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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Jan. 20, 1912. 
Trap Shooting at Olympic Games. 
The following rules and regulations governing trap¬ 
shooting at Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden, will 
interest trapshooters because of the many variances with 
trapshooting “American style”: 
Three traps, throwing in ^different directions, will be 
set up, concealed by a screen, before each mark. 
Five marks will be arranged at a distance of 5 meters 
between each, and numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Num¬ 
bering begins from the left. 
The marks will be placed at a line 15 meters distant 
from the traps. 
Guns of greater caliber than .12 may not be used. 
Cartridge cylinders, powder and shot of any sort may 
be used, but a charge of shot may not exceed 35.5 
grammes, and the shot may not be thicker than No. 6 
English sort (2.5 mm.). 
The umpire of the competitions reserves to himself 
the right to, with the aid of assistants, take out two 
cartridges from the stock of cartridges of each competitor 
to examine them with regard to their proper loading. 
The gun shall be open at the breech till the con¬ 
troller has assured himself that the competitors have 
taken up their places, and has given the order “linien 
klar” (“line ready”). 
Two shots are fired at each clay pigeon. 
The competitor must not shoulder his gun and take 
sight, or rest the butt against his shoulder, before the 
clay pigeon thrown up has appeared in sight. The butt 
of the gun is to be held between the hips and the arm- 
pits, but under no conditions rest against the shoulder. 
If the marksman discharges both shots, practically at 
once and hits his clay pigeon, it is counted as “no 
bird,” but if he misses, a miss is noted. 
The marksman has the right to refuse a clay pigeon if 
it leaves the machine in a broken condition, but he is 
bound by the result if he fires at a part of the clay 
pigeon. 
If one or more clay pigeons are by accident thrown 
so that they fly in the air at the same time as the pigeon 
which should be shot at, the competitor has the right to 
consider this as “no bird.” 
If the gun, duly loaded and cocked, misses fire for 
some leason beyond the control of the marksman, the 
pigeon shall be counted as “no bird.” If the gun misses 
fire with the first barrel and the marksman fires the 
second shot and hits, it shall be judged as a “hit,” but 
if he fires the second shot and misses, it shall be counted 
as a “miss.” If the second shot is not fired, the pigeon 
shall be counted as “no bird.” If the second shot 
misses, a fresh bird is thrown up for the marksman, but 
the first barrel in such case shall be charged with only 
one powder-filled cylinder, which shall be fired after the 
trap has been set in motion. The result of the second 
shot will be counted. If the marksman uses a gun 
which necessitates a fully loaded cartridge to be dis¬ 
charged in order that the mechanism may work at the 
second shot, or it the first cartridge or a part thereof 
sticks or prevents firing, the marksman can claim two 
more cartridges, the first of which, after the trap has 
been set in motion, shall be discharged into the air, and 
the second at the clay pigeon. The result of the second 
shot will be counted. Should the first shot hit the 
pigeon, a miss shall be counted. 
The defective cartridge shall be submitted to the um¬ 
pire, who will examine wherein the fault lies, and decide 
if, in conformity with the above rules, another shot may 
be fired. 
In order to be recorded as hit, the pigeon must break 
before touching the ground. The umpire’s decision as 
to whether a pigeon is hit or not is final. A marksman 
not conforming to his decision will be disqualified. The 
pigeon must not, under any circumstances, be picked up 
for the purpose of examination. 
Marksmen are ranged for the five marks. Five guns 
occupy the marks, and No. 6 takes his place behind No. 
1, .and there awaits his turn. Gun No. 1 shoots first 
from mark No. 1, gun No. 2 from mark 2, and so on. 
At or during the closing of the series. No. 1 shall stand 
at mark No. 2, and No. 6 at mark No. 1; No. 2 at 
■ mark No. 3, and so on; so that No. 5 is the shot who 
waits at the back of mark No. 1. Competitors must 
not leave their marks before the series is concluded. 
When the marksmen have taken their marks, the per¬ 
son who IS regulating the throwing from the different 
machines calls out: “No. 1 klar” (“ready”), whereupon 
^competitor who is standing at mark No. 1 answers, 
“Ga” (“go”). The remaining competitors answer “ga” 
when the number of their mark and “klar” are called 
out. 
If a marksman fires out of his turn, a miss will be 
counted to him. The marksman, whose turn it was to 
shoot, has a fresh bird thrown up. 
The marksman shall be unaware as to which of the 
traps behind each screen will be discharged. 
All the machines will be filled before the shooting com¬ 
mences, and the competitors will be kept in ignorance as 
to from which set of traps and trap the pigeons will be 
thrown. 
One marksman on the line. 
The marksman is to stand at mark No. 3 and shoot at 
the fixed number of pigeons before leaving this mark. 
