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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 118

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E Rise Trap. the first English patent for flying targets waslodged at the Patent Office in the name ofC. T- Barrett, Secretary of the Anglo-AmericanClay Pigeon Company, from designs transmittedby T- E. Bloom, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The PIGEON SHOOTINt;] TH1-, ENCVCLOP.-EDIA OF SPORT 97 patent was… … Double Rise Trap. brought out the well-known Swiftsure trap andbird, and started the manufacture for the firsttime in England, substituting a pitch compoundfor the red clay that had hitherto been thematerial employed. Clubs—It was not until 1893 that any seri-ous attempt was made to establish clay…

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