January 5th shoot had used up most of the members' ammunition stock; the story was told that there was no guarantee of any shotshells arriving until March.

The Belvidere Gun Club did not compete again in January or February, and it was late February of 1889 when the Stanley finally brought the long-awaited shipment of shotgun shells to the Island's capital city. The Stanley, named after the Governor General of hockey cup fame, was a 207 ft. long schooner-rigged icebreaker of a sort that could travel at 15 knots, and through the winter made the ice packed crossing seventy-nine times. The Stanley opened a new era of travel across Northumberland Strait, and the ammunition she ferried meant the gun club could organize shooting once again. They lost no time in setting up a competition on the second day of March at William Welch's farm in Keppoch, and a second one, two weeks later at John Longworth's on the St. Peters' Road. Both shoots were poorly attended due, we surmise, to the fact that the inactivity had destroyed the habit, combined with the lateness of the season. It was ironic that following the busiest year in the Club's history in 1888, they would go through the winter of 1889 with only three shoots.

We should note that, through the years, there is little mention of the Club's social activities, other than the usual get-togethers that the host of the day would provide following shooting activity, at which they would, no doubt, enjoy a quantity of liquid hospitality--the quantity perhaps in direct relation- ship to the targets hit that day...In fact there is evidence in some cases of downright abuse. On one occasion it was suggested by Fred Hyndman, in questionable jest, that a certain individual would be well advised to join the Sons of Temperance, an organization dedicated to total abstinance that was very active in Charlottetown at the time.

We should not get the wrong impression of these early clay target enthusiasts. Their social

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