There once was a time when most country clubs had a trap field
1904
McClure's Magazine
Feb. 28, 1914
Sporting Life
"Veteran Shooting Man Busy Organizing New Shooting Clubs"
New York City, N. Y., February 20.
As a trap news item, I wish to inform you that since October 1, 1913 I have installed clay bird traps at the following points, viz.: Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington, L. I.; Bayside Yacht Club, Bayside L. I.; Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, Conn.; Indian Harbor Yacht. Club, Greenwich, Conn.; Colonial Golf and Country Club, Paterson, N. J.; Union Social Club, Rutherford, N. J.; Kingsley School for Boys, Essex Falls, N. J.; Knollwood Country Club, White Plains, N. Y.; Peddie Institute, Highstown, N. J.; put in an extra trap at Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach, L. I.; also an extra trap at New Rochelle Yacht Club, New Rochelle, N. Y.
There are also good prospects for a trap at Wykagyl Country Club, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Mackenzie School for Boys, Monroe. N. Y.; Pelham Country Club, Pelham, N. Y.; Huntington Yacht Club, Huntington, L. L ; Hicksville Athletic Club, Hicksville, L. I., and Hempstead, L. I.
I inaugurated the North Jersey League of trap shooters which comprises the Jersey City Gun Club; Smith Gun Club, Newark, N. J.; Orange Gun Club, Orange. N. J.; Little Falls Gun Club, Little Falls, N. Y. Also got a league of yacht clubs where trap shooting is in order during the Winter and comprises the following clubs, viz.: Stamford Yacht Club, Conn.; Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, Conn.; Bayside Yacht Club, Bayside, L. I.; Manliassett Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, L. I.; New Rochelle Yacht Club, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Port Washington Yacht Club, L. L. and Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach, L. I.
J. S. FANNING
Possibly Bart Lewis on Station One at the South Shore Country Club, Chicago, 1917 GAH
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1917/bbm196z.pdf
1923 GAH
Bart Lewis, Frank Troeh and the South Shore CC
