The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird.
1 The Olympic Club also maintains the Lakeside Country Club with a golf course and trapshooting facilities.
2 The New Yorker, May 22, 1937 P. 13 Personality of Joe Hiestand, who holds the title of North American amateur doubles trapshooting champion.
3 Trapshooting was originally developed to provide a method of practice for bird hunters, even the targets were called clay pigeons.
4 Trapshooting is a peculiar sport; the amateurs shoot for money and the professionals, who are employed by gun and powder companies shoot for trophies.
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