The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-07
MARvELLOUs SHOOTING.
How Dr. Carver Perfor med n Feat In Marks
mnnshIp Tint even he Never EqnaIled.

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glass oalls out of on. up win ON Co'oneIl
Col. Fletcher stood by Il barrel twenty feet dis
tant and threw IN a ,,lnss bnll then another and
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another in almost perpendicular line Dr.
Carver's new rifle bothered him. II refused
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tue spheres oil giass' one AFTER announcer crashed
and sent out II pun OF feathers. Every few
snnonJa thar, ,,,a N mica . lint nj ,ba ,n1 -
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MY snols ne was louhu 10 nave missed only
rrturnod to his nos, a. hs mr. on, his hand ,o
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s'i"e Il riie' he was presented with tho follow
Philip pqay ready to stake $3.50 side that Or Car
yer cannot Nil igeons so yards sc gun be.
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Dr' oarVers Keen brown eyes hashcd, rs ne
said: Pm not n pigeon shooter, and do not
ncc,nt CHALLENGES outsido ~ nv linz II Mr.
@v'op v"",',"E's ou.Siuo Vi my INV. ~ "t'
Duhy would step outside OF his, Will shoot
with him for $3.50 side. 1000 balls and will
give MN oVo oroAen o",S ou' Vi 'no .hous"nu'
let's shoot 100 balls and break as few AS we cam"
No an. dr.,,,,1 ,h,t Dr corver wa 20 MR.
form feat in Workmanship never cqualled
even bv himself He had warmed up In the
first effort of tho dny nnd now no resemblel n
piece oil mechanism In action. His long lett
| arm was stretched nearly TO the mu2zle OF the
| rifle Ina supportinc the wenpon Mt tho shoulder
Both brown Dyes. wide open. glanced down the
barrel; ~" trltEnr was vigorously pulled lust
highest elevation. Crash went the balls up
TO liLthen miss, Dr. carver muu"red
something 10 h,insel,, tn'n SET ms Jaws
ilrmly toEe,hrr. Ike clockwork nc went on;
lnSens,lole TO- me 1heers that greeted each pun
number OF CONTINUOUSLY broken balls amounted
| 70 ssvsntv-nNe., y o. up me number rose uhlll
| pail missed. As the marSsman dropped ms
| heated rine unon me mbe, gray haired Jer-
nonS dnr haWe sSo se thu, forty
| years ago. when Invent down to Montauk Point
| after geese. would have brought home a boat
After rest and Lemonade. Or. Carver enjoyed
play spell with his rifles JACK, he called
| 70 an nitcndant take this brick. No; 60 fur-
| Their away. The fragment OF brick was thrown
| up. and II disappeared IN a red pun. Then In
rapid succession potato was shattered: u mar
row board, three feet long. was struck five
| times in the centre. and. at the nth shot, II
| tumbled To grass IN two pieces; silver dollar
| was sent across the field with whiz-Z-z-z.
| Give the man his change. Doc! shouted a
| voice.
Then small three-cent silver piece. half the
size OF the bullet from DR.. Carver's gun. WIS
| struck nj the second shot und could not be
| found. Then nickels and two-rcnt pieces were
eagerly handed out toward Jack 10y the men
| standing on both sides OF the triangle OF men.
after another were tossed NJ. and they disap-
| penred before their owners eyes. Various ar
| tices came from mems pockets.
| Carver.
A night-atch was cut in two.
Go home early tonight" laughed the by
A silver tobacco box full OF fine cut. was OPEN
ed in the air and the weed was scattered over
the heads OF the spectators. Copper cents
were bored IL not at the first then at the scc>
ond attempt. A lady handed up. fan. II was
lust below the silk A wadded handker-
chief. a, matchbox. pocsetbook We're
per one-cent pieces were hit consecutively 4
gold ring was sent spinning out Of sight. A
| tape measure, cured in round case. was
thrown up and the ease was Enocked one way
while the tape few another. Ernest Man Of the
| Argonnuta Rowing Association looked thought
fully Mt these. evidences Of skill aud seriously
| remarked; AlliGators down South wouldn I
love Pr. Carver; u he should 70 e. Florida all
tho alligators would 60 into mourning" ,
Then the Colonel ana JACK took sixglass balls
apiece: and stannihS tnrtS te"t IRON rom, e m
ward, first one then the other throwing ball.
This compelled the marksman 70 wheel One
fourth around At every shot Ihr 6a t " weIre
thrown rapidly. Ihrrr tria- Were mNdf OF ~
balls in every attempt; hrst, two were missed.
again Two ana lasi only one. bais throWn Us
high as they could DE- were tneh nIeu ~ uut IN 1n
this the markslnan was not ut nome. Gut OF 80
oarls thr0wn ~ were sLruck, - ,-.,.