The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18
DIR. CdRYER,S GRElT FELT
The Riac Champion slowly Recovering his
Eyesight-Mhnt lie nta.

After performing his great feat Of break
ing 500 glass balls with riflo in 800 minutes
on Saturday last. DIR. Carver went to his room
in the hotel at Brooklyn Driving Park totally
blind On Sunday and Monday his eyea wrro
covered with ten tcaves and ice. The light was
kept away from them. and on Tuesday morning
no recovered his sight In u measure. and eame
up to tho city. He IL now ut the Astor House.
Tho skin IL peeled from under his eyes. and the
lids arc much infamcd. Last night he rccog-
nio'd friends and acquaintances bat could not
read newspapers nor letters.
Tho Doctor says he does not think that tho
smoke from the rifle made him blind He lays
II to the sun. When ho began shooting the sky
was overcast. The sun came out from behind
a cloud, and shono directly in his eyes. Ho
could not change his position, because tho bull
lets would endangor life " he stood In any other
direction. The scorehlng beams bstcred his
eyelds and the pupils began to burn before he
boraX water were applied 20 the cyclids.
giving but momentarv relief. About noon
II began to rain. The shooting, however,
continued without interruption. Within an
hour the blazing sun again came out and near
ly scared his cycballs. He slightly changed his
position. but the sunlight struck the glass balls
while they were In the air, and was reflected in
his eyes. intensiiying the pain. Tho Doctor
without Distinctly seeing them. and wonders at
his success. While pratt sing on the previous
night he broke many balls thrown In the air
after lnrk His right ear il entirely deaf and
he begins to think that he will never recover
the use OF il.
cracking 5000 glass balls with u shotgun in
Gilmorrs Garden sander cover. The weather
wis COOL and there was no sunlight. He be-
came So exhausted that he wus compelled to
finish his task seated In chair. and part OF
ne time leaning against Partition. HIS
shoulders were pulled hlnck and blue, and his
right arm and hand much swollen. During the
shooting they were frequently bathed In hot
water. The Captain appears 10 be- more mus
cular and stronger man than the Doctor. But
the latter did not complain of fatigue. His arm
and hand did not swell. and II his eyes had not
been burned by the sun, he says he could
have repeated the feat on the following
day. Nor is this all. What he accomplished
for Capt. Bognrdus used ten-pound double
barrellcd shot gun. and raised II 70 his shoulder
halls. making 1jG misses a total ot 5.l56 shots
To do this he raised the ten-pound gun 2,5ls
times, nm aggregate Of 25.7so pounds. or a little
over twelve tons. Dr. Carver broke $500 balls
and missed 7l2. To do this he raised the ten
pound rife To his shoulder G2l2 times. an
aseregate of G2l2O pounds. or little over
thirty tons. He broke > 900 balls in the
time that Capt. Begardus took to break 5000.
and In doing 50 lifted TO his shoulder SO $40
pounds. or over eighteen tons, more than the
Captain.
hut the comparison IA not complete. The
Winchester rife throws out the shell and loads
with II lever the entire pressure coming upon
the centre finger of the right nand. The Doctor
worked this lever 6.2l2 times, Tho rifle ex-
pands with heat. and. when thus heated. re-
quir"s an average pressure OF forty pounds TO
each shot to work II. Al this estimate the Doc
tor must have moved 2isis0 pounds with his
middle finger during the day In point Of both
skin and endurance. his feat IL certainly uu-
parallcled 10y any event in sporting annals, and
II will probably remain unparalleled IA long as
bullets are moulded and guns discharged.