Deo. 12, 1896.] 
Trap-Shooting Rulesi 
*■ Thb absolute need of a set of trap-shooting rules that are up to date 
ia demonstrated every day. The A. 8. A. rules, good as they were 
when first framed, lack many of the essentials of an up-to-date set; 
trap-shooting in all its branches, taut more particularly in target- 
shooting, having espanded at a rate tbat left behind all the calcula- 
tions of its enthusiastic admirers. 
While making no claim of perfection for the draft of a set of rules 
for target-shooting given below, we do claim to have tried to cover 
every point. With a view to correcting errors, and for the sake of 
making the rules conform as nearly as possible to the ideas of the 
majority, we ask our readers to scan each rule closely, and when any- 
thing Is wrong write and tell us about it. Address all communications 
on this matter to the trap editor. 
Rule 1. Ebferkb and JmioES.— Two judges and a referee, or a 
referee alone, shall be selected by the management or by the contest- 
ants In a match, whose decision shall be final. 
RiTLB 3. Duties of the Rbferkb and Jtogks.— The judges and 
referee, or the referee if acting alone, shall see that the traps are 
properly set at the beginning of the match, and kept in order to the 
finish. They or he shall endeavor to make the flight of the targets 
conform to the height and direction indicated in Rule 7. They or he 
shall test any trap upon application of a contestant at any time dur- 
ing the match by having a trial target thrown from that trap. They 
or he may at any time, and must do so when so requested by a con- 
testant, select one or more cartridges from those of a shooter at the 
score and publicly test the same for proper loading. Ji the cartridge 
or cartridges are found to be loaded in opposition to the rules laid 
down in Rule 11. the shooter shall suffer the penalty imposed by the 
said rule. 
Rule -3. Scoring.— Section 1. A scorer shall be appointed by the 
management or by the contestants in a match, and his score thereof 
shall be the official one. All scores shall be plainly kept, a lost target 
being indicated by a cipher and a broken target by the figure 1. 
Section 2. Whenever possible the scores shall be kept on a black- 
board, and in plain view of the shooters at the score; and the score 
thereon shall be the official score, and the score kept on paper for 
use in the cashier's department shall at all times be made to conform 
with the score on the blackboard. 
Rdle 4. PtTLLKR.— A puller or pullers shall be appointed by the man- 
agement or by the contestants in a match, whose duty it shall be 
to pull or spring the traps the Instant the shooter calls "Pull;" 
he or they shall be placed in such a position that he or they shall 
have an unobstructed view o£ the shooter at the score. Where the 
pulling is to be done according to an indicator for unknown 
traps, the puller shall be placed in such a position that the shooter at 
the score shall have no means of ascertaining by the puller's actions 
which trap will be sprung. 
Rule 5. PuLUNa the Traps — Section 1. The traps may be pulled 
from right to left or from left to right if so decided by the manage- 
ment. 
Section 3. If the shooting is from known traps— that is, If a 
shooter knows which trap shall be sprung for him— he may refuse a 
target thrown from any other trap, but i£ he fires the result shall be 
scored. 
Section 3. If the trap is sprung before or at any noticeable interval 
after a shooter has called "Pull," he can accept or refuse such target, 
but it he fires the result shall be scored. 
Section 4. In any contest the parties thereto may select some person 
who shall be placed by the management in such a position that he is 
able to see that the traps are sprung in accordance with the number 
designated by the indicator. 
Section 5. U the puller or pullers does not or do not pull in accordance 
with the numbers designated by the indicator, or by dice (it used), or 
by any other method ordered by the management, the puller or pullers 
shall be removed and otJiers substituted. Every target thrown from 
a trap thus wrongly pulled shall be a "No target," whether broken or 
lost. 
Rule 6. Ahranqement of Traps. — ^All matches shall be shot from 
three or from five traps, and all traps shall be set level and in a seg- 
ment of a circle or in a straight line. When the traps are set In a 
segment of a circle, the radius of that circle shall be 16yds. In all 
cases the shooter's mark shall not be a less distance from each trap 
than that designated' in Rule 9. The traps shall be not less than Syda. 
nor more than 5yds. apart. The traps shall be numbered from lett to 
right: that is. No. 1 shall be the first trap on the left, and No. 2 the 
next trap to the right of it, and so on. (For laying out a set of traps, 
etc., see diagrams herewith.) 
