wide-eyed interest, as fathers, uncles, and grand- fathers raised big guns to their shoulders and made a terrible noise in an effort to hit a little upside down dish, thrown by a steel arm they had been told to stay away from--and they represented the often-ignored future.

Shotgunning has, as much as any other pastime known to man, been responsible for the welding of many an eternal bond between a father and son. There is something about the magic of a gun that totally holds the interest of a young boy, and from the father's point of view, the challenge to pass down the excite- ment and responsibility associated with gunhandling creates the elusive situation of something common that can be totally enjoyed by both. The bond developed lives not just through youth, but will be there to enjoy as long as both are capable of raising a shotgun at a fast moving target.

It was this way at the Belvidere Club, and there were a few young sons who had found that special relationship with their fathers, and who would preserve it, to recreate the interest in Clay Pigeon shooting after the turn of the century. As the Club's existence waned Fred Hyndman's sons, John and Eardley, with Arthur and Ernest Peake, sons of shipowner George Peake, were all in their mid-to-late teens, and all had done some casual shooting with their parents. Francis Haszard's son Louis was fourteen years old, and would, with the others, play a future role in the history of clay target shooting on Prince Edward Island.

As the century turned, a terrible war broke out between Britain and the Dutch farmers (Boers) in South Africa, and many young Canadians, including Prince Edward Islanders, left their native soil to support Queen Victoria in the battle. Among them was the last Secretary/Treasurer of the Belvidere Gun Club, lawyer William A. Weeks, whose passion for rifle shooting, as well as shotgunning, had led him into

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