The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14
OVER ELEVEN A MINUTE.
DR.. Carver Breaks $500 Glass Balls
in Less Than Eight Hours.
HIS EXTRAORDINARY ENDURANCE.
The Californian Marksman Shooting with
Wonderful Activity.
A CONSTANT SHOWER OF GLASS.
HIS EXTRAORDINARY ENDURANCE
A CONSTANT SHOWER OF GLASS.
Complete Scores Of the Six Thousand Two
Hundred and Eleven Shots.

Dr. Carver's great Of breaking $500 glass balls
m 500 minutes with Winchester rifles, accom-
plished a. the BROOKLYN Driving Park yesterday. He
began shooting promptly At one minute past eleven
in the morning. ana fred tho last shot at
Ten and q halt minutes past seven IN tho
evening, which gave him q margin Of forty
one and half minutes. including recess Of thirty
two minutes. Mr.. Fred Aathsr, Of fsh culture iame
ana formerly Of the Aquarium. the referee, ana
performed his part splendidiy BY calling each shot
very distinctly. Tho NEW YORK HERALD was tho only
nswspxpsr represented having official scores, with
timsksspers and everything In detail, as win be
seen BY the scores gwen below. Mr. Carver
had hts arrangements worry complete, having twenty
three barrels OF Pane's feather flied balls at his side
and SIX rifles the table behind him; also his seve
assistants, among whom were Ira A. Paine, Texas
jack, Colonel Fletcher, Arizona John and j.
n. Hin. Of tho old Berdan shar pshoo,.
erA who did their work remarkably well.
considering the Immense number Of shots and
the many consecutive hourR The Doctor, when step.
ping to the score, was neatly dressed In q white
merino shirt and black pantaioons, anc wore rcgu-
lar Plains broad brimmsd hat He began his bust
ness promptly by shatteriug the glass balls
almost Us rapidly a. they could be thrown
IN tho air by hts assistants. and soon
covered the reporters tables, as we'll AZ the
ground with the broken FRAGMENTS. At nrst he would
passan occasional joke missed ball. but a. the
shooting progressed he got that some extent
and remarked, How am going to get out Of this y,
His rifles became SO heated that they were hard to
handle work, bus still they did their work well, and
the only fault that could be found that tie water
In the gun which had bsen hastily cooled would
setle down 10 the breech Of the pieco. and when he
AIRED appeared a. II the spray from the conclusion
would blind him. and by rubbing the water from his
eyes with his gioved hands, which covered with
HA tnl
nearly all present thought would make h,rn
lose the race; but Carver was not a.
Z al daunted but kept ON shooting and still
rubbing hts eyes until she twenty. second hundred
had been shot, when he remarked that he was just
yctting warmed up 10 hrs work and would
DO abe 10 shoot after awhile On the twenty
third hundred. bis Dyes washed out by attend
ants, and 10 minute he at work again. and q the
eless Of 1890 his pulse was only 1U2 ana II
raining hard all present moved into the BUILDING the
Doctor standing 10 front and shooting as usual
:. fsA8I ol 1wESrr-YoUR HuxDRsD. ses staa
On the q 400 all took the open air once mors, and
Oarver, taking his old position. went 10 work In
parsss bus showed signs o. great distress from the
sesgestisn In MS eyes. From this time up TO she
thsd thousand IL douOsfu TO being able "a
accomplish the feat, but at the close OF this round
Mr. Howe. the pr opretor OF tho park took him his
carriage the hotel by rofrcshmcnt
and change OF raimcnt, which was sadly needed.
AFTER THE iXrKRMIssIoN
After n,ormission Of thirty-two minutes no re-.
turned TO the ground IN good spirits and neatly
dressed In navy blue shirT with blue psnts, and
looked as fresh ever, with tho exception OF hts
eyes, which were badly innamed. Before leaving The
:, score he had lead Of eleven minutes. ana the
delay pot him twsniy-one miRutes bohind his
schedule time oil ON. 5l1s per 100. For
iimc he seemed to sam bnt little
but, with occasional rub OF tho eyes. he kept o.
stopping only for q douche OF boPax water and
then, and mutterng things unit for ears polite
when the extractor ofths gun failed " work Al the
enc Of the fifth thousand he had than maze up
for his lost time and had few moments margin on
tho last 500; but he kept on banging away with an
nno with scarcely second between tho sbo,s, until
The last 500 were FIN ished on In the short Of
SSm. 2os., including 81 misses
FIRING.
The Doctor fired from first TO last every shot In
clear, spor.smanike manner. rho butt Of tho rifle
hand Of the throwsr, when with quick m otion the
rife went to the shoulder, The muzze followed tho
ball up. and rs u reached The dead point nj tho top
crack was hoard followed by shower OF powdered
Beyond the congestion of the membranes above tho
eye, particularly the right the marksman suffered
little the way OF fatigue. His grasp OF tho hand at
and the rsooii heavy and as Il had beeS
had not affected the 1.-The w'ry form OF the California
The shooting eagerly watched and commented
upon by large crowd OF shooting experts and sports
sncn, ~nne no' = low ,aaes we're seen among the
E5o9p 90 Tue iawn-oI"nee Juaa. Barnet Philip,
y. IL wIngNs' ~, NIcnos. nooert Furey, A. j. Hen
u,on no~A.o san.ey, IL. ~. VaIcntine, with u number
% o,o Ctseomoor iren. Coionci James oil Amherst,
=. n. VINO - no'ca rne snot ID ms own district,
I'll 'uo wa! from nome 70 w,'ness the great ieat,
snu vent ew"y sa'isueu Win VIVA. ne hao seen from
pvson o"m. AT. H.snaas, : "sm Nnosn MEMBER OF
s"S AIsmoe. oIuo, ol 'n". cny .no - ho'ea shoI
vnco on .wicc .ns Pa'ence o. 'ne Doc.or would give
ous - we oArac'Vr .. DIS Ihr, swcsu oy much use
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