Rule 7. Adjdstino Tbaps.— Section 1. All traps must be adjusted 
to tJirow targets a distance not less than 40yds. nor more than 60yds. 
If any trap be found to be too weak to throw targets the re- 
quired distance, a new trap or new spring that will do so must be 
substituted. 
Sections. The trap shall be so adjusted that the elevation of the 
target in its flight at a distance of 10yds. from the trap shall be not 
'more than 12ft. nor less than 6£t. 
Section S. When shooting at known angles, the directions of the 
flight of the targets from each trap shall be: If only three traps are 
nsed. No. 1 shall throw a left-quartering target; No. 2 trap shall 
throw a straightaway target; No. 3 shall throw a right-quarlering 
target. The angles for Nos. 1 and -3 shall be the same as those pre- 
scribed for Nos. 2 and 4 where five traps are used. If five traps are 
used. No. 1 trap shall throw a right-quartering target; No. 2 trap 
shall throw a lef (^quartering target; No. 3 trap shall throw a straight- 
away target; No. 4 trap shall throw a right-quartering target; No. 5 
trap shall throw a left-quartering target. Traps Nos. 1 and 5 shall 
be adjusted to throw the targets so that their line of flight shall cross 
that of the straightaway target at a point not less than lOyds. nor 
more than SOyds. from No. 3 trap. No. 2 trap shall be adjusted to 
throw targets so that their line of flight shall cross the line of targets 
thrown from No. 1 trap at a point not less than Syds. nor more than 
10yds. from No. 1 trap. No. 4 trap shall be adjusted to throw targets 
BO that their line of flight shall cross the ilne of targets thrown from 
No. 5 trap at a point not less than Syds. nor more than lOyds. from 
No. Strap ^ 
Section 4. After the traps have been adjusted to throw targets at 
the above angles, if the target for any reason shall take an entirely 
different course, it shall be declared a "No target" provided the shooter 
does not fire at it; but if he flres, the result must be scored. By "an en- 
tirely different course" is to be understood as follows: If the target 
ought to be a left-quarterer, and if it has any left-quartering tendency, 
it shall be considered a fair target; if the target ought to be a right- 
quarterer,andif it has any right-quartering tendency, it shall be con- 
sidered a fair target; a straightaway may vary 45* on each side of 
its correct flight. If in the opinion of the referee the target has taken 
an "entirely different course," tbat is to say, it it has gone outside the 
above hmits, he shall allow the shooter, provided he has not fired, 
another target from the same trap if the shooting is from known 
traps; if from unknown traps, the shooter shall be given another tar- 
get from a trap designated in the manner set forth In Rule 17, Section 
8, when a target breaks in the trap when the shooting is under "expert 
rules." 
RTII.B 8. SoRBENS.— Pits or screens, or both, may be used to hide the 
traps and trappers, but the screens must not be higher than is 
actually neces'fary to protect the trappers. 
Rule 9. ThkRise.— In single target shooting the rise shall be: 18yds. 
for 10-bore guns; 16yd8. for 12-bore guns; 14yds. for 14 or 16 bore 
guns; 13yd8. for 20-bore guns. In double target shooting the rise 
shall be: iSyds. for 10-bore guns; 14yds. for 12-bore guns; 12yds. for 
14 or 16-bore guns; 11yds. for 20-Dore guns. 
Rule 10. Caliber and Weight of (jtun.— No gun of larger caliber 
than a 10-bore anall be used. No 10-bore gun shall weigh more than 
— lbs., and no 12-bore gun shall weigh more than Slbs. 
Rule 11. Loads.— The charge of powder is unlimited. The charge 
of shot shall not exceed IMoz., Dixon's measure, struck. Any shooter 
using a larger quantity oi shot shall forteit his entrance money and 
rignta in the mutch. If, however, the management Is of the opinion 
that a shooter has not willfully violated this rule, it may return to him 
his entrance money, provided it obtain the unanimous consent of all 
the contestants. 
Rule 13. Loading Guns.- No cartridges shall be placed in the gun 
until the shooter has taken his place at the score. In single target 
shooting only one cartridge shall be placed in the gun. All cartridges 
must be removed from me gun before the shooter leaves the score, 
and a shooter shall "break" nis gun before turning away from the 
score. The penalty for violation of this rule shall be at the discre- 
tion of the management, who, after warning him, may, if the viola- 
tion is persisted in, declare the shooter to have forfeited his entrance 
lee and rights in the match 
Rule 13. Position of thb Gun.— Any the shooter may adopt. 
