RULES FOR TRAP-SHOOTING 
OF THE 
NEW YORK SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Rute I. Traps, Rise, and Boundaries. — All 
matches shall be shot from H and T plunge-traps. 
Rise for single birds to be twenty-one yards; and for 
double birds eighteen yards. The boundaries shall 
be eighty yards for single birds, and one hundred 
yards for double birds, which, in single-bird shoot- 
ing, shall be measured from a point equidistant 
from, and in a direct line between, the two traps; 
in double-bird shooting from a point equidistant 
from, and in a direct line between, the centre-traps. 
Route Il. Scoring—When a person is at the 
score and ready to shoot, he is to call “pull; ” and, 
should the trap be sprung without his having given 
the word, or in single-bird shooting should more than 
one bird rise at a time, he may take the bird or 
birds, or not; but if he shoot, the bird or birds shall 
be charged to him. The party at the score must 
not leave it to shoot, and must hold the butt of his 
gun below his elbow until the bird or birds rise; 
