Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-19
A WONDERFUL RIPIEMAN.
DIR. Carver Striking Fhe.cent Pieces
in the tir With Single Bullets.

DIR. Carver Striking FiNe.cent Pieces
in the Air With Single Bullets.
pr. W. +. Carver, the famous rifle
man, gave the first Of his series of eNhi-
tions III the Brooklyn Driving Park YES
terday afternoon. There was but Il very
small attendance, and this seemed to Il
certain extent, to dishearten the marks
man, L was long past ; O'clock when
he made his appearance, clad in blue
suit and white flannel shirt, andwearing
u grey, soft felt hat, with an enormous
hrlm. The championship belt encircled
his waist, and on his breast he wore the
massive gold medal won recently ii
California by beating John Petty in Il
glaSs-hall shooting He was ac-
companicd 10y Texas Jack, who load
ed the rifles for him. A barrel of glass
balls was brought upon The ground, and
his agent, having sorted them, threw
ore UP i'll the air, II was Instantly
broken hy the Doctors ritlc-Shot. After
about dozen practice shots he settled
down to work.
The first item WAS breaking IL many
balls as he could out OF II hundred the
balls We're thrown UP slowly. In the
first fifteen shots he missed two; in the
next three only one and then scored tif-
teen on \ run. He made ~ out of the
possible 100. He then fired at balls
thrown repeatedly i'll the air, using only
the right arm. He broke several.
Trade dollars were thrown then. He
struck them III the centre or sideways
or any way their owners desired With
u number of half dollar pieces he made
clean holes through the centre. One of
the spectators asked him 10 cut the
head of the Goodies of Liberty" from
one Of the new dollar pieces. Ii was
thrown up III the air hy his owner and
il came down with the head missing.
This shot was vigorously nppmuded.
Quarter dollar pieces were then taken
M. Their owners wanted the doctor TO
mark them NJ souvenirs of the meeting.
They were thrown up and were struck
almost IN every case on the first at
tempt Ivy II bullet from the unerring
rifle. Even iive-eent nickel pieces DIR.
Carver hit with equal accuracy, and
Texas Jack, to further test his skill, col
lccted some small boards and threw
with n second shot struck the splinters
before they reached the ground.
The Doctor was next asked to show
i'll how short time he could break 100
glass balls. His attendant began 10
throw them up ut Il terrific rate. The
Doctor fired away steadily, and never
dropped his rifle from his shoulder ex-
cept To charge for about two seconds on
one occasion. The wind was blowing
rather strongly across the range and
considerable dust was flying; the heat
was also oppressive. When he had
fired his l22d shot the order to stop VAS
given II was found that he had brok-
en- los hallsln 3minutes aud 81 seconds.
This was regarded as Il wonderful feat,
under the circumstances, and he WAS
warmly applauded, especially by n
party Of Cubans, who were on the
ground and who manifest much in
tcrcst in the exhibition.
A ball was thrown from distance Of
thirty yards straight mt the marksman.
The first two shots missed, but the third
broke the ball, and he repeated the fent
several times afterwards in succession,
to the fast bowling If Texas Jack. He
then made one Of his most wonderful
shots that Of breaking two balls thrown
into the air ut the same time. He made
several misses in attempting this shot,
but ultimately accomplished the feat,
and repeated it u number Of times in
succession, A metal ball weighing
quarter Of u pound and having bell
inside which rang when il was struck
was afterward thrown. The doctor hit
il twice before it touched the ground.
On one occasion the ball was thrown
right over the heads of the spectators.
The Doctor, seeing the danger, did not
shoot, and ordered the crowd to get out
Of the way. The bah struck Brook
Ign boy named John Showback III tie
back Of the head. knocking him uncons-
cious and inilicting Mi ugly wound. Ar
ter this DIR. Carver made some fancy
shots. hitting peanuts and ginger snaps.
Men York World.