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7th. Any person or persons using a greater weight of 

 shot than this, unless an increase of it shall have been 

 specified or agreed upon, loses his claim in the result of 

 the match, or sweepstakes, as the case may be. 



RISE. 



8th. The rise for single birds to be twenty-one yards, 

 and for double birds eighteen yards. 



BOUNDARIES. 



9th. The boundary for single birds to be eighty yards 

 and for double birds one hundred yards ; the distances 

 being measured from the trap. 



loth. If a bird is once out of bounds, it is missed. 



SCORING. 



nth. 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, he may take the bird or birds 

 or not ; but if he shoots, the bird or birds will be charged 

 to him. 



1 2th. The party at the score must not leave it to shoot. 



1 3th. The party shooting is to be at the score within 

 the expiration of five minutes from the last shot ; but in 

 the event of any delay beyond his control, he may claim 

 fifteen minutes once in the course of a match or sweep- 

 stakes. 



1 4th. When a party is at the score, no one will be per- 

 mitted to go in front of him to put a bird up, in the event 

 of its not rising readily. 



1 5th. The party at the score must hold the but of his 

 gun below his elbow, until the bird or birds rise. 



RISING OF BIRDS. 



1 6th. If the trap or traps are sprung, and the bird or 

 birds do- not rise in a reasonable time, either of the judges 



