472 
will occupy the remainder of the route ; but the whole jour- 
ney may be accomplished, if need be, in twenty hours. By 
taking the 9:45.train at night, daylight will overtake him before 
he reaches the mountain region. But the intermediate sec- 
tion is interesting and diversified. From the time when he 
emerges from the great tunnel, 3,927 feet in length, almos at 
the very wharf where the steamer lands, until he reaches 
Staunton, his attention is fully occupied with historical asso- 
ciations, natural objects, and works of engineermg art. At 
the threshold of his journey he crosses the Chickahommy ( 
which was the boundary of the field of combat around Rich- 
mond in our civil war. All around are other battle fields of 
early Indian warfare, and later, of the Revolution- Near 
Hanover Court House, eighteen miles from Richmond, Pat- 
rick Henry and Henry Clay were born, and the intervening 
country is rich with bending orchards and fertile fields of to- 
bacco and grain. At Hanover Junction, twenty-six miles, 
the C. and O. Railroad crosses the Richmond, Fredericksburg 
and Potomac Railroad, and follows the ridge which divides 
the watershed of the North and South Anna rivers, to within 
five miles of Gordonville; and then descends toward the 
Rivanna River on the slopes of Matchunk Creek, skirting the 
foothills of Southwest Mountain and traversing one of the 
richest agricultural belts of Virginia. Ninety-five miles from 
Richmond it passes through the water-gap of the Southwest 
Mountain. Here is MonticeUo, the home and resting place of 
Thomas Jefferson, and two miles farther is Charlottesville, 
the seat of the University of Virginia, founded by the “sage,” 
and the centre of one of the most productive and locally 
attractive districts of the entire Southern country. The dome 
of the University overlooks a landscape diversified by vine, 
yards, orchards, gardens and farms, while several woollen 
mills, a foundry, a manufactory of agricultural implements, 
and many other industries, are further suggestive of the wants 
and resources of the vicinity. This is the celebrated Pied- 
mont country (foot-of-the-mountains,) and the knobs and 
domes of the Blue Ridge range surround it like an amphi- 
theatre. 
Ten miles from Charlottesville, the road crosses Medium s 
river at an elevation of 650 feet above -tide-level, and then 
commences the ascent of the Blue Ridge, passing this mount- 
ain barrier at an average gradient of seventy teet per mile. 
It was just at this point that daybreak overtook me, and 
drawing aside the curtains from the window of my sleeping 
berth, I watched with increasing interest passing objects as 
they were revealed by the opening morn. For the next fif- 
teen miles we toiled gradually skyward. Occasionally the 
vision was eclipsed by passage through a tunnel, and in this 
way three mountain spurs were successively penetrated. The 
landscape was indistinct in the shadowy dawn, but we can 
believe the guide-book when it says that it is one of the most 
enchanting of panoramic views. “The upper valleys of the 
Rockfish River and its branches are spread out far below, en- 
closed on the left by the Southwest range of hills, and oppo- 
site by the more elevated Blue Ridge— with a very pleasing 
contrast of wild with cultivated ground ; of farms, groves and 
vineyards opposed by rocks, ravines, and the roughest aspects 
of mountain scenery.” 
Over this Arcadian land the crescent moon was still shining 
brightly, throwing its effulgence upon the mountain peaks 
and mellowing the gloom of the valleys; and as I gazed 
intently at it, it was suddenly eclipsed by the passage of the 
train into a tunnel whose length seemed interminable. This 
was the main tunnel of this stupendous work ot engineering, 
4,260 feet in length. When we emerged we had traversed 
the highest peak of the range, 1,500 feet above tide-level ; the 
“ Pinnacle" was behind us, and the moon was shining over 
the notable Valley of Virginia. Hallook. 
Club be Instructed to compunlcate with the S h u8 ln tne eu - 
clubs throughout the State, requesting them B80C i a tion, similar to 
deavor to bring about the lormatlon ot a Sta state 
those already existing In New York and ln almost every 
excepung our own. rpaaC 8t each club to 
With this eud in view wc have determined tor q beUc m at 
elect three (3) delegates to reprewnt them in a n e n Aug . 
