Vol. VI.-No. 23. I 
New Serle»— No. 101. t 
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1876. 
I Eetabllsbed A, D. 1871. 
I 84.(10 a year, lOc. a copy. 
Capt. Bogardns 
Capt. Bogardus, the champion bird-shot of the 
world, whose portrait we give, is still in this city, but 
will soon return to his home in Illinois. The daily 
press have been profuse in their commendations of his 
pluck in going to England all alone, and challenging 
the world to match a man against him. England’s 
ambition was aroused, and two of their best shots were 
matched to shoot him, both of which he vanquished, 
bringing home the elegant badge of the championship 
of the world, illustrated in our columns last week. We 
have not commented on the challenge of Mr. Ira Paine, 
and counter challenge of Mr. Bogtrdus which has been 
the subject of much comment in the New York press; 
but all real sportsmen will fully endorse Mr. Bogardus’ 
course in not following Paine or Ward around the 
country to shoot at their convenience. It is about time 
for Paine to come to Mr. Bogardus’ terms if he means 
business. After a tremendous flouri^ of trumpets by 
Paine with every reasonable concession by Bogardus, 
Paine backs down, so that Bogardus still remains 
champion against all comers. 
On Friday, 3d, Capt. Bogardus tried his hand at rifle 
against T. Broadway, 20 shots, 100 yards range, 4 inch 
bull’s-eye. Score: Bogardus, 145.15; Broadway, 158.15. 
Afterward Bogardus exhibited as a shot against time 
50 birds in eight minutes. No boundary and no gather- 
ing. He brought down the first seven, but missed the 
eighth; then he ran along till he lost ihe eleventh, also 
the eighteenth and nineteenth birds. So he kept on 
until he had’ killed forty-eight birds in 6m. 15s. The 
supply of birds having given out four additional birds 
were sent for, and Bogardus succeeded in killing the 
full fifty in 6m. 30s. Miles Johnson did the trapping, 
and two boys gathered the birds. 
cleaning to take the average of six shots from 
each barrel? He may well “regret not having re 
corded these guns at thirty inch targets, to show their 
superiority over the best gunsyet exhibited, for superior 
they were to a certainty;’’ when he eoes on to state 
“ only two shots were fired," and upon these two shots he 
draws his conclusions, and states that my best gun was 
beaten. Is it possible that he can seriously put into 
printsucha statement; when all the stringent regula- 
tions that could be devised by the Editor of the Field 
and a committee of eminent spoitsmen and gentlemen 
were put into force in my case, with the firing into pit, 
accurately weighed charges, etc., etc., and no guarantee 
whatever of similar regulations being observed in the 
other case. If he had been present at the Field Trial 
be would have ascertained the universal disappointment 
experienced by the gunmakers present at the peiform- 
ance of their several guns in the trial. a.s compared with 
what they accomplished at their previous private prac- 
tice. Take for instance the case of Mr. Dougall’s gun, 
with which in a private trial, he published results and pro- 
fessed to beat my gun in penetration; but with this same 
gun in the public trial he made 158 points penetration 
against my 206. The fact is quite apparent that private 
trials are no criterion whatever, if used for the purpose 
of bringing them into comparison with the Field Trial, 
when they have not complied with its stringent regula- 
tions and conditions. It is a fact acknowledged by the 
Editor of the P^ld that the weather alone may affect 
the results; and instead of selecting for the final trial the 
best guns out of the whole of the first trial, he, instead, 
selected the best from each day, thus acknowledging 
the principle that it might be unjust to compare the 
results of one gun shot one day, with another gun shot 
another day, with the probability of a different state of 
atmosphere; the only fair criterion can be obtained 6y 
the average of a number of shots taken under exactly 
similar conditions and circumstances. 
Anain, he stales: “In regard to strength of shooting 
(a most important point), choke boring is rather a detri- 
ment than advantage. Greener’s assertion to the con- 
trary notwithstanding.” 
Fortunately, Greener’s assertions on this most im- 
portant point are most fully confirmed and borne out 
by the unmistakable and unque.stionable results of the 
late trial, where the penetration of the best gun on the 
old system was 172 against my choke bore of 206; and 
I can speak from an extensive practical e\perience 
that the outside shots of choke bores maintain an equal 
superiority over outside shots of ordinary bores as the 
central shots do, but that the shots referred to as being 
“jammed out of shape, etc.,” both in ordinary and 
choke bores, never reach the target at all. 
In reply “that choke bores do not retain their origi- 
nal shooting powers,” the trial demonstrates conclusively 
[continued on page 364.] 
W. W. Greener Replies to J. W. Long. 
St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham, England, ) 
August 20, 1875. j 
As your impression of July 31 contains an article by- 
Mr. J. W. Long, in which my name is several times 
mentioned, I trust you will do me the simple justice of 
inserting the following reply to same: 
I regret to have to remark the very numerous in- 
accuracies therein contained, which convince me that 
he has not given this subject that close attention abso- 
lutely necessary to the proper understanding or writing 
thereon with that fairness and accuracy which is specially 
incumbent upon one who professes to inform and lead 
public opinion in the matter ; while the numerous un- 
substantiated and off hand assertions are diametrically 
opposed to the undoubted facts and figures of the late 
full and exhaustive “ field” trial. 
In his opening sentence he states that “so much stress 
was being laid upon pattern that force or penetration 
was overlooked or considered of seconfinry importance.” 
Whereas the fact of the superiority in pattern being 
already more easily demonstrated and acknowledged, 
one of the express objects of the late trial was to prove 
the alleged superiority of the penetration, and to de- 
monstrate this more difficult and more important fact, 
knowing full well that increased pattern at the expense 
of decreased penetration would have been a very doubt- 
ful advantage indeed, nay rather a positive disadvant- 
age. 
Then, he states that “ twenty-five years ago a Mr. 
Haynes bored guns on this principle, and made them 
shoot equal to any bored at the pi^sent day.” How can 
such an assertion be substantiated? Were they sub- 
jected to the same severe test of the late trial, of firing 
twelve shots at the first round and twenty-two shots at 
the second round into a pit, and then without 
