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 A highlight of the festival is the Captain Bogardus Trap Shoot.
It will be on Saturday at the Lincoln Sportsman Club. Registration
begins at 12:15 p.m., with competition kicking off at 12:30.
Capt. Adam H. Bogardus is possibly one of the best-known trap
shooters in history. He traveled with "Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Show" as a sharpshooter, was named the Champion Wingshot of the
World in 1876 and is even credited with inventing a trap thrower
designed to throw glass targets.
Bogardus is buried in Elkhart, and in his honor the Logan
Railsplitting Association is hosting the annual Captain Bogardus
Trap Shoot. Bob McCue, a descendant of Bogardus, will also be on
hand as a Bogardus interpreter.
For the shoot, three classes will be available: muzzleloaders,
old-style shotgun and modern. There will be two different events: a
10-bird "meat shoot" and the 25-bird derby.
For more information, check the website at
www.railsplitting.com.
[Text from file received from
Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of
Logan County]
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