The meeting discussed rules to shoot by and, although they would not affiliate with any established organization, or shoot in the prescribed manner of trapshooting, they did have the desire to follow some regimentation and a form of rules had to be considered. One of the members had obtained a copy of the New Rules for Clay Pigeon Shooting as adopted by the internationally renowned Ranelagh Club of London, England, on April 14, 1883. They seriously considered this book,and took from it the points that would best serve their purpose. The minutes of their first meeting indicate approval of rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 24 as amended, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30. We will not outline these rules in detail but will give a thumbnail sketch of each so it might better be understood what they were trying to achieve:

Rule #1 —Pertained to judging and stated that the referee's decision would be final. It is interesting to note that because this was the era in time when competitive live bird and clay pigeon shooting were in a sort of transition, and there was some question as to whether a fragment of a target would actually mean a killed bird be— cause in live bird shooting the bird would only be "feathered," or slightly wounded, and not fall within the prescribed boundary. For this reason the referee's decision would be final.

Rule #2 -Enforced rule 1 by stating that no one could make any remark while the referee was making his mind up on the shot.

Rule #3 -Defined what a “dead” bird actually was.

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