Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-03
CARVER AND BOGARDUs.
The Champion Rifle and shotgun Shots Of
the World at the State FAIR

CAhN Lii AMI BUUARDUS.
The champion Rifle and shotgun Shots of
the World at the State Fair.
ihere does not seem to be any limit to the
attractions that President Finch and his CO.
iaoorers are preparing for the amusement
and instruction of the thousands of visitors
TO the state fair IN st. Paul. Under the en-
ergetlc management the forthcoming exhib:.
ton has passed beyond the bounds of an
ordinary State fair to the broader
and moro enlarged arena of worlds
exposition. 1t is not our purpose at this
time to enumerate the aggregation of at
fractions that have been secured. but
! SIMPLY to call especial attention to the fact
OF the engagement, for the entire fair week,
| OF Dr. W. +. Carver, of California, the
| champion rifle shot of the world, and Capt
boSardus, OF Illinois, also the worlds cham
gun.
The contract with Capt. Bopardus was
made before his departure for England sey-
erai weeks since, and where in match Mon
day last with Capt. Shelley, of the Noting
Hill Gun club, he killed eiehty-four
birds out of 100, the highest score, the cable
informs us, ever made in England. In
Judging OF this feat it should be borne i'm
mind that the birds were the blue rock, a
faster flyer and more hardy bird than the
American pigeon. Capt. Bogardus will be-
accompanied to st. Paul by his 12-year old
boy, wonder with the rifle and shotgun.
Inc arrangements with DR.. Carver were
made yesterday, and, as does that with Capt
Bogardus. include exhibitions every day of
the fair DIR. Carver; though hailing from
Minnesotian, from which bo
was carried away into captivity during the
Indian uprising of 1862, and among whom
ne Is said to have developed some of the re-
markable skill as a marksman. The great
est 1eat OF his life, occurred at the Brooklyn
DRIVING park, June 13, an account of which,
from the SPIRIT Of tie Times, we append
AT the Brooklyn driving park, on Saturday
June Is, Dr. w. +. Carver, the wonderful rifle
shot carried to completion his promised feat
OF breaking $500 glass balls, with Winches-
Ter riile' IN the space OF 500 minutes. The task
that Dr. Carver had set himself to accomplish
was was, considered by many outside of the posi-
slhtles, and even his friends thought that his
chances were dubious. Not so the man whose
powers OF endurance had carried him more
than once scathless through fire, food and
neld. he determined to accomplish the feat,
and with him to determine was to accomplish.
TO more thoroughly appreciate this most Won
aeriul rlhe test, 1T must be remembered
, that Or. Carver, during this
seven hours and thirty minutes, raised
from his hip to the shoulder nearly g. 900 lbs,
: IL lbs. at each shot while at each discharge
5 there Was recoll or blow from the butt of the
gun delivered to his shoulder of nearly 60 lbs,
3a2,O 600 lbs. in the hours and half.
The feat of Capt. Bogardus, who, on Jan. 9
last, broke 5000 glass balls in Oh. BIN. 45s., in
covered building, and with double-barrelled
shot gun, must pale before this record of Dr.
Carver's, $500 glass balls with rifle, in the
l open air, in III. 3Sm. 30s., firing 6,2ll shots.
The Doctor was as usual dressed in his loose
merlno shirt, dark trowsers and SLOUGH hat and
! at ll.Ol broke his first ball. The first hundred
: were broke 5m 5s., and then, as a proof of the
the reliance on his skill, the Doctor remarked to
l Col. Fletcher, II guess shooting too
FAST allowed more relief to the thrower and
I closed his first 500 in s2m. 20s.,
: with only 10 misses The first
LOCO We're broke in In. Gm. 30s.. with 63
: misses, the only inconvenience being found in
the eyes of the marksman, which has become
infiamed from the heat of the sun. the fine
: particles of glass from the balls, and the spray
from the muzzles and extractors of the rifles
: these latter having been soused IN cold bath
after each magazine was emptied, in order that
J. the men might handle them. The second thou
# sand were obliterated in LII. 24m., with 1870
misses, the doctors eyes, however, still con-
tinuing to trouble him, and becoming infiamed
i from the constant rubbing of his buckskin
glove. The work was, however, steadily con-
l. tinued until after $500 balls were broken.
when rain drove the spectators to the shelter OF
j. the shed, and the doctor bathed his eyes with
g, solution of borax water. During the breaking
of the next 700, his eyes were in q fear
- full state, the pain must have been
IL excruciating, and they felt like ''ball,
of fire. still he kept right on, break
ing ball after ball they were thrown in the
f. air. After breaking his third thousand, Mr.
| fhn IF tha rurrI pnu hiv
g. to the hotel, and needed rest of thirty-twC
minutes was taken, his eyes being freely
bathed and his clothing changed. He returned
to the shooting ground, his eyes in much bet
" ter condition, and again commenced the de
struction of the balls, breaking his fourth thou
IS sand in LII. 22m with 1877 misses. His eye
@, again became fearfully inflamed, and durin,
the breaking of the last l,500, he shot unde
d most acute pain, but still determined to &C
- complish the feat. During the breaking of tn
fifth Thousand he was greatly encouraged b,
10 repeated rounds of applause from the man,
M noted rihemen on the ground, while the pres
ence Of a number of ladies added zest to hi
~ efforts The doctor is ladies' man, ans
)r- the tapping of the tiny gloved hand
as the balls were shattered into frag
q ments, was received grateful tribute t.
. his pluck and endurance. The breaking of tn
III last 500 balls was carried on amid succession
of happy comments, rounds Of applause an
er repeated cheers, and when the tally was com
pleted with Aim. BUS. TO spare, a rouslnB tnTe
of times three testified to the full appreciation
the spectators. The doctor immediatel
of carried to his room, and remedies applied t.
his infamed eyes. The successful performanc
of this most wonderful feat is still furthe
III exemplifcation of American skill in the manu-
facture of firearms and American pluck an
science in thoroughly mastering their use Ih
test was tremendous one, and ha
If. most fully. demonstrated DR.. Cal
ver's great ability rifeman and his pow
ers of endurance as scout and hunter, but
further proves that for ease of manipulation
and endurance in all its parts, the Wincheste
la. repeating rifle has yet not met its equal
Two of the six rifles used in this test have bee
fred by DIR. Carver at least $4,000 times, an
with these guns he performed his best work Q
the 18th, while during the day but one misfl
was noted, and that FROM dirt in the chambe
and not from defect in the cartridge. I'll
Winchester Arms company must be congrat
lated on it's rifles and ammunition.
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