Evening journal., 1916-01-27
HER TRIGGER HAND
STEADY As A MANS
Woman Trap-ShooterS
Many; Recent Increases
Are Big
BEGINNERS ARMY
is FORMED

Fsve years ago the women who were
proniinent as trapshooters could be
couhted on the fingers Of both hands
and at that some Of the fingers would
be useless. Conditions have changed.
There are thousands Of women who
ares proficient with the shotgun and
ardent devotees Of the sport. There
are lust as many women OF the traps
now as there are women golfers. Wo-
man loves the great outdoors just as
much as the members Of the stronger
sex. she loves the surf, the mountains
thef stream and the open forest. She
enjoys the pleasure OF outdoor recrea-
tion in which she can participate with
her sweetheart, husband, or children.
Many OF the outdoor pastimes are too
strenuous for women Trapshooting
isn't strenuous pastime. It is the
ideal outdoor sport for women. It Is
a sport that lends all the pleasures,
minus all the disturbing elements as
sociated with field shooting.
Trapshooting is not fad. II isn't
sport that any particular section or
the country leads in or sets the pace.
Women are not taking to the traps
and firing at the blue rocks because
II is the fashion; they are becoming
interested in the sport because OF IFS
beneficial effects. Annie Oakley known
In private life as Mrs. Frank E. Butler
and for more than a score Of years the
greatest woman shot in the world, says
no other recreation will do so much
towards keeping women in good health
MS trapshooting It keeps them young,
Interested and enthusiastic.
Mrs. Harold Almert, Of Chicago, the
women's amateur champion OF Amer
lea. became a devotee of the shotgun
because she wanted to participate in
the same sports as her husband and
children-and she is never happier
than when she is with them before
the traps.
In the beginners day shoots, con-
Quoted last fall, more than 500 womer
or. to be exact, 522-faced the traps
MANY times that number have face'
the traps since The gun clubs ar
family affairs. and with the women IN
tcrested club life is healthier Fort
three women faced the traps for IN
first time at the PahQuioque Rod ant
Gun Club at Danbury, Conn; 3S sho
for he FIRST time i'm Chapman, Kan
and a dozen or more appeared at near
~ every one OF the beginners da.
shoots which were conducted in al
parts OF the country. Women are eli
gible to membership in all gun clubs
and in a number of cities there arr
women's gun clubs. Chicago, Spokane
and Wilmington have the largest guI
clubs organized especially for them
The first gun club for women wa
formed by Miss Harriet ID. Hammond
IN this city. in July, 1913, and l
known as the De Nemours Gun Clut
The club now has 100 members. Tn
Diana Club. Of Chicago. was the mex
one organized. There are a numbe
of women "scatter-gun" enthusiast
who are quite able 10 take care {
themselves in competition with ID
members of the male sex.
Possibly Mrs. Ad Topperwein. (
san Antonio. Texas. is the be-
known Of these. In a recent tri
fhrough Western States she misse
only 3e7 out OF S.04O targets. an ave
age OF 95. She had one run of II
straight. and in a 100-target mate
missed the second, and then ran
straight Mrs. A. II. Winkler is al
other good shot. In the recent Oh
ago Gun Club championship she wo
with 1S6 out OF 200. Mrs. L. c. Nog'
Of Detroit. won the women's char
pi0nship in 1914 in New York. wi
a out Of so targets. The same yei
at Cedar Park. Ohio. she broke A
3ut OF 500. and in one event 9S out
100. These are only a few OF the r
markable shots among women.
George l.. Lyon. three times ira
shooting champion Of the world di'
recently at Albuquerque. while in b
hiriy-ffth year. He was a memb
IF the New York Athletic Club, an
won the amateur championship
Travers Island last year. When
won his worlds titles he was a pr
fessional. but became an amateur n
der the rules nv rqfrafuinp from, M.