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United Kingdom (Cavan and Leitrim County)
The Cavan and Leitrim, County Wicklow, King's County, Queen's County, and other Irish gun clubs might be mentioned. In Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth have flourishing clubs. Thus a shooter averaging 80 per cent. of kills would shoot at scratch, averaging 70 per cent. would have one point, and so on to a limit of four points. In the C.B.S.A. handbook this system and five other handicapping systems are fully described. The charge of shot allowed to be used is limited to 1 oz. of a size not larger than No. 6.
Fully choked guns are generally used, and are found necessary for breaking the birds, which in the British clubs are usually thrown fast and far.
International Competitions. The most interesting international matches of late years were those of the clay bird shooting at the Olympic Games in 1908. Competitions for teams and individuals, which took four days to decide, were held on the grounds of the Uxendon Club, near Wembley. The countries represented were Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The team competition was won for the United Kingdom by a team captained by Mr. F. W. Moore. The aggregate scores of the six shooters reached a total of 407, while the Canadian team finished only two kills behind with 405. In the Individual L2 Competition, Mr. W. H. Ewing, with 72 kills out of a possible 80, won the Gold Olympic medal for Canada. Mr.
G.
Beattie (Canada) was second, and Mr. A.
Maunder (U.K.) and Mr. A. Metaxas (Greece) were bracketed equal for third.
In the Olympic Games of 1912, to be held at Stockholm, a programme of clay bird shooting has been arranged on lines similar to those adopted for the 4th Olympiad.
The annual competitions at the Championship meetings of the Clay Bird Shooting Association for the Association trophies [SHOOTING ridges of any shooter may be challenged by a competitor as not being in accordance with Rule II., and if found on examination to be a breach of the Rule the holder of such gun or ammunition shall pay a fine of IOS. 6d. to the Club funds, and be disqualified from the current competition; but if the gun or ammunition be found correct, the challenger, except it be the referee, shall pay 2s. 6d. to the Club funds.
Gun.-A IV. Unauthorised Discharge of shooter who, from any cause whatever, shall discharge his gun otherwise than in accordance with the regulations, may be excluded from taking part in any further competitions during the day. All firing at passing birds, animals, or other unauthorised objects, shall be strictly prohibited. A 5-TRAP TRENCH.
Cords for pulling carried round the end of the trench, instead of working from its centre. have lists of winners, year by year, that have grown to be too lengthy for inclusion firing at a bird, shall let off both barrels prachere. E. H. STONE.
V. Double Discharge of Gun. If a shooter, in tically at once, and kill his bird, that bird shall be scored a no-bird, and if he misses, the bird shall be scored a miss.
VI. Referee. A referee shall be appointed to OFFICIAL RULES OF THE CLAY BIRD judge all matches, and his decision shall be final. SHOOTING ASSOCIATION.
GENERAL SHOOTING RULES.
I. Arrangement of Firing Marks. There may be five firing marks, five yards apart, and shooters should stand at not less than 18 yards from the traps, excepting when competitions are arranged by distance. The marks shall be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, No. I being on the extreme left, and No. 5 on the extreme right.
II. Gun and Ammunition. -No gun of a larger calibre than 12 gauge shall be used, and the charge of shot shall not exceed 1 ounce.
III. Challenging Guns, &c. -The gun or cart-