The New York herald., 1878-05-30

BoGARDUs GIVES AN EXHIBITION OF EXPERT
NESS PREVIOUS TO HIS DEPARTURE FOR
EURtpE.
Bogardus. the great pigeon shot, leaves to.dsy for
Europe 10 visit the Exposition ~ Paris aud also TO
shoot match IN England with Mr. f. Pennsl, OF the
Hurngnam Gun CLUB, at 100 pigeons a. thirty yards,
accord ng 10 the rules OF tina: club, side.
The exhibition given yesterday lot his friends
form some idea OF what hs abroac at tho Eng
lish rules Of shooting. The exhibition came on at
Hiram Howe's Brooklyn Driving Park, Parkvllls,
Long Island, ana was witnessed by u large number OF
gentlemen, who were all well satisfied that Bosardus
will be hard man TO beat any country
Bogardus had sent TO Now Jersey 10 Miles john
son Tor 100 good BIRDS TO make tho Trial with.
but tue latter could only furnish sixty Two, anu
thrtyeight glass balls had to be substituted Tor
BIRDS Bogardus used a Scott Il sons double
barrclied oresch.loader l2-borc. using ono ounce
aud halt oi shot aud i've drachms Of powder
and II Is With tns gun he intends to shoot against
Dir. PenneL FIVE traps were used, at tnirty yards
distance, using both barrels at the uirds but oniy
~ The oals. The following are the details Of
SHOOTING :.
The 1rst bird Killed second barrel at long
range us u drove rapidly away over me Held Tue
second was quickly Killed win first barrel Tho
tniru shot Was At glass Onll, which vas broken;
fourth, an incomer. neatly keA nth, quartercr
the right, soon disposed Of WITH nrst; sxn oriver,
Killed win Irst; seventh, tau, bfOken eis nth, u
quarterer 10 inc right knocked Win ninth
quarefer 10 IN, right, kuied win srcond al long
distance; tenih killed near the trap; eleventh. odi,
missei twslin, qaartercr 10 tho rigni, Knocked
by hrs thirteenth, driver, aucsIy kilcd lrsl;
iourteentn killed close 10 trap: heeuln, quar..rsr
10 the lett, settled quickly; sixteenth, bail, broken
uown BY second; e,shtseu.h, ball broken;
| qua a:terer TO the right, hi. by botb-a good
XIII; twsnty-nrst, ball. broken; nty-second ball,
hrs: twenty fourth ar,ver. Killed BY nrst: twenty
lith, driver killed ny 1rst; twenty-sxth. bail.
broken ;twentyseventh. hit Ny both barrels, but
capped; twenty eighth. bali, missed; twcnty-nin,h an
easy incomcr quickly Killed; thrteth, Killed AZ trap
driver. ht but escaped; thirty third, bail, missed;
thirty fourth, driver, killed oy first 0arrs thirty
NTH. killed close 10 trap BY hrst hiriysixlh. bail.
broken; tbirty seventh, driver, missed; tnirty-
eighth driver, nit by both and killed; thirty ninth,
osl, broken tortieh an incomer, killed by second;
iortylrs, bail, broken; orty-second, ball. missed
iorty third, kilicd by second forty q, quickly
killed by hrst near rap ball. broken ioriy
sixth. Killed by ltst; lorty.sevcuth, bail, broken;
torly.cgntn, killed by first close trap
= driver Killed b. second; hioth, broxeA BALL nifty
first, u dr.ver, killed by nrst nny-second, bali,
broken; aiy-,nrd, a quar,ersr 70 Inc right
killed Wy hrst; hiiyiourth killed by second nifty Nth,
quickly kiliedby nrst niiy-slxth. osi missed: nifty
seventh, nit, but escaped; huy eighth ball, broken;
hitynlnh, ball, broken sixticth driver, killed with
second; sxty-hrs an ncomer killed with nrst; sixty
second, ball, Droken sixty y-third, quartorcr 10 tho
right, Killed by second sixty fourth, bali, broken;
t.th. killed by nrst close 10 trap; s,x,ysxlh, ball.
broken; sixty seventh, killed wth The second barrel
over tho hoads OF the people; sixty-eghth, ball,
broKen; sixy-nnth, drver, quickly koockcd over by
pail.
10 tne right Killed With fret; seventy -sccond, BAIL
broken; seveniy-ihird Oa broken; seventy ty-iourth,
killed by nrst close TO the trap; scventy.nfth, ball.
| broken: scveu,y.sxth, an incomtr, Killed by hrst
barrel alter waiting until the bird was over the heads
OF the people; ball. bfoken seven.y
| eighth, ball. broken; scvonty-ninh an incomer
killed by first; eigntlcth, baii, broken; cighiy.
| nrst, an incomcr, Killed by first; cighty-scconu,
ball. broken; eighy third killed BY nrst close 10 trap
! eig ghty fourth, ball. broken; eighty NTH, a
driver. killed by first; eighty killed quickly
close to trap by nrst; orghty-sevcnh. bali, broxen;
ei2hty-cishth, ball. broken eghty.uinth. an ipcomer
killed ny nrst; nnteih, bali, broken; ninety nrst,
quartersr 10 tue right kiiicd by hrst; nnetysecond
ball. broken; ninoty-Ihird, hit by 10Th but escaped
ninety icurth, ball. missed; nnety-nIth. Quartercr
TO tho right, killed ny nrst; ninety sixth, driver
quickly KILLED by arst; ninety seventh, guarierer
10 the LETT killed NJ long range by second; ninety.
/ eighth killed close to trap by ursl; ninety y-nin,h,
killed ickiy by arst; one hundrcdth quartercr TO
the rignt, Killed by nrst
The following is the
BoGARDus-l l1l11, 0111l. 110l l,
llII1, 1,lo01 l, l0Oll, I0l !, lOl IL IL l.
11,00lI1 IL /, 4 l. Ill iii,
l1l1Ll 1901, ll1ll.
Total l00-Kiled and broken ualls, IS missed H.
Timo-0ns hour and ton minutes