The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-19
The Glass Ball Shooting Business.

The San Francisco Chronicle publishes
the following challenges to DR.. Carver,
the great rife-shot Of California, in a
recent issue. The one signed 'Ssncho
Fsnfaron' ie plagiarism Of Lieut..
George Dsrly's challenge to Capt. e.
W. Paul of St. Louis. Derly was station
ed 1t Fort Vancouver st the time and
wrote the Squibob papers:
The challenge made by DR.. Carver
through this column few weeks ago
continues to attract much interest
among the sportsmen Of the East.
Several acceptances aud pro positions in
reply have already been noticed in this
column. The last number Of the Chicago
Field contains . proposition from Cap
tain C. e. Stubbs of West Elk.on, Ohio,
in which, after reciting the doctors
proposition. says: All I have TO say to
DR.. Carver, Is to come on with his
money. aud will bet him 81 600 that
! can break 100 glass balls quicker than
he can with his Winchester rife, or any
other gun no may choose. Second-I
will bet him $500 that can beat him
shooting glass balls or pigeons from q
buggy, the horse to be on run Third
Il will bet him $1,000 that can kill
more wild pigeons from ground traps.
81 yards rise. than he can ont of 100
each. usual rules. Fourth will bet
him from $1,000 to IS, 900 that Captain
A. II. Bogsrdus can break 1000 glass
balls in less time thsn he can; and,
further. will bot him $500 that Cap
tain A. Fl. Bogsrjus ,su beat him nine
matches out Of ten on time or at the
scors. if he will shoot; and 1 will bet
him $1,000 that Eugene Lecompt of
Leavenworth, Kansas, can beat him in
the field shooting prairie chickens or
qusils. any place where they may be
plenty in the season. And, further,
will bet him $4,000 or $1,000 that he
can't DO all he says he can do. Let DIR.
Carver accept. and stake the money in
the hands Of the editor Of the Chicago
Field within the next thirty or sixty
days, il he thinks am playing game
of blum, after which We can arrange for
the shooting. Let DIR. Carver reply
through your columns
THE DOCTOR COMPLETELY ECLIPsED.
, And now comes voice from the Ran.
cho FsnfArronsde, California. saying:
! am unable toe 80 nytning extraOrdi-
nary in DIR. Carvsr's propositions; any
one acquainted with the merest rudi-
msnts Of the shotgun and rifle could
certainly execute any Or all OF the pro-
posed feats without the slightest diff
Guilty. Owing to my entertaining these
opinions, without solicitation from
frisnds. and unbiased by unworthy mo-
tivss. am induced to make the follow
ing propositions: First-I will suspend
two dollars By = ring from second
persons noss. % ~ to bring the COINS
within three. .fourths Of an inch from his
face, and with double barrelled shot
gun, st . distance of 80 feet, will blow
dollars, nose and lnan at least 80 feet
further, four tunes out of five. / will
add. in explanation. that the Ranchita
having rather an intelligent communal
ty. can at present find no one here
willing or ready to hsve his nose blown
in this manner. but have no manner
of doubt could obtain such q person
from San Francisco or lsewhere. Sec
ond-I will hit = dollar or anything
else that has beon tossed in the air (of
the same sixe). in wheel, Oh pole or
axle-trse. or on the ground. every time
out of I've. Third-At tho word will
place i've balls on the blade of a pen
knife and split them all. FOURTH
will bit three men out of five sprung
from obscure parentage. and stand
within tsu feet of steel trap (properly
set), while shooting. Fifth will break
ct the word . whole box of glass balls.
Bosardus or other patterns. with
single brick st distance of thirty feet.
SIXTH engage to prove by fair trial
that no gun or rifle shot (or other
person) can be produced who will throw
more glass balls at . persons head than
eau in given space of time. Seventh
II will wager that no person in the
United States can be produced, who.
with dAuble ba<relled shot gun, while
throwing backhsnded somersauit. can
hit oftener dollar and half on the
perimeter of q revolving wheel in rapid
motion, than l can. Lastly, Xviii bet
that can run faster from q herd OF
buffaloes (they charging me). halloo
louder and fire OF my Winchester oftener
e man to accompany me to reload)
than any man in the United States. !
may add. that am equally good at
the s'long- bow" II these hets are &C.
ospted. address me on April I. 1878. At
my rsuoh. Very truly, yours.