Show RULES FOB THE PARK 1 CLUB ahe following are the roley adopted by the park city shooting club ahey are the bogardus rules altered in some cases to suit the local club but no change in the mies irom the bogardus that idof any moment all participants in shooting matches with the club will be governed by these rules unless arrangements range ments are made before abo mitch m itch kale aall matches or sweepstakes hall be shot from three ground traps five yards apart 25 yards rise and 1 yards boundary measured from the center trap with the use of one ban el only the chaire of trip to be decided by the referee bj drawing gun wads or throwing dice rule of traps the trap puller shall stand from four to six fiet behind the shooter the traps shaft bo 1 2 and 3 the referee shall three gun wads in his pocket having numbers upon them corresponding to the numbers on the trap when the is at score ready to shoot the referee shall draw a wad from his pocket or throw a dice and show the trap puller the trap puller will then say reidy after which the shooter must rill r ill pull in all cases the trap puller must pull fur for each shooter if the trap should be sprung before the shooter has given the word he can take the bird or not at his optic n ant if he shoots the bird or birds shall be cored whether killed or not as the case may be rule 3 and referee two lodges and a referee shall be appointed before the shooting commence 1 and the referee s shall be heal he kiy allow contestant another bird in case the latter shall leive been balked or interfered with if he the party entitled toil rulea birds and decision if a bird fly towards parties within the bound in such a manner thit to shoot at it would endinger any person another bird shall be allowed and if a d is hot at within the bound by any person beside the party at the i core the referee shall decide how it shall bo scored or whether another bird shall be aliened rule 5 at the score aft after the shooter has taken bis stand at the score he shall not level hn pun orr use the but above his elbow antil he calls pull should he infange on this rule the bird or birds shall be scored as lost whether killed or not rule 6 rise and call of birds all birds must be on the wing when liot at if a bird is shot en tho before it takes wiep it sh til bo scored a lost bird I 1 ut it phot on the ground after it has taken wiep it shall be count ed no bird if alie bird does not rise immediately after the trap is pulled tho shooter haill bibb the option of calling no bird and if he shoots at it on it afterwards rising it will be considered a lost bird rule 7 gathering birds it shall be optional with the party shooting to gather his own birds or appoint a person to do so for him in all cisca the bird must be gathered by hand without any forcible means within three minutes from the time li alight or be scored as lost all birds must show bloed if challenged A bird once out of bounds shall be scored as lost rule 8 should gun mia fire or fill to discharge from any cause it shill score as a lost bird unless the referee finds upon examination that the gun was properly loaded and 1 the mi fire unavoidable in which case he shall allow another bird rule 9 size of ann the shooter shall not be allowed to use a gun than thit known no 10 rule 10 charge of shot there hill be no restriction as to we of shot or charge of powder but the charge of hot shall be not tn exceed the regular dixon measure no or no I 1 1071 oz by leisure rule 11 penalty for overloading challenging the load of a shooter after the shooting has commenced roust deposit refers the sum of 2 winch is to become the property ortho person if his loads to b correct if however they are found to be incorrect he eb ill forfeit all bis rights in that match role 12 ties at a shooting match all ties shall be abot off on the same grounds immediately after the imich if they can be concluded before sunset in case they cannot be concluded by unset they shall be concluded oa the following chy unless oth erwi directed by the ludaes or referee ihn however hail not prevent the ties from dividing the if thet may all abreo to do so should one refuse to divide then it ewt be hot off any one of the ties being absent thirty minutes after tho time alreed upon off forfeit his right to contest for the prize rule 13 bribing and penalty any competitor or other person or attempting to the trapp eror puller or attempting to obtain an unfair advantage in any ra inner whatsoever to be disqualified from shooting or sharing in the results of the maich rule 14 to prevent accidents the hooter it he use a breech loader shall not put the in hie pun until called to the score if he we loader he shall leave it uncapped until billed rule 15 time at score each participant in a shooting shoo match shall hold hum efin re idinea and come to the prepared to shoot whan his name called by the scorer if he be longcr than it shall ry with the referee whether to allow him to shoot or not in 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