The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-15
SCOTCH GAMER THAN ENGLISH.
American Trap shooters Found ths
CaIedonianR Excellent Losers.

CuleuOnI6hB E1SGAl0nS AODSASs
The victorious team of American trap
shooters, which has been carrying every
thing before 1t in the international races m
Great Britain, arrived at Boston on Tuesday
of this week. All the members OF the Team
returned excepting three-R. r. Merrill OF
Milwaukee, c. NJ. Powers Of Decatur. H.
and ]. A. R. Elliot of Kansas City, MO.
pose Of getting on some live bird matches:
The business of live bird shooting was the
only regard in which the Americans nad any
the facts prove that on the famous English
blue rocks the Americans were more tnan
able to train with the representatives OF
such slaughtering administered to the
Englishmen in any line OF sport a. that
which they sustained at the hands OF these
have little or no mercy upon them, and
took them down the line and over the
roughest kind Of road. The visit abroad
seemed not to Inconvenience the american
home in fine health.
There was no kind Of shooting proposition
which the da not Fad. aas up
ingdon proposed race at 15O targets. use
OF both barrels. 100 targets from the traps
what is known as a partridge tower" a
scaffold about twenty feet high. supporting
two traps the left-hand trap throwing the
bird about forty yards and the riFhtt.nana ts snHi
OF game is a favorite one with the Scotch
shooters, but was new to Billy" Crosby,
plucky n Vii illinois farmer boy accepted the con-
dtions. The score at the 100 targets thrown
| frcm the ground traps was " Tor CroSpy
and % for Faulds. At the tower ls snootins: ans.
| more defeated his man, breaking AZ out OF
| 80 to Al by Faulds.
| The American boys seem to think that
| spirit than the English. The Englishmen
proved, as usual, hard losers. and they
| have kept the columns OF the sporting
: press full Of excuses and explanations. They
are quite right in stating that the Amsri-
cans were better equipped for this particu,
lar kind Of shooting with their eight-pound
American-made cartridges. The Americans
clearly outgunned their English cousins,
/ their guns being made to shoot mucn
! closer. necessary quality in this game.
The English field gun is much lighter than
! the American trap gun. is bored more o2en-
ly. and although it delivers beautifully
use much coarser shot than the Ameri'
cans. With this field gun and field loads
ds ounces OF shot they necessarily mace
specialists. who have perfected their sys-
tenn after many years of practice. and know
perfectly we'll what each shot Is doing
but they were confident In their ordinary
weapons and loads, in both OF which re-
eiassed. they especially admit the inferi.
ority Of the English shotgun ammunition
to that made in America. There Is also
one other little particular in which they are
inferior and wherein they seem to have
overlooked the facts. They do not KNOW
how to shoot as well as these Americans.
There is q certain naivete in the state.
ment Of one man in the Shooting Times o.
London who. In his excuses for the defeal
of the English team. has the following In
nocent remark to make:
"There Is one other matter which wouif
like to touch upon. although feel some
deHcacy in doing so. refer to the KIND 0l
liquid fortification necessary to good shoot
ing. No man begrudges a, clap-bird shooter
his proper degree Of nourishment. but
certainly think that tea and ginger bee
. hind the gun than the more pungent re
freshment usually INDUCED in by the aver.
age British trap shooter"
This might be considered something II
; the way of news. Were 1t not too late. ant
. the victorious Americans already arrived
on this side of the pond, methinks the cap
, tain of the American team would sign ar
; ticles to shoot any kind Of a race the Eng
! lishmen liked. on any kind OF the mike
conditions to which he delicately refers.
The American trap shooter fs a man o
: self-control, and you do not catch any o
, these men losing a race by lack of tn
proper personal care. Yet 1t Is doubtful
) ten men could have been picked in Americ,
and England combined who could hav
l made a more perfect showing Of splendi
physical constitution and that combination
OF strength and endurance which goes s
far in all contests, implying steadiness alix
, of muscles and OF nerves.