. The breech-loader and how to use it . The Carver Revolving Trap. ciently brittle they have not generally supplantedthe glass balls. Other plans have been tried, asbell balls, puff balls, explosive balls, etc., but theyhave not proved successes commercially. The traps to throw the balls have been wonder-fully developed. From the modified catapult usedat English fairs they have advanced to a rotatingtrap which simply defies trickery on the part of thetrap puller or his assistants. The Hatch was one of the first populartraps, it was followed by the Bogardus andthe Carver, which has a coil sprin
. The breech-loader and how to use it . The Carver Revolving Trap. ciently brittle they have not generally supplantedthe glass balls. Other plans have been tried, asbell balls, puff balls, explosive balls, etc., but theyhave not proved successes commercially. The traps to throw the balls have been wonder-fully developed. From the modified catapult usedat English fairs they have advanced to a rotatingtrap which simply defies trickery on the part of thetrap puller or his assistants. The Hatch was one of the first populartraps, it was followed by the Bogardus andthe Carver, which has a coil spring instead of And How to Use It. 259 a flat one. The Mole was an early rotatingtrap ; the card was an improvement upon it, andthe modern rotating trap is a close copy of its mostapproved pattern. The Ligowsky clay pigeon trap was the nextimprovement in the way of an inanimate flying. The Blue Rock Trap. target; the trap now much improved, and pigeonsalso perfected, are still on sale. Instead of glass balls or clay pigeons, thebroken fragments of which are objectionable onlawns and in parks, thin brass balls or pigeonsfilled with fine powdered charcoal may be obtained ;when fairly struck they emit an unmistakablecloud of dust, and the worn-out targets are readilycollected. Inanimate targets made of a com-position of resin and plaster, coal tar, and ashes, orother suitable materials worked up until thoroughlyincorporated and moulded under great pressure, areR 2 26o The Breech-Loader, now largely used ; they fly well, break easily whenstruck, and are so coloured as to be visible againstany background. Good traps such as the Standard, Keystone, Blue Rock, or Peoria, will throw these targetsso well as to afford excellent practice even to goodshots. Nothing affords so much amusement withthe gun at a small cost, and as a pastime it may bestrongly recommended to all who a
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