The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-11


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the End Of the Feat.
New York Herald.
Captain A. II. Bogardus tried to show
clear title to his claim Of being the cham.
pion wing shot OF the world at Gilmore's
Garden yesterday. At forty minutes past
two O'Clock pm, he entered the spacious
enclosure, and at thirty.one minutes past
ten o'clock, pm. he had accomplished his
self-imposed task Of breaking 1000 glass
balls In 500 minutes. "The champion wing
not Of the world" as Mr.. Bogsrdus 10 dss.
ignated, ID In person Of strong build, long
arms, broad in tbs shoulders. dsep In the
chest, and with solid, firm foot-hold, .
fsse hat denotes resoluta spirit, and
small blue, twinkling eye, keen and bright
~ sunbeam. The terms of the match de.
handed that 800 glass globes should be
broken in 800 minutes, the globes being
sprung from two traps placed at eighteen
yards rise, and as the balls are In mid-air
the marksman taxes aim and in quick sue.
cession follow the discharges OF his double
bsrrelsd shot gu Q, and the rest Is told In
flying sprays Of glass. The glass globes
are about the size OF q he MS egg, Of . dark
brown color, hollow, with a small aperture
in one end. This orifce fits into q cup
10 which is attached string, the latter be.
Ing held by man seated by the marksman.
Men were stationed ut each OF the traps,
who were kept busily engaged putting the
globes in place as each double detonation
proclaimed their fate. The marksman ap.
peared throughout divested OF coat and
vest, and as he rapidly manipulated his
piece and put it into position, the terrible
strain upon his nerves and muscle was ap-
parent 10 the manner his sturdy frame was
shaken at each recoil, His body was com.
pietely swsyed to and fro, and at times he
barely succeeded in retaining SITS tionary
position. Between the losding and firing
there was scarcely any intermissiOn. except
when an exchange Of barrels was dsemed
advisable, and then the SPACE consumed
rarely exceeded more than half a minute.
At the breaking Of the 20O0th glass globe
he rested for forty.ssven minutes and If.
teen seconds for refreshments, and recon.
menced shooting at Oh 48m and los. He rest
ed again At the end OF the 5000 score, at Oh
Dam los for 20 minutes aud IL sc conds, and
resumed At IN IAN lbs, most oil the time be-
ing taken up IN adjusting the sock Of his
shotgun and In oiling the barrels, which
were of Scott's manufacture, the weapon
weighing ten pounds, the cartridges used
being charged with Q IL drachms Of Dit.
mar wood-powder and Ia ounces Of lie
Royis No. shot.
Captain Bogardus showed painful traces
OF his laborious task as the blackboard II.
cordt d the score by thu thousand. His
right arm was swollen and panied MIN very
much. His assistants bathed and rubbed
the Injured member with arnica and bran.
dy, and he again resumed his work with
great spirit, while his indomitable will was
traceable in every line of his strongly mark.
ed features. After he had broken 400
balls, he took smother recess, and express.
sdhimseli as feeling very much fatigued.
he was chagrined at the frequency OF the
misses OF his tavorite weapon, but account
cd for 1t on the princplo that from too long
uss the point which plerces the end OF the
cartridge became blunted, and 50, In sew
ersl cases, failedto explode the cstt lriges.
Official sc re: He completed the break.
ing Of hi. first 1000 balls in 1h, bm.; his
second 900 In In. I'm. &c., when he rested
TOR Al minutes % seconds OF Oh. 46m. los.
He continued his labors with slightly slow.
er results to the end, making six rests Of
short duration in the last 1000 score. He
was SO exhausted toward the end that he
was obliged to complete the last 500 points
sitting on . chair. He finally completed
his task at lob. 40m. $685., thereby having
ION. 25s. to spare. In the total score 1853
misses were recorded against him.