The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-31
BoGARDUs' GREAT SHOOT.

BEATING MS OWN nEcoRD-oSE THOUSAND
GLASS BALLS BROKEN IN III. I'm 4Os.
On tho 10Th inst. Captain "A II. Bogardus. OF Elk
hart, ILL.,, champion wing shot Of the world, gave
wonderful exhibition Of his skill and endurance In
handling bis gun, by breaking In the air
thousand glass balls in H. 42m. sos This
feat was performed at Gilmore's Garden, this
city. There such general demand
Tor repetition Of the shoot the Captain consented to
obge his friends. but modified the programme 50 rs
to limit the time to 100 consecutive minutes, during
which no wouta endeavor TO break thousand glass
spheres Last night the attempt was made al Gil
more's Garden, and so we'll did the Captain do his
work that he smashed nlnitcsimal bits the 1000
balls in the remarkable time OF Ill., I'm. 40s.,
beating by 22m. EOS. his esttmnte. THIS - inc
most extraordinary performance ever chronicled with
gun and the Is natural that II viii not be
surpassed for many day. inc arrangements Ior
shooting were admirable. A high board screen was
raised at the Fourth avenue end OF the enclosure
which covered with white CLOTH 10 receive tue snot
Upon this thrown calcium light. The two traps
from which the balls sprung were placed about
thirty feet IRON tho screen. Tho Captain stood
eighteen yards the traps with table at his right
hand containing the ammunition Mr. i. s. Harrison,
OF New YORK. consented to serve referee Dr. Q. E.
Sanborn, OF Boston, tmckceper; Mr. I. G. Banks, Of
tho Rod and Gun, oincial scorer; DR. Taloot Of Now
York, pulled tho traps; Mr. Austin Appeyard, Of New
York cleaned cooled the gun barrels as changed,
Ged The attendance large and Of very respect
able character.
The Captain missed the nrst Dali, out tnen went on
breaking them rapidly mat IN sixty seconds he had
scored IA; in 2m "a in 4m. so, and IN I'm. 5Os. he
hau shot az 103 OF which number 100 were broken,
81 beng straight. In ION. no had 135 70
his credit, aud In Ism. his second hundred
were broken, having fired at 205 balls With
unequalled nerve be continued his work, and
IN Ism. there $40 smashed spheres 70 his
credit $50 IN 20m.. and In Ism. 300 broken were
marked Hc bad now fred At 307 and missed only Z.
The Captain started the fourth hundred without
slowing and In 30m the announced that he had
1856 broken misses his card. In 3lm. 400 had
been credited as smashed. Up TO this time only mad
been missed The next 100 were finished in just Som.
from tho start. making ''half the race"
completed with eleven minutes TO spare. Three were
missed IN the nth hundred, making twelve In all that
had escaped the unerrng accuracy Of the shooters
ann When the sixth hundred had been scored the
watch noted Aim 30s. from the commencement The
seventh hundred broken in I'm. o.. IN all, 54m
35s the eighth hundred whom III. 2m. noted, the
ninth in III. l0m 3Oa and the tenth or 200 In In.
I'm. 4Os The last 1856 were broken straight
The Captain fred ,02S shots without rest,
leaving rs only % balls, record interesting as
II is wonderful Fifteen changes OF barrels were
made aud close observation gives the average distance
the balls were broken about twenty-five yards, the
traps springng them the additional seven yards bcforo
they could BIO nit.
GiLMoRE's GARDEN, New YORK, March 80, 1871
Exhibition shoot-Captain A. h. Bogardus Of Eikhar
H. TO break 900 glass balls IN 100 consecutive min
utes; two traps, IL yds. rise.