Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
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BUSINESS AND TRAPsHoorINe.
Americas Shrewd Manufacturers Are Beginning to Appreciate the Worth of the Shotgun Game as Recreation For Employees.
By GEORGE w. PECK

Are we destined to become a na- tlon of trapshootersR
 That truly American sport is fast assuming proportions which would seem to spell domination at no distant day, when every other sport Ameri- can or alien, will have to retire to a secondary place in the ranks of pop ularity
 It is estimated that the Star-S Span gled Banner waves over upward of 500,000 active trapshooters, the ma jority of whom regularly face the horizon somewhere in America and by yelling Pull dare some hidden .trapboy to shift an angle which they cannot connect with while the balance equally as defiant. enthusiastic and destructive, gather at shouting clubs or enjoy the same exhiIaration with portable hand traps as often as condi- lions, business and otherwise will permit
 It really all comes under the head of preparedness, since it is seldom that choke-bo artist is not equal ly familiar with a rife If perchance his experence ends with the shotgun it is experience that stands him in such good stead wherein instantaneous. CO., ordination is demanded that he takes to the rife and it's more deliberate sighting with little or no coaching. - Clubs Being Formed Everywhere.
 Where only few wears ago trap shooting was Q minor sport, with ac- tive clubs today few and far between we find it today on the crest of the wave, with. new clubs being organized daily within city limits as municipal concessions, at yacht clubs and coun- try clubs, while the wonderful hand traps have carried the sport to the farm, the country home, the yacht, the tonneau of the flying automobile, the roor of the skyscf apper, the deck of the battleship, and even to the wings of the airplane
 In fact. the possibilities for indulg- ing in the sport seem unlimited, and Young America, with Young old America, takes advantage of every op- portunity to live up to oft-proven tradition that his country produces | the best marksmen on earth It is said that the United States produces the shredwest business men in the world, and therefore it is not | to be wondered at that the heads of | the welfare bureaus of our great in- | dustries are turning their attention to trapshooting as sport to be includ- ed in their schedule of pastimes which | will make for the general betterment of employees and department heads alike.
 Great department stores, mai1-order | houses and manufacturing concerns have awakened to it's importance, and soon we will see trapshooting tourna- ments in full swing between employ es of rival and competitive industries | which in turn will mean a closer and friendaier commercial relationship.
 Big industries Take 1t Up. The Western Electric Go. is a man. moth manufacturing industry which recently recognized the Sport Allur- l ing, and holds weekly shoots upon its own grounds in Chicago.
 Primarily, the Hawthorne club made up of employees of. this company with a membership of 5000 fosteret many varities of social and sportins activities such as dancing, photog. faphy, archery, casting and tennis The name was subsequently chang ed to the Hawthorne Rod and Gu, club, with greater scope given to it, recognition of sports and an import ant and constantly growing adjunct i the trapshooting feature, the inceptio, of which occurred in November, 1915 with a charter membership of 60. Now the Western Electric compan, fathers one of the largest trapshoot ing organizations in America. This i
 borne out by the fact that 107 novice turned out for the Beginners da, shoot last year.
 And while we are on the subject i might be apropos to mention the fac that trapshooting is encouraged an, has prominent place in the list o sports of the Pennsylvania Raiaroa, Co. Cat more than 30 division points, Oneida Community. National Stor Specialties Co.,, Curtis Publishing Go
 Philadelphia Electric O., du Pon Powder Co, United Shoe Mact1iner,
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