the Clarendon Hotel, 495 and 497 Broad st., • f pr0 p er 
8, at i r.M. The object of the association will be tho aeonrlngoi PJ 
legislation for the protection of wHd birds, I Bsl i an cd *. wa . fortlie 
the close season ; for the vigorous enforcemtu among sports- 
promotion of kindly Intercourse and gOTeroMemulationam g P 
men, the elevation of this truly gentlemanly f time 
an annual competition or State Tournament, 
and place as may be designated by the 
We will deem It an especial favor if you vylll bring tb 
your club, and urge them to unite with ns In giving ^sworthyobje 
their earliest consideration and hear. y co-opei ration at 'VnvmJZThe 
communicate with me at as early a date as possible, forwarding 
names of your delegates. to a 
As my means for acquiring Information as t° ctabs Is, to^ 
certain extent, limited, I would kindly ank you to bring his matter m 
the notice of any club ln your vicinity or county, urging upon them lm 
mediate action ln this important and excellent undertaking. 
Yours very respectful^ £££•>. CSS Newark av. 
Caught in the Act. -W e notice with pleasure the catch- 
ing and punishing of all who fish in the wrong way. A cor- 
respondent writes from Tomah, Wis., under date of July 6 : 
“ Last spring I sent you notice of the fact that there had 
been effected an organization for the protection of trout in 
this county. Our streams are nearly all very small, and in 
out-of-the-way localities, consequently the man witl^tfce 
scoop-net” very generally eludes detection. On t k® J” “ h ° 
June, however, a brother sportsman and myself found one 
of the poachers, and on the 24th made due complaint, had mm 
arrested, and the court fined him $15 and costs, in aU amount- 
ing to nearly §30. It so happened that the fellow took about 
thirty trout at the time we caught him, and as they averaged 
only about four inches in length, I am of the opimon that the 
price was pretty steep.” »oud. 
THE BREAKING OF THE 6,500 GLASS 
BALLS-DR. CARVER. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
MEETINGS OF STATE ASSOCIATIONS 
FOR 1878. 
Tenneeeee State Sportsmen’s AsBooiation, Nashville, Dec. 2 . 
Sect'y., Clark Pritchett, Nashville, Tenn. 
Wisconsin State Sportsmen's Association. 
Massachusetts State Sportsmen’s Association, at call of President 
Miesouri State Sportsmen's Association. 
Dynamite Fishers.— The unusual abundance of black bass 
and other choice Lake Erie and Niagara River fish in the 
markets led the President of the Niagara Falls Shooting Club 
to inquire as to their capture. The result of his investigation 
is that the fishermen are using dynamite. In addition to the 
great quantities of large fish thus killed are thousands of 
small ones which are thrown away as unfit for food. Exam- 
ples should be made of these men. 
New Jeesby Protection. —The Jersey City Heights Gun 
Club, a most enthusiastic and enterprising young club, has 
made a very commendable move for the better protection of 
game throughout the State of New Jersey, as will be learned 
from the following letter, issued by its Secretary to New 
Jersey game associations. The West Jersey Game Associa- 
tion is a model organization of its kind, vigorous in the en- 
forcement of law, and active in fostering and increasing the 
game under its jurisdiction. If a State organization could be 
formed which should unite the zeal of these two clubs with 
the strength which comes from union, we may with reason 
anticipate the best of resultB : 
^ Jersey City, July 12, 1878. 
SECRETARY CLUB : 
Dear Sir— At a meeUug of tbe Jersey City Heights Gun Club, held 
Wednesday, July 10, 1678, It was resolved that the Secretary ot this 
S ATURDAY, July 13, was in many respects a most unfav- 
orable day for the performance Dr. Carver undertook of 
breaking 5,500 balls in 500 minutes. The weather was exces- 
sively close and muggy, and had foUowed a singularly-lon 
heated spell. There was almost all the day very little air, an 
when the wind blew it was directly in the face of the rifle- 
man with hardly force enough to drive the smoke of the rifle 
away There was one heavy shower during the day which 
may have slightly lowered the temperature, but then it made 
the effects of the sun, which shone for a long time during the 
afternoon full on Dr. Carver’s face, difficult to bear. In nfle 
shooting of tbe character attempted by Dr. Carver it is im- 
possible to shift the ground so as to have the sun on one s 
back when desirable. Some 6,000 rifle balls to be shot must 
be fired only in the one direction, where there was no possible 
danger. In front of the firing shed at the Brooklyn -Driving 
Park there is a belt of woods, and in this direction fell the 
some 200 pounds of balls Dr. Carver shot during the exhibi- 
tK promptly on time at eleven o’clock Carver was in position. 
