Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-31
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FIELD 81
TO KEEP DOWN COST OF SPORT.
TraPshooting Association Offers Sus-
sestion to Trapshooters That viii
Save Money and Make for Better
Shooters.
BY PETER P. CARNEY.

Editor National Sports Syndicate.
It costs a little more money to in
dulge in trapshooting today than it
did year or two age. The same ap-
plies to all other outdoor sports. The
complaint is universal, but not very
loud, for there is more money in cir
culation today than there was a year
ago, and nearly everyone has benefited
by Americas prosperity.
These outdoor sports = especially
trapshooting-are no longer considered
an expense. They are entered on the
opposite side of the ledger among the
assets. AS I said in a previous article,
Americans are sport-loving people and
are quite willing to pay for their
pleasure.
This is proven by the great increase
in the number of men and women who
are interested in outdoor sport, not
merely interested, but active partici-
pants. There are hundreds of thou
sands interested today that were not
on the list year ago. Americans
more and more every year are getting
away from the proxy idea in sport
play themselves.
And while many take up gold, and
many more tennis, trapshooting ap-
pears to be gaining the most, and haS'
been for the past five years. Country
clubs, yachting clubs, golf clubs and
organizations whose members are in
position to take up any sport regard
less of expense, have gone in for trap
shooting on an elaorate scale-so much
SO that more than 300 of these organ
izations throughout the country have
installed traps and are conducting
tournaments.
Suggestions to Trapshooters.
But there are some people, of course.
who find the increase in sport of any
kind a detriment to their pleasure
{ nd to these people the Interstate AS
ISOLATION for the Encouragement of
Trapshooting offers some suggestions.
The interstate association is .advocat-
ing shorter programs in registered and
Cub tournaments, and among the
smaller clubs are advocating the "one
man up system. e
1t has been suggested that 125 tar
gets instead of $50 be trapped in regis
tered tournaments. and so targets in
stead of 100 be thrown IN club lorna
present station. The "one man up"
system has been tried by many of the
smaller clubs this spring and is well
liked. By this method we mean that
enc man goes to the traps at a time
and he shoots at five tarkets.
method 25 shells will last one to two
hours and so shells will last all the
afternoon.
This is the system that prevails in
live bird shooting, and is well worthy
VI ICCOSHlliOH ny Inc lIdpSHOOI0FS- 1t
will give a shooter more times to as
semble his thoughts and to concen-
trate, and also makes for more So
cial feeting. 1t will improve the marks
manship of the shooters. too. By this
method a man has an opportunity of
watching his fellow shooters and
their methods Hence he
makes faster progress and becomes a
better shot because he studies the
game more closely than he did when
in a squad of five that was
going down the line at record clip.
Will Aid the Sport
The club or shooter following the
zone man up plan is bound to be
more successful for the reason that /
-he shooters get more enjoyment out |
Of the game. They get a greater |
amount of enjoyment out of the time |
spent at the club. Instead of shooting |
their so targets in 25 or 80 minutes, |
about two hours of actual time will be |
We are living in an age of speed, |
but speed in trapshooting, especially |
for the novice, does not necessarily |
spell success: in fact, it slackens de-
velopment and provides harder and /
more difficult road for the attainment |
Of success.
The moral is plain. The solution of |
he problem is easy. Why not instill |
Efficiency into our trapshooting at /
increase in enjoyment for
Ill, together with a noticeable lessen
ng of the expense? The present meth
ID of squad shooting is all right for
tournaments. but let US be more senlsi- /
lie about our club shoots.