The New York herald., 1878-07-06
DR.. w. F. CARVER.
HIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES AT DEERroor

HIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES AT DEERFooT
A larger audience than the one assembled ON the
Fourth present yesterday, al the Brooklyn Div
isg Park, 70 witness the second wonder al perform
ance Of DR.. Carver Yesterday the most skiifu OF
all r,Hemen had discarded his white flannel and sp-
psarsd in black velvet jacket on which his gold
medals stood in blazing relief IL evidently taxes
the Doctor some time TO warm up both himself aud
his Winchester rifles, as he goes through quite
series Of remarkable shots before going regularly to
work. The pose OF this plansman IS peculiar. AS
steady a rock his legs, with tremendous reach
with the Winchester rifle, his LETT arm Is very Tar ex-
tended, SO that tho rife Is held perfectly steady.
If ! were to potter with my hand
near tho trigger guard" remarked the DOG
tor, "as you follows do in the East deer
would be in the Territory before could get
sLnp at him." In drng both eyes are kept wids
open and The sight OF the piece with tho object TO oe
struck placed IN line ifby intuition IL should
be rememo moered that In the double snots, whenever
there is AN object the air, he will fire three
times a. u. Considerable physical power s then
used with the right hand III order TO open and shut
Tho lever, throw out the exploded cartridges
and 10 inIroduce a new one from the magazine. The
position In shooting is most graceful one. aud
though the lower portion oil the riheman 10 rigid,
from he waist upward he Is supple as AN eel IL Is
his perfect quietude and GOODNESS which arc the
mos, remarkable features Of MS pose. Nothing seems
to furry INN. There Is rolickiaR humor about the
Doctor which is peasant 70 see. He may make y
MI and pleasant word follows he IN an instant
has followed up the miss with hit.
Yesterdays performance was commenced by throw
ing up the Ieathor filled balls at short distances.
These he broke. Tho balls thrown higher aso
smashed rne triple shots, which consist in dis.
chi tvi ice and the obi iect
the lnird tme, was attempted and successfully ac-
compi~hsd. Now I0O balls were thrown about
twenty 1--we feet bish, The person throwing the oai
sanding some thirty feet distant ln lOO b'lis the
Doc,of OILY missed three. rne following Is tnp
s,ore:-ll11l, 1lO1l, 1I1lL LIIlII,
iiiiIiii l. iii, iiiiii, iiiiIiiiii,,
llI1I, illll, lIlIl
Whole icks we're tncn thrown TO be shot at These
we're never missed BurstIny ussunder IKE shel,
the Doctor woud pick out with second bali small rag
mepIs OF Or cA bats which, beng struck wne IN the
air, would diasipate IN % rsdaisn coud. When Two
pieces of brick were thrown IN The air they were al
most always shivered, aud Carver threw himself
piece VI brick aud shattered II with his Winchester
AS wonaeriul bit oil skiIi us Carver aispaved was
when brick was hurled al the Doctor by Colonel
Fletcher, oil Callorua, when the riucman aDsUlu tey
nit the fragment twice IN the air. Uit OF WOOD,
Two es long by four inches broad having been tossed
middle iour times, ali the balls being IN horizontal
line, until II was cut in twain. rhe performance
o. shooting pieces oi money was next attempted,
corps, having offered dollar as mark, tho unerriDg
rhs bali caught It in mid air and sent 1t spinning
Almost always the larger pieces coin be found,
but in this one half Of II was lost Another dol
lar Struck went whizzlng of into q cump OF woods
some quarter Of mms instant. Then quarters,
nickes aud three cent pieces nit and
went humming over the ground Glass ball
shooting now resume1. Double balls
being thrown up, were broken. These shots
difficult than wnen trap Is used, ~ the methodiCal
paraboia the balls followed whom mechanically
thrown longer exists What is really q very
extraordinary sn0t was 70 break ball when Uowled
directly ut him, from distance OF iorty ieet Tnls
feat was accomplished every time. Seme in the
audience, possibly pigeon shot, having requested
glass Dals be thrown from right left across
field, the balls were thrown directed and
broken Following this. after short recess DR.. Car
yer broke loo balls tims Inc following Is tho