484 



FOREST AND STREAM 



t Jaw. 3, 1889. 



SPRINGFIELD. Mass., Doc. 25.— The Rod and Gun Club shoot 

 at. Lake Lookout Range to-day was a great success. There was a 

 large attendance and the shooting house was filler] with riflemen 

 and spectators. The day was perfect for the sport, and as a re- 

 sult the scores were good. The record match was first shot, and 

 then came the prize matches. Wilson won the first elassand 

 Hitchcock the second class. Those using: military rifles were given 

 :n handicap of 7 points, which proved to he a little strong. The 

 third class did not 1111, The scores are as follows: 

 Rest Match. 



Stephens i« >••• •<> g 



Bull - • • 8 5 



Farnsworth ' * 



McDonald ■ * 



Dean. . . . 



Leonard 



Walters 



Wilson 



Stephens. 



Allen 



Hitchcock., 



Kimball 



F R Bull 



Rmdley 



Johnson 



9 8 8— 78 

 7 6 10-71 

 7-67 



r. 8-et 



li 4-01 



7 4—61 



4 9-58 



6 5 8 10 8 



5 8 10 7 



6 9 6 8 7 5 

 4 8 5 10 9 5 



8 C 8 2 4 6 10 7 



.. 5 2 6 9 5 6 9 8 



a e 3 5 3 7 5 e 



First Class. 15 shots. 

 . , .127+7-1 34 Talbot t 117+7-124 



132 Gassner — 123 



.126 Farns worth 115+7—122 



Second Class. 



133 Bowers 100+7-107 



. . .114-1-7—1 21 Sterling 92+7— 99 



..108+7-115 Leonard 89+7—96 



113 Lerov 91 



..104+7-111 McCaun 74+7-81 



G ARDNER, Mass., Dec. 29.— At the moot at Hackmatack Range 

 this week of members of the Gardner Rifle 01 uh they were favored 

 with fine weather. Shooting was off-hand, 200yds., standard tar- 



C?F Ellsworth 98789 10 89 10 8-86 



8 9 8 8 10 8 10 10 10 10-91-177 

 .10 6 9 II 8 I 910 7 10-85 



9 9 9 9 10 10 



AheKntiwlton .. 



A Mathews 



Frank Nichols... 

 Frank Edgell.... 



C N Edgell 



W C Loveland. , 



._ 7 6 9 8-85-170 

 7 7 6889999 10 -82 

 10 9 10 9 9 8 7 6 7 6-81-103 

 9 9 9 10-83 

 9 6 9 8 10 8—79-162 

 9 8 10 8-80 



8 9 8 10-79-159 



9 10 8 7-81 

 6 9 10 9—79—160 



9 10 

 9 



7 r, 



7 8 

 6 7 8 



7 8 7 



6 8 8 



6 8 9 



8 8 



3 8 9 



8 9 7. 



8 7 8 7 9 8 10 8 9 9—83 



WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 20.— At the recent meet of a few 

 sportsmen at the Broad Meadow rifle range of the Worcester 

 tlifio Association, a very pleasant, time was enjoyed. The men 

 used sporting rifles, and the Massachusetts target, the shooting 

 was off-hand distance 200yds. with the following results: 



\ C White S 10 7 9 9 10 7 9 6 8-83 



880856096 6—71-154 



Steadman Clark 7 8 9 9 10 5 5 8 5 7-73 



866 888964 9-72-145 

 Willi Military Rifle, Creedmoor Target. 



AC White - 5 45545464 



5 4 5 



CSMaeomber 5 4 5 



4 4 3 

 4 3 4 



James Earley 4 4 4 



4 4 3 



D Jones 4 



4 4 3 

 4 4 3 



4-45 

 4-44- 89 

 4 3-42 

 4 4-39 

 4 4—39-120 



4 4-41 



5 4-41 



4 4-40-123 



5 4—39 



4 4-38- 77 



TOPEKA RIFLE CLUB.— Topeka, Ran., Dec. 13.— The following 

 scores were made ou Dec. 13 by the members of the club on 200yds. 

 range: 



