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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