Two marksmen on the line. 
One stands^ at mark No. 2 and shoots at the required 
number of pigeons, thrown up from sets of traps Nos. 
1, 2 and 3, and the second at mark No. 4, and shoots 
at the required number thrown up from sets of traps 
Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 
TEAM COMPETITION. 
The competition is open to one team from each nation. 
Each team to consist of six men. with a maximum of 
whorn the team captain may form one. 
The order of shooting between the teams will be 
decided by lot. 
The shooting will be divided into three rounds. Each 
round will be concluded if possible in one day. 
First stage.—Twenty clay pigeons per man, thrown at 
unknown angles from known traps, will be shot at 
under continuous firing in two series of 10 birds each. 
Two or three teams shoot together. Each marksman, 
from the different teams alternately shall in his turn 
shoot off a series of 10 shots. The first stage will thus 
constitute a succession of competitions. A tie shall be 
decided by shooting at 10 pigeons by each marksman 
under continuous firing. 
Second Stage.—A maximum of 50 per cent, of the 
teams competing in the first stage who have obtained a 
lower number of points shall retire. The order of shoot¬ 
ing among the different teams will be the same as in 
round No. 1. 
Thirty clay pigeons per man. thrown up at unknown 
angles from known traps, will be shot at without inter¬ 
val in two series of 15 birds each. A tie will be decided 
by each competitor, re-shooting at 10 pigeons under 
continuous firing. 
Third Stage.—A maximum of 50 per cent, of the teams 
competing in the second stage who have obtained in the 
first and second rounds a total lower number of points 
shall retire. 
The order of shooting will be the same as in Stage 
No. 1. Forty pigeons per man are shot at on the con¬ 
tinuous firing system in two series of 20 birds each, and 
throw'n up from known sets of traps at unknown angles 
on the group system. In addition, from firing point, 
No. 3 with single shots at 10 pigeons per man, thrown 
at unknown angles from unknown traps. 
A tie shall be shot off at 10 birds by each marksman 
on the single fire system—i. e., from mark 3. 
The winner will be the team which has obtained the 
highest total number of hits in all three stages. 
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION. 
The competition is limited to 12 individual entries from 
each nation. 
The order of shooting will be decided by lot. 
The shooting will be divided into three stages. Each 
stage will be concluded if possible in one day. 
First Stage.—Twenty clay pigeons per man, thrown up 
at unknown_ .angles from known traps, will be shot at 
on the continuous fire system in two series of 10 birds 
each. In the event of a tie, 10 pigeons are to be shot 
at by each competitor on the continuous fire system. 
Second stage.-;—A maximum of 50 per cent, of the com¬ 
petitors competing in the first round who have obtained 
a lower number of points will retire. The order of shoot¬ 
ing among the marksmen will be the same as in stage 
No. 1. 
Thirty clay pigeons per man, thrown up at unknown 
angles from known sets of traps, in two series of 15 birds 
each, will be shot at under continuous firing. In the 
event of a tie, there will be a re-shoot of 10 pigeons per 
man under continuous firing. 
Third Stage.—At most, 50 per cent, of the competitors 
in the second round who in the first and second stage 
obtained a total lower number retire. The order of 
shooting among the marksmen is the same as in stage 1. 
Forty clay pigeons per man will be shot at in two 
series of 20 pigeons each, under continuous firing, 
thrown up at unknown angles from known sets of traps, 
and moreover, at 10 pigeons per man in two series of 5 
pigeons each, under continuous firing, thrown up at 
unknown angles from unknown sets of traps. The 
marksman will stand at mark No. 2 for 5 pigeons thrown 
up from set of traps Nos. 1, 2 or 3: also at mark No. 4 
for 5 pigeons, thrown from traps No. 3, 4 or 5. A tie 
will be decided by shooting off at 10 pigeons per man, 
under continuous firing, thrown up at unknown angles 
from known sets of traps. 
The marksman who has obtained tbe highest total 
number of hits in all three stages will be declared the 
winner. 
Royal Centre Gun Club. 
Roy,\l Centre, Md., Jan. 10.—Last Thursday night it 
was done over—that is, the Royal Centre Gun Club was 
reorganized and new officers elected. That this club 
will be among the most active and popular is bevond 
peradventure, because practically every live, red-cor- 
puscled, anti-anaimic young man and woman in the 
town has joined or contemplates joining the gun club. 
Over fortv actives are recorded at the first meeting. 
The members of the club are: E. B. Thomas, Loren 
McCloud, Chas. Wilkinson, Leslie Kistler, Geo. Wentz, 
Chas. Pugh, Geo. McCauley, O. M. McCombs, Roy 
Underwood, Bert Rhody, Chas. Agness, Jesse Hand, Dr. 
