The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-08-02
EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING.
DIR. CARVER BREAKS $500 GLASS BALLS
IN --Ess THAN EIGHT HOURS.
n. Y. Herald, 14th.


DR.. Carver's great feat of breaking $500
glass balls in 500 minutes, with Winchester
rifles, was accomplished at the Brooklyn
Driving Park yesterday. He began shoot
ing promptly at one minute past II in the
morning. and fred the last shot at 10s min
utes past in the evening, which gave him
margin Of All minutes, including recess
of 80 minutes. Mr.. Fred. M2sher, of fish
culture fame, and formerly Of the Aquari-
um, was the referee, and performed his part
spleudidly by calling each shot very dis.
tinctly.
The Herald was the only newspaper rep
resented having official scores with time
keepers and everything in detail, as will be
seen by the scores given below. Mr.. Car
yer had his arrangements very complete.
having 23 barrels of Paine's feather filled
balls at his sile and six rifles on the table
behind him; also his seven assistants, among
whom were Ira A. Paine, Texas Jack. Col.
Fletcher, Arizona John and j. P. Hill, of
the old Berdan sharpshooters, who did their
work admirably, considering the immense
number of shots and the many consecutive
hours. The Doctor, when stepping to the
score, was neatly dressed in white merino
shirt, and black .pantaloons, and wore a
regular plains broad brimmed hat He be-
gan his business promptly by shattefing the
glass balls almost as rapidly as they could
be thrown in the air by his ASSISTANTS, and
soon covered the reporters tables, as well
as the ground, with the broken fragments.
AT FIRST he would pass an occasional joke as
he missed ball, but as the shooting pro-
gressed be got over that to some extent and
remarked:
"How am going to get out of this%'
His rifles became Sd heated that they
were hard to handle or work, but still they
did their work well, and the only fault that
could be found was that the water in the
gun which had been SO hastily cooled would
settle down to the breach of the piece, and
when he fred it appeared as if the spray
frem the concussion would blind him, and
by rubbing the water from his eyes with
gloved hands, which were covered With
powder, he soon created an inflammation,
"hich nearly all present thought would
iua ke him lose the race. Carver was not at
81 aunted but kept on shooting and still
ru''' 1g his eyes until the 220O had been
sno'' -" en- he remarked that he was just
ee'Slns med up to his woik and would
90 Aoao y" o. DOT after while. On the 2300
ms eyes "o'N washed out by attendants,
anu Al . nii" he was at work again, and
al 'lie sio''' % 800 his pulse was only 102
AS it was rainir,, h..a ~, xr.sa,+ ,oo,od
ih'o e"e Il, the Doctor standing in
TWENTY - u.Txnnrn
on the 00 took the open air once
more anu o"i' aking his old position,
went 70 VIVA nest, but showed signs
OF great o'S'lsas M "a the congestion in his
eyes. From se me up to the 5000, it
was oono.iua :. ), ais being able to accom-
pllsn the ies., gos y the closenf this round
Mr. Howe hl0 iiprietor of the park, took
him 10 hls 49, ge and went to the hotel
near os iok eshments and change Of
raimehs' was badly needed.
| iA THE INTERMIssToN.
After 81 itermission of SO minutes he
retui nso : the ground in good spirits and
nsa'ly 'sssed in navy blue shirt, with
plue p's is, and looked as fresh as ever, with
lhs eption Of his eyes, which we're badly
Ted. Before leaving the score be had
"a Of II minutes, and the delay put
a'a 81 minutes behind his schedule time Of
70, 8 5-11s. per 100. For time he seemed
loo gain but little; but, with an occasional
/ rub of the eyes, he kept on, stopping only
for douche of borax water now and then.
and muttering things unfit for ears polite
when the extractor of the gun faiaed ~
work. At sbe end Of the 5000 he had nore
than made up for bis lost time, and had 2
few moments margin on the last 900, but
be kept on bahging away with an almost
savage activity emptying rifle after rifle
magazine with harcely second DetW0en