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Show 1 AT THE TRAPS f By PETER P. CARNEY. The nvsanlzation of new gim clubs and the bringing tack to life of tnm clubs tut are dylnsy a natural death is one df the main objects of the Interstate association for the enconra cement of trapshoolinsr. To this end the association associa-tion contributes upwards of -00 trophies ytvirly. Since the be.arlnninsr of 1015. fifty-nine new trapshootin? clubs have been organised, organ-ised, and each one has received a club trophy from the Interstate association-S: association-S: of these clubs wero formed in July. They are: Pt. I.nwrcnee Gun club. St. Lawrence. S. P.; "Warren Gun club. Warren. War-ren. Ark.; Alva Gun club, Alva, Okla. ; Outlook Gun club. Outlook. Mont.; Flurn-h;im Flurn-h;im Gun club. Kurnhani, Fa.; Woodward Gun club, Wuodw.ud, la. These fifty-nine clubs have been formed in twenty-five states, with Iowa leading with ten ; Indiana is next with five, and Kansas and Illinois have four each. California, Delaware. West Virginia, Vir-ginia, Ohio, New York nvA Nebraska e:idi have formed three: Minnesota. Pennsylvania. Virs;nia and Michigan two each, and Tennessee. Missouri. Marv-lar.d, Marv-lar.d, Connecticut. Colorado. Texas. Pis-inet Pis-inet of Columbia. Oklahoma. South Dakota, Da-kota, Arkansas and Montana, one each. Wlhvaukee. Wis. . wants the Grand American T raps', -.on tlncr touramcnt for !M7. So docs Toledo. Ohio. Py the time the Interstate association holds i;s annual an-nual meeiinc to award tournaments, there may bo a half dozen other cities in the for tho traps'-iootincr classic. The Grand American handicap has al-wavs al-wavs been success:";:! in the mi-idle west, and as long as it is success:" in that .-;ion the Interstate association wili hardly move it. Ti'tre Is no cood reas n whv th.e ton ma nu-lit would r.ot be su--cessful in the east, but none of t:;e eastern orcan izai ion s ever bid for :t. Chicago and St. I.oais ate e antral points. witl'Mi tweity-f"o-ir hours' r:le of one-ha!f t'-.e po;i':'.a!on of ;-e country, coun-try, and there:ore thcs- citre; bav? t;-. bulce on all oLhers wi:o aptly for the ti"MxrriaQi6-L; Li. 1 |