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Show 1 , . . H Ogden Marksmen Rank With Greatest H Trapshooters In Entire United States H 4 . 1 t Ogden haw been "shot on the map " Other cities may lay their claims to jrreaine-s. to tllmate, to scenery, as befng ; in home of great Clnanciers, th 'world market for grain, the destlna-, destlna-, lion of pilgrims, or Cor countless oth-; oth-; er reasons, but Ogdcn's ch.ief distinction distinc-tion In this dlreoUOn lies in the fame of a number of Us prominent civureno who have captured cups, medals and trophies In all parts r.f the United United States through their expert marks manshlp. Ogden has been the magnet for tro-Iphies tro-Iphies taken In the Held of trap-shoot-I ing. but It Is probable that no other 1 city in the country can boust as many j of them as this city. The men who I have been largely instrumental in the I development of this spcrt arc known oftentimes as the "Big Four B'4 because be-cause of their names, tlicse being J M. Browning. A. P- Bigelow. M s Browning and G. L. Becker, all ol them national figures in this particular partic-ular outdoor pastime. I .W KA1 r; SPORT. Mr. Becker, president of the Ogden Guji club for the past twenty years.' declares trap .shooting one of the most I fascinating sports in existence oiv: 1 which not only furnishes recreation, and physical exercise, but also brings every faculty of the human body to an Instinctive alertness. 'The mind the eye and the nerves must work to-gether to-gether precisely in order to secure any- llJ,.n lrn r.M.r.l .. vll.wilill " II. 1 Mr. Becker. "Trapshooting, or the shooting of clay birds, resembles the winged rush of real birds as nearly as possible, and because Of ihe protective game laws, is becoming practically the only recourse for the man who Is fond of his gun. I This modern artificial target requires just as rapid distinction just as prompt co-ordination of the eye. the nerve and muscle a the shooting of live birds. "Live bird shooting is something toi be enjoyed only by millionaires in a few of the European countries, particularly par-ticularly at Monte Carlo, where the pert shots gather each winter for shooting at tho Tir an Pigeons' There Is still some pigeon shooting in the United States, but this sport is of such short duration because of the exercise ex-ercise of game laws, that ecn Ik t o iu the shooting of clay plgeoni has supplanted sup-planted the original pastime. Files of, tho American field hiagaxine show; that hundreds of tournaments: are held each ear throughout the United Slates, these attracting wide : t-tcntlon t-tcntlon and being attended by the best marksmen of the nation. Corislderabh Impetus has been given tho sport bj'" the powder and ammunition manufac turcrs. who employ experts to instruct In the art of shooting, giving exhibition! exhibi-tion! of skill in this line. "SHOT i in I 111 M W "Ogden, because of the wonderful showing of a number of mark im n here, has virtually been ' shot Oh tin map. " Our local gunmen have taken prizes over the "rack shots! of the country in tournaments thai havi been Of national Importance, ;it which they have scored in s mnnner termed "Phe-nomenal-' Much of HiIm Interest has been awakened through the two gun j clubs of the community. The yourig-esl yourig-esl of th-se organiz-ition. wav brouKhi into existence about ten years ago and given the name Of the N'asa.icli Gun club, which now comprises a membership member-ship o; about fift. The otflcirs of this club are- , )i. Anderson, n Ident: Moroni Slccen, vice president; Oscar Couch, secretary and treasurer. The club, iii addition to Its trap shooting shoot-ing facilities, owns aluable duck shooting rights on the marshes near ihe gden Hot Springs. "'The organization of the Ogden Gun Club dotes back mors than thlrtv-li years anil has had much to do wilh the development ox' champion marksmen. marks-men. The officers of this club, In addition ad-dition to mysslf, are .) M. Browning, wee president, and A. P. Blg.duw. secretary sec-retary and treasurer. Muny of the charter members of tho organisation arc still connected with It and have lost none of their sUUl in breaking the , cloy targets. "Probably the greatest triumph of our club at the traps was the establish-, men! Of a new World record on Vah-i melon's birlhda) several years ago, ' 1 BBS I, 9 V Four f Oieii's ;n-;itst tr.-ip s,, ,-i ;m.l four of tin- on-ntrsl niailcsiiicn in Ihe' entire I'liifod State"? nrr pictured above. Tin- men are, top row, lefl to right: L Becker iand -I M Browning Bottom iW, left to right: A P. Bigelow and .M s Browning Tln-se four pji'u have been listed in tournaments iri all parts of thfl Jnitod Stated Bor the t,;ist thirty ears and have always managed to romp home with honors. They havi aol only won honors in the western? country bui in all sections i' the United States. .1 M BrqwTiixig while shooting at the tourna'menl at Cleveland, Ohio, in 895, broke straight targets ami finished the three-da tourney in third place. bu1 two points behind the winner. One hundred and sixty-five men were entered in this event, including thirty professionals. pro-fessionals. In l.s4 in Ogden J; M. Browning broke 1"" ' 'aight targets and would no cloubl have continued to bveak them, bui for tlie Fact thai lie run oiul of ammunition when we defeated the crack team picked from the entire state of Montana, Mon-tana, shooting at tills tini" ijv birds, I' I' ll man shot at one hundred and jour club won an extraordinary av-: av-: erage of 9.1 icr cent against 8i per 'cent for the Montana team, which is in Itself, a