Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-28
BY PETER p. CARNEY,
iIter National Sports syndIeate.

Editor National Sports Syndicate.
Trapshooting is the hing of Sports.
OF that we are sure. 1t is also the
Si1It OF Kings. No error can he
charged against us when We add thar
it is also the sport of governors,
mayors and Others who are important
pe-sonages in the political and social
life Of this great country.
King George OF England King Al
fonso of Spain, and King Victor En-
manuel of iitaly are three. of the Mon
archs of the Old World who are devo-
tees of the sport aluring." Nothing
pleases them better than an afternoon
before the traps. They have import
ant business elsewhere at present.
We haven't much use for emperors
" kings l.. this democratic country,
hut we have some fellows with us who
are big guns in more ways than one.
Teddy Roosevelt. for instance, is as
big man-anyway YOU look at II as
about the greatest hunter of big game
N the world
Teddy is only one of our big mon
Who shoot. The Hon Mr. Roosevelt
hasn't become affiliated with the Oy-
ter Bay trapshooting club but he
knows the benefits derived from out
door exercise. Several governors of
yreat commonwealth enjoy their lei
ure moments at the traps or in the
field.
Just to prove how strong trapshoo'-
ing and hunting in the field is with
men in political life, it is worth men
| iening that no less than twenty-five
mayors of live American cities are
members of gun clubs and take their
urn AT the traps in the club shoots
md many times that number tramp
the fields when the hunting season Is
N.
Some Mayors Are Good Shots.
OF the mayors and former city exec
ltivei who arc shooters. Thomas A.
MARSHALL is the best known. Twice
vas Tom mayor of keithsburg, ILL.,,
md he could still hold the job IT he
would do the work He also was a
nember of the Illinois House of Rep
| escntatiycs for two terms. Marshall
vas the captain of the American trap
| tcoting team which invaded England
,rd Scotland II years ago and de
| Gated the best shots of those shores
Mr.. Marshall, by the way, is the
| only shooter who has won the Grand
american Handicap more than once
| Jc won II twicc--when live birds were
hot at. His victories were IN 1871
md 1899. In the former year he stood
t % yards and killed IS birds with
,ut miss In 1899 six others tied Mar
hall at 25 straight and then the cham
,.onshp was shot for by these SIX
Mss and cut. Marshall killed 80 birds
traight in addition to the first 20 liz
hot from 20 Yards.
| Twin Falls, Idaho. boasts Of
mayor who is a regular fellow. He u
>. NJ. Sweeley. He is the .trapshoot
ne champion of Idaho. He represent
u that state in the amateur cham
zion ghip last year Sweeley is a ioI
ner Michigan fullback, an attorhe.
md a live wire,
Charles A. Fleming mayor OF Spo
ane. Wash, broke 30 per cent. OF IN
argets trapped for him In the shoo
# the Northwest Sportsman Asst
iation last summer and he holds nj
,wr in tho tournaments along the II
life Coast. So interested Is mayo
fleming that he has had traps IL
tailed in tho stadium and Spokan
row has municiral trapshootln
Tub
r r. Duyal, the mayor OF Beii
lilo III last spring tied for first ho'
,rg in the Southern Trapshootln
.andicap at Memphis, Tenn. wh'c
lasres him in the front rank oil snoo
RS George Z. Smith, mayor OF ~
\ngeles Cal, is known to all shoote'
: n the far west He shoots az u
raps quite often but is known bcst
duck shooter He has his own pr
erye3 and incidentally breeds gan
,ho, at the traps and in the heid
Tilliam ]. Robinson, mayor OF AlV
ada. The mayor is cripple and n
o walk with a crutch. but that do
not prevent Lin from bringing non
renty OF game His father was gre
hot before him having once won U
wing shot championship OF CANADA