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time is hung up limp, soon decays and 

 is of no use. Killed in winter he may 

 be dried with wings spread to make an 

 active, menacing scare of real efficiency 

 for two years. 



First wind a strong wire around a chip 

 of wood and then force wire through the 

 bird from the breast up so that it comes 

 ■out of the back at a point where he will 

 balance and swing naturally. Next lay 

 the bird upon his back on a bench or 

 floor, wings spread widely, and place 

 weights upon them so they will remain 

 spread until dry. After a week, hang 

 up the scarecrow in the corn-crib to dry 

 while the weather is cold and clear. 



In spring make a loop of the wire six 

 inches above the crow's back and sus- 

 pend him by a strong cord to a twelve- 

 foot pole leaning at an angle of 45 de- 

 grees. If he does not balance and pitch 

 and dive in the wind, push a few nails 

 into one end or the other to restore his 

 "balance. 



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Commander of Trapshooters' Army. 



Genl. T. E. Doremus. 



Being President of the Interstate As- 

 sociation for the Encouragement of 

 Trapshooting is a position that few men 

 •could fill, and few still could be elected 

 to. The election of T. E. Doremus, of 

 Wilmington, Del., to head the organiza- 

 tion for the second time proves his 

 ability. 



The Interstate Association — as it is 

 more generally known — has a following 

 of some 600,000 trapshooters and is one 

 of the most important sporting bodies 

 in existence. If you are in doubt as to 

 the reliability of this assertion just wade 

 through these figures. 



Seven hundred and thirty-seven trap- 

 shooting clubs were organized in 1916. 



Trapshooting has averaged more than 

 50,000 new devotees each year for nearly 

 a decade. 



Trapshooting is the fastest growing 

 sport in the United States and Canada.. 



These are but a few of the many rea- 

 sons why the Interstate Association is 

 such an important organization. The 

 Interstate, in promoting trapshooting, 

 conducts business somewhat on the lines 



of the Ainateur Athletic Union in grant- 

 ing sanctions to conduct tournaments, v 

 These registered tournaments are aided 

 in a financial way — to the extent of 

 $25,000 yearly. There were more than 

 500 registered tournaments in 1916, in 

 which some 16,000 different trapshooters 

 contested, and in which nearly 7,000,000 

 targets were thrown. Naturally the same 

 number of shells were fired. 



Through the Interstate Association 

 these tournaments are managed, records 



Genl. T. E Doremus. 



maintained of all shooters, and the aver- 

 ages published each year. The Grand 

 American Trapshooting handicap tour- 

 nament is just as big an event in its way 

 as the World's Series is in baseball — 

 attracting upwards of 1,000 contestants 

 who defray their own expenses to shoot. 

 The expense incurred in liandling the 

 Grand American runs more than $500,- 

 000 — which compares favorably with the 

 amount of money spent on the world's 

 series. 



It was Mr. Doremus who suggested 

 the holding of the State chami)ionship 

 for amateurs, and the subsequent idea 

 that the State champions meet during the 

 week of the Grand .American tourna- 



