The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-05

KILLING TwENTY-sEvEN BIRDS IN TWO MINUTES
FIFTY-FIvE SECONDS.
The score stood as lollows:-1 0, o, /. l /,
IL l. ~ o Out o. p 81 Il Il am $50 90
SCARCITY OF BIRDS
brought the proceedings TO premature conclu-
SION at this point OF the programme. Only
OF grasslng twenty.fve birds out or thirty.
eight rom the spring traps, and those
the Captain killed without any difficulty Refer
ring back to the great match IL may be as well to
say that Captain Bogardus mas been
VERY DISCREET,
both In his choice OF ground and referee. Had he
agreed TO shoot at Manchester as the local sprita
chances Of success, but his chance even OF fair
play. From what saw Of the ''sweet creatures"
would De very remote me stake is the highest
the Captain has yet shot Tor In Europe. and II ne
versary It Will put an END, no doubt to the
moutamg pretenders with whom he has been
good deal bothered, wnile 1t will favor the inter
national championship match whica l spoke about
before.
THE AMERICAN MARKsMAN IN sHEFFELD-FRoN
THE COTTON CENTRE TO THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE cUTLERs-AN ExnD1TIoN MATCH
AMONG THE HARDWARE nj
SHEFFIELD, July %, 1875.
From Manchester TO Sheffield Is q short but by
no means the unpcturesque journey which some
people would imagine 1t 10 be. The route OF rail-.
road lies through q country that possesses a
natural grandeur, and even beauty in some parts,
with which one cannot fan 10 be struck, coming,
as he does, from the murElness and general smut
tiDess OF the cotton town. The outline Of the land
scape is very boldly marked on all sides. Here
hill towers its lofty crest until its summit is lost IN
the encircling mist, which, on account OF the late
humidity OF the weather, hangs about the country.
Again. we traverse a moor, whose appearance
would betoken good thing for sportsmen on
the advent OF the glorious 18th or August.
nd mi O
shape OF a genial Englishman, whose name is moi
unknown in pigeon shooting circles land who
remarks that he never sees a level twenty-acre
grass Held without thinking that 1t would good
deal more beautiful with i've traps in ~, informs
US that
THERE ARE PLENTY OF GROUSE ABOUT,
and that when the lawful day arrives grouse
driving on these Lancashire moors affords capital
although at times somewhat rough sport. Fox
hunting, too, is enthusiastically followed in the
winter months by the patrons OF the sport in the
nelghborhood should Imagine that tnat would
be pretty rough work too, to judge from the
character OF the country The hills are steep
enough In all conscience for good run, but what,
1t appears to US, would bring III little OF the dam
gerous element into fox hunting about here
would be those formidable looking stone walls.
Tney don't believe III fences about Lancashire and
Derby. They divide their land by 'dyKes'' oil
Instructions which would test the mettle OF a
good weight carrier, and the pluck OF It's rider
not little The country about these parts like
the towns, has prosperous look about 1t. The
farmers seem TO have got taeir hay safely housed
more than their brethren in the south have-and
Judging from the verdant appearance Of this
pasturage the aftermath will AFFORD some good
feeding for the young STOCK. But we linger on
the way. Going at the rate OF about forty miles
all
events SMOKE for that is the first indication we
have that we are near the town.
AND IT SMOKE, TOOL
Thousands OF chmneys are throwing out Pc
culiarIy thick, sooty-olack vapor, which, to our
thinking, must render the town everlastingly
dark and dirty. There is mistake about sucs
smoke as this. What With the scorla heaps we
pass as we approach nearer TO Saenlela, the I'M
ceaslng clash OF hammers and the smoke driven
into our faces, don't feel as II The town would
Offer very great advantages for pigeon shooting.
Why, 1t would be impossible TO see pigeon after
1t had left the trap amid such an atmosphere az
that we see noverng over the town. This IS what
we think and what turns out to be great mis-.
take. AT last the railway station Is reached. and
we descend TO tle town, which Is situated In
vast valley and surrounded on all sides by hills OF
great height. How agreelbly we are mistaken
about the atmosphere OF the placed 1t Is Ger.
tainly not as pure that OF The metropolis where
cverybody is obliged To consume their own smoke,
but OF downright Impurities we can detect little
or none. The sun even shines with Drill
nancy when could hardly be expected OF 1t,
considering what it has TO penetrate before its
rays eventually show themselves In the streets OF
Sheffield, ana we discover to our Infinite dellgnt
thai IN Sheffield they are u goou deal more polte
and good deal more friendly than the people we
met Manchester. Inc Shehied workingman
though ike MS cOnJfeTe in Manchester, Is sport
ing man first and a man or labor alterward-tnal
Is to say, he devotes more time TO cid amuse
ments tnan ne does 10 the anXletles OF Lne WORK.
shop. 1t may be asked,
HOW DO TIE sHEFFIELDgRs AMUsE THEMSELVES
MORE THAN THEY WORRY
The ans er Is simple. ! am told that with tins
Sheffield hardware worker Mondays. Tuesdays
and Wednesdays are ION days" they 40 no work
Whatever on Iaese days. II there Is a oog cours,
ing matcn to be deciued they dock 10 the ground
wnere The match Is TO come OIL III great NUMBERS
not Tor the sake OF seeing the contest but Ia
order TO stake their sovereign ON tue dog oil
their fancy. Tne excitement tnaI prevails over
The result OF a single match OF this description ls
sometimes Intense. anu good ceal OF money
changes hands. The proprietor OF one OF the rum
nlnr grounds informed me to-day that In a single
day, ami tnls ne v0uched for as fact as mucn
f20 900 changes HANDS, over four or lye contests
speculation among these worEingmen. Ana It'll
ali ready money betting Externally aey are
ROUGH CLAD, soOTY-LooKING CREATURES,
but most OF them carry their roll Of bank notes
ana a handful OF loose gold. This sort OF thing
continues until Wednesday, when the grinders
begin TO think OF work. Thursday, FRIDAY ana hall
OF Saturday are then devoted 10 manual labor
real good hard continuous work-and 50 good
are the wages earned In this snort Time that many
men draw No less tnan Is tue SATURDAY after
noon for their laDur. la fact the Sneneld work
man evidently seems determined TO enjoy lie
whe 1t lasts, thls he does to his own satisinc.
ton, while II Is TO be presumed tnat his Vile ana
family are none the worse OF for the pIotracLeo
period OF leisure he INDUCES IN.
CAPTAIN BoGARDUS WAS DISAPPOINTED
to-day with his audience ut the queens hunnln9
Ground, wnere ne nad advertised MS exhibition
match TO come on
THE WEATHER WAS IN EVERY SENSE FAVORABLE,
but tue spectators were lew, 10 consequences, as
II turned out, Of race meeting belng hcld at
Pontefract
The ground wnere his match was to come on IL
situated IN pleasant negnoornood east OF the
Town. 1t IL u splendid piece OF track Ior running
or pigeon shooting, and the Captain seemed to
ike II much.
THE PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED
with a swee pstake, when the Captain won With
out firing three shots, the others mostly missing
either their first or second Dlrd. After THIS, the
Captain having, In view OF the limited number OF
people present, agreed 10 postpone his exhibition