this dnt1s its Illustration IN the gres,
feat at pigeon shooting performed By A. u
Boga1tus yesterday afternoon, IN the killing
| or 100 6t1ds eonsecutive.y and without =
shots, times w1snonl number, but ne7es
successfully, and not until now have the rece,Ig
Inent-t Il 1s1 firmly believed, aunaR spoztsmen,
that the thing could moi be done; and one Of ID;
be9s 1hoss Y = ae s,s e, =. .4 a. one q The oss
worth. 20 entirely ceItaiu was be OF the colrecs
nces Of his eatnate tha: he, ealty IN tie present
Of three TRAILS that he could not LII ons nunired
piEeona eonsecutisely. Everybody shared the
ssSsesb9ay ssl1 VIZ ons Rera.n a si sxfsspne 20
chance Of winning The great odds. Procuring
gun especially adapted 70 the kind OF shooting u
No bore asd % sayns aeas ass sHaa aaus,,1 ss1 q
powder and shot nsed IN ordinary toHling piecea-
and on MedaesiA5 last eAsaJed the nEss Of the
rises consecunyely, from plunge tran, twensy-
ss ere yafds Hse and eighty {as.is boundary: When
shity o!tis IA been Killed E1snous miss he gun
auaiies t. 1h,eH 10 @ vas totally 1 Aias anisnal. aas
sasa sesSy ssoons BsnR iea ss "a Il
this tr1A boEsrdus failed, Killing eighty birds
tn nmety-ope snot9, and losing tue azst mitch. II
= 20 T.
not have failed, nad that, with "Betsey," as the
Offering heavy odds had every rtasol to be soucl-
toos concerning thelr waztraL
TIE SECOND TRIAL
took place, yesterday afternoon, At Do1tet PART
Just PAST room. and the attendance was therefore,
anaall By o'clock tho nzp md boundaries were
n Etadiness1 md "; Bogarsius 11sds bis sppeaE-
gescus lamsei renSted With kn entirely new lock,
md IN extra one On hand in case Of sn emergency.
Sosasdaa M ~ & a9s,1ioT y r. Fsnasoss s. umPf It'll
u referee, Aoe klel1an trapping Ito btrsIs, and
Fatchen pulling the uapy the shooting began Il
Trial were tune doves, fat md esrone, slower on
tne wing than Wild pigeons, but hleSsctfA with
a1s n9d r. sy 70 "a ase
h4yd 70 I'LL The prospects were good for favor
ahle day when the shooting began, but u . few
By intermittent dasnes of ran al The fsss Of Inc
Y nineteen minutes, and then bali Vas made lor
.ss Gons: :,t the end Of cyss5 tweas1-
nve shots during the match. A. peculiar
aInost invariably ahot - ihs tese-sbat j. Is hoy
ro*e ito1n me hoist of tho tag, and before they
sad e1s Tine sPrssd their wings r 10 case did
trAb while fullf ninet3 OF tho hundred were gath
cred within radlua Of dyc ieetl Such shooting
Was peyer before Witnessed 1t 1as simply pqA
= nto u tne % IT, @ sna 7 nc cs tra len ns'aay assd
:" Betsey" never 1!nched, never oncu hang fro
Of hasheI II the pan. Her musdeto0s loud went
70 Its des.tnattor, aud shc was all
lhat l eGa'd he desired save that sns
thst Ut the Close OF he frst hundred shots, Bo-
sAruus' shoulder VAS pounded bfsrk n1d blue. At
i've mhuteB past o'clocE, precisely two hours from
the time the 1rst shot WAS nred, including several
halls In G&peuce Of tue rain and to c0ol tho
sru, the o. N}redth bud was Iite't md
EB1hered, and AhaT chee: was given 10 honor
THIRD TRIAL
Most meg, after such tremendous phJsieal eles-
Ion, would have been uuAhle, 1t leBsI unwilling,
% undergo such another trial without alenstheAed
a1, nut Boqarius evidently knows such
word as tired The third and last match, with
gain Of Il 900 II Won, wus worth tn Ing Ior, mn.
Nth bis bruised and swollen shoulder, he bryan
~lthout delay. No one expected that be could
,undrel- The consecutive shooting IL indicated
y the following numbers: eo, ., Il, D, 81, 0, II,
!, ., 0, o, !, o, =, o, 4 0-9I. lie was heartily
lex OF tho last hundred, suffering severely from
leedache and his i1intnl bf1Lse. Losing the tIst
nd tnird matches, Mr. Hognr,lus ts clear win
Ter Of fea0. Hotnn OF the losing parties having
0Anfested dissatisfaction At the use OF the plunge
perfectly content before their money
TAa WoN-BoEardus expressed his Willingness to
cake the same matches nsal1, using ground
nap, but the onet Naa not accepteL