Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-06
WOMEN WAKE: ENCELI.E\T
RECORDS IN BIG EVENTS

There were two other women shoot
.rs WHO figured in the interstate
averages in lci5-Mrs y. =. Itemy aud
Mr.. Frank EcIny The former BROS.
..0JG out OF :, $50 targets for an aver
Ak. o. 71.37. while The latter broke
J iui targets IN 2.i55 thrown, for aii
average OF - ~. These however. are
only fcw OF Inc women who bccam.
quite prominent rs their performances
~ 1915. Mrs. y. H. Winklcr won tn.
cha npionship OF the Chicago Gun club.
the iarccs trupsEootinE club Ia the
country. Therefore. Mrs Wiukl.r must
ne given credit for being quite pro-
t"icit With the gun. one can't COM
ollie much OF scor. in trapshootiuE
Without breaking the targets 1t is
on" sport in which the true ability
of the contestant can he figured on the
score sheets. Another woman who won
a club championship in 1913 was Mrs.
-. L. Carl. She broke o3T in 80 tries
~ the birmingham, Ala. Gun club.
and not only won the club title hu,
captured the high average prize as
we'll.
In the last W.s.y Hogan shoe, Mrs.
Frank Rcmy participated i'm quite .,
number OF tile competitions and made
excellent scores, once breaking 1874 and
,wic, breaking l9S in $50 thrown tar
Gets Mrs. T. l.. Eemy in late compe-
'l-ions has three times broken straight
20 twice she broke 90 in - and once
she smashed IL in 20. All OF which
must be considered excellent shoot
irr. Chicago boasts OF an excellent
shot in Mrs. @. y. Randall. She is
good for 40 in every 100 targets. Mrs.
Elizabeth Mouiton shoots with the
Glen Willow Cum Club in the PhiIa.
generally figures in tho first ten in the
scores Mrs. Moulton recently won one
OF the Outdoor Life trophies. Mrs
Harry Harrison. IL the Riverside Gun
Club Rochester. y. Y, had the best
runs Of any woman shooter in the last
Wrstv Hogan tournament Mrs. !iar-
ri,on is so enthusiastic aout TIL, snort
tnat she has opened school for WON
on shooters ~ the Riverside club, and
She is instructiug beginners in the
Pleasant and iuviSoratine sport on the
riverside traps.
one OF the most enthusia site OF the
fair Dianns is Miss harriet -. HAM
mond OF the De Nemours' Gun Club.
II Wilmington. Drl She has been
shooting nearly there years and or
ganiZcd the first gun club for women.
She is hard worker in the promotion
Of trapshootnS amoung women. and
recommends ii TO all members of the
fair sex who wish to take up an in
tcrcsting and inexpensive pastimc in
the great outdoors.
II the Olympic games could have
been held In Berlin this year, Amer
ica would have been represented by a
-rapshooting team OF women but as
il is impossible to stage the affair in
Rcrlin tho women will appear at the
Grand American in 81. Louis instead.
This will he the first time in the his
tory Of trapshootng that women have
hccn allowed to participate in tho
Grand American, and they intend To
make good use Of the privilcGc-and
tho following wear they may have "a
Grand American OF their own. Wom-
on generally get everything they go
after One Of these days the suffrage
question viii nc settled. and If the
women display the same skill at the
urlrS as they arc LOW diSpla wing at
Tho traps. they will do equally well in
uolitiCS.