, 1875-08-03
SPORTING NEWS,
THE TRIGGER.
CAPT. H0AnbCs IN ENGLAND,

A!'o @1''otPo"' correspondence ot ING NOV
York Herald, under t1ato July II. has tho follow.
ing tntefertlhR rnrlsculars Of Capt. l}oRartlna'
English tour. II Ia ccus tl,at onIy Chicago
could have sent otit two such auccosstu sl.ots aa
DoRasdus aud Moody iu ono yo.r:
Cart. 4. II. BoRasdus, tho chA n,don wing rhct Of
Tho United States. continues To "holi lIe ow1l y
among tho best Enssh shots tho tlay, Next week
ron. lond"n, ' on on ,t'o bo 'Ss .Sts s'ts neo,s
what should the xeathcF prove Is sra to bo
large co,,erntse II neope:, Hnd M "Wednesday lo
coton town What ho can do with Tho ahntKnu, Tic
i.ms r si's Captain a. wing sl4os recsa to Aa7o
escsy atdo ha has hrar. Of challenges a,d ruurn II
e,allcgrs, Al u ~hic. yet, hayo rtn,a to nothing,
slth. f1nm sa faes tl.t .he rtnor proved to i. -
sake ',is .ncy. He rara still, however, TINT lo viii
TO- aIa1 to- shout any Enalitlnan equal terms aud
Et.s ~. the editor Of which jpf,snal would bc
stahtho der IN the osent Of ,na'cA L.,ilg made,
hs, sfs IL fss.s fas. sea as =, Ss @ ss
rived In England. Not only has lie lren n,,aucces*fu
~ insetng foen1an worthy Of biz steel but il wuut
~n petfcrt ave. Tho Captain aprlIct 10 to admitted
T. somt1o for he principal trophy Of the 1ntcrna-
which tAkea plrc shortly at lfi8Lton,-but tis an
nc.s!cn waH AIsalewcd, on What grounds. co,rllcr-
ing that tho association ia "i,,trrnatonn one. tic
Interesting 10 knnw that beforo he ioas.s Enql,ui
Nh!ch the Captain lntends 70 TO or about tlo 14th
ASAtf ll!tIp WILL 0o some MttHNUt
up al international championship Al,ntiuH match.
The project get III very cn,bryo slate, but an,
tod that II ha. bten taken Up in influential
International championship n1eial will Go oErcrri.
SHOULD there bc 10 competitor 10 entr tho Rts nguat
o him leioss lis departure for .ile Uteu tsss., and
~ title to tho shamidonsA'po Of tho world cannot
"s. .esnatts b. n,ater Ct aolt + ia q.rationsho
nll. During biz sojolsu Iii England his slpcriortty
Las tcen 50 Geucraly recognlzed and Tho wonderful
allowct, that he will 10 brave 1nxn WIN hrows down
thr RoSe to the American champion. Thefs IL eous
t"lk u tao Captain shooting Lg match IN Paris, to
which city he Intends 10 over tetors ho t,tsljy
slTta EtHlaI"l. n In addition to reRtuR npou his
lanrcs IN The United Kingdom be yan1uisies sono Of
Goldsmith.
Kinder skIea antl gontler rnnnncrs reign,
Capt: 1ugafdus will tave Rchte%ch fiat that will
tnte him to tho rtspect antl admiration If tbs w,oie
tndy q American lsson'shootcr. Gaming l,ora pr
sicuary to his sscod trip 10 Liverpool. It. may 10
ftatcd that tho Captain went the7s to.,ay Vi the ear
f 'n Sse wso sn ~ ErSs"s
gun There WA fair attcndance OF tho pubic ou tia
grounds. and tlc,r enthusiasm lerhare made UP for
himself to give them good trost. Out Of twe,,y i've
raiia Of geons he to kill th!Ty. oish birds from
II IL ssara III IT, u
pedsea Linaet q Eil' :. ! yn1as rlso. tHen.y. s
number In eight minutes, and load hs a1n, both
birds to ha On tho wing at tho same time
Exactly At Tho hour a., down on Tho card tle Captain
out OF twanty-hyo pairs. Tie frat pair, which were
anmcnhat weak iu the wjng fell tcfuFa the gun:
the eecoH courle OF bad 'uns." Also ca1ne 10 Hsct
nn Tho grass. as d aao tho third-tno strong ones,
Tie Captain continued to KILL with great esse aud lex
erT, ostry coupB lntll lhe eleventh, when the right
hand br' iaicr, got right over the boundary. Tho
twelfth, lArtct'4th. aud fourteenth couples, all nf
whsn sot f.fly on the wnF wore grs.sel, md tho
twentieth couple, ono VI which, amI considerable ex-
element. n1thnnK hit. mAdn for thu boundary, Tbs
aluosnr, therefore, lid thu highly erelltaia orfor.
Tho acore. when /! became known, wis received with
much cheering by tho spectators, many Ut whom in
.leir blunt N9rthera speech, congratulated him upon
tis sueests II may 10 stated that tho btsds getrr
eray wair were local on,at ". 70 nore Of The sAat
ett, but tile est kills gained by to Captain werc from
hotn Which got strungcst OH tbs wiH. lie now rot
himself to tho taak OF uetnoltshng twenty-five birds
young oneH. Which wero speedily crt'sse, and ln the
uoxt attempt totll pigeons fell buforc ole bnfrcI III
tho gun. or tlp third patr tho left hand bird Rpt
awny but not altogether untouched. NJ fell outside
tits boundary. Tho fourth pair aticcutubed to the
gun a. lid also The following couple.
birds Tho aixth sna seventh complies were aided to
the l.t Of kills. but the eighth pair gos fax the
wing that ths gin only crrutsI with onp kilt. lie
CslHalu ofure1 clU TO EJ tilat hs Killed., nut it
~as nut accepted. Thu ninth Anl truth couples ae-
cmnlatca thu total Of kills. With four mora birds,
while Or Tho next two, one, ca}!tal bts proved too
rounds fell 10 The gun, and tho Captain
ooicinlrl by killing twenty-Hx birds III three mfnutes
tHeny couples having been shot at. Tho admtra
tion % tho spectators vt these 'aarks Of skill WIN
oo'utte., aud unost nf them agreed that yet tley
o1t seen nothing III tho way Of seut!n8 to beae Io9ur
aHs. 4 nnmter Of swcepstakes followed tAia exhlbl.
tlon. Which It will not W necessary 10 comment Urau
ft' tho CAPTAIN conceded hls oppaucts yards stArt
out Ut tho u yards rise.