The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-30
rAREwELL SHOTS From BoaIRDus.
Meeting OF Pigeon Peppers In the Brooiiyn
Driving Park-The Captains Boy.

About p. " yesterday, Mr.. John g. Ioag-
land Superintendent OF the jay aud Smith
Street Concy Island Hors, Railroad. was sur
prised to sec squads Of robust. handsome men
board his cars for the down trip. At first he
though, II was conspiracy gotten up by rival
roads for scizing the Concy Island end Of his
route. ON n rumor becoming current that he in
tended 90 carry passengers at hall price in u
few days but on inquiry he learned that they
were crack shots on their way to tho brooklyn
Driving Park 30 participate in sweepstakes and
see Cant. Bogardus's farewell trial Of skill be-
fore his departure for Europe H. meet Mr.. II.
Cholmondclcy Pcnnc. Of the London and
Nottingham Gun Clubs. and. perhaps, some
At2ii O'clock there were about 200 sportsmcn
on the grounds and the ball was opened 10y q
dcrsleeve. Xnllncr Thomas. J. Brown Hicks.
Beatty. Shepherd. Thompson. and Post. They
shot at ten balls apiece. Post hit riN. Hicks
broke six. Benuy peppcred seven Shepherd
perforated eight. Brown collapsed nine, Glider
elcoNp shivorcd nine. Thompson smashed i've,
Inrr shattered ten and Thompson pulvcr-
iznd ten. The two last divided the money.
Then came the event " the day, Capt Bogar-
dus shooting at 60 pigeons and 40 glass
man bet live pound ten that Bogardus would not
make 50 suctpssful shots out OF tho 100. The
Captain shot his birds from four trans singly;
The traps were five wards apart with the ball
trap. curtaincd, in the centre. The distance
shot was thirty wards rise. with n boundary Of
eighty yards. The spectators were So eager To-
see the shooting that they crowded In and
formed a large letter V. with Capt. BOgardus
at the narrow end. The birds wcrc eccentric in
their movements. Some refused TO ry until
they were frightened out Of the deep grass by
dead pigeons being thrown at them /:
others would ny in n straight line for
the rear fence. aud occasionally one would sail
directly over the heads Oi the pnHrunrhiug spac-
tntor- when Bognrlus brought down tho birds
in q quick manner that made the onlookcrs
duck their heads in nervous ,ear The glass
balls were sandwichcd here and there between
the pigeons. He WAS allowed to fir both bar
rcs at the birds. If necessary. which he did in "a
score of instances but only fred one shot at
cnch ball. In the first ten shots he killed eight
birds and shattered two balls. In the second
ten shots lie missed one pigeon and one ball.
This WINS repeated In the sue 'eeling ten shots.
In the next ten shots he missed two birds and
ono ball. From the iorieth 81 the
nnieth shot he only made one fail
ure to score. From the hnieth to the
siXticth shot he missed one bird and ono hall.
were made without n miss. and were nearly ali
dnnd pops. In the last ten shots he missed one
ball and one bird. This made total of eighty
eight successful shots in the hundred. Tho
Englshman lost
Then Capt Bogarduss boy Eugene aged IL
years shattered - balls out ~ %.
One popularity about the Captain and his hoy
l. that they shoot with both eyes opcn. Thu
Captain Is sanguinc that he will return with
honors from Europe. and II n match can b,
made with his son he will no doubt prove equa
10 any Of the British lions cubs. The Cuutaln's
gun weighed 10 pounds. and the boys ia.