Rule 14. Single Target Shooting.— If two targets are sprung at 
the same time and the contestant does not shoot, he shall be allowed 
another target; but if he fires, the result shall be scored. When the 
traps are set in the segment of a circle, each conteaiant shall shoot at 
8 or 5 targets before leaving the score, the number being regulated by 
the number of traps used. 
Rule 16. Double Target Shooting.— Section 1. Both traps must 
hepuUed simultaneoualj' ; it in the opinion of the referee there is an 
appreciable interval between the springing of the two traps, and if 
the contestant does not Are, he shall be allowed another pair; out 
it he flres the result shall be scored. Each contestant shall shoot 
at three or five pairs consecutively before retiring. If three traps are 
used the first pair shall be thrown from Nos. 1 and 2; the second pair 
from Nos. 2 and 3; the third pair from Nos. 1 and 3; the fourth pair 
Crom Nos. 1 and 2; the fifth pair from Nos. 2 and 3. If five traps are 
iiied the first pair shall be thrown from Nob. 3 and 8; the eeoond pair 
from'KoB. 8 and 4; the third palf from Nos. 3 and 4; the foturth pair 
from Noa. 8 and 8; the fifth pair from Nos. 8 and 4. 
Section 3. If only one target be thrown, it shall be declared "No 
targets." 
Sections. It one target be a fair one and the other an imperfect 
target it shall be declared "No targets," but it the shooter flres at 
an Imperfect target or targets the result shall be scored. 
Section 4. It a target be lost for reasons stated in Rule SO, the ref- 
eree shall decide as follows; If the shooter is prevented from firing his 
first barrel for either of the reasons as above, and does not fire his 
second barrel, he shall be allowed another pair from the same traps; 
but if he shall have flred his second barrel, and the second target be 
lost for the reasons so stated in Rule 20, the result of the first shot 
must be scored, and the shooter shall bo allowed another pair from 
the same traps, firing at both targets in the same order as at the pre- 
vious pair and with a full charge of powder and shot in both car- 
tridges, the result of the second shot being scored. The shooter must, 
however, under these circumstances point his gun in the direction of 
the target first flred at, and both targets must be in the air when the 
first barrel is discharged. If a target be lost for reasons stated in Rule 
23, the result of the first shot must be Fcored, and the shooter shall he 
allowed another pair under precisely similar conditions attached In 
this section to the missfire of the second barrel in a double gun. 
Section 5. If both targets are broken by one barrel it shall be de- 
clared "No targets." If the shooter flres both barrels intentionally at 
one target it shall be scored "Lost targets;" but if the second barrel 
be flred simultaneously with the first barrel it shall be declared 
"No targets," provided the referee is satisfied that the second barrel 
was accidentally discharged. 
Section 6. If the second target be lost through the safety bolt "jar- 
ring back," that target shall be declared a "lost target." (By -'jarring 
back" of the safety is meant that action of the safety bolt sometimes 
produced by the discharge of the first cartridge, the safety bolt going 
back to safe and rendering it impossible to ^fire the second cartridge 
without a readjustment of the safety bolt ) 
Rule 16. Rapid-Firing System.- When the rapid-firing system 
is used there shall be a screen before each trap, on which shall 
appear the number of the trap, commencing from No. 1 on 
the left to 3 or 5 on the right, and each shooter shall 
stand at the score opposite the trap from which the tar- 
get is to be thrown for him to shoot at. After he has shot at his 
first target he shall pass to the next score on his right, and so contin- 
ue until he reaches the end of the score, when be shall return to the 
score opposite No. 1, and continue as before until he has finished 
shooting. If shooters are annoyed by or if there is any delay caused 
by the smoke of previous shots, shooters may commence at No. 5, 
moving up to No. 4, and so on, rotating in exactly the opposite direc- 
tion to that given above in this rule. Where three traps are used four 
men shall be called to the score at the same time; the first three men 
on the score sheet shall face respectively Nos. 1, 2 and 3 traps; the 
fourth man shall take his stand in rear of No. 1 man, stepping up to 
the No. 1 score as soon as it is vacated. The fourth man is called the 
"pivot man." (N. B.— As soon as the "pivot man" has taken No. I's 
place, the man who has shot from No. 8 score shall walk iip to No. 1 
score and become the "pivot man" for the time being.) Where five 
traps are used the first five men on the score sheet face respectively 
Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4 and 5 traps; No. 6 man is the "pivot man." The pro- 
cedure with five traps is similar to that with three traps. 
