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FOREST/ r AND 7 STREAM. 1 



Tire California Sensation!! 



OF CALIFORNIA, 



THE CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT OF THE WORLD, 



Having so Id a half interest in his Phenomenal Rifle Exhibitions during next season throughout Europe for the sum of 



is open for engagements to give Exhibitions of bis Wonderful Shooting op Foot or on Horseback, or both, throughout the United States and Canada, until Christmas, when lie visits 

 California, proceeding (o Europe in the Sining. , 



Dr. Carver will engage to hoot Glass Balls at from twenty -one to thirty yards rise, while riding bareback at Ml speed, upon his famous 



BUFFALO HUNTING AND TRICK HORSE "SURPRISE, 



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jninping hurdles and fences, breaking the balls while the horse is in the air ! He will ride bareback any wild or mil rained horse that can be forced into a run, breaking a glass ball 

 while the horse is ut full speed ! 



Dr. Carver is the originator of Glass Ball E 

 minute object thrown into the air, -with a rifle. I 



Dr. Carver. will break more Glass Balls, and perform ™ 



At Oakland, Cal, in December, 1377, Dr. Carver broke 1,903 -I us* 'nils wit.li a rifle, missing bat seven out of 3,000. At Oakland, Oat,, in January, 1878, Dr, Carver won his 

 Champion Horseback Badge by breaking 50 stiaight balls, horse running at full spied. At New HaVBo, Conu.. June 12, 1378, Dr. Carver broke LQ00 gtaas JtaUa id i 7BJ minutes, with Win- 

 Chester rifle. A-t Beacon Park, Boston June»9 1&7& Dr. Carver bit*! 100 glass balls in 4j miaulea with Wmches'er rifle. At Brooklyn Dnviug I ark, N. i ., July 4. Dr. Oarver broke 

 100 glass balls in M minutes with Winches,- rifle. At Brooklyn Driving Park, N. T., July 13, Dr. Carver broke 5,500 glass balls in 7 hours 30} minutes with Winchester rifle. In 

 performing the latter feat he raised to his shoulder over eighteen tons' more weight am 1 bf oke 500 more balls in the same time than did Capt. Bogardus when attempting to break 5,000 



i villi a rill e. and is the only man in the world who shoots Glass Balls, Coins from a Trade Dollar to a Three-Cent Pie. 

 lie is the only man in ihe world who shoots Glass Bills from a horse's back, (he horse running at lull speed! 

 , and perform more numerous and Astounding Feats, with either Rifle 01 Shot-Guo, than any man in the world. 



stood firmly on his 

 <v nis shot-; at fly 

 tlia Wioobeatei rule, <•' 



glass balls with a shot-gun. Dr 



FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST I 

 80 gl»»s balls OOt ot UW lironn into n„ ; mr| w 

 — Shooting glass balls Without sighting, hulil: „ 



adouble Bhot. and losdlug the gnu oure while tue i,dl I. m ' .' .'ii.i . i 

 wonderrul shot erer made at a avmg object with a ri>le — Snooting a gins bill thrown loco 

 breaking it with the fourth shot be [ ire I ae ball r-aev-s CI <-■ a- and hitting a Drlok throwi 

 air. Shooting coins tbron n Into the aii I —trade dollars, 50, as, 10, 6 ami 3-e.ent pieces. 



The following challenge, issued by Dr. Carver Dec. 12, 1877, has never been accepted ■. 

 f I will wager from t'iio io $500 mat I caa boat any man ia the world shooting this following matches, or 



i i. 1 1. in break more gh8B bam thrown from a I3u»nrdna trap, 25 yards rise, than any man in the world. 



2. 1 ran hre.il; l.ooti gnisi Iwn o, li .-.kor wlta a shot gun than any man living. 



Fg [oanbreat regit] titlli ahootlngJrom t lorie'Bl B,th( I to be on a rra si yards away 



from the hails, than nn man in the wurl i im weU ai so yards an I hi and on th" ground. 



i. loan Break more gUra balls with a riii-. the tuIH t.o i» inruwu m the air, than any man in the 

 world can break with, a shot-gun aid shoot an yards, using a Bigardus trap. 



r,. I can break leu glass oatls quicker with a vviaerjesrer rifle than tin? .man in the world can break 

 them with a shot gun. 



