LAWS OP PIGEON TRAP-SHOOTING. 9 



not so killed, a " lost bird j" and if another is to be allowed, 

 a " no bird." 



3. The bore and charge of the guns to be used must be 

 specified ; also whether single or double barrels. Any 

 shooter using a drachm more shot, or a bore of a size larger 

 than that named, to be disqualified and forfeit his stake. 



4. The shooter to call " pull" when he is at the mark 

 ready to shoot. Should the trap be pulled without the word 

 being given, the shooter may take the bird or not ; but if he 

 shoots, the bird must be considered taken. If the trap is 

 pulled and the bird does not rise, it is " no bird " at the 

 option of the shooter ; but if he snoots at it either on the 

 ground or trap, or after it rises, and miss, it is to be scored 

 " lost." 



5. A bird must be shot while on the wing in order to 

 score a " fair bird," excepting with the second barrel in 

 double guns, and it must be gathered before passing the 

 boundary either by the shooter or deputy. In doing this 

 one person only must officiate, and he must gather the bird 

 without the aid of any kind of implement. Should the bird 

 perch on the boundary, and then fall back into the ground, 

 it is " lost ;" or if it should perch in any tree or building, 

 and then fall to the ground, it is also " lost." But if a bird, 

 so hard hit by the shooter that, in the opinion of the referee, 

 it would have fallen within bounds, is shot at by a scout, the 

 shooter may be allowed another bird on the order of the 

 referee ; but if a bird is palpably missed, the referee may 

 give it as a lost bird, even if killed within bounds by a 

 scout. A bird once beyond the boundary is " lost," even if 

 it falls dead within it. 



6. In case of a miss-fire another bird is to be allowed, if 

 the gun was properly loaded and cocked, and the miss arose 

 from the cap or other detonating material not exploding ; 

 put if, after giving the word "pull," the trigger is not 

 bulled, or the gun is not properly loaded and capped, or 

 does not go off owing to the shooter's own negligence, the 

 bird is to be scored " lost." 



7. If, in the opinion of the referee, the shooter is mechani- 

 cally baulked by his antagonist, or by any person other than 

 his own backers, he may be allowed another bird. 