Rule 17. Section 1. Known Traps and Known Angles.— When the 
shooting ia at known traps and linown angles, the traps shall be ad- 
justed to throw targets as provided in Rule 7. The method of shoot- 
ing off events at this style of shooting shall be the same as that set 
forth in Rule 16. 
Section 2. Known Traps and Unknown Angles,— When the shooting 
is at known traps, unknown angles, the shooter shall know which trap 
is to be sprung for him, but shall not know which angle the target is 
to be thrown at from that trap. Referees shall see to it tbat the trap- 
pers change the fiight of the targets frequently. At unknown angles, 
any target that is thrown behind the line of the screen may be refused 
by the shooter, and he shall be allowed another target; but if he 
flres the result shall be scored. The method of shooting off events 
at this style of shooting shall be the same as that set forth in 
Rule 16. 
Ssotiok 3. Expert Rules, Rapid Fire.— The trap shall be set to 
throw targets as provided in Rule 7. The shooters shall take 
their stands at the score in the manner prescribed for rapid fir- 
ing in Rule 16. An indicator shall be used to decide the order in which 
the traps are to be pulled. When five traps are used, the shooter 
standing In front of No. 1 trap shall shoot at a target thrown from any 
of the five traps. The shooter in front of No. 2 shall shoot at a target 
thrown from any of the four remaining traps. The shooter in front 
of No. 3 shall shoot at a target thrown from any of the three remain- 
ing traps. The shooter in f rontof No, 4 shall shoot at a target thrown 
from either of the two remaining traps; while the shooter in front of 
No. 5 shall have the remaining trap pulled for him. As soon as No. 5 
has shot, the pivot man shall shoot from the No. 1 score at a target 
thrown as prescribed tor the man in front of No. 1. and so on. When 
a target is broken by the trap, or there is a balk, and the shooter does 
not accept the target, he shall be awarded another target, the indica- 
tor being changed and a new combination designated. If the balk 
occurs when No. 1 is shooting, the procedure is the same as if there 
had been no balk. If it occurs when the man in front of No. 2 is shoot- 
ing, the puller shall pull that trap whose number appears first in 
the new combination, provided it be not the number of the trap pulled 
for No. 1 man. If the balk occurs when the man in front of No. 3 is 
shooting, the puller shall pull the trap whose number appears first in 
the new combination, provided always that he does not pull either of 
the two traps already pulled for the men in front of Nos. 1 and 2. If 
the balk occurs when the man in front of No. 4 is shooting, the puller 
shall pull either of the two remaining traps according to the order in 
which the numbers of these two traps appear in the new combination. 
If the balk occurs when the man m front or No. 5 is shooting, the 
same trap shall be pulled, the man In front of No 5 always knowing 
his trap. If at any time the shooter fires at an Imperfect target, the 
result shall be scored. As soon as all five traps have been pulled a 
new combination shall be designated by the indicator. When three 
traps are used the procedure is modified accordingly and is similar 
to that described above. 
(Note.— In explanation of the above: Suppose No. 1 has shot at a 
target from No. 3 trap, and No. 2 at a target from No. 5 trap, and a 
balk occurs when No. 3 is shooting. Say the combination was 2, 6, 4, 
8, 1, and suppose the new one is 1, 2, 5, 4, 8. No. 3 will get No. 1 trap, 
No. 4 will getNo. 4 trap and No. 5 will get No. 3 trap, imless another 
balk occurs, and another combination Is brought into play. The com- 
bination is always changed as soon as the shooter at No. 5 has fired.') 
Section 4. Expert Rules, One Man tip.— The traps shall be set to 
throw targets as provided in Rule 7. The shooter shall take bis 
position at the score in front of No. 3 trap. The puller shall pull 
the traps as directed in Section 3 of this rule, precisely as if six men 
were ai the score. In the case of imperfect targets or balas the puller 
shall pull the traps as ordered in Section 3 of this rule where it relates 
to balks, each man at the score firing at targets thrown from all five 
traps before retiring, and always knowing his last trap. I£ a shooter 
fires at an Imperfect target the result shall be snored. When three 
traps are used the shooter stands in rront of No. 3 trap and shoots at 
3 targets before retiring. In all either respects the procedure Is simi- 
lar to that for five traps. 
