founded in 1892
Interstate Trapshooting Association
- Made up of the gun and powder company manufacturers
- for the “encouragement of trapshooting”
- Headquarters was Pittsburgh, PA.
- Elmer Shaner was the manager of this association
- 1919 – became the American Trapshooting Association
- Headquarters was moved from Pittsburgh to New York
- Shaner did not want to relocate so he retired
- 1921 – Elmer Shaner become president of the American Trapshooting Association
About the Interstate Trapshooting Association
The Interstate Trapshooting Association, often called the Interstate Association, was the manufacturers’ organization that ran American trapshooting in its formative years. Backed by gun and powder companies to encourage the sport, it was managed by Elmer E. Shaner (1862-1939) of the Pittsburgh area, who served as secretary-treasurer and became known as the “Dean of Organized Trapshooting.” Shaner managed all ten live-bird Grand Americans from 1893 to 1902 and the first 19 Grand Americans at inanimate targets.
The association’s greatest legacy is the Grand American, first shot at clay targets in 1900 and still trapshooting’s biggest championship. Shaner resigned as secretary in 1913 but stayed on as manager until 1919, when the American Trapshooting Association replaced the Interstate Association and moved its offices to New York City. Shaner was named manager-emeritus, was elected president of the American Trapshooting Association in 1921, and gave the opening address at every Grand American from 1923 until 1938. Amateur shooters took control of the sport in 1923, leading to today’s Amateur Trapshooting Association. Shaner was inducted into the Trapshooting Hall of Fame in 1969.
Key Facts
- 1893-1902: Elmer Shaner managed all ten live-bird Grand Americans
- 1900: First Grand American at inanimate targets
- 1913: Shaner resigned as secretary but remained manager
- 1919: Replaced by the American Trapshooting Association, with offices moved to New York City
- 1921: Shaner elected president of the American Trapshooting Association
- 1969: Shaner inducted into the Trapshooting Hall of Fame
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