Kistler, Chas. Hollenback, W. H. Bingaman, M. A. 
Weyand, Salem La Reau. Dan Dodt, Joe Ropp, Ed. 
Jones, Walter Harvey, Emil Marx, Cliff Baughman, 
Will Marx, Jr., Tesse Swisher, Forest Lee, Disa Day, 
Hattie Harvey, Etta Kistler, Esther Fry, Pearl Swisher, 
Gladys McCauly, Mrs. Chas. Fox, Genesie Fry, Leota 
Harvey; Alice Bliss, Lillian Ubelhouser, (Jeorge Cline, 
John Cline. 
Officers elected: President, E. A. Marx; Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, Ed. Jones; Secretary, Jesse Swisher; Assistant Etta 
Kistler; Treasurer. Jesse Hand; Field Captain, Walter 
Harvey; Referee. M. A. Weyand; Scorers, Will Marx, 
Jr., and Bert Rhody; Judges, Chas. Hollenback and 
Joseph Ropp; Committee on By Laws, Charles Pugh, 
Leslie Kistler and Roy Underwood. 
Following are the scores made by the new club: 
Shot at. Broke 
*W D Stannard. 50 44 
*R O Heikes... 50 36 
E A Marx. 50 35 
*Otto Hise. 50 29 
*0 Leach . 50 25 
C Hollenback... 50 25 
R Leach . 50 22 
Chas Pugh .... 5C 21 
Ed Jones . 50 21 
C Baughman .. 50 20 
J Swisher . 50 19 
*Not members. 
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Crescent Athletic Club. 
Bay Ridge, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Atmospherically the day 
was perfect for trapshooting, the targets were clearly 
defined against a blue, white sky, but one glance at the 
thermometer—well, it was about the same everywhere in 
the East. Among the notables from warmer climes were 
Teddy Doremus and J. E. Skelly from Du Pont Gun 
Club, and Jack Frost from across the blue waters, han¬ 
dicapped them rather extensively—at least so their scores 
would indicate. L. C. Hopkins, with his coat but¬ 
toned over a store of sunshine from Dixie Land, whence 
he has just returned, did the high run of the day with 
24 out of 25, which won him a prop on the monthly cup. 
Walter Higgins, ex-secretary of the Crescent A. C., 
dropped in on a visit, but couldn’t be induced to beat 
his old comrades, and declined to shoot. G. C. Stephen¬ 
son smashed 86 out of lOO for the take-home trophy, 
beatin.g Hyatt by one aerosaucer. W. W. Pell got the 
trophy shoot High score with (4) 23 out of 25. There 
were three ties at 22 for the Lawson trophy. C. R. 
James, G S. Stephenson and J. F. James were the 
Oxfords in the event. State trophy was mawed by C. 
R. James (2) 23. In the trophy shoot. Geo. E. Brower 
with a handicap of 3, won over Stephenson, who made 
18 from scratch. 
There rvas only one clay disk between the contestants 
in the team shoot. The team headed by Stephenson 
broke 33 out of 50. 
If R. Schneider hadn’t been a visitor he would have 
taken the leg on Lawson trophy, as he made 23 from 
.scratch. The summary follows: 
Take-home trophy, lOO targets, scratch: 
G S Stephenson. 
. 86 
(j E Brower. 
78 
F S Hyatt. 
A E Alberts _ 
77 
C R James. 
. 84 
J E Murray. 
70 
T F James. 
. 80 
J P Fairchild. 
59 
W W Pell. 
. 79 
Monthly cup, 25 
' targets, handicap: 
L C Hopkins. 
... 5 24 
Geo E Brower.... 
.. 4 
19 
C R James. 
... 2 23 
*J F Skelly. 
.. 0 
17 
F S Hyatt. 
... 1 22 
*T E Doremus_ 
.. 0 
16 
T F James. 
... 0 20 
J E Murray. 
.. 5 
15 
A E Alberts. 
... 3 20 
J P Fairchild. 
.. 2 
14 
*R Schneider.... 
... 9 20 
W W Pell. 
.. 4 
19 
G S Stephenson, 
Jr 0 19 
TropFv shoot, 25 tar8:ets, 
handicap: 
W W Pell. 
... 4 23 
G S Stephenson.. 
.. 0 
21 
F S Hyatt. 
... 1 22 
J F James. 
.. 2 
18 
J F James. 
... 0 21 
T P Fairchild. 
.. 2 
18 
Geo E Brower... 
... 3 21 
A E Alberts. 
.. 3 
14 
Lawson trophy, 
25 targets, handicap: 
C R James. 
... 2 22 
G E Brower. 
.. 3 
17 
G S Stephenson. 
.. 0 22 
W W Pell . 
