FOREST AND STREAM. 



433 



rel is tight locked on the stock. Alow "Pull," uttered by 

 the Captain, warns the man with the string that he is ready. 

 Dp go the halls within three seconds of one another, two 

 rapid explosions are heard, and the balls struck in the air fall 

 into shivers. In an incalculably short time Bogardus has 

 jerked out the two shells, there is a curl of smoke from the 

 breech, two new shells are introduced, in a second the gun 

 chamber is closed, the hammers are at full cock, "Pull" is 

 heard, there are two more explosions, two more cascades of 

 glass, and so on it goes, over and over again, for almost eight 

 hours. 



The whole arrangement of the exhibition, quite a novel one, 

 was excellent. There was no confusion nor delay. A board 

 partition 40 feet by 18, was erected about midway in the arena, 

 over which wooden barricade a muslin screen was stretched, 

 so as to allow the glass ball to be distinctly seen. In front, 

 say about twenty-five feet, were the two traps for springing 

 the balls, some fourteen feet apart ; beside each trap men 

 were seated who supplied the balls and set the trap, and some 

 eighteen yards further back was Capt. Borgardus. Here 

 were several tables on which were placed a countless number 

 of boxes containing the cartridges. Assistants were ready at 

 the table to clean the barrels, plunging them into a barrel of 

 water ; and to sort out the cartridges ready for his use. 

 Capt. Bogardus, though the atmosphere was freezing cold, 

 divested of his coat, in shirt-sleeves, with a slouch hat over 

 his eyes, thus equipped did the shooting. Some timorous 

 people were anxious at times in regard to the men charging the 

 traps; but such is the Captain's skill, they were not touched by 

 a stray shot. Occasionally, though every precaution was used, a 

 string would break, but in an instant a knot was tied, and no 

 time was lost. Strange to say, the -last barref shot in the 

 doubles always seemed to give the loudest report. 



It is not generally known that it is the Captain's habit to 

 fire the left barrel first. The reason for this is, that as the right 

 barrel mostly shoots the closer, the first glass ball being com- 

 paratively (only comparatively) easier to hit, the more accurate 

 barrel is reserved for the last ball, which is slightly more 

 troublesome to find or cover. In the setting of the traps the 

 first glass ball was thrown lower than the second. This was 

 apparent on the screen, when the shot made a hole on the 

 muslin several feet lower on the right hand than on the left 

 hand. During the match there were some six long-fires. 

 Here the great experience of the'Captain was never at fault. 