Section 5. Expert Rules, Unknown Traps and Angles —The traps 
shall throw targets at unknown angles within the limits prescribed in 
Rule 7, and in Section 2 of this rule. The procedure, if the shoot- 
ing be rapid fire, shall be the same as oraered in Section 3 of this 
rule. If the shooting be one man up, the traps shall be pulled as or- 
dered in Section 4 of this rule. If a shooter accepts an imperfect target 
the result shall be scored. Whert three traps are used the procedure 
is similai" to that for five traps. 
8BOTION6. Reversed ORDER.—The traps shall be adjusted to throw 
targets as provided in Rule 7. The man in front of No. 1 trap 
shaU shoot at a target thrown from No. 5 trap; the man in front of 
No. 2 trap shall shoot at a target thrown from No. 4 trap; the man in 
front of No. 3 trap shall shoot at a target thrown from No. 3 trap; the 
man in front of No, 4 trap shall shoot at a target thrown from No. 2 
trap, and the man in front of No. 5 trap shall shoot at a target thrown 
from No. 1 trap. If the shooter flres at an Imperfect target the result 
shall be scored. • 
(N. B.— Sometimes, to make the shooting a Httle harder, it has been 
found advisable to adjust Nos. 2, 3 and 4 traps to throw targets at un- 
known angles, and this system is strongly recammended ) 
Rule 18. Class Shooting.— All shooting shall be class shooting 
unless otherwise stated. (Class shooting provides that all shooters 
lied for first place shall receive their pro rata share of first money; all 
those tied for second place shall receive Oi.ii pro rata share of second 
money; and so in all other places, third, etc.^ Any shooter in a tie for 
either of the moneys may withdraw his _pro rata snare of that money, 
unless the programme prescribes that ail ties shall be shot oft'. 
Rule 19. Broken Targets —a target to be scored to the shooter 
must nave a perceptible piece broken from it while in the air. A 
"dusted" target shall not be scored to the shooter. No target can he 
retrieved for shot marKs. It a target be broken by a trap the shooter 
shall be allowed another target, but if he fires the result shall be 
scored. 
Rule 20. Allowing Another Target. — Section 1. The shooter shall 
be allowed another target tor any of the following reasons: (1) For a 
target broken by the trap. (2) For any defect in the gun or load caus- 
ing a missfire. The failure to cock the gun or properly adjust the 
"safety" is considered to be the result of the shooter's own careless- 
ness, and shall not be considered as a defect in the gun or load; a tar- 
g«t lost under tbeM oonditigas shall b« Boored "loat." (8) U the 
contestant Is Interfered with, or balked, or there is any other similar 
reason why it should be done, the referee may allow another target. 
(N. B.— The "jarring-baok" of the safety is not to be considered a 
defect of the gun.) 
Section 2. When the shooting is at known traps, the shooter shall 
have another target from the same trap; but if the shooting is at 
unknown traps he shall be aUo wed a target from some trap, as pro- 
vided in Rule 17, Sections 3, 4 and 5. 
RtTLB21. Lost Targets. — Targets shall be scored "lost" for any of 
the following reasons: If the shooter fails to load or cock his gun, or 
to properly adjust its safety, or pulls the wrong trigger. 
Rule 22. Missfire,— When a cartridge placed in either the right or 
the left barrel apparently fails to explode when the trigger is pulled, 
the shooter must on no account break his gun ; but shall hand it to the 
referee, whose duty it shall be to try both triggers without previously 
breaking the gun to cock it. It the cartridge be then exploded, the 
shooter shall be awarded a "lost" target; but if the referee shall find 
that the proper trigger has been pulled, and that the cartridge has. 
failed to explode through no fault of the shooter, he shall allow an- 
other target, as provided in Rule 20, Section 2. Any shooter who 
shall break his gun after a missfire, instead of handing it unbroken to 
the referee for his inspection, shall be awarded a "lost" target. 
