, 1873-05-16
Great Championship Match Between
Bogardus and Tinker.
Illinois Retains the Diamond Badge,
and Rhode Island Must
i; " Wait for. Another :;
Chance at IT,. d.
Bogartlus Victorious by a Score Of
81 to 85--Conc1rsion Of the
= Sweepstakes Match. '

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iargo crown or go1ttcmoh wore proaoht a.
Do3tof Park yesterday afternoon to w1tnosh tho
Mgcon'sllootlug match between a. II. Bogardua,
OF nInoio, and Il. ". Tlnkor, OF Rhode lsland'
for S500 sit1o md tho single bird championship
Of Americ"' strong focllng Of intoroat o1istea
with reference to thiB contest. moro eBroclally
as upon itb issuo depended tho rotont'on III Him
ois OF the diamond badge OF supremacy, 80 long
hold anu 80 ably defended by oaptatn bogardus:
Ihoro wero sportsnon IN attondanco from az!
r"it0 - tno coun'ts, uebiaoa 6iea' iA4nuy e.n-
1;en!on m''o suoGs ntslo now a'u 'nen' nuu VIZ
apo'o an lungs loVo 60 soo plB maHn' tno'uuoa
:" t4ls easeeotY MaH mr. Sa"iai Auaa'a Wv ao
,,aaen, ,ra,, WV n,oa tvua ~. 49, 1s ,.,s uv"n
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DV8a.a"o "4su Dosu = suoa i1onos w." tAon ~.
p.nies. H. .nor .I':'les.' uo"o'et "aa aos .e%a ~
io"oo W r"n a""S VIII 'ne11 con'tesy to"aFo
tho chnmptons gontlomanly opponent, whom,
though thoy heartily hoped for Ais defeat, they
1ra % pa,na w." tho nj 1rtn;na s ahot vaa I ttnro mi.
ing tho trap Tor Tinker, a soryioo when s['.sa
Mr. Wachtor performed for bogardus. Aiilea
johnson: tho double bird champion acted Us
rofor 60. and gayo eutiro satisfaction by his in
te11ipnnt jmnnrtia1tty. MIR, ". F, Milltcan and
unrr;a ,,.ro ~, 1,s,,J u,
oounsS coian'ias'onei 4ta'1a "o'p W nanu -.
holiday hnmor' excepting snae mo provoro-
r4,f1od nv The Tn1auHE'a ellusiou to the fact
49,. ~" .3,,oa;o, a., ,,.o ax.otoa - +ho w.
49,. ~ ~ f,rt .1, ~ tIo sno,,;na-aai !,
everybody didn't know that this WAS done With
a.. ~ ,:,,o,r,oaronr co,aort. NJ M nT;,,,oun
OUT tne hno"iouso ~ eoneons " =. -.
whose attentions to"nta members u 'no ',aSs
Park shooting uatclles.
.r,,r uarou
,-.,,. ..a. a,a,ae,. noo,. ,voro ao,d
neean SHORTY "l'er oe.ooA; toot1 WIZ ou."
at odds Of $50 to ESQ before tho tirss shot was
arod. and oftor this, although Tinker led off ut
t1,e hoat T rata tlo. o;1da voro increased 1ather
tue poa. f41s' wv uuas "u4" II. sa t;'sa ,a;,,a
haehoa nsh M va TO- eno Taa int IN tic middle %
tho match, when 30 birds each had been shot at,
nooari1ua m ,oyinc h,,loa 4f and Tinker IT, Tame
nToona b wero mad in tl,o matoh- strong, active
biFSds, and good 1yars rho Rhode !s'snd @ rule, :,
Sortia md III tho ho,1nderrv so Yards, tho main
yn;as. "1f i1;fTorous r. ros olnr That Bio
] shontnr mnv tnko 4 siglt on the trap
1aforo oA "' Il Ia nui1cd: In gathering
= hir.1 mav m nrounl It must gather + within
thpeo re- nntss ,y sy % bv te watch m apd whom tho gun
.n;saoa ira ,,9 h1r1 ia acnrod AZ iost, This
iattor c,anao wna attanf1oi with serious disad-
vantaees to- both nartios. Mr, Tinker gotting tho
~nrat 81 n ~ I;vc II Wtjm"4 hin cartrideo failed to
"sn1n1n. h. ~ md oasy birds not awny, whilo tho
saille 1niefortu,,o occurred to Bogardus four
t;mcn. an ,nnt,v defective cartridges havo mover
bco,1 hnown III a match since brcoch-1oading
can,e into Vogue.
T.s FIRST FIFTY n1nps !,
oil each side were shot with groat rapidity, ana
with III excellent scoro for both. Dogardua mado
clean mlsBes OF Ills 90, 7th. and 18th, nnh ItnKof
his 5tll, after which ho made consecutive sIllnk
Of II, which endcd on q bird dead out OF pounua. u
Being two behind at his l2th,, DognEdun put IN m
some magnificent Ahootlng, piling up 2 strlng 81
81 boforo ho made miss, which gave nm leea
| Of one bird. Yhoy stopped to clean their guns
ct tho 5ot bird, aud when thoy resumed nogaf- q
dug made clean miss Of IN easy bird, lying a.
recty toward him, and the score was oven agn1, ~:
His 55th WA hit, but managed TO fly to ne
roof Of the cub-houso, whittier Wao1tof "ont ,,nt
IN pursuit. aud gathered It, pus nos
an unit r.. ater nIn Foe nutas ssore5 'o as lost
Tinker mado clean miss Of lliB 66th. aud on tho
9th bis cartridge failed to explode. so that le
WAS ono bird behind again., DoHardus made It
driver, whilo his 59tl also got away by roason Of
! bad cartridge. The same thing lost linn his
61ss, and Tinlsor Lis 3d. tho 1attors G1th boing
cloan miss, which made tho scoro. oven again.
They kept togothor for five birds, whom another
misa-cap by DogarduH set lin back, aud ho was
kept there until Tinker maC0 cloan miss of his
| 72d. Bogaraus' 72d was bit very hard, but cot
| worry noarly out Of bounds before ho dropped.
| Hind ho flown with tie wind instead Of
against It, he would surely have got out Tho
one in tho rear. Dogardug' 7Ith niannred to
carry his carro OF load within losa than n vard of
A. as bnt ntasbts. sasessaed ' ss il 5oaoqiag h
Tinker never touched his 78th, and bad cart-
mailing Linn three behind, until Boeardug font1
| In Ills 77th 8wlft tWiBter which was too much
for him. Tinkor had 4 narrow escape with lis
78th, which stopped close to tho boundary, but
was gathered by Paine. who sAcwed much skill
in the operation. 4 fourth bad BholI in Dogar.
dua stock Of ammunition lost bis 82d, and de-
creased his lead to one bird. 1'inkor's 83d had
ono Log broken by the shot, but was strong
enough to reach tue clubhouse balcony, whore
ho fell among the spectators, and was thrown
down, dead. bogarilus failed to start n feather
| iu hia cighty-soyonth, and t1oroby mailo
An EVEN SCORE
once more. Odds Of two to ono on him found
uu takerY. TinkerfH run missed Ofo Oh hia
| 4otl ,r1,i1n h;u Mai :rap n {n{t caoo,,o