.1 l^aine 6 10 7 10 7 5 7 10 10 8-80 



9 10 8 6 10 7 8 10 9 7—84 

 6 8 10 9 10 5 10 10 5 10SS 



8 9 10 



C R Paine 6 7 5 



6 7 8 



7 7 7 



J P. McCarter 



..7 

 6 6 9 

 9 5 7 



9 6 5 7 10 6—78 



8 9 7 10 10 9-80 



7 9 10 7 8 8-77 



9 10 10 10 6 10-80 



8 7 8 5 9 10-78 

 6 10 10 5 8 10—75 

 6 8 7 8 10 9-76 

 8 9 10 5 9 6—77 



86 10 669468 6-69 

 G. E. M. 



SALEM, Mass., Doc. 25.— Salem marksmen did a lot of shooting 

 at the Independent Rifle Range to-day. Among the best shots 

 made at 200yds., out of a possible 200, were these: 



Lieut W G Russey 41 38 37 37-153 



*G A Rones 32 29 28 28- l:;s 



MM Wilson 36 29 28 28-115 



WFRodigras 33 33 36 30 -182 



tCorp Bruce 50 37 29 34-150 



* Handicap 1 6. +H andicap 10. 



These, were for special prizes. Among other shots made were 

 these: 



*Sergt Reuben Ropes 29 30 26 25—180 



SergtCF Ropes 25 26 27 31—109 



*Handicap 20. 



H. S. Cummings, with a handicap of 20, made 123. Corp. Osgood, 

 on a decimal count, of a possible 100, made one score of 70 and a 

 second of 67. 



OTTAWA, Out., Dec. 26.— The Department of Militja and 

 Defence has just about closed its operations for the. year. The 

 active militia consists of 36,7*3 officers and men, divided as fol- 

 lows: 



Cavalry 1,944 Infantry 31.297 



Field Artillery 1 ,440 — ■ — 



Garrison Artillery 1,923 Total 36.783 



Engineers 179 Permanent Corps 950 



During the year 20,689 men reported for drill. The amount of 

 ammunition issued for practice from 1867 to June 30, 1888, is as 

 follows: 



Rounds. Rounds. 

 Ball 13,053,789 Blank 6,834.42 



In addition there were sold 9,825,675 rounds of ammunition. 



GERMAN- AMERICAN SHOOTERS.— The German-American 

 Shooting Society, an organization of about 1,400 members of New 

 York city, dedicated its new hall and headquarters in St. Mark's 

 Place on the evening of Dec. 16. For years the society has been 

 striviug for this consummation. Its twenty-four companion had 

 previously met in the Germania Assembly Rooms on the Bowery. 

 They gathered together there for the last, time and marched in a 

 body, escorted by several sister societies, to their new head- 

 quarters. The new building is a stone structure, five stories high. 

 In the basement are a shooting gallery and a bowling alley. Back 

 of the saloon on the first floor is a l arge restaurant and assembly 

 room, and on the second, third and fourth floors, front, are com- 

 pany rooms, the rear being finished for lodge and assembly rooms. 

 On the fifth floor are the kitchen, and private appartinenis of the 

 janitor. The huiloing is in French renaissance style, and occupies 

 a modest, space at. 12 St. Mark's place. It is fitted more in a prac- 

 ticable than in a luxuriant manner, contaning a number of large 

 rooms instead of the usual grand hall of the club building. "In 

 unity there is strength," the motto of the German-American 

 Schuetzen (Society, is conspicuous on the St. Mark's place facade 

 antl it actually tells the whole story of the building. The entire 

 building was handsomely draped and festooned with the national 

 colors of Germany and America and with fancy banners. In the 

 assembly room on the second floor, where the ,'speechmaking was 

 done, there were large portraits in oil of Washington, Lincolnand 

 Grant. Mr. Henry Fishier, president of the society, delivered an 

 address of "welcome and introduced Judge Nehrbas, who con- 

 gratulated the society upon the realization of its desires for an in- 

 dependent headquarters. Among the other speakers of the oc- 

 casion were Coroner Levy, and Mr. F. A. Ringler. The New York 

 Maennerehor, conducted by Claussen, rendered seveivlbeautiful 

 choruses. There wore many visiting shooting societies present 

 from New York and Brooklyn. A collation followed the speech- 

 making. 