Rule 23, Failure to Extract in a Repeating Shotgun.— In double 
target shooting, or in events where "both barrels" are allowed, when 
a shell cannot be extracted from the chamber for either of the fol- 
lowing reasons, the shooter shall be allowed another target: (1) 
When the brass head of the shell pulls away from the paper, leaving 
the empty shell in the chamber and preventing the loading of the gun 
from the magazine. (2) When the extractor, although In good order, 
passes the shell and leaves it in the chamber, preventing the loading 
of the gun from the magazine. In either of the above cases the 
referee shall allow another target, as if there had been an actual 
missflre. The shooter must, however, immediately upon the failure 
to extract, and without attempting again to remove the empty shell 
from the chamber, hand his gun to the referee for his inspection. 
(The failure to comply with this provision shall be treated as a viola- 
lion of Rule 23, and shall be penalized as such,) Nothiiig in this rule 
shall be construed aa empowering a referee to award another target 
for either of the following reasons: (1) When the shell, although ex- 
tracted from the chamber, has not been ejected from the mechanism. 
(2) When the feeding of a cartridge from the magazine has been 
blocked by the use of a shell too long for the chamber of the gun. 
(3) When the referee is satisfied that the shooter is using reloaded 
ammimition. In all such cases the referee must decide thai it is the 
shooter's fault, and the result of the shot shall be scored. 
Rule 24. Announcing the Score -Section 1. The result of each 
shot shall be announced plainly, and it shall be called back by the 
scorer each time. The call for a broken target shall be "Broke" or 
"Dead;" for a lost target the call shall be "Lost." 
Section 2. When two judges and a referee are serving, one of the 
judges shall announce the result of each shot distinctly, the scorer 
answering him accordingly each time. It the other judge disagrees with 
the decision of the judge calling, he shall make his protest at once 
before another shot is flred, and the referee shall then give his de- 
cision, which shall be final. In case of another target being thrown 
before the referee's decision has bean made, the target so thrown 
shall be a "N.j larget," whether broken or lost. 
Section 3. At the close of each shooter's score the result of it must be 
announced. If claimed to be wrong, the error, if any, must be cor- 
rected at once. 
Rule 35. Tie Shooting.— Section 1. All ties shall be shot off at the 
original distance, and as soon after the match as practicable, at the 
following number of targets. 
(o) Ties on Single Targets.- In single-target matches of 25 targets 
or less, on 3 traps at 3 targets, and on 5 traps at S targets; in matches 
of less than 50 targets and more than 26 targets, on 3 traps at 6 targets, 
and on 5 traps at 10 targets; in matches of over 50 targets, on 3 traps 
at 15 targets, and on 5 traps at 25 targets. 
(6) Ties on Double Targets.— In double-target matches of 10 
pairs or less, ties snail be shot off at 3 pairs; in matches of more 
than 10 pairs, at 5 pairs. Unless otherwise stated by the man- 
agement and so understood prior to the commencement of the 
match, the targets in the shoot-off shall be thrown as provided in 
Rule 15. 
Section 3. If In a series of matches the result prove a tie, suoh tie 
shall be shot off at the original number of targets. 
Rule 25. Shooting Out of Turn.— When a shooter flres out of turn 
the target so fired at shall bea "No target," whether broken ormissed. 
When two shooters fire simultaneously at the same target that target 
shall be declared a "No target," whether broken or missed. (N. B. 
— It is left to the referee to decide whether the discharge of the two 
guns was simultaneous. If the discharge was not, in his opinion, 
simultaneous, and if the shooter whose turn it was to fire first did so 
fire first, and did break the target, it shall be scored to him aa 
"broken;" but if, in the opinion of the referee, he missed the target, 
it shall be scored to him a "lost target." The shooter who flred out 
of turn must in every case fire at another target. 
Rule 27. Shooter at the Score.— In all contests the shooter must 
be at the score within three minutes after his name is called to shoot, 
or he forfeits his rights in the match. 
Rule 38, Forbiddbn Shooting.— No shooting will be permitted on 
the shooting grounds other than at the score. If there be no inclosure 
no shooting shall be permitted within 200yds. of the score without the 
consent of the management. 
Thanksgivinfir Day at Calumet Heights. 
Chicago, 111., iNov. 26.— The Calumet Heights Gun Oiub, ot this city, 
celeorated Thanksgiving Day by holding a live-bird and target shoot 
at its grounds. The shooting during the greater part of the day was 
done in a high wind with frequent showers of rain. Great interest 
was taken by those present in all the contests of the day, notwith- 
standing the elements. The members present were about 50 in num- 
ber. During the day 160 live birds were trapped and 1,863 targets 
thrown. 