It being work and not play tbe rifleman was unadorned with 
his medals and stood conspicuous in his plain white shirt and 
blue trousers. His immaculate white Texas belt had been ex- 
changed for one with a shorter brim, which had seen usage, 
and which was looped up on one side, On the table was the 
gun case, with the six ’Winchesters. This arsenal consisted of 
the Doctor’s four rifles, with two new ones furnished by tbe 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Ten thousand cartridges in 
boxes (some 300 pounds dead weight) were all opened and 
ready, and a huge pile of barrels, full of the Ira Paine feather- 
filled balls, formed a barricade to the right of the rifleman. 
The assistants were Ira Paine, Texas Jack, Col. Fletcher, 
Amond John and J. P. Hill. There was a colored man with 
a big tub full of ice water ready to cool off the barrels of tbe 
Winchesters. Tbe arrangements made by the Forest and 
Stream and Rod and Gun and the New York Herald to re- 
port the match were very thorough. To keep such a long 
score some four persons, all experts, ere absolutely necessary. 
One person records the shots on paper, another, chronometer 
in hand, keeps the time, a third calls out “ Broke, or Miss," 
while a fourth makes up a continuous analysis of the shooting. 
Some four persons had the heavy task of throwing the 
glass balls in the air. 
It is necessary to particularize the distance at which in thi 
shooting the rifleman is away from the ball. The person 
throwing the ball was about twelve leet from the rifleman, 
and the ball was tossed from ten to fifteen feet up in the air. 
People ignorant of such matters must bear in mind that 
there is a great difference between hitting a flying mark with 
a single rifle ball and striking the same object with a load of 
shot. Of course comparisons were made between Captain 
Bogardus and Dr. Carver. It was believed that the cham- 
pion of tbe shot gun had more endur&ice than tbe great rifle- 
man. As is well known to our readers, Bogardus is of mas- 
sive build, a big, lusty man, all brawn and muscle, while Dr. 
Carver, though elegantly proportioned, is by no means as 
well filled out, but is rather lithejand does not look at all what 
is called wiry. The result showed that when Dr. Carver’s 
endurance was called upon it could respond to a most marked 
degree. The manipulation of the shot gun and Winchester 
repeating rifle are entirely different. It can never be exactly 
determined which of tbe two the greater effort to load is 
necessary. The charging of the shot gun in Captain Bogar- 
dus’ match was certainly more complex, as was once fully 
described in this journal- In working the Winchester a moder- 
ate amount of force must be used in throwing out the old ex- 
ploded shell and in bringing up a new cartridge from the 
magazine. Long practice has made Dr. Carver familiar with 
the use of liis weapon, but let a man, not an expert, try and 
work the lever of this particular arm and he would soon tire. 
As to the shock from recoil, it is, we think, greater in the 
shot gun than in the rifle. Before the match it was chiefly on 
the recoil question that the chances of Dr. Carver’s making 
tune were agitated. As the results show, the Doctor did not 
suffer any great inconveinence about his)body from the numer- 
ous discharges of the rifle, but it was from entirely another 
source that the chances of his losing the match arose. In 
cleaning the arms some slight amount of moisture remains in 
the rifles. In the haste of loading and discharging the piece, 
whether by tbe movemeut of tbe lever, which had to be done 
with a certain amount of force, or by the explosion, water 
was projected with considerable violence into the rifleman’s 
eves This moisture was certainly impregnated with the pro- 
ducts of the decomposition of the powder, which were terribly 
irritating to the eyes. What was worse was that the g ass 
balls being shivered with great force, splinters of fine glass 
were often thrown directly in Carver s face. In fact sharp 
SDicula* were projected for thirty feet around, the broken 
balls sometimes cutting the face and hands of the audience. If 
the match had been lost it would have arisen entirely because 
Dr Carver could not see, and not from any effects on his 
ch<k or arms. All during the match, if there was an effort 
iised to bring the Winchester six thousand two hundred and 
etemn times Into the air by Dr. Carver any over exertion 
wL not visible to those present. Physically the Doctor was 
fairlv fresh It was tbe eyes which early in the match com- 
menced to suffer. The pain at times must have been exqui- 
site What assistance could be had was given, such as of 
bathing the eyes; and. so some slight .relief was given. It is 
pretty certain that innumerable balls were shot at withou 
being seen by him, which may account for the number of 
missis. Most gamely the Doctor strugg led through, showing 
indomitable pluck and endurance. 1 he trouble with the 