«. B Q? T0:N \ Dec - 29 --™ s w as the last sporting day for 1888 at 

 the Massachusetts range, and many were on hand to take their 

 last chance in the matches. Below will be found the prize, win- 

 ners in the V ictory medal match, with their winning scores; 

 flc ooQ- oJ? ( i? old vict01 'y. lf J scores of 86 or better): 86, 87, 89, 87, 91, 



oD, oo, 04, OD, o7. 



81 G 84 is ^sts? T it % ™3 eda1 ' W ° n 0n 10 SCDre9 of 81 or ^ter: 81, 84, 

 oi^m^i*'' ^ vo ° °' a 10 scores of 50 or better: 83, 92, 8L 90, 82, 



oo, oo, oo, o*, »U. 



79*87° 8i e 80 as" 7 ' ° U 10 BG ° r6S ° f 75 ° r better: 76 > 86 < 8G ' 88 ' 78 i 



^§ifsiS7if !,it badge ' 10 scores of 81 or better,: 83 ' 



Ta^wrwtefT??^ tedge ' 10 8cores of 75 ° r better): 



71 toTtc ^Wlu^ 10 SC01 ' eS ° f 70 OT b6tter: 74 ' S4, 70 ' 7L 



MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION— The management 

 of the Massachusetts Rifle Association announce, a new series of 

 matches for 1889 as follows: All-comers' practice match— 200yds.; 

 rounds, 10; no prizes. Members' practice match— Entry fee, to 

 members only. Revolver and pistol— Practice match, open to all 

 comers; entries good in 80 and oOyds. practice matches. Sighting 

 shots— Tickets good for 10 shb'ts, to all comers. Victory medal 

 match for 18S9— To close Dec. 31; to be shot on standard American 

 target; 200yds., standing; rounds, 10; no handicap; scores made in 

 other matches do not couut in this. Prizes as follows: First 

 prize, a victory gold medal, to the competitor who scores 10 80s 

 during the year; second, a gold membership badge, to the com- 

 petitor who scores 10 81s during the \ r ear; third, a victory silver 

 medal, to the compel itor who scores 10 80s during the year; fourth, 

 a victory bronze, medal, to the competitor who scores 10 75s during 

 the year; fifth, 'a silver membership badge, to the competitor 

 who scores 10 70s during the year; sixth, a bronze membership 

 badge, to the competitor "who scores 10 05s during the year. Medal 

 and badge match — all comers; standard American target, 200yds.. 

 standing; rounds, 10; any rifle; members will compete on revised 

 handicap list; non-members on such handicap as may be fixed by 

 the executive officer (subject to approval of executive, committee); 

 prizes to be won on the aggregate of each competitor's best five 

 scores, counted as one continuous score; membership badges can 

 be won by members only: military rifles to be shot without clean- 

 ing during each score. Each competitor iri this match who fails 

 to secure a prize, but who has shot 10 or more scores, will be en- 

 titled to have 20 per cent, of his entrv fee refunded'; this match to 

 close .Inly 4, 1889; 10 prizes, value $8$. 



Rest match— 200yds.; rounds. 10 on standard American target; 

 with test bullseye; prizes to be won on the aggregate of each 

 competitor's best five scores* counted as one continuous score; 

 rifle, any, without restriction as to sights, weight or trigger pull, 

 except that hair triggers must be provided with safely lock, 

 rifles of over 121bs. weight, with telescope sights, will be handi- 

 capped 2 points to each score; any position or rest, provided the 

 rifle is shot from the shoulder; this match will close Fast day; 

 1889; prizes-, percentages of the entry fees. 



Champion medal, match— Members only; 200vds.; rifle, anv; 

 standing; rounds, 10, on standard American target: medal to be 

 held by the winner until the next regular shoot dnv, when it 

 must be delivered to the executive officer at the range, it finally 

 to become the property of the competitor having won the 

 greatest number of times during the year; if a tic exists at the 

 end of the year it shall be decided as follows. Each competitor 

 tied shall shoot a string of 10 shots, handicapped on the basis of 

 the average of 10 shot strings of his winning scores. Twenty 

 shot rest match (for gold medal)— AH comers; 200yds.; rounds, 20 

 on standard American targets with rest bullseye; one score only 

 allowed each day; rifle, any. no restriction as to sights, weight or 

 trigger pull, except that hair trigger must be provided with 

 safety loc ks and rifles of over 121bs. weight with telescope sights 

 will be handicapped 4 points: any position or rest, provided the 

 r.'.flc is shot from the shoulder; conditions with reference to 

 nam*, finishing score and deciding ties, same as "champion medal 

 match." 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 23.— The target ranges at Shell 

 Mound Park were occupied to-day by "tbe Nat ionals," companies 

 C and G, First Regiment, National Guard of California. The 



Hult 42, 41; O. Noble 42, 39; O. F. Peterson 43, 39." 



