The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-10
half MILE OF TRAPS
FOR GRAND AMERICAN
CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT
BY GEORGE s. MCCARTHY
Amateur Trapshooting Chamri'

HFndtcuT lTdPSHootln9 NiiatitftoH
Sixteen automatic target traps, in
stalled on the Absecon Boulevard III
a straight line, will greet the trap
shooters of North America, who at
tend the Grand American Clay Target
Championships to be held at Atlantic
City, New Jersey, Sept. IL to 16.
This battery oftraps, approximately
one-half mile from No. 1 to No. 10,
will mark a new epoch in the sport
of trapshooting. Twenty-Five years
ago when the first Grand American
Handicap was staged at Interstate
Park, New York, there were seventy
four entries, and two traps were suf-
fcient to take care of the competition.
But the annual classic of the sport
has grown to the point where this year
there is practically certain to be more
than n thousand entries in the feat
ure events, and it is essential to have
eight times the number of traps which
were used at the first Grand Ameri-
can. This is a realization of a dream
which the pioneers of the sport per-
mitted themselves at the first lourna-
ment-but which, down deep in their
hearts, they regarded solely as 2
dream.
Other Events Added
The first national clay target tour
nament was r%ightfully named THE
Grand American Handicap" At that
time the distance handicap in which
the contestants shot from yard marks
in accordance with their known ability
was the feature event-in fact, the
only event. But as the tournament
became more popular, and the entries
increased, other events were added
and in recent years there have been
championship contests in the several
classes of shooting.
This year, for example, the cham
pionship of North America at single
targets is expected to be on a par with
the Grand American Handicap in the
matter of interest and the number of
entries, because any man or boy, WON
an or girl, who is rated as an amateur
is eligible to enter this event and may
win the title. Another event which
will rival the Grand American Handi.
cap will be the Glass Championships.
In this race the contestants will be
divided into five classes in accord.
ance with their average and recognized
skill, and the winner in each of these
classes will be known as the champion
of his class on the North American
continent.
Other important championship
events which will be open TO all anna
teur trapshooters will be the double
target and 18-yard championships.
T~rapshooting City.
The boulevard during the shoot will
represent a trapshooting city. There
will be 10 large tents on the boule
ward, which Mayor Bader and the mu
tnicipal authorities have agreed to close
off from traffic. 1t requires foul mer
or boys to man each of the traps, witt
at least three relief crews, and adding
to this the squad hustlers, sheet run
ners, pages and other necessary EN-
employees on the firing line, Their,
will be approximately $50 men anC
boys required to properly man tn,
traps. In the office there will be M
less than 25 men looking after the en-
tries, the recording of scores and othe,
statistical and publicity details.
There will be lunch and refresh
ment tents, ammunition tents, a large
rest tent, and a locker tent, these ad
ding approximately so more to tn,
number of employees which will b.
necessary to successfully conduct
t~rapshooting tournament lasting on,
week.