St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-24
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"I first began to shoot in the dark, or
by sound" said the doctor last evening,
''some years ago while | was out on the
plains. The prairie wolves or coyotes
were more than numerous, and used to
come around camp and howl night after
night. finally became sick of it, and
so took my rifle and went out after
them one dark night. By paying close
attention TO the noise, found that |
could locate the brutes almost exactly,
and then it became an easy matter to
l could shoot by sound began practic-
ing it on objects other than
wolves. My partner would get
behind a tree, then poke his
head out, yell at me and dodge back
again. l was blindfolded, and fired di-
rectly at the point from which the sound
proceeded. After my partner had had
few narrow escapes we quit that sort
of practice and took up swinging bells.
The first public exhibition gave of
shooting glass balls thrown in the air,
being blindfolded, or when the building
was in total darkness, was at the Pitts
burg exposition III 1878, when / broke
thirteen in succession. In shooting in
the dark | shoot from the hip as we'll as
from the shoulder, and more than once
have found the art very useful while
out duck hunting.
"My horseback shooting began while
hunting buffalo in Nebraska. Of course,
all buffalo shooting is done OF horse
back, and, after getting a good practice
in the field, / began to shoot in public.
Now | can shoot. while on horseback,
five balls thrown into the air, one after
the other, before any one is anywhere
uear the ground. In the fall of 1874 |
undertook the contract of killing 5000
buffalo for big meat firm. | started
out Nov. Is, and by Feb. Is had the
meat all delivered. On that hunt l
made run of l13 straight, and all were
dropped within seventy-tive yards of
each other. There is no danger of my
ever forgetting that hunt, as l was fired
at by an Indian nearly three-quarters
of mile away, and the bullet killed
my horse under me. In 1872 | went
elk hunting with the Earl of Dunraven
and Texas Jack and we killed thirty
three animals. had a somewhat pecu
liar experience on that hunt. | had
dropped big elk and my horse ran
right onto HIM when he fell. l ex
pected to get crushed under my horse.
as it did not seem possible that he could
Jump over the body, but he did it, much
to my surprise.
"My first public shoot was at She'll
mount park, Oakland, CAL, on Wash
ington'S birthday, when l broke SS5
balls out of 900. Since then have been
all over the world. My first match was
at Denver, where l shot with Mr.. Cove.
He used shot gun and l rifle. l
broke 9S balls out of possible 100.
At Brooklyn | undertook to break $500
balls in 500 minutes. This work was
done and found | had one hour and
thirteen minutes to spare. In London
l shot with the Prince of Wales, and he
presented me with costly diamond pin
in the shape of horseshoe. In Ger
many | shot i'll the presence of Kaiser
William. then eighty-three years of
age, and some $4,000 officers and SOL
diers. While in London | entered
pigeon shoot with fourteen of the best
was $3.50, and | won some $1,000 and the
championship cup. l also shot match
with Crosby for $500 side. Out of
100 birds 80 fell dead and fell just out
side the line. The record next to me is
So out of possible 100.
A year or so ago w. W. Graynor &
Co., an Eastern firm, offered to give me
$500 if | would break 100 balls straight.
In matches with Duryea, the starch
man. and w. Il. Mitchell, | broke so
straight in each match, but Graynor d
Co. refused to give me the money, hold
ing that 100 balls should have been
broken in a match with one man. As
to fast shooting, | will say that at New
ark, n. j., year ago, l broke 1000
balls in IS minutes and changed guns
10 times minute. at Cedar Rapids.
To-, l broke 100 balls in 2 minutes and
10 seconds, and changed guns 20 times a
minute. At Pittsburg, Pa. a short
time ago broke balls all thrown in
the air at once, using rifle, the only
thing | use now, and have no doubt
that | can break s. In shooting balls
that way | seem to see them all at once,
and know just where to turn my gun"
The contest between the local news
paper men to see who will win the rife
and the $50 bill offered by DR.. Carver to
the man who puts up ten-pound gun
the longest, five minutes being required
to make a record. will occur Thursday
evening at $50. A large number of re
porterS have signified their intention of
taking part In the contest. and it prom
Uses to be an interesting one. Those
who desire to enter will send their
names to j. A. Jackson, Carver's man
dger, at the Nieollet.