ANNUAL MEETINGS. — The annual meeting of the National 

 Rifle Association will be held at the 22d Regiment armory in this 

 city on Jan. 8. Tbe annual meeting and dinner of the Mass- 

 achusetts Rifle Association will be held at Young's Hotel Jan. 8. 



THE CARVER SHOOT. 



TMTINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21— Dr. William F. Carver, the famous 

 ivJ. rifleman, began his six days' shoot at the Washington Rink 

 this moraine. He will try to break his own and the world's 

 record of 60,000 glass balls in six days. If he succeeds in accom- 

 plishing this herculean task he will receive. .$2,500 for his work, 

 but should he fail he will be out his expenses. As some people 

 have charged that the cartridges are loaded with shot, a single 

 grain of which would break a glass ball, wooden balls have been 

 secured and the mark of every bullet can he plainly traced. An- 

 other condition is that a .22-ealiber rifle shall be used. As this is 

 a smaller bullet than the marksman is accustomed to, he says 

 the feat will be more difficult than when he made the world's 

 record in 1884. He expects to break 8,000 or 10,000 balls to-day, 

 and to increase this number daily. The only difficulty he says he 

 will encounter will be shooting too fast oh the first day. This 

 caused a partial paralysis at New Haven in 1884, and almost re- 

 sulted in the doctor's death. While he admits that he has not 

 trained as thoroughly as he should, he is confident of success. 

 Theo. C. Moeller, the well-known dumb-bell manipulator, who 

 intended to break as many balLs with a 10-pound sledge as the 

 marksman did with his rifle, broke 8,000 balls in nine hours' prac- 

 ticing, and sprained his arm so badly that he will not he able to 

 enter. He has been engaged to look after Dr. Carver's guns 



On one side of the great front hall of the rink a huge screen 

 made of two thicknesses of heavy plank and reaching from floor 

 to ceiling has been erected, and it is against the whitewashed sur- 

 face of this screen as a background that the Doctor intends to fire 

 about 63,000 shots and break On.OOO balls in six days. 



If was shortly after 10 A. M. yesterday when the first ball was 

 thrown and the first crack of Dr. Carver's heavy Winchester rifle 

 rang through the rink and the ball fell splintered and broken. 

 On a table by the marksman's side lay ten rifles, all alike, and one 

 man— and he understands his business, too— stood ready to keep 

 the magazines full, and another undertook to repair any'damages 

 to the guns aud keep them all in working order. The cartridges 

 used are .22 short, and each loading of each rifle gives 20 shots 



Dr. Carver shot almost continuously from 10 o'clock in the fore- 

 noon until about 1, when he took a rest of a little more than an 

 hour for dinner, and then shot again until after 6 o'clock in the 

 evening, when he left his position by the table and went to supper. 

 All through the forenoon and the earlier part of the afternoon the 

 light in the rink was very bad, and this, with the inexperience 

 and clumsiness of the boys who were throwing the balls, made the 

 work very difficult and trying, and caused more ciuhers to appear 

 in the score than would otherwise have been found there. But 

 when the electric lights flared up at a little after 4, (he artificial 

 proved better than the light of the sun, and from that lime until 

 about 6 o'clock he made a great run, missing about 18 halls out of 

 2,000 shots. It was a wonderful sight to see him stand firm and 

 square, apparently calm aud unconcerned, just dropping his right 

 hand far enough to open the breech and throw out the' shell, and 

 throwing it back in place, pull the trigger and send the bullet 

 into the wooden balls lust as they reached their greatest altitude 

 and seemed to stand still in the air. A ball struck square on th« 

 side would break in pieces and fly to various parts of the room, 

 while some would barely move, and the only wav a hit could be 

 detected was by (he rapid spinning of the ball as it fell. 



