Show HER tS 51 START ART GUN CLUB More Than of Them Are Now Active in This L- L Country Frequently there come conic to our desk for Information relative to the starting of ofa ofa a trapshooting club and with the sport rapidly Increasing in popularity a few helpful hints on this tills topic will wi be of or in interest interest interest in- in terest to many of our readers While the big across the pond has injured baseball and other sports it i has helped trapshooting and and and trapshooting in turn has helped the United States for it i has prepared many manya a young man mail for service on the firing line lne Baseball has declined to such an extent extent ex ex- tent that it Is doubtful If i any leagues lower than class A will wi begin the 1918 season This makes It i imperative for I sporting writers to tp advance branches of sport for he benefit of their I readers and many of them have adopted trapshooting the the the sport alluring the the the patriotic sport sport There are now gun clubs cubs Getting down to first principles the different different different dif dif- dif dif- start c c. ca a 1 trapshooting club is no ferent from the start of any other kind kindI of a club cub The chief factors are men and equipment Given a few I tic tc lovers of the scatter gun men gun men who are willing to throw themselves into the spirit of the thing thing and and any young oung club I is Ir lound to be a winner Having gotten the boys together and ald decided definitely upon a committee to look after things the first step sep is isto isto isto to locate your our shooting grounds This in itself itsel seems exceedingly simpie simple simple sim sim- pie but a great deal of serious thought should be he given to the topic for it must be remembered that tha trapshooting de demands demands demands de- de I I mands space In the tho first place there should be at least to 00 yards distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance between firing fring line and any signs of habitation This is considered to be bethe bethe bethe the limits of safety Next accessibility should be considered HAVE GROUNDS WITHIN EASY REACH By all ali means try tr to locate your our grounds within easy reach Be Hd careful creul about transportation facilities Many Manya a club has come to Fief simply because of or lack lace of foresight on these details Having decided upon your life the next essential is equipment If I you prefer to start in a small smal way you OU will wi find that one or two expert traps costing about to 6 50 each will wl afford aford plenty of amusement for quite quie a few shooters If I on the other hand you feel financially strong the automatic automatic au au- au- au trap is undoubtedly the best This tra trap of or which ther are two varieties varieties va va- va- va is officially recognized and used in all al of ot the the big shoots of tournaments One style js is at 35 The Theother Theother Theother other is is- rented ona basis of of- 30 30 for the first first year ear and for nd ea fh v year year A refund of v when nl the trap is returned to othe o the r ur l ufer Complete instructions instructions' ton for il accompany ac company each trap CIa Cla targets Clay targets for use In any trap cost a about out 6 a thou thou- sand J Naturally you will wi need a trap house This may be constructed of or heavy planking planking plank plank- j ing banked with earth or it may be built buit of ot concrete If I you are handy with tools you jou ou can knock out a first class trap- trap I house yourself Now we come to the score or firing fring line This should be located sixteen I lne yards back of the At At- this mark five pegs should be placed In the ground These pegs should be arranged I in an arc and each should be a similar I dl distance tance from the trap SHOOTERS SHOULD FACE I NORTHEAST I Right here perhaps It it is best to add that in laying out the score it will willbe willbe wi be wise to arrange it so that the shooters shoot shoot- ers era will wi face the northeast when in m position po po- to shoot This will wi obviate any trouble from the sun during either mornIng morning morn morn- ing or afternoon events This ih In a pra practical way covers all al the items Hems of layout and equipment There will wl be other details of course couse such as clubhouse arrangement of shoots trophies etc Information on these subjects will wl be gladly given by bythe bythe bythe the Interstate Trapshooting association Token all al in all al you will wl find the sport more than than economical when the initial I outlay Is considered Of course if I you ou own shoot- shoot that feel you ou must own your ow I gro grounds and you want to build an elaborate clubhouse the Cst is bound to soar On the other hand band we know if i I many organizations that are being conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted on a very modest cost |