The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-05

re not alone LedCAeh MS students
skeet shooting but all varieties Of
wing shooting.
Mr.. Adams has a following OF pus-
mess ana professional men. women
and children who have put them
selves into his charge Under his
tutelage they have become good
huntsmen and accurate shots in
trapshoOting or skeet.
Remakes Weapons
Mr.. Adams long has studied ballis-
tics He has constructed instru-
ments 70 test MS guns. He fits and
rebuilds guns for his students to as
sure them maximum comfort and
efficiency in their use. For years
ecientific study of shooting has been
his hobby. He never shoots now;
he is too busy teaching others how
TO manage guns.
We watched him instruct Miss
Mary Bradley. who is five feet tall,
weighs ninety-One pounds and in
three weeks has become one of his
star pupils. He rebuilt her gun
completely. and she is practicing
daily so she may join her brother,
George Bradley. when he begins his
hunting trips with the opening of
the season next Saturday.
Learns About Speed
She has learned that the fastest
coordination known is required in
shooting. She has learned that she
can't fit her gun to her shoulder
until she sees the target and in the
one-fifth of a second required to
mount her gun. the duck at which
she viii aim. Will travel twelve feet.
She Will tell you glibly that the load
travels 585 feet a second, while the
duck travels sixty feet a second.
We watched her break the targets
which Mr.. Adams threw at an amaz-
ing number Of angles. She hit
straightaways. slowly climbing up:
she didn't miss them in a change
TO whizzing outdrops. diving and
ducking. She broke them when her
teacher threw them through the
trees in the woods: she aimed ac-
curately at the incomers. which
rivaled the speed Of ducks in flight.
Instructed in Safety
Miss Bradley has learned how to
take a gun apart and to hold all
its parts in her hand. because were
she in the field. she would have no
place to lay the parts. She places
r gun at an angle through a
fence. so that when she crawls
through she may pick it up with
out the muzzle facing her, thus
eliminating any chance of an acct
dental shooting She knows all
about shells because Mr.. Adams has
cut them apart and shown her the
construction; explained the process
Of explosion.
She Is learning what all Mr..
Adams pupils are taught. He has
visited schools of instruction in Eu-
rope at Southampton. London and
Paris: in foreign countries one may
not hunt without a license from the
government and one from an in
struetOr.
Many Of Mr.. Adams pupils are
preparing for hunting trips. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Appel 60 quail hunt
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Moves
and their sons. Nicholas and Steve.
now at Cornell university. enjoy
trapshOoting. Last winter William
Munk hunted quail in Florida and
Mrs. Munk enjoyed the sport equally
well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Sinclair
and their son, Thomas. and daugh-
ter, Dora, have learned Skeet shoot
ing from Mr. Adams. Thomas is
captain Of the trapShooting club
at HOtchkiSS school. Lakeview. Conn,
and Dora is at VaSSar college.
Others Enjoy Shooting
G. Willis Adams ST.. hunts with A
faithful pair Of blrddogS, and George
Denny shoots at three gun clubs.
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