The Doctor shoots with both eyes open and seldom fails to take 

 even bad chances where the throwers fail to give a ball a clean 

 toss, or some catch in the lock of the gun makes him late in sight- 

 ing the object of his aim. 



The crowd became enthusiastic as the number of targets 

 mounted up into the thousands, with scarce a nerceptible increase 

 in the number of stray shots. Nearly every one in the hall took 

 pains to possess himself with a piece of a ball with a bullet cm- 

 bedded in it or some other memento of the wondrous display of 

 marksmanship he had beheld. The time by thousand shots was 

 as follows: 



Begun. Finished. 



1st 10:05 A. M 11:05 A. M. 6th . 



2d 12:05 P.M. 7th. 



3d 1:12 P.M. 8th. 



4th 2:05 P. M 3:10 P. M. 9th. 



5th 4:05 P. M. 10th. 



Begun. 



Finished. 



5:05 P. M. 



6:30 P. M. 



7:35 P. M... . 8:40 P. M. 



.10:15 P. M. 



-11:30 P.M. 



In the. case of all except the 4th and 8th thousands he began on 

 one ten hundred shots immediately on finishing the one before it, 

 but between the 3d and 4th he took dinner and went to supper 

 between the 7th and 8th thousands. 



At 12 o'clock Dr. Carver had fired 10,000 shots and had missed 

 something over 230 balls. He then commenced to shoot to make 

 up the full 10,000 targets and in a half hour did that much and 

 added an extra 50 for luck. He made a new record in the mat- 

 ter of breaking successive balls, and at one time struck about 325 

 balls without missing one. The balls used are nearly round and 

 are about 2^jin. in diameter. 



Dec. 25— Dr. Carver has put in the second day of his great ball- 

 breaking effort at the Washington rink, Minneapolis. It was the 

 hardest Christmas the famous shooter ever passed. He kept at 

 work just as if people around him were not enjoying themselves 

 to the fuUest. It was the Doctor's way of enjoying himself. He 

 seemed to derive great satisfaction from seeing the wooden halls 

 fly to pieces. When he took up his Winchester rifle at 10 o'clock 

 be made an astonishing and discouraging discovery. He seemed 

 to have no control of his arms. He could ha rdly elevate the rifle 



to an angle of 45 degrees, not to say keep elevating and firing. He 

 at once sent for a physician. Electrical batteries were used, lin-i 

 ments employed, and by noon he was ready to resume his second 

 day's work. He rested several times during the day, but was 

 encouraged by the presence of a much larger number of specta- 

 tors than were present the first day. Many of them were ladies, 

 who took seats in the galleries and watched the shooting with 

 much apparent interest. The great rink is not the best lighted 

 building in tbe. city by any means, and the Doctor was handi- 

 capped in this respect. The electric light is not the best light to 

 shoot by and then something of a cloud of smoke made it still 

 worse. However, the Doctor did remarkable shooting during the 

 day. 



By 10:30 in the evening the Doctor had shot at 17,610 objects and 

 had missed but 328, of these 235 were missed the first day, showing 

 that but 03 were, missed to-day up to within about an hour of the 

 close last evening, The young men who throw the balls into 

 the air are getting the art down fine, and'are pretty regular in 

 the disf amies they throw the ball. This is quite an aid to the 

 marksman. Among the spectators w ere a number of gentlemen 

 who have won local fame as marksmen. When the Doctor began 

 to-day he had a little over 10,000 to his credit. His unexpected 

 delay in starti tig the second day put him behind a great deal, and 

 he was little a discouraged. He says he will stick to it, however, 

 and do the veTy best he can. He. expects to gain some to-day and 

 to-morrow, perhaps enough to make up the daily average of 

 10,000. He received several telegrams from his friends in the 

 East, who urge him to do his best. The score to-day was: 



U,000 12:35 P. M. 15,000 0:10 P. M. 



12,000 1:45 P. M. 16,000 8:20 P. M. 



13,000 3:15 I'. M. 17,000 9:45 P. M. 



14,000 4:45 P. M. 18,K00. . - , 10:50 P. M. 



The wooden balls have been used so much that hundreds of 

 them are shattered to pices. Others are chipped so much that 

 they are reduced to half their original size. 



