They manufactured the balls of a hard composition 
     
     that would not break falling back to the ground, if 
     
     missed, and sold them in barrels of 1500 for the same 
     
     cost as 'Blue Rocks.' Heavy advertising failed to 
     
     make the game popular and it lasted less than a 
     
     decade, and never reached the shores of Prince Edward 
     
     Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Trapshooting was now firmly entrenched in Canada, 
     
     but, except for clubs in the larger cities like 
     
     Hamilton, Toronto, and Montreal, there were very few 
     
     organizations well enough informed to operate under 
     
     the rules sanctioned by the I.M.D.A., or with the now 
     
     universally accepted trapshooting layout. Most clubs, 
     
     like the Belvidere Club of 20 years ago, were single 
     
     trap, single station, 16-yard layouts, with a 
     
     membership that looked forward