Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-13
TRAPSHOOTING !
ATTRACTSMANY
real ATHLETES
More Than $4,000, 900 Spent
on CIubhouseS and Traps;
SIS, 900, 600 Yearly

Trapshooting is another one OF
those nice young sports that have
come along during the past few years
and weaned away many OF the dyed
in.wool baseball fans. The popularity
Of the target game has Increased by
leaps and bounds during the past few
years. There are at least SOC, 600 &C
tive trapshooters in the country to-
day; men who indulge in the sport
regularly. There are almost as many
more who have a fondness for bust
ing the clays but who cannot find
enough leisure to permit them to en-
gage in more than FIVE or six shoots
per year. $780,.
Statistics recently compiled show
that there are in the United States
at the present time approximately g.
900 registered clubs. The total out
lay by these clubs for club houses,
grounds, automatic traps and other
devices is far beyond the $S,000,000
mark.
The average expenditure for guns,
gun cases, glasses, cleaning rods,
shooting jackets and other trap cloth
ing Is about $50 per man, which means
that the trapshooters of the country
have laid out approximately. $35, 000,-
600 for their equipment. This, ad-
ded to the 100000 for club houses,
etc., shows that $3S,000,000 is in
vested in the sport. ..s...
About 100000 were fired during
the 1915 season. Each cost an aver
age of 5 cents. That means that trap
shooters spend 100000 annually for
ammunition. Add to this the sums paid
out for railroad fare, bus hire, hotel
bills, etc.-approximately $4,000, 600
and you find that the lovers of the
clay busting game spend $15,000,00O
yearly in following their sport.
There will be 412 shooting tourna
ment during the season beginning in
April, and every community of any
size will stage one or another of the
shoots.
Lure Of Trapshooting Sport
Appeals to All
The beauty of the trapshooting
sport is that it appeals>to women as
we'll as men; that it is a game for
the very old and very young, as well
as the middle-aged. 1t is not a game
that calls for strenuous exercise; it
doesn't tire the muscles. It's one
that develops the keeness of the t,e,
speeds up the brain and aids health
generally because it brings it's de-
voice out into the open.
Probably the oldest trapshooter IN
the country is Uncle joe lehman
of Wausau, Wis. He's 81 and he never
misses a shoot in his particular Sec
ton. Uncle joe bangs the targets
with astonishing regularity and his
hitting average is far beyond that of
the bulk of the ordinary shooters who
are only one-half or one-third as old
as Uncle joe"
There are on the lists of registered
trapshooters. scores of men around
the S0-year mark. Thousands are
over CO.. There are tens of thousands
who are still in their teens. One Of
the real clever shooters is a 12-year-
old youth who seems to have inherited
the skill from his father, who always
ranked high in the tournaments.
Interest in Game Has Increased
Year BY Year
The number of women who are
finding great pleasure in the great out,
door sport is increasing steadily. A |
few years ago there were only a scat
tering few. Today the feminine shoot
ers total we'll along into the thou
sands. Many Of them compete with
the male persons in the various shoots |
and the averages turned in by the fair
sex are surprisingly high. =, !