a club meeting, where President Davies presented his resolutions to enhance the Club's operation. Louis Henry Davies, with his legal and political background, continued to come up with rules and regulations that, despite every good intention, were becoming a somewhat complex mixture of handicapping procedures. Much discussion took place this Boxing Day-eve; and before they adjourned two new names had been proposed for membership, and the following resolutions approved:

1. That W. C. Hobkirk be handicapped one target in every nine.

2. That birds "killed" by the second barrel count "3/4 bird."

3. That the direction of birds be changed after each shot, that each shot have the same elevation, that the trap be screened, and that one man only be chosen each day to set the trap.

4. That four honorary members be admitted to the Club, and that A. B. Warburton be one of them.

5. That, at each match, a "pool" be made by paying 25 cents each--to be distributed to the winners as follows: 1/2 to the best aggregate. Entrance fee to third place and the balance to second. With that they closed an eventful day resolving to meet at Rowan FitzGerald's on January 8th.

This time the target shortage was serious! The Halifax Distributor who supplied the local hardware outlet had advised of the manufacturer's problems: too little production, too much demand, and some patent concerns--all not helping the situation. The Ligowski target was still the standard, but a number of others were fighting to get in on the action. However, there would be no clay pigeons until spring at the earliest, so the Club sent in an order for a few hundred more "bats.'

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