The ordering of a trap was left up to their good friend Thomas Dodd who, they felt, would obtain a type Suitable to their requirement. Getting clay targets would be another situation. George Ligowski's revolutionary clay birds were only beginning to show up on the market in Canada and were not plentiful. With the club requirement, Thomas Dodd also ordered a couple of baskets of clay targets through a Halifax distributor for his hardware store, Dodd & Rogers, located on the corner of Queen and Grafton streets. The clay targets were shipped in straw lined baskets of 100, and, despite long shipment, and considering their potential to break, would arrive in surprisingly good condition.

Other discussions at this first meeting covered membership, shooting yardages, and rules. On the subject of membership, and to make their club exclusive, they would set a limit of 16 members. Before the session was over six more names had been added to the club roster: Fred Peters' brother, Barrister Arthur Peters; Bank of Nova Scotia Manager George MacLeod; Barristers Eustace Haviland and William Forgan; and two gentlemen named Halroyd and Tweedy. Yards rise, or the distance from the shooter to the release trap, was discussed. Since they would not shoot in accordance with the now standardized trapshooting format, they agreed the rise would be established on the day of the shoot, but it would not be less than five, or more than twenty yards.

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STANDARD TRAP SHOCTING LAYOLT , ADOPTED ABoLT IBS.