eyes was the last thing which Dr. Carver thought would hap- 
nen to him Such visual disturbance had never for once en- 
tered his mind. A great deal of credit, we may state, here is 
due to Mr. Ira Paine, who, acting as Carver s coach, gave his 
best services, and by word and action kept Dr. Carver fully 
informed as to how he should best manage when bo was 
. struggling against fearful odds. In the second thousand ball 
series the eye trouble commenced, which continued during 
the whole of the match. As eyes have no second wind it can 
be readilv understood how difficult it was to accomplish 
the feat The first hundred broken, takiDg only 5 minutes 
and 5 seconds, with but six misses, there were quite a number 
of 100 s where as many as 20 and 30 were missed, with the 
time of 10 12 and even 16 minutes. Rests had to be taken 
in order ’ to bathe the Doctor's eyes. From about 
the three thousandth ball, Dr. Carver who was behind 
time, some 11 to 14 minutes, was called upon for his 
best efforts, and nerving himself he went to his task with a 
will, and, shortening the time, made up the gap. lhere was 
a great feeling of relief when the last shot was fired, and the 
Doctor’s friends took him in charge. Like Captain Bogardus, 
Dr Carver is disinclined to make another match of this 
character. After all, cui bono. Such performances are cer- 
tainly not amusiDg ; they are even dreadfully monotonous. 
Public taste decries the exhibition of an overdriven horse, I he 
glory of an achievement which shows endurance may be 
sought for ; but, when life or limb are endangered, such repu- 
tation as may be acquired is out of proportion with the risk. 
One of Dr. Carver's handsome eyes is certainly worth more 
to him than five millions of broken glass balls, shot in any in- 
calculable short space of time. We trust such time matches, 
prolonged without reason, will no longer be in vogue. In a 
certain sense only such trials may be useful in proving the 
efficiency of the arm, rather than that of the human machine ; 
but then we can get at the excellence of a weapon by a purely 
mechanical plan. From tbe great merit of Dr. Carver's per- 
formance or that achieved by Captain Bogardus, we do not 
intend in the least to decry. As a representative, however, of 
public opinion, we must think that little is to be gained by ex- 
nibitions such as we have described. 
Immediately after the match Dr. Carver, quite exhausted 
after having shot his long fusillade, was put to bed and was 
carefully attended to. His eyes were terribly inflamed and 
paiDful, and the services of an occulist were called for. 
Monday a representative of the Forest and Stream and 
Rod and Gun, having called on Dr. Carver, found him in 
good spirits, and only suffering from bis eyes. One of tbe 
eyes was closed and the other quite inflamed. A few days 
will possibly bring the Doctor quite round. The arms and 
chest of the rifleman show no signs of the terrible bard work 
he has gone through. Of course the head is a little dizzy, 
some old wounds about the skull Carver had received in his 
Indian fights paining him somewhat. The very abstemious 
life the Doctor has led will bring him to, we trust, in time. 
OFTIOIAX SCORE. 
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1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 ° 1 1 1 11- 
Total, 106 ; mlsBed, 6. Time, 5m. 5s. 
200. . .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hi 1 1 J J } } } } J J 
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102 ; missed, 2. Time, 6m. 268. 
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11111101111111011111111 
Total, 106 ; missed, 6. Time, 7m. 60s. 
400. . .1 101111111111111111 
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11111111111111111111111 
102 ; missed, 2. Time, 6m. 40s. 
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missed, 4. Time, 6m. 208. 
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Total, 110; mlSBed, 10. Time, 7m. 10s. 
700. ..1 111111111111101111 
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Total, 108 ; missed, 3. Time, 5m. 60s. 
500.. .1 111111111110111111 
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01101101111111101111011 
—Total, 112 ; missed, 12, Time, 6m. 
900.. . 1 011110011111111111 
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11110111111111111111111 
109 ; missed, 9. Time, 7m. los. 
1.000. . ..1 11111111111111111 
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111 1— Total, 110 ; mlesed, 10. Time, 8m. 
1,100. ..111011111111111111 
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1 1— Total, 109 ; mlsBed, 9. Time, 10m. 10s. 
1 , 200 . ...1 11011111111111111 
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01111111111111111111 111 
106; missed, 6. Time, 6m. 60s. 
1,800. ...1 01111111111111111 
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Total, 110 ; mlesed, 10. Time, 8mj 
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