Show Teach All American Boys How t to Shoot Is Slogan Educational Institutions Look Upon Shooting With Favor for It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is Something Every Boy Should Learn t By L. L E. E Eubanks Needless to say there Is no other sport In the country today that Is progressing In public favor as rapidly as shooting If It you are a shooter you jou know of many reasons why your boy should be taught the game if you dont don't see see eee that he learns it It youre you're not a lo loyal loal al son of the gun And there are all kinds of opportunities ties now for him to learn easily It H Is obvious ob that shooting must be regarded as constructive In the best beat sense when practically practically practically every educational Institution In Inthe Inthe inthe the land Is taking favorable attitude toward It Through the efforts of the National Rifle association an organization indorsed In Indorsed indorsed in- in by Uncle Sam rifle clubs are be beIng beg being be- be ing g started t In a great many 1 a high g schools rl In New York City alone id youths o of the public schools have been taught to handle a rifle rine creditably The association systematized the rules and conditions for school bo boy bov matches and the growing In Interest Interest interest In- In terest soon resulted in the organization of the Interscholastic Shooting league This was several years ago and the many matches conducted since between high school rifle teams have Justified the prediction that shooting If given a chance would get a good grip on the youths youth's attention MUST AWAKEN INTEREST Not all bo boys bos a are in a favorable position to Join or start a a. boys boy's club conditions might militate against such a course at least I for the time and In some cases the lads lad's Interest has to be awakened at home by his own parents In an any event a bit of preliminary home training under a shooting dad will pave the wn war we for rapid progress later latt lattRe Re Resolve Resolve Resolve Re- Re solve that by one system or another your son shall ahall learn gunning as a part of his education You are favorer favored of the gods if you can teach him Nothing r is more pleasurable ble There Is no more certain road to that chummy chumm Intimacy that should always ex- ex fit between a boy and his father than the sport of shooting shooting- So many qualities of manhood are required In hunting and target practice that a boy simply cannot habitually breathe the atmosphere of sportsmanship without feeling and showIng showIng showing show- show Ing fine tine developmental effects The The Ancient i. i Persians taught their boys to f to o H ride i to shoot and to tell the truth Toda Today we know that education comprehends compre compre- much more but the Persian system system tem would form a good foundation for the training of every lad In the land land There Is a wonderful fascination n In shooting As George Peck well we said even It If the boy does not like the sport the thespo sport will like him and brI bring B him to a condition of mental and physical manhood in to spite of himself The start is the important important im Im- step THE AGE TO START START At wh I t age aRe should the boy take up the gun gun That Th depends largely on the boy Some Fome children are as apt and as all indiscreet at 10 years ears of ot age as others are at 15 16 There are many shooters In Inthis Inthis inthis this country today who have not yet jet et seen seena a a. teen birthday Wade Vade son o of Allan W V president of the Portland Ore Gun club is only 12 years vears of age but he Is very popular pop poti- ular at the traps and from the yard 16 mark gets more than half of his birds He lie Heus Heuss Heus's us uses us's s a 28 gauge and handles it with the grace of a veteran To mention Just one other o of the many there Is Richard L 1 Beck neck of Bridgeport 0 O who Is only about 10 years of age lie He uses a 22 rifle and does remarkably good goodon on inch 8 es Start the young hopeful as soon as he manifests interest and if he fails falls to do this by the time he heIs heIs heis Is 12 set about to win his Interest The gun 1 Yes a good deal depends depend on jour Judgment here The many popularity Pf fathers of r trapshooting i is causing a fathers to initiate the youngsters Into the use of ot a sho shotgun shogun gun before they have ever had a rifle In their hands While there is no serious objection to this stationary work surely Is the logical antecedent of wing shooting ordinarily results are apt tobe to be more satisfactory If its I Ithe the start Is made with a rifle at stationary station station- ary targets Be sure to give him station station-I easy shots at first Some Instructors are guided too much this Gradually by their own ability in I work up to a distance of 50 60 feet on the National Rifle association target for this I distance This is the shot the boy should specialize on if he aims alms at membership In a school rifle club later on I II I I |