 A ball would be searched in a fraction of a second's time 

 through an arc of many feet, and the ball broken though 

 within but an inch of the ground when at last the gun went 

 off. For a critical detail of the match we refer to the absolute 

 score kept. An examination of the tables will show the time of 

 each one hundred balls. Calculating the time lost from the shells 

 not exploding, this was about fifteen minutes and thirty sec- 

 onds. The sixth hundred was a perfect score, there being no 

 miss, and was accomplished in the unprecedented time of five 

 minutes and thirty-five seconds, a record which has never 

 been equalled. Having commenced at 2:40 p. m., Bogardus 

 shot on until a few minutes before five o'clock, when at the 

 twenty-seventh ball on the third thousand the captain rested 

 some twenty minutes, when the gun was resumed. This in- 

 terval of repose, though absolutely necessary, apparently had 

 the effect of chilling the Captain, for now some signs of slight 

 distress were manifest, of a local character. The captain's 

 right hand was stiffening from the constant opening and 

 shutting of the breech, and some applications of arnica were 

 necessary. During the thirty-second hundred a slight rest 

 was again taken. Now the over-strain was commencing to 

 tell on the right hand and arm of the shooter. It had taken 

 some three hours and twenty-three minutes to break 3,000 

 balls. In the fourth thousand, as may be seen, the time to 

 t>reak each hundred balls increased. More attention now be- 

 came necessary on the part of those who were caring for the 

 captain, and hot water was used to restore power to 

 the overtaxed arm. Stiffer and stiffer grew the fingers. But 

 a margin of time was still to the credit of the captain, and no 

 fears of a breakdown ever for an instant disturbed the mind of 

 the Captain's numerous friends. Though rests* were more fre- 

 quent, still the Captain struggled on, bound to win. Occa- 

 sionally suffering from intense physical pain, heightened by 

 every new effort, Captain Bogardus sat down. During the 

 forty-eighth hundred the champion sat on a chair, still break- 

 ing the balls quite as unerringly as before. A seated position 

 really makes very little difference to Captain Bogardus, as 

 years of experience in duck shooting, when confined to the 

 seat of a boat, have made him as effective a shot in this way 

 as standing. Battling along, game to the very last, finally 

 the concluding hundred was reached. That the champion 

 would win was now established beyond a doubt. At 10 o'clock, 

 and just between the 40th and 41st minute past the hour, the 

 last shots rang through Gilmore's garden, and with a loud 

 outburst of applause, the feat was accomplished. To show 

 the pluck and skill of the man, as a bouquet, both traps were 

 sprung at once on the last round, and as with almost one report 

 the two amber balls were collapsed. During the whole per- 

 formance, we are pleased to state, there never was once a 

 word of dispute heard. Everything was done, in the most 

 honest and straightforward way. Dr. Talbot acted as 

 puller, which difficult task he accomplished in the most 

 skillful way. Mr. McCook had charge of the gun, 

 and had the clean barrel always on time, and in the 

 hest of order. At ths request of Capt. Bogardus, T. O. 

 Banks, Esq., manager of the Fobest and Stbeam and Rod 

 and Gun, acted as official scorer, assisted by Messrs. J. E. 

 Whitley and E. Flummer. Mr. Miles Johnson, whose quick 



eyes were always intent, on the balls, served as referee. The 

 gun used was built by W- & C. Scott & Sons, of England, with 

 interchangeable barrels of 10 and 12-gauge, choke-bore, 

 weighing ten pounds, furnished by Messrs. William Read & 

 Sons, of Boston. For the 10-gauge, 4 drachms of Ditt- 

 mar powder was used, with 1| oz. of Otis Le Roy's chilled 

 shot ; for the 12-gauge, 3| drachms of Dittmar powder, and 1£ 

 ozs. of Otis Le Roy's chilled shot. As we conclude this arti- 

 cle, three days after the event, we can report quite favorably 

 on Capt. Bogardus' condition. At about the 500th shot the 

 Captain informs us that the second finger of his right hand 

 was considerably abraided by constantly working on the 

 barrels, and this gave him a great deal of pain during the 

 whole match. At about the second thousand, the pain in the 

 thumb, first and second finger commenced rapidly increasing, 

 until a cramp extended all up the muscles of his right arm. 

 By the time the match was concluded the whole right arm had 

 swollen enormously. For two days after the match the arm 

 was very painful and almost useless. On the shoulder, where 

 the butt of the gun rested, the bruising was considerable, but 

 not as great as might have been expected. From the shoulder 

 the inconvenience was slight. This speaks well for the Ditt- 

 mar powder, as the slight recoil is cited by the inventor as 

 one of its greatest merits. Today, the Captain, under 

 proper treatment, though a little stiff, is almost as well as 

 ever. For some forty-eight hours the effects of the con- 

 stant concussions gave the champion a bad headache. This, 

 however, has completely passed away. Whether Capt. Bo- 

 gardus would again like to shoot 5,000 balls against time is 

 quite doubtful. Captain Bogardus assures us that, after this 

 successful achievement of his, he is inclined to think, "that 

 once in a man's life to do such a thing is amply sufficient." 



The following official record of the score and the time we 

 have taken direct from the original papers, and it is scrupu- 

 lously exact and accurate. The scores are given in grouns of 

 100 breaks each, with the time, and where recesses were taken 

 of more than half a minute the fact is noted by an insertion 

 of time at the point where the rest was taken. 



In the time record the schedule time column gives the time 

 at which each hundred breaks would have been completed 

 had the rate gone on at ten per minute, or the 5,000 in the 

 500 minutes. The column of actual time gives the time of 

 finishing each hundred breaks. Of course the difference be- 

 tween the two gives the third column, or that of the lead over 

 his time gained by the Captain as the match progressed. It 

 will be seen that before the long intermission for refreshments 

 a gain of one hour and three minutes had been gained, and 

 from that point the rate was about that of the schedule. The 

 accurate time of breaking each hundred is given in the next 

 column of figures. The shortest rocord was five minutes 

 twenty-five seconds, and the longest eleven minutes thirty 

 seconds. The aggregation of„these several times per hundred 

 gives the total shooting time tojany period of the match, as 

 shown in the column of total shooting time, while the last 

 column displays the number of misses declared by the referee. 

 The record of the third thousand, in the way of misses, is 

 almost marvelous, but twenty-one in the whole 1,021 t. rown 

 up missed the shattering by the shot. The time, too, was 

 most brilliant, and the announcement of the fact that the 

 third thousand was disposed of in less time than the second, 

 served largely to bring the whole audience to the unanimous 

 opinion that the Captain would win the match: 

 THE ONLY OFFICIAL SCORE. 



100 1 1111111111111111111111111111111 



11111111111111111101111111111111111 



1111111111111111011111 i;i 11111111111 

 —Time, 6m. 16s. 



200 1 1111111111111111111111111111111 



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l n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l l 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 

 Bni. 4is. 



300 1 1111111111111111111111111111111 



11111111111111111111111111111111110 

 11111111111111111111111111111111011 



—6m. 85s. 



400 1 1111111111111110111111111111111 



11111111111111111 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 

 11111111111111111111111111111111111 

 6m. 408. 



500 1 1111111111111111111111111111111 



lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 1111111110111111111111111111111111— 

 6m. 258. 



600 1 111111111111111111111 1111111111 



1111 111111111111111111111111 lil 11111 

 111 111111111 111111111 1111 1.1 1 1111 1— 

 5m. 253. 



700 1 1111111111111111111111110111111 



10111111111111111111111011111111111 

 11111111111111111111110111111111011 

 1 1 1— 7m. 358. 



800 1 1111111111111111111111111111010 



1111111111 I) 111111111111111111111011 

 11111111111111111111111111111111111 

 1 1— 6m. 508. 



900 1 1111111011111111111111111111011 



11111111111101111111111111111011111 

 11111111111111111111011111111111111 

 1 1 1— 6m. 458. 



1,000 1111111111111111111111111111111 



lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 11110111111111111111111111111111111 

 —6m. 15B. 



1,100 1 1111111111111111111111111111011 



11111111111111111111111111111111110 



lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 



—6m, 403. 

 1,200 1 1011111111111101111111111111111 



11110011111111111111111111111111111 



01111111111111111111111111111111111 



1 1 1— 6m. 60s. 

 1.300 1 1111111111111111111111111111110 



11111111111111011111111111111111111 



lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 



—7m. 108. 

 1,400 1 1111111110111111111111111111111 



11111111111111011111111111111111111 



llllllllllllllllllllllll (reoeaa one minute) 

 llllllllll 1— Tm. 



1,500 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



111111111111111111111111,1 



11111111111 10111111111101 



1 1— 6m. 50s. 



1,60" 1 11110 1111111111111110 1 



11111111111111111111111111 

 11111111111 111111111111111 

 1 1 1— 7m. 468. 



1,700 1 1111111111110111111111 



11111111111111111111111111 

 11111111111111101111111111 

 —6m. 498. 



1,800 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



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1110 1111111111011111110111 

 1 1—7111. 35i. 



1.900 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11111111110111111011111111 



11111111111111111111111111) 

 1— Tm. 20s. 



2,000 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11111111 111111111111111111 



1111101111111011111111111 

 l-7m. 3CS. 



2,100 11111111011111111111111 



48m. 158.) 11111111111111101111 



1 1111111111111111111111111 



llllllllll 1— 5m. 258. 



