RULES FOR TRAP-SHOOTING 



OP THE 



NEW YORK SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



RULE I. Traps, Else, 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. 



RULE II. 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 ; 



