of their targets fly untouched. Bats were not the 
     
     true-flying clay pigeon, but so far they were an 
     
     acceptable alternative. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A meeting was held following the shoot, prompted 
     
     by some concerns that President Davies had relative to 
     
     the control of shooting competitions. At the meeting, 
     
     John Richards, a clerk at the Merchants' Bank, was 
     
     voted into membership and three resolutions advanced 
     
     by Davies, were presented and passed: 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Resolved that, before a shot is fired at 
     
     any meet of the club, the Secretary, or in 
     
     his absence some person appointed by the 
     
     members present, shall mark out two distinct 
     
     lines, one beyond which the shooter shall not 
     
     advance, and another beyond which spectators 
     
     or non shooters shall not advance, and that 
     
     the secretarty or person so appointed shall, 
     
     before any shot is fired, see that all 
     
     persons on the grounds are clearly within 
     
     these lines, and the distance between these 
     
     lines shall not be less than fifteen feet." 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Resolved that any bird so sprung that it fly 
     
     within the shooter's line, shall not be fired 
     
     at after it has passed such line, and that 
     
     such bird shall be scored "no bird,” but if 
     
     the shooter fires and misses before the bird 
     
     has passed the line, it shall be scored a 
     
     "lost bird." 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Resolved that all new members shall pay an 
     
     entrance fee of $1.00 in addition to the 
     
     annual fee." 
     
    
   
   
    
     In early February, one basket of clay pigeons 
     
     arrived in Charlottetown, and although not many, there 
     
     was a promise of a larger shipment by mid-March. The 
     
     Club lost no time in organizing a competition, and on 
     
     February 20th, at Falconwood, they participated in a 
     
     combination shoot, firing at eleven targets each. The 
     
    
   
   
    
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