.. 4 
16 
J F James.. 
... 0 22 
1 K Murray. 
.. b 
16 
A E Alberts. 
... 3 19 
*R Schneider . 
.. 0 
23 
F S Hyatt.. 
... 1 18 
»J F Skelly. 
.. 0 
18 
J^ C Hopkins_ 
... 5 13 
*T E Doremus... 
.. 0 
7 
J P Fairchild_ 
... 2 17 
Stake trophy, 25 
targets. 
handicap: 
C R James. 
... 2 23 
*T E Doremus... 
.. 0 
18 
J F James. 
... 0 21 
J E Murray. 
.. 5 
17 
G S Stephenson. 
... 0 21 
A G Alberts. 
.. 3 
16 
F S Hyatt. 
... 1 20 
W W Pell. 
.. 4 
16 
J P Fairchild..., 
... 2 19 
Geo Brower . 
.. 3 
21 
*R Schneider .... 
... 0 18 
*J Skelly . 
.. 0 
10 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets. 
handicap: 
(ieo Brower . 
... 3 21 
W W Pell. 
.. 4 
16 
G S Stephenson.. 
... 0 18 
J F James. 
.. 0 
15 
t b Hyatt. 
... 1 18 
A E Alberts. 
.. 3 
12 
(J 1< lames. 
... 2 17 
J P Fairchild . 
.. 2 
11 
J E Murray. 
... 5 16 
Team shoot, 50 
targets, handicap: 
G Stephenson... 
0 18 
J P Fairchild.. ^ c 
! 11 
R lames. 
2 17—35 
G E Brower.... ( 
! 21- 
-32 
1 F James. 
0 15 
W W Pell . 
1 16 
A Bryant . 
1 18—33 
J E Murray .... f 
i 16- 
-32 
*Guest. 
New 
York 
Athletic Club. 
Pelham Manor, N. Y., Jan. 13.—It was a lucky thing 
the animals no longer reside on the western section of 
Glen Island, for if they had they would have been pep¬ 
pered to-day, as many a target scaled through the 
oxygen and nitrogen and found a resting place in its 
entirety in the splashing H-O, for the cold numbed the 
trigger fingers of the Travers Island trapshooters sadly. 
Dr. Culver porked the deal generally, taking a leg 
on the president’s cup with 21 after a shoot-off from a 
tie at 24 with B. M. Higginson and E. F. Crowe, and 
the January cup, in which event he had to shoot off 
with G. Lembeck. 
The Day (ex-committee) cup was scored upon by 
W. B. Ogden with 23, and then by way of improvement 
Ogden made a full score of 25, with 3 handicap for New 
Year’s cup. R. L. Spotts had to show somewhere, so he 
cribbed the distance handicap, breaking 23 from 20yds. 
This event brought out very erratic shooting, gunners 
like Higginson and Grinnell getting only 13 from 21 and 
20yds. Dr. Culver was supreme in the two-barrel event, 
breaking 13 targets out of 10 pair, in addition to which 
he was high gun for the day with 90 breaks out of 100 
chances. The day was so cold that only twelve gunners 
staged across Pelhamdale avenue from the Manor station. 
The summary follows: 
New Year’s cup, 
, 25 targets, handicap: 
W B Ogden. 
.. 3 25 
J I Brandenburg... 
5 
20 
G F McMahon.. 
.. 2 24 
O C Grinnell. 
1 
19 
A E Ranney. 
.. 1 23 
G Lembeck . 
2 
18 
R L Spotts. 
.. 1 23 
C W Billings. 
0 
18 
B M Higinson... 
.. 0 20 
K F Crowe..../.... 
2 
18 
Dr Culver . 
.. 0 21 
F C Lawson. 
0 
15 
January cup, 25 
targets, handicap: 
G Lembeck . 
.. 2 24 
O C .Grinnell. 
1 
21 
JJr Culver . 
.. 1 24 
A E Ranney. 
1 
20 
R L Spotts . 
.. 0 23 
G F McMahon. 
2 
19 
C W Billings. 
.. 0 22 
B M Higginson... 
0 
18 
J I Brandenberg. 
.. 5 21 
VV B Ogden. 
3 
18 
Shoot-off: Dr. 
Culver 23, 
G. Lembeck 16. 
Shot at. Broke 
W Harvey .... 
. 50 
19 
J Ropp . 
. 50 
17 
\V Marx, Jr.... 
. 50 
15 
B Rhody . 
. 50 
9 
J Hand . 
. 50 
3 
L McCloud .... 
. 25 
11 
K Underwood.. 
. 25 
6 
S A La Reau.. 
. 25 
8 
Forest Lee ... 
. 25 
9 
John Kline .... 
. 25 
11 
