Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-31
is CHAMPION SHOT
WYOMING MAN HAS
MANY FRIENDS HERE
J, D. Pratt is Good Shot and Ore
Time Made a Record DR.. Cal
braith Has Captured Some
Big Game.

Editor Evening Bulletin:-The Wy
oming people here are Obliged to you
for publication of the Cheyenne dis.
patch on best rifle shooting II told
Of the landing Of a second worldT
championship by Peter Bergersen. For
twenty years It has been stoutly main
tanned by this mans friends that his
equal with either rifle or shot gun
could not be brought forward For
ten years he has been practically de-
barred from all target and trap COM
petitions held in the Rocky Mountain
region. Besides he Is a mighty hunter.
but not prodigal with either powder OF
uead. He is a light charge man of full
nerve. Bergersen is a fine. companion
able gentleman. He is about IS years
Of age, five feet. ten inches tall weighs
$50 pounds, has the appearance of be.
ing, and Is. man of great physical
strength. He uses tobacco moderately
does not drink, Is even tempered and |
don't believe he has ever had a quarrel
with anyone in his whole life He Is in
every way true sportsman. BY Occu
patton he is a gunsmith and high class
machinist. He has store and good
business. He is q home man. In his
boyhood he was a seal hunter off the
coasts Of Japan.
In the old days of the Cheyenne Gun
| Club, Bergersen and John SChuneman
| (now county treasurer at Cheyenne),
were the best shots. They found live
| pigeons and glass balls easy and were
about tie all the time. Finally n
match was made between them for
$500 purse to shoot at % English spar
rows each. They had the birds sent
from the east and fed up before the
contest. The match was birmingham
rules, six ground traps, 80 yards rise"
Bergersen dropped his % birds straight
without letting one get far from the
traps. The difference with Schuneman
was that his 25th sparrow was chal-
lenged as falling out of bounds. As
owners dogs were bringing in the dead
ones, there was no exact spot testi-
cuared all bets off. Bergersen later
became even better at clay pigeons
than he was at live birds.
Bergersen has always been a better
shot than DR.. Carver (also of Chey.
enne) or Col. Cody. He has beaten
Budd's best records :G.any times. With
the siX-shOoter told navy he found
his master only in May. Talbot a war
trooper or dragon resident of Chey-
enne. Bergersen does not care for
fancy or trick shooting but has never
been told of rife feat he could not
perform. His pet rifles are the old
Sharp's made over by himself. Target,
Standard American. His shot guns are
high grade ones, choke-bored by him
self, | have seen him at thottraps all
day with shot gun that made pat
tern" not to exceed ten inches in di-
ameter. Most OF his rife shooting is
with rather ordinary sights. Mr. J. G..
Pratt, with Bruce Waring & Co.. shot
In the club with Bergersen for many
years and was better than good with
the shot gun.
Just a little yarn on Mr.. Pratt. In
his early days at the bar he had his
rooms adjoining the offices. Not much
ahead of one winter dawn he was dis
turbed by dogs fighting in the street
Raising a window he sent out a charge
of bird shot to dlIperse the beasts. The
act was a violation of a city ordinance.
Policeman Bob" ingalls,. now chief
investigated about second drink time.
The shot had struck a frame building.
Bob" stuck tooth picks in the holes
and the tooth picks pointed to the
guilty mans window. Mr. Pratt cheer
fully settled.
Men of the Hudson Bay. Mackinaw.
Northwest and Southwest companies
hunted in Wyoming. Capt. Bonneville
and Fremont hunted there. So did
LEWIS and Clarke. Col. Pickett, men
toned in Seton-Thompson's bear book,
is killing bear there yet. Merriam
Crook. Brooke, Miles, King have hunt
ed there. The living Carroll Of Car
roltown ! met out hunting there. Dr..
! W. J. Galbraith now of Honolulu, has
hunted there with Judge Dundey and
other big killers Charles L. Blydeng-
bushel OF medals. is a hunter there yet.
The best game places there now are
the mountains and plains south and
east Of the Yellowstone National Park
and the mountains in the Southwestern
corner of the State. All the choice
game abounds plentifully. There are
said to be even a few buffalo on Red
| No, l. 10
railway. ED. T.