targets were eight bats and three clay pigeons, and following the contest Vice-President Haszard, in the absence of President Davies, who was in Ottawa attending Parliament, convened a short meeting to vote Thomas Dodd, and the President's son-in-law, Attorney A. B. Warburton, into the club.

Rowan FitzGerald's stately home, Knockrour, still stands on the Mount Edward Road just north of the Experimental Farm, and it was there on March 13th, that the Belvidere Gun Glub held competition number 23 in its history and entertained two naval officers whose ships were visiting Charlottetown. Captain Mascura, R. N., and Lieut. Frank Hobkirk did not shoot, but they were declared honorary members, and enjoyed watching ten members take 13 "bats" each, with Arthur Peters and Eustace Haviland the top gunners breaking 11 of the elusive birds.

The final shoot of the season was held at Falconwood on March 27th, and it was good news for Bill Hobkirk because a quantity of clay pigeons had arrived. He had not won a competition since January, and was not overly enthused about "bat" shooting. But on this day, he was back in form leading the way, even though there were problems. The trap was not working well and after six targets to each shooter had been released, it broke down completely. The rest of the day they threw the targets by hand, and scores of the day indicated it was not a popular method of propulsion.

There is no indication, either from the Belvidere Club records, or from the shreds of information assembled, to tell what brand of ammunition the club was using. We do know that it cost approximately $1.25 to purchase 100 shotshells, and that the members were shooting twelve gauge, with a number 5 or 6 shot, but who the manufacturer (or manufacturers) was has not been resolved. At the time, a number of companies were making cartridges to meet the demand, and were producing their shotshells on a manual assembly line.

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