To-day's shoot being the last regular contest for the season's 
medals which have been shot for in the weekly contests, the same 
were awarded on the ten best scores made by the men in their re- 
spective classes. The awards were as follows: Class A medal, A 0 
Paterson, with 231 out of 250; Class B medal, W. Metcalfe, with 203 out 
of 250; Class C medal, A. 0. Black, 173 out of 250. 
The programme of events for to-day was as below; 
No. 1, 10 live birds, distance handicap, $2.50. 
No, 2, 15 targets for practice. 
No. 3, 25 targets, regular medal contest. 
No, 4, 100 targets, handicap, sweep for merchandise prizes, entrance 
$1. Class A to shoot at 100 targets, Glass B at 108 targets, Class 0 at 
120 targets, purse divided as follows: One-half a ceuD allowed each 
shooter for each target broken by him. 
All targets at 2 cents each. 
Event No. 1, the live-bird event, had sixteen entries. All ties, of 
course, shot off for the merchandise prizBS, the result of the shoot-off 
being given below. A strong wind blew across the traps, making 
some of the birds very hard The conditions were: gun below the el- 
bow until the bird was on the w ing: 
G E Marshall (30) 1111111101—9 fl B Black (27) 0012221031—7 
W Metcalfe (30; 0^r<>U121i!-9 PDNorcom (32) 0021010111-6 
B B Parson (27) 2i-4ri-iim ->i C W Carson (32j 0300200311—5 
GOLamphere(32j.. 012n2ii20I-8 DrDavi3(27) ,. 1000011120-5 
A C Paterson (3S). . ..ll0a22l0l2-8 Dr Harlan (37) OaOlOlOOO-4 
GHKnowles (33).... 11211 Oil 10-8 Dr Hobbs (30) 100001^020—4 
8 M Booth (32> 0111102112-8 Dr Hodson (30) 0100102010—4 
J S Houston (ao 0121101202—7 C L Dougherty (37) . . .1000001200 —3 
G. H. Knowies is the wluner of the season's prize, a silver tea set. 
The merchandise prizes in the above race were distributed as follows : 
Marsnall 1st, Paterson 2d, Houston 3d. Noreom 4t;h, C. W. Carson 5th. 
Harlan 6tn, Dougherty 7tb, ' 
At the target traps there was a strong wind behind the targets that 
made them wavering in the flishc, and causing them to duck out of 
many a load of shot. The medal contest to-day resulted aa below 
d. O Paterson (A) llllllllIlllllOllUllllll— 24 
GO Lamphere (A) OllllllimilonillOllUl- 32 
S M Booth (A) OOOOUllllOlOllllOlOlOlOO— 14 
J S Houston (B). . . . , , lllllllllOllllllllullUll-33 
W Metcalfe (B) , .OlllOOlOlllOlllllOOllOlll -17 
Greeley (B) ....lOUUlllllOOOl 0111110100—17 
PD Noreom (B) .lOlOOOOlllOlOOOOOOlOllOlO— 11 
B B Carson (O) 001001 OllliiiniOlOOllOll— 15 
A C Black (C) 1110111001111010101100001—15 
Chain (C) lOOlOlOOUllOOOlOllIOl 111—15 
Dr Harlan (G) 1101011101010111001001100-14 
Morgan (C) , 00001001 101011 1 11 lOOOll 01 —12 
H B BlaoK (C) , lOOOlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuOOOOO— 2 
The 100-target handicap race resulted in a win for A, 0. Black, a 
Class C man, with 93 out of 120; second place went to Houston with 89 
out of 108; Paterson was third with 87 out of his 100, and Greeley was 
fourth with 86 out of 120. The scores were as follows; fland- 
Ist 25. 2d 25. 3d 25. 4th 25. leap. Total 
AG Black (120) 19 19 S2 21 18 93 
J S Houston (108) 20 21 18 22 8 89 
A 0 Paterson (100) 31 SI 23 23 87 
S a Greeley (120) 23 19 16 21 '7 fcfi 
W Metcalfe (108) ^. 14 SO 20 33 b 83 
A W Harlan (130),;,' 17 17 14 18 14 80 
G C Lamphere (100) 18 19 20 22 79 
SM Booth (100) 39 17 ai 19 " 76 
Chain (130) , 18 18 16 10 13 74 
PDNorcom (108),, „„.■,.,, 8 80 20 16 7 7SI 
