The Washington herald., 1917-06-11

Vol Samuel hasn't the least
cause Az ~ over the shooting
abIliIy O. OGns America, for the
lads OF lie coming generation are daily
hcient in the use of firearms, espe-
clally the trapgun. Great perform
ances have been recorded at the traps
by boys wearing knickerbockers.
These boys are not confined to
any one locality; they can be found
anywhere from Maine to oregon.
Possibly the best known and the
best shot Of the younger contingent
Of trapshooters is William E. Phillips,
u, OF Chicago, Ill Master Phillips is
10 years old and one Of the best shots
OF the Lincoln Park Gun Club and the
two years, he is now on the 19-yards
mark IN handicap events. He shot
from the B-yards' mark in the Grand
American Handicap in st. Louis last
August and in the Consolation Hand
leap tied for first honors with 96
IL credited with in the past year was
breaks In 100 targets.
The poorest score that Phillips, jr..
at the South Shore Country Club
tournament, when he broke 90 out Of
100 clay targets. Later at the same
club he broke IS targets in 100 thrown.
In the Illinois State shoot at La Sale
hS broke rs out of 50 targets and in
the Metropolitan Gun Club shoot CChi-
cagol he won first honors with I3y
breaks in $50 targets. Here he mad a
at Peru, Ind. last July, he broke 80
out OF 100, and in successive tourna-
ments Of the Lincoln Park Gun Club,
he broke 81 for the Clarke trophy, IS
on Peters shell day and IS out Of 80
on United States shell day. He had
q run Of l0l straight on Peters shell
day. Young Phillips has hopes of be-
Ing the champion Of champions and
the @. A. H. winner one of these days.
His father won the Grand American
in 1872
Chicago furnishes US with another
remarkable trapshooting prodigy in
S-year-old Jimmy Cooper, who Is one
Of the regulars Of the Long Lake Gun
Slno- His father is veteran live
oird shooter and Is taking great in
terest in the development of the
coming champion" as he fondly
calls him. Young COOPER broke
Al out Of 80 targets with a 2s-
gage gun recently and won a gun
through this shooting.
Another little fellow who in
herited his shooting ability is A.
Wade Stronger, the 7-year-old son
Of Allan w. Stronger, president Of
the Portland (Oreg) Gun Club.
Young StroWsers uses a 8-gage
gun and appears in all of the Port
land Gun Club tournaments.
New England asserts 1t has the best
Juvenile trapshot in America in
Phipps G. Moshier, Of the Boston A. A.
Moshier is the son Of W. d. Moshier,
of Hopkinton, Mass. The senior Mo-
shier is president Of the Brampton Gun
Club, and 1t was here that young Mo-
shier learned to break clay targets.
He is IS years OF age, a member of
the Boston A A. trapshooting team,
and one of its scratch shooters. Mo-
= shier recently averaged 80 per cent on
500 targets thrown in zero weather, He
has won the high average and high
gun trophy at the Brampton Club for
the past two years
There are exceptional trapshots in
every section. In the neighborhood OF
Chappaqua, N. z, they claim that
Perry Brevoort Turner. II years old,
is Just about the best there Is. At a
shoot Of the Ossining- Briarclif Gun
Club recently Perry broke Is straight
in one event and Il out Of 50 in an
other. Young Turner Is the grandson
Of John ]. ID. Bristol and learned to
shoot on the estate OF his grandfather,
where traps were erected for his use
He also has a gun especially made for
him. In passing we might mention
that Master Turner would be Delighted
% engage Master Moshier In q special
1oo-targst event.