The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
The champion RiHe Shot.

a gentleman mas recently lelV un
for an extensive tour throughout the
Eastern States, and foreign countries;
who is destined TO make his mark,
and Of whom we expect to receive
the most favorable reports from all
parts Of the world which he may Wis
it. knowing him to be thorough
gentleman, and a man Of moral worth,
and addicted to no small vices, being
a stranger to strong drink or The use
of tobacco we feel it duty to inform
our readers in the East and foreign
parts, what sort of a man they are
about to meet with, and in what
high estimation he is held at home
here on the Pacific Coast. Doctor
W. F. Carvar, though born in New
York State, was captured by the In.
dams, while but a baby, and lived for
nineteen years among the sayages,
which is just one half Of his life time.
Wild life has procured in this man
wonderful result, in as much as we
see before us no Wild Bill, no rough
bearded frontiersman, clad in skins,
and armed to the teeth with knife
pistol; a type of humanity which is
usually handed over to civilization
as the result Of years of association,
with the great American Savage,
made SO famous by the Fennimore
Cooper. Instead, however, we find
Doctor Carver to be a tall, handsome
ly proportional man, courteous in
manner, not given to Drag, but in.
clined to reserve regarding his many
and truly wonderful exploits upon
the plains; and his marvellous skill
with the rifle, which finally made
him a terror to the Indians. After
leaving his life upon the plains, DR..
Carver settled down in the middle
West and became proficient in the
practice of Dentistry. A few years
ago he came to California and settled
in Oakland, there pursuing his pro.
fession. His wonderful skill at rife
shooting soon attracted attention,
and the Doctor was called upon from
time to time meet all the crack shots,
and test his skill with them, until it
became evident that no zone was able
to compete with him, since heproved
conclusively that he could in all
things make any shot with o rifle
which any other person could with
a shot gun.
His keen, restless eye is ever alert
to catch and locate instantly, every
moving object however minute, even
to three cent piece, which when
thrown into the air, the Doctor will
hit with apparent ease, using
Ballard rifle, calibre, %, or a fifty
cent piece, using q Winchester rifle,
calibre, A. Finding that the prac-
tiCe of dentistry was impairing his
health, Gor he was accustomed to
out door life) DR.. Carver determi.
ned to adopt rifle shooting, and it is
Of this fact we write.
In a short time our Eastern friends
will hear of DR.. Carver, for he has
gone hence to give them an exhibit
ton of his skill, and we are pleased
that we now have an opportunity to
recommend him strongly to their
consideration. DR.. Carver goes to
Philadelphia, thence to New York,
Boston, and other parts of the United
States. Visiting England, France,
(the Paris Exhibition Germany, In
dia and Australia, he will give exhi.
billions of his skill with the rife,
which consists of Glass Ball shooting,
the hitting of coins or objects of any
description thrown into the air, and
he also performs many fancy shots,
assuming all sorts Of positions, from
which it would seem impossible to
see, much less shoot at and hit such
minute objects when in motion
One of his shots is most wonderful,
when the fact is considered that
there is no possibility of taking sight.
1t consists of shooting a glass ball
thrown into the air, with the rifle
resting upon the hips. The DOCTORS
exhibitions will be interesting to Ia
dies, children, rife clubs and all low
ers of skill Of any kind, He has had
very interesting story Of his life
written, which reads like a novel, al
though, true in every particular, and
which he intends to publish and