Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-30
HAND TRANSPORTING
IS GLORIOUS SPORT
BY PETER p. CARNEY .
Editor National Sports Syndicate.

Every man who shoots would like to
shoot better l M h
The man who can usually average % per
cent at the traps, under favorable condi-
tions, finds hi scores suffer when condi-
lions are n~nfavorable. The man who can
average but GO per cent under favorable
conditions, finds less satisfaction IN The
scores he makes when conditions are nm
favorable.
And SO it is hat every man who shoots
would like To shoot better. and be sure of
his average, no matter what the conditions.
Can this he accompliShedsf many will
ask. The experience of all of IL who re-
member our first visit to the traps will bear
witness that most shooters improve 10 a
certain degree OF proficiency with prac-
ticc. When they reach their level they
find that il i only occasionally that they
can score better than their average.
Many men have improved their scores
10 an appreciablc degree by practicing with
a hand trap. Trap-hooting at a target
thrown from han dtrap j. not ordinary
shooting. Ii il snap shooting. sighting and
every other kind Of shooting included. IL
gives one the best kind OF practice for
hunting, and improves ones score al the
trap>hooting club. In addition, ID i more
real, genuine fun and sport in ten inmates
than any other kind Of shooting j. in half
a day.
Just listen Ia this. Five men line up vi
the traps. The hand operator takes the
position.
Shooter No. ] gets ready TO fire. lie
gets q target that goes 100 feet in the air.
and. the chances are. misses il.
No , gets a left angle that goes with
the speed of a rifle bullet, aud curves or
takes English like a billiard ball.
No. 3 gets a dub that goes straight
about thirty yards. Everybody gives
him the laugh when he oyer~hoot- il.
No. 4 don't know what to expect. and
gets n SKINNER that sails about two feet
above the ground for forty yards or more,
q iaekrabbit.
No. ) gets one ION edge which pre-
>cniS 4 surface Ia shoot Al that look ~
hin a. paper. and he waits too long and
misses. And 20 II goes IN endless va
They start 1T M. | again. and the op-
orator throws the targets upside down
AZ high elevations and right angles that
also take English and are p~uzzlers to
the most expert.
That's real shooting. YOU will hear the
game shooters SAYS, and il j. even more
a. tt..tf thu. ...I --l
lime the use Of the hand trap will improve
ones scores IN the field wonderfully. A
shooter recently remarked hat
nc found hi> shooting for qall in close
cover improved 100 per cent ~ the u.s.
n the hand trap, and he was always con
,idered a good shot. Expert trap~hooters
who have no difficulty IN breaking an aver
age of 90 per cent of their targets. will
experience a new sensation when they
over the hand trap. It's the "spicel
lf q shooters life The novelty and
.nonotony never wear off. and the targets
never become 'toc easy" a. in ordinary
shooting.
Every shooter knows about the Joker
\ hand trap j. a "ioker trap"
With frill- on it. Every Gun club should
nave one for staging novelty events. and
he shooters will vote il a barrel of fun
after the FIRST trial. The hand trap can
De used also for inStructing new shooters
interfering with the events being
over the regular traps.
The shooters who would like To shoot
better can accomplish their desire by prac-
with a hand trap. Those who are
fair weather" shooters can learn Ia break
hem when the wind j. blowing u gale or
he rain j. falling.