Trapshooting appears to have started in England using live birds, and the first recorded event known in the U.S occurred at the Sportsmen’s Club of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1831. In 1866 Charles Portlock of Boston, MA introduced the glass target ball from England. Glass ball matches were held during the remainder of the 19th century. Great glass ball shooters including Capt. Bogardus, Doc Carver, Ira Paine, and Annie Oakley, who set glass ball records in exhibitions and matches.1 With the invention of clay targets in 1880 (called Ligowsky targets), trapshooting has evolved into the sport we know today.