6. 1 can hreak two g'ass balls thrown in the air 3t the same lime, making a double shot, loading the 

 gnu ouce while the balls are In the atr, using u Winchester Rifle. 



7. I can make more fancy allots than any nun in Hit world. 



6. 1 will vragei »l,OD0 that t can inn mo e baffftlo In one ran, shooting from a horse's bank, than any 

 jnan IB the world ; ami if buffato are not to be f aoud yiu shoot eflc, a ad go on the prairie at any time. 



Parties wishing to contract UPON A CERTaAIXTV for Dr. Carver to fiive one or both 

 of hi» wonderful cxblbUioug-on foot, ou bui-aebuck. or bolli— lor one or more days, or to 

 skoot ovw a circuit for n stated period, plcosc- ttuply for tnrma ami dutcs io 



E. C. HAYNES, Agent, 



K: 835 ABOH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



B trial, while Qapt, Bogardus was compelled to shoot a portion o£ the time seated in a chair. 

 Wi I'll WJSCB BarOB PaFLE : Shooilng glass ball, the gan npside down, the shooter lying on b 

 , a Winaneiternria— braatlngio 3 in 20 a rands. Snooting glass baas thrown ao to iSojartts high, The w 



.■■■ , ... ...■■. -a. .-a. T 1.' L'gittttlnj D mule Stiit- Breaking tffo glass balls!' 



.■-• , ,.- , n a [.'1 ie:'..r >a. ii stralgtitftt tne n moter ; tlua is one of thomus 



r 1, inna'ug it with the drat, three shots; loading thegai 



tting a brick thrown Into the air, reloading the gan, and hitting one of the flying plei 



stool. Shooting 

 . llerfnl Hip Shot 



■ntaiheair at ihe «amc tlmo. making 

 t.Ulueult shots that can be made. The most 



■• aii : u: ball is in 



is. Shooting lead pencils thrown into the 



The following challenge, dated Aug. 19, was issued by Dr. Carver, and published in the 

 New York Bull, Aug, £0, 187.H, and the money deposited, it has not as yet heen accepted i 



Permit me through the columns of the Sua to accept throe of the challenges of Capt. A. II. ISoganlos, 

 and to challenge llim for lour more mutches with ahot-guns. Tue m«tcju$ 1 Have accepted are as 



' 1 °Tn break 80 out of 100 glass balls, diBtanos 30 feet, the halla to be thrown straight or pitched in the 

 air a distance of from 10 to 30 feet. 



■j. i'o l-1i "ii ii'. a 1 urge for ¥S>» a side, distance 1011 yards. 



3. I'o give Capt. A. H. Bogardus 5'jo broken bails in LeiJ, the aitlcles of agreement and the money to 

 be danosii.ed wirh the iVIucitenter Anus Company. 



"l further i:iiali"ni' : - - '■••-■■■ '••- 10 snoot ilu-'ee pigeon matches tor iiOO each and the Championship 

 ot tlie World. The first two matches to be shot ai 21 yards-, 100 birds each, 1 wo imps, boundary so yards, 

 under Prairie Clnb rules. Tue tmrd pigeon match to be at tUO Blugle brrda.ail ;, -.r 1.-, IWe groun.l traps 

 ove yarli aoart, boundary St yards; .English rules to goyeru. The man wlniiuw two of the three 

 60 win ttte badge or champion wing shot, tne stakes to go with traoh m r-.h 1 »lao m lite the following 

 glass bill challenge to Capt. Bogardus: To nhuoi eight, houi.s from ira.is ultn -ho gnus, the man breat- 

 in-' the moat Oils In eight rouseeative hours to win the maicu. The mach to be shot tor :J 

 aaii tae mass Ball Chaiiiiilousuipot the World, sal ti to a a. .01 . witn one or more guos ; evtryliing to be 

 enuai. The- "mi ilea to take plaoe be(«r»on Sov. 16 and Duo. IS. 1 name St. Paul to: the ride 

 nineties, as capt. Bogardus and 1 outh shoot tnere ooe weeK tue tlrst of September. The money to be 

 deposited as forfeit before the 1st of September in the above-named place. The man refusing to shoot 

 at the appointed time to lose the amount of forfeit. 1 hare deposited the ortiulea of agreement and 

 forfeit with Parker Bros., 07 Chamoera street 



DATES FILLED UP TO OCTOBER 12, 1878, 