Dec. Dr. Carver went to the Washington Rink this morning 

 feeling better than on the night before, although his wrists were 

 swollen considerably. He began shooting at the usual hour, 10 

 o'clock, and expressed himself as being confident that he would 

 be able to have his total score up to 30,000 when 12 o'clock mid- 

 night came. He had miscalculated, however, as after shooting 

 about 300 balls his right arm became helpless, and he was forced 

 to discontinue. Dr. Tower, who was present, applied the current 

 of a small electric battery that he had with him and bound the 

 arm with bandages saturated with liniment, and in a short time 

 he began work again. His aim remains true and he rarely missed 

 what he aimed at. The boys engaged in throwing up the balls 

 seemed in just as bad shape as the rifleman, aud they did not toss 

 as well as they might have done. The crowd at the rink was not 

 as large as on Christmas Day. All expressed themselves as being 

 sure that the doctor will fail in his iask, and a number of experi- 

 enced riflemen stated that they considered bis feat an impossible 

 one. 



It was 12 o'clock before the marksman had shot his first 1,000 

 targets, and unless ho made up during the afternoon it would be 

 an impossible thing for him to make his 10,000 at midnight. At 

 3 o'clock he had hit 2,175 targets, and only missed 25. 



Dr. Carver was in bad shape all the evening, and he looked very 

 pale. His arms pained him severely. Despite that, however, he 

 worked away steedily, and at 11 o'clock he had shot at 7,250 targets 

 and missed only 60, making a total for the three, davs 20,733 targets 

 and 26,535 hits. 



Begun. Closed. Begun. Closed. 



20th. . . .10:10 A. M. 11:55 A. M. 24th. . . . 6:30 P. M. 7:50 P. M. 

 21st .... 12:00 M. 1:25 P. M. 25th .... 8:05 P. M. 9:00 P. M. 



22d 2:20 P. M. 3:45 P. M. 20th . . . 9:00 P. M. 10:30 P. M. 



23d 4:40 P. M. 5:40 P. M. 



The doctor began on his 27th thousand at 10:50, but did notfinish 

 it at 11:35, he felt so badly that he thought he had bettor retire, 

 and stopped with the score of 429. Altogether in tbe three days 

 he has shot at 26,714 targets, and missed but 107. When he went 

 to his room at the Nicollet House at midnight his wrist was in 

 bad shape. Electric batteries were applied after which it was 

 poulticed with flaxseed. The doctor is not discouraged. 



Dec. 27.- The Doctor has already shown himself to have lost 

 none of the grit and endurance he displayed a year ago when he 

 made his New Haven record. At noon to-day he had fired alto- 

 gether 80.C00 shots, which means, without exaggeration, that he 

 had lifted', up to that time 300.0001bs. His rifle weighs lOlbs., and 

 he had carried that to his shoulder 30,030 times. The terrible 

 work is telling on him, however, and he looks like an altogether 

 different man than he did when on the first day he stepped in- 

 side the railing and lifted a rifle to his shoulder. He did not feel 

 so fatigued as on the day before, but his wrists and fingers were 

 swollen worse and pained him more. 



At 11 o'clock in the forenoon, while the doctor was busy firing, 

 the massive bulwark which is used as a back-stop for the bullets, 

 suddenly gave way from the top and came crashing down. The 

 scorer and the two hall-tossers had a narrow escape for their lives, 

 and the doctor came near losing an arm, as the heavy boards 

 struck the table by which he. was standing, within a few inches 

 of his arm. It took a good deal of time to get the bulwark back 

 to its former position, wijich caused the doctor to lose a. good 

 deal of valuable time. His rifle did not work any better than it 

 did the day before, aud the boys tossing the balls 'tossed worse if 

 anything than before. The balls that were missed were few and 

 far between however. 



When the evening shooting opened his score for the four days 

 was 34,600 shots with 493 misses. He is considerably behind his 

 average, and intends shooting all night to make up for what, ho 

 has lost. After 12 he laid down for an hour's sleep, and then 

 began shooting again. He will shoot apd sleep at intervals of an 

 hour all night. The score up to 1 o'clock stood as follows: 



Begun. Closed. Begun. Closed. 



23th. . . .10:25 A. M 11:25 A. M. 33d . ... 5:25 P. M 6:25 P. M. 



