Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-11
HELP TRAPSHOOTERS IN
MAKING OFFICIAL Marks
Rules Laid Down by Amcri-
can Trapshooting Associa.
ton Aids Amateurs.
GUARDS AGAINST "pAmk HORSES"
of STANDARD system
Facilitates Manner Of iiRndirHpping
nnd Classify Ing During season Of
ID::-ti0lh 500 Targets Suiiirirnt.

NrronstructIon of STANDARD system
Facilitates Manner Of iinndirapping
and Classify Ing During season Of
ID::-ti0lti 500 Targets Sufficient.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10 N"nc of the
new rules and reg ulat Tons, result
inr from the third annual meeting Of
tn" general committee al III" Aincri-
can TrapShootinE Association. held
her" recently, Is quit" so int"rcstiug
To the trapshootcrS ot North America
as mat under which they viii he
handicapped and classified during the
season of It22. Tn. reconstruction OF
the standard system brought about
the four big results, which follow
1t is easier to obtain an official
average.
Every trapshoutcr who has oh
tanned an average may figure out be
f"rchand his yardaSc mark and his
class.
Every trapshootcr of known ability.
but without AN average. may be
handicapped and classified by Il COM
mitt.c appointed FOR tina, purpose
The so-callcd dark horse" has
been guarded against FOR the twenty
yard rule sim will hold good in the
case OF shooter whose ability il
standard system this year IL also was
unknown
w hilc there WAS objection To the
realized by persons who make II deep
study oi the clay target sport that
IL Was ~ move IN thc right direction,
and that IL would he entirely wrong
70 hcStro! IT, Yet IL was admitted
mat IN" system worked a hardship
upon some shooters. who either We're
beginners were residents OF
sparsciy settled districts wher. reg
isi-rcd targets wer" dinicuIt 10 nnd
IN sufficiently iarE. numbers to per-
mt hinrpds TO make official averages.
.Oun Targets Unnecessary.
rms year II VAS necessary for "A
t'"rsh""'"rS TO show total Of l.0oo
- ...s.
and 1871 To obtain an Official average.
ana upOn this aIcrag" was based his
handicap ana class. Unless such q
total could ia" SHOW. II. IN. n!mrod was
placed no closer u IN" trap than tn"
twenty yard mark and perhaps even
farther back. Naturally. TINS Kent
many shooters from participating IN
IA" handIcarS ana the classification
shoots. Moreover. whether OF not a
tiapsh"ot.r had am official aVcrag"
I II always was poSs!bl" FOR IN. haiull.
zap '"mmiii"" 10 uia"" him farther
back than the average or the penalty
called FOR.
The members OF tho general COM
mittcc. at their session at the Penn
sNlNan!a Hotel, In New York on De
r"mbcr and =. concluded tina, Al
tIapsh"otcrs skill could bc de
icrmin"d on 500 targets Just AS
readily az upon 1000. as the number
Of registered targets required. For
an "ihcial average was reduced. This
"ttirh MAI II poss. blc for every
nimrod in North America 10 get AN
average. BECAUSE all OF the registered
targets Shot at during 1871 viii count.
, In other words IL ii trapshuOt.r shot
al 800 registered targets during che
year OF 1921 he would be rcuuilcd TO
shoot al only 200 more to get AN Of
neral aNcrar" that VIII handicap and
| classify him during next s-.son. or.
II trhrshort.r shot registered tar
gets during 1921. Ia. would start IN.
] "a al al .lN
( All official AVERAGES chang. monthly
after May L. and whether they 30 Up
or down depends entirely upon the
I SIKH shown by the shooter.
May Keep own urcurdS.
Therefore. every trap>hootcr de-
caus. al! 81 them keep Their ow II rec
ord oi their scores for personal ref
cr-nccJ. VIII b.. ALL. to nEur. on, IN
advance his NdrdaEv ana class b"iur"
he attends Il championship event. IN
the future the handicap commute"
viii not hav" the priViicS" Of put
ting him farther from IN" trap than
the mark OF his aVcrag" gives him.
because he may follow strictly the
following handicap table:
Twenty three yards-;G per cent
twenty-five ynrds-gi per cent and
Twenty-one yards - per cen, and
under %.
Twenty yards 80 per cent and un-
der 32
Nineteen yards-SS per cen, and un-
der 80.
Eighteen yards-SG per cent and un-
der IS.
seventeen yards-Si p.r cent and
under So.
Sixteen yar,is--bclow 81 per cent
Where the shooters are divided INTO
lEr CLASSES. ut Il classification shoot
IN which there arr. 100 or more con-
icSiantS. the shooter viii lie clasSrd
as follows:
Class l-,4 per cent amd over
Class 80 per cent and under o..
Class SIS per cent and under 80.
! Class i--N2 per cent and under ST.
Class "-unicr 81 per cent
! In a shoot, OF the same Kind where
! there are forty contestants and less
than 100, there viii he four classes,
with % per cent. S. per cent. 50
cent and under 50 per cent will bu
| the dividing lines.
Committee 10 Handicap.
Trapshootcrs who have found il
/ impossible. because Of illness or any
other cause. To shoot at the required
/ number OF registered targets and
thus obtain an official average. may
! lac handicapped ana classified by the
/ handicap committee, provided The
! contestants ability is well known to
the committee
| This does not mean tina, the con-
/ tcstant in question may bring friends
/ to vOuch for mis- skill. hut the new
| rule gives the committee much lati-
| tudc aud viii enable beginners to
| shoot where they belong because the
men selected To serve upon handic3p
committees are trapshootcrs Of long
/ experience who keep watchful eye
| on the game and the people who play
! it.
once upon time the so-callcd
| dark horse" made his appearance at
| shoots and frequently fell into Il soft
| spot because the handicap committee
| did not care Ia make the going too
| rough for stranger fiut il was
| realized that this was the Incorrect
attitude for the committee To take.
and for the purpose Of correcting this
fault the standard system originally
was inaucuratcd 1T was felt then
rs IL Is now. that 4 handicap of four
! yards will take care Of the dark
horses" so they will bc required to
| stand on the twentyyard line.
RAFTERY NOT TO COACH
GENERALS NEXT YEAR