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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