29th. . . .11:40 A. M 12:35 P. M. 34th .... 7:10 P. M.. . . 8:00 P. M. 



30th. . . .12:35:P. M 1:40 P. M. 35th. . . . 8:00 P. M 9:15 P. M. 



31st 2:25 P. M... . 8:b0 P. M. 36th.... 9:20 P.M... 10:55 P.M. 



32d 3;35 P. M 4:45 P. M. 37th .... 11 :05 P. M 1:00 A. M. 



Dec. ,?#.— Dr. Carver's shooting to-day was wonderful. He kept 

 up his work until 4 o'clock in the morning when he went to bed 

 and slept a few hours. He had shot altogether over 38,500 tar- 

 gets before that hour. He began again at 10 o'clock in the fore- 

 noon, and from that time on a continuous stream of fire came 

 from that part of the building where the rifleman was standing. 

 He was determined to have the 3,000 which he was behind in his 

 score wiped off the boards before he stopped, and make at the 

 close of the fifth day a total score of 50,000. There were a great 

 many visitors at the rink during the day, among them several 

 prominent St. Paul marksmen. At 9:30 in the evening the doctor 

 had shot 8,500 times since 10 ociock A. M. and missed but 60 shots. 

 His arm, wrist and hand were still in terrible condition, and it 

 was necesary for a doctor to inject morphine into his shoulder 

 with a hypodermic spring to keep him from fainting with the 

 pain. He is looking very pale and haggard, and has probably 

 lost twenty-five pounds in weight during the five days' work. The 

 following table will show Dr. Carver's total score up to the close 

 of the fiftb^day: 



Closed. Begun. 

 2:25A.M. 44U ... 5:00 P.M. 

 3:30 A.M. 4S§.., 6:15 P. 2,1. 



Begun. 

 37W... 1:05 A.M. 

 38V£. . . . 2:55 A. M. 

 3914. . . .10:00 A. M. 

 40^.... 11:30 A, M. 

 4Ml. . . . 1:25 P. M. 

 42J4. ... 2:30 P. M. 

 4314 ... 3:30 P. M. 



11:00 A. M. 

 1:25 P. M. 

 2:30 P. M. 

 3:30 P. M. 

 4:55 P. M. 



46i| ... 7:30 P. M. 

 47th.... 8:50 P. M. 

 48th.... 10:00 P. M. 

 49th.... 11:15 P. M. 



Closed. 

 6:15 P. M. 

 7:30 P. M. 

 8:50 P. M. 

 9:30 P. M. 

 11:15 P. M. 

 12:40 P. M. 



The total score of the day since 10 o'clock yesterdav morning is 

 10,500 with 61 misses. Total for the five days, 49,000 with 590misses. 



Dec. US). — Dr. Carver's right hand was powerless when he took 

 up his rifle at 9 o'clock this morning and he hadn't the strength 

 to throw the lever of his Winchester down. All day yesterday he 

 kept steadily at work, and had 49,000 balls to his credit when he 

 was forced to stop. During the day Dr. Lowers was called in and 

 injected morphine into his swoUen arm. He told the marksman's 

 trainer to bandage the wrist with a flaxseed poultice when he 

 stoppod shooting, but this was not done, and this morning it was 

 in very bad condition. 



When Dr. Carver found his arm was powerless he applied the 

 electric battery, but the full strength of the current had no effect 

 on him. Dr. Lowers was called in and advised the Doctor to quit, 

 but be refused to stop and said: "If you can get this hand to work 

 I'll go ahead if it kills me." 



"If you keep on," said the physican, "the first thing you know 

 your right arm will have to be amputated." 



"Well, I'm going at it again, and I'll break 11,000 balls to-day, 

 but if anybody ever gets me into a scrape like this again it won't 

 be while my name is Carver." 



After receiving an injection of morphine, Dr. Carver com- 

 menced shooting at 10 o'clock. His left arm has caused him no 

 trouble at all, but from the condition of his right hand early 

 morning visitors were of the opinion that he would break down 

 before completing the task. 



At 3 o'clock this afternoon he had shot at 52,800 balls, and missed 

 005. He expects to finish.his task of breaking 60,000 balls by mid- 

 night. The prospects are that he will break his record, as he 

 started out to do, but at a terrible physical expense. 

 An attempt was made to-night by some of the local gamblers to 



