some degree by the shortage of clay targets. Not that 
     
     they were impossible to obtain, but the fact that they 
     
     were slow arriving caused some of the competitions to 
     
     be shortened by shooting at a fewer number of targets. 
     
     Charter member David Chalmers had been transferred to 
     
     the bank in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and not withstanding 
     
     the target austerity, it emphasized to the executive 
     
     officers of the club that they would have to bring new 
     
     members in to replace those lost. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On January 3rd they held the first shoot of the 
     
     year at Rowan R. FitzGerald's home on the Mount Edward 
     
     Road. Three weeks later, on January 24th, a second 
     
     competition was held at Falconwood, this time followed 
     
     by an important club meeting. The day was very windy 
     
     and cold, but they did shoot at ten targets each 
     
     before retiring to the Blanchard home to discuss the 
     
     Club's business. The meeting turned out to have a 
     
     major impact on the future of clay target shooting on 
     
     the Island when Bill Hobkirk nominated a gentleman for 
     
     membership, who, with his dedicated enthusiasm to the 
     
     sport, would pass it on to both his sons and 
     
     grandson...Frederic W. Hyndman was a retired Royal 
     
     Naval Officer who had returned to his native province 
     
     about 1870 to pursue a career in shipbuilding, and 
     
     later, to enter and establish the Hyndman name in the 
     
     insurance business on Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     President FitzGerald elaborated that the club was 
     
     vulnerable to breakdown with only one trap, and 
     
     suggested a second be ordered, and that it be one of 
     
     the latest models that were capable of throwing two 
     
     targets at once. Following discussion on the matter, 
     
     the meeting agreed to order the new trap at once, and 
     
     to pay for it each member was assessed a fee of $1.00. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The final order of business was membership and 
     
     the effort to tightly control it, as they were very 
     
     particular about who did, or did not, participate with 
     
     them. The shooting field was no place for women, 
     
     children, or those who had not attained a high 
     
     standing in the community...and they had a strong 
     
    
   
   
    
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