remarkable record, l Members ni this team were Q. L. Becker, A. P, Bigelow, .i VI. Browning Brown-ing and M. S. Browning. The Montana ti- un was composed Of COW- lani Twbhey, Wright sud Conley, w KxcrnxG CONTEST. "In mv own experience, ihe most ex- iting contest i have ever taken part jin was ihe one ;.t Ha..lo::. W ash i net on . ; several years ago, v. In n lilgelow and i defeated the northwi stern champion, I Shear d, Three "f iv tied on the htgh-:ost htgh-:ost score ever made for the Globe Tro-Iphy, Tro-Iphy, Keitinu 4Q out of 50. Jn sboott ink off the the tie, Bigelow and i both I made ; si ore of . while Shcard re- pe.itc.i Hi. The llur.J .shool off nsult-i nsult-i ,1 ni another tie of 47 for Bigelow and I myself and tho contest lias never been decided. it was a shoot-off that has gone down in sportsmen's history in the northwest and is usually recount-'cd recount-'cd wherever Utah is mentioned as the home of marksmen. There are bo iuany I instances of victories wop bj Ogden in tournaments throughout the country coun-try that lt would take column I ime 'all of the events and those concerned lp 'hem. "Occasionally tho thought arises In the mind' of tho trap shooters that, although tins sport is an excellent one. jit contrasts but dimly with the obi Ulays whin men met n the field and shot game birds in ihelr nal- !ural state. Less than thirty years ago I many matches were held with prairie' i hlckeiis a- targets and -ha lleiiRos for fifty birds, flushed in their own haunts j were frequent. "There WOS a time when wild plK- , eons were so plentiful in the middle western states, thai the actually broke tin- limbs from the trees by IheJri I weight, Men slaughtered them by Uie .millions until todaj wild pigeon practically extinct, und even tho prairie prai-rie chickens are verging on extermination. extermina-tion. Like the buffalo I hey hav e fallen fall-en before the march of civilization and the unthinking onslaught of man. Ij distinctly remember less than thirty-1 five years ago In Minnesota, hunters not sportsmen used to slaughter the' prairie cfhickeni i the thousands and! ;.ship them home In carload lots, while other countless numbers were left on( I the prairies to decaj 1 1 I NUM. IN 1 I VII. "In tlie glorious state of Utah we rue mUCh more fortunate than tin in., "i (ity of our eastern brothers In the mat-. .ter of game hunting "Xfpcalitles in which the game j.. still' to be found are somewhat limited, to I be sure, but the automobile Ii i-brought i-brought them within ca-"-y reach. Sage-. hens, groufe and plain. chick) LIS 'abound in reasonable numbers, While quail are actually plentiful and wiihinl a fow miles' run of Ogden. Better! cluck shooting lhan that to be found! along the mouth of the Bear river. ,,t".in w eniv miles from Ogden. would ! be hard to locate jr. any put of Ann,- m.i. and visitors to Che Bear River Duck club grounds are indeed unfor-1 innate who cannot bag the limit wen i In a short time, unless perchance they! should happen to be like the amateur, of whom this story is told. It was. ins nrt experience in duck shooting. aud lue mari) a beginner, he could not b ad them right.' After firing , many shots jn vain he hit one accidentally. acci-dentally. Aa the duck fell the gr0UH.d with a thud, hi.-; friend, Mho had been anxlou-b waiting for him to ba: a bud. remarked, 'Well, yqu hit that one. all right,' res,' answered th: amateur, "hut It was a waste of ammu-hitlon, ammu-hitlon, the fall would have killed ltd anyway,' . J "Not only have we this excellent hunting, but We have one of the greatest gun and sporting goods stores in the world right at home. This statement state-ment nmy surprise even some of iho people residing in Ugden, but lt Is H fact known to the gi"1 world. The firm of Browning Bros., has risen to (his eminence from a very modest be-, ginning. In ls7.'. John M". and M. S. , Ibowning established a small shop for the repairing and 80,1a of guns. Today the Browning arms are sold throughout through-out the world, and -lohn M Browning stands Pie foremost inventor, living or. dead, of firearms: and so fully does the nation realise his value that there, is now ii movi nn in on foot to erect a Statue of him in tin hall of tame In Washington. GOOD FELLOWS, "Sportsmanship implies good fellow-j ship, and In the average run uf sportsmen sports-men you will find the majority of them to be real gentlemen. I always like to recall the reply that Grover Cleveland made to iht. charge of his rltlCS that he would go shooting or i fishing with any oUl loafer, "lliat Is i probablj true.! he remarked, and (ho H late president well indicates the inch- iH nation of men who are Interested jn il his kind of recreation. 1 think we all iH bout he same way on the sub- iH Hunting h an Inborn instinct, fH graven in the make-up of the man who H loves a gun. a dog ;:icjI open H von have (limbed tbs H heights, tediously and laboriously; per- iH haps you have ridden horseback up H from the valleys pust the grain field. H through the foothills past sage-brush 1 H and scrub oak. past maple and Quak- H ing asp, past wild flowers and pnoun- ffH lam mahogany. cedars and stately H Pines- and now high up among the H latter ou can well imagine ourse)t. ,JH lil... the birds, nearer heaven. Vvhat iH more desirable recreation is there l" iB be found than such a. day in the moun- H tains? -what is nunc conducive to health io reui contentment, than tho H pure, bradlng air of the great heigiH.i iH and the wide spaces where the crack fH of your sun to the acco.mpnnlirient of H beating wings Ik the oillv rUSiOO UP- H on iH |