DR. CARVER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3668, 17 April 1883, Page 4

DR. CARVER.

Dr. "\V. F. Cai'N'cr lias (s.nimimii.-atcd (i> Ur' New York jivess Ihe following report •it his experiences in Europe:- - li MysliootinLV uiused such a sensation in England that "ivithiii v low days 1 received ;i connnaiid to shoot before the Prince of Wales at Sandringham. There 1 shot before the Prince ;md Princess and their family and a large iiumber of guests, and they were so well pleased that-I had torejicat tin , performance. The Pi'ince i* passionately fond of shooting, and took the. greatest interest in all I did, keeping the .score himself. He even vagered Viscount Mauduville that 1 would break one hundred glass liall.s in succession, and I won it for him. Talk about the stillness of Royally! I Avas never so taken back in my life. The young Princess had to borrow rifles, ammunition, and my horses, and they went tearing all over the beautiful lawn banging away at everything. .It AVits. more like a circus than anything else. The Prince of "Wales got a riik: and 70D rounds of ammunition, and Avheu he had to go up to London once Prince G-eorge borrowed the α-ifie, and Avhen his father wanted to practise he had to send to London i<jr more cartridges. I believe I shot before Jill the. Royal Family of England except the Queen. At Aldershot L had a grand reception, and it Avas a sight to see the masses of soldiers, about :■;!),()()(), turn out to see the exhibition. After that I. went to (<ermany, and shot before the Emperor and Crown Prince, and Princess, and a vast crowd of titled people and soldiers. That Avas at Potsdam. I Avas invited to a chamois hunt. Count AVilezeck was our Lost, and Aye Avent to his estate in the mountains. Ho treated us royally, and \vc stayed (here for over two weeks. I made there what I consider was the best shootini at game I ever did. I was sitting one da}' at my station, Avhen I saw the head of a chamois appear in a, crevice or split between two rocky piujuu-les about ■-H)0 yards across a ravine. 'ill was nut ji very large mark, but, I tired and atriu-k Ty'm fair, and r.s he jumped 1 was startled by n sound close to me. I turned, ;;nd there Avas a- royal stag just stalling on the run. I fired two shots at him, liLt, him, with both, and killed him, and he add the. chamois rolled down the opposite sides of the ravine to within 10ft of one another. I killed altogether, sixteen chamois and two stags, and was thu only one to, kill a stag. I 7ie.xt came back to England', and made a. regular business of exhibition glass-ball shootiu- ,,- and privately practised pigeon shooting, as that was. Avhat I could make matches at. This 7. kept up for a, year. Last summer I went back to Austria on a little pleasure trip, and when on my way back I stopped •At; nrt>d'ju by request, and gave an exhibition before the King of Saxony. That was ~n August 2S, ISS-J, and is' the last exhibition I. Lave given." in recognition of Dr. Carver's wonderful performance, the Prince of Wales signified Sir D. Probvn the pleasure with which he had witnessed his skill, and sent him a gold horseshoe scarf pin, studded with diamonds and havi\>-» in the centre the Prince of Wales' i'eaUM-j-fT with minute colored precious stones, i-n the. band of the coronet. From the Emperor of (ienuany he received a diamond ring, wit!* thirteen stones set round ;> larg<f centre stone, and from the Cvuwn, Prince aiid Princess a gold scari; pin, with ijutials ' r.V.' crossed on tut- top and studck<l with yems.