2,200 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11111111111011111111111111 

 1111111111111111111110111 1 

 —6m. 45s. 



2,800 1 1111111111111111110111 



11111111111111111111111111 

 11111111111111111111111111 

 6m. 203 



2,400 1 1111111111111111111110 



11111111 111111011111110111 

 11111111111111111111111111 

 1 1— 6m. 458. 



2,500 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11111111111111111111101111 

 11111111111111111111111111 

 bm. 153. 



2,600 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



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11111111011111 111111111111 

 7m. 208. 



2,700 1 1111110111111111111111 



llllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 11111111111110111111111111 



1— Tm. 15a. 



2,800 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11111111111111111111111110 

 11111111111111111111111101 



1— 6m. 50s. 



2,800 1 1111111111111101111111 



11111111111111111111111101 

 llllllllll 1111111111111111 

 —6m. 60s. 



3,000 1 1111111111111111111 I'll 



11111101111111111111111111 



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 —7m. 20s. 



3,100 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



Of 20m. 453.) 1111111111111111111 

 11110110101011111111111111 



1111011111111 l— 6m. 20s. 



3,200 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11101111111111111111111111 

 11111110111111111111111111 

 1— 8m. 45s. 



3,300 1 1111111111111-111111111 



11111111111111111110111011 

 llllllllllllllllllllllllll 



1— 8m. 



3,400 1 1011111111111111111111 



1 1111111101111011111111111 

 11011111111111111111101111 

 1 1 1— 7m. 408. 



3,500.. ..,.1 1111101111111111111111 

 llllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 11111111111111101111111111 

 1— 8m. 353. 



3,600 10111111111111111111111 



lllllllll 11111111111111111 

 11111111111111111101111111 

 —8m. 25s. 



3,700 1 0101111111111111111111 



llllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 llllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 1— 9m. 45S. 



3,800 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



11011111111111111111111111 

 11111111110111111111111111 

 1— Tm. 46s. 



3,900 1 1111011111101011111111 



11111111 1111 iii 110111111111 

 llllllllllllllllllllllllll 

 111 1— Sm. 653. 



4,000 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



1111111 lllllllll 1101111111 

 10111111111111111111111111 

 1 1— 11m. 30s. 



4,100 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



ol 13m. 108.) 1111111111111111111 

 11111111111111111111101111 

 llllllllll 1— 5m. 208. 



4 200 1 llllllllllllllllllllll 



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 11111111111111101111111111 

 —7m. 408. 



4,300 1 1111 



11111101 

 11111111 

 —7m. 50s. 



111111111111111111 

 111111111111111111 



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4,400.. ....1 1111 



11111111 

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11111110 



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111111110111111111 

 (recess ol 60s.) llllllllll 

 ' 1 1— 8m. 15s. 



4,500 1 



1110 

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1— 8m. 



4,600 1 



110 1 

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4.700 



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1111 

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4,800 1 



1111 

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4,900 1 



1111 

 110 

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5,000 1 



1111 

 1010 

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11111111 



1110 1111 



11111111 



11111011 

 1110 1110 



11111111 



11111111 

 11111111 

 11111111 



11111111 

 11111111 

 11111111 



11111111 

 11111111 

 11111111 



11111111 

 11111111 

 11111111 



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01111111 



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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



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01111111 



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110 11111 



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35b. 



llllill (recess ol 7m. 40s,) 11111 



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110 111 1— 8m. 35S. 

 1110111100111111111111111 111111 



liiiiiiiiommmmiiiiniii 

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1— 8m. 55s. 



1111111111011 (recess of 4m. 40s.) llilin 



1111011111111111110111010111111 



liiimmmo liiiiiiiioiiomi 



limiiiiiiii i— 9m. i5s. 



llllllllllllll (recess of 5m. 50s.) 1 1 1 1 1 1 



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11111111111 1— 9m. 503. 



01110111 (recess of 4m. 40s.) Olllliniui 



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