The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-04-10
BoGARBUs' GREAT SHOOT.

Beating Hts own Records-One
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On The 18th inst, Captain A. II. Bo.~
gardus, OF EIkhort, H., champion wing
shot of the world, gave a wonderful exs~.
hibition of his skill and endurance in
handling his CUR, by breaking in The air
one thousand glass balls in LII. Am 5Os.
This feat was performed at Gilmore's
Garden, this city. There was such q
general demand for repetition of the
shoot the Captain consented TO oblige
his friends, but modified the programme
so as to limit the time to 100 consecn-
tive minutes, during which be would en-
deavor to break thousand glass
spheres. Last night the attempt was
made at Gilmore's Garden, and 90 well
did the Captain do his work that he
smashed into in6nitesimal bits the l..
600 balls in the remarkable time III.
I'm. 40s;, beating by 22m, 20s. his es- ,
innate This is the most extraordinary
performance over chronicled with gun,
and the conclusion is natural that it
will not be surpassed fot many day.
The arrangements for shooting were i'd.
mirable. A high board screen was rails.
ed at the Fourth avenue end of the efis.
closure, which was covered with white,
cloth, to receive the shot. Upon this
was thrown calcium light. The two
traps from which, the balls were spring
were placed about thirty feet from the
screen. The Captain stood eighteen
yards from the traps, with ta3le at his
right hand containing the ammunition.
Mr.. F. S. Harrison, of New York. con,
sented to serve as referee; DR.. G f.
Sanborn of Boston, timekeeper; MrT
c. Banks, of the Rod and Gun, ofiicial
scorer; DR.. Talbot, Of New York, pull
ed the traps; Mr. Austin Appleyard. OF
New York, cleaned and cooled the gun
barrels as changed. and two particularly
lively young men kept The traps filed.
The attendance was large and Of very
respectable character.
The Captain missed the first ball, but
then went on breaking them so rapidly
\ that that in sixty seconds he had scored IA;
| r. "a in Am hn and ir y =. En-s
I mad %dta set etoean O. lQ3 Of which I'M nqmoer
l0m he had 1876 to his credit, and in
15m, his second hundred were broken,
having fred at 205 balls. With un.
equalled nerve he continued his work,
and in Ism. there were 240 smashed
spheres to his credit, 266 in 20m., and
in 23m. 800 broken were marked. He
had now fred at 307 and missed only 7.
The Captain started on the fourth hum
dred without slowing, and in Som. the
scorer announced that he had 1856 bro
ken and misses on his card. In Sim.
400 had been credited as mashed. Up
to this time only 9 had been missed.--
The next 100 were finished In just sem.
from the start, making "half the race
completed with eleven minutes TO spare.
Three were missed in the fifth hundred,
making twelve In all that had escaped
the unerring accuracy Of the shooters
aim. When the sixth hundred had been
scored the watch noted Aim. Sos. from
the commencement. The seventh hun
dred were broken in I'm. IS. in all, 54m.
35s. the eighth hundred when III. 10m.
30s. was noted; and the tenth or 1000
in lh. I'm 40s. The last los were bro
ken straight. The Captain fired l,02S
shots without rest, leaving as misses
only % balls, record interesting Is Il
is wonderful Fifteen changes Of bar
rels were made, and close observation
gives the average distance of the balls
were broken about twenty-five yards.
the traps springing them the addi-
tional seven yards before they could
be hit-Ncw York Herald. 4 eaa5i