The Club shooting that resumed during the fall in Charlottetown was not the kind motivated by the annual meeting at Walter Mellett's; rather, it was casual weekend get-togethers organized on the spur of the moment. President Peters felt that with enthusiasm ebbing, he would try something a bit different following the wildfowl shooting season; and in an effort to rekindle the spark that totally enthused the Club in 1887, he let the Club members guide their own destiny by playing on their personal desire to shoot clay targets. Many of the established club members had new interests; Francis Haszard was involving himself deeply in Provincial politics. Louis Henry Davies was spending more time in Ottawa, and eyeing a National Cabinet position. A. B. Warburton was deeply engrossed in the writing of his, now well-known, History of Prince Edward Island; Doctor Ernest Blanchard was still fighting a long standing illness. Fred Peters was now Hon. Fred Peters, Attorney General of Prince Edward Island, and brother Arthur also was taking the early steps in pursuing a major political career.

The casual Saturday shoots, no doubt with the incentive of a lucrative pool, continued through the holiday season and on into 1891. Following an outing on the last day of January, those in attendance held a short meeting at which Arthur Peters expressed concern that no annual meeting had been held, and that, with membership down and club expenses up, they should approve the annual assessment be increased to $3.00 each. It was approved, despite two vocal protests. The meeting also introduced to membership a young Charlottetown lawyer, William A. Weeks, Jr., who would take a great interest in the clay target game and go on to play a major role in shotgun activities on Prince Edward Island after the turn of the century. Three days later, on February 2nd, 1891, a shattering underground explosion killed 125 coal miners in the small, quiet Cumberland County town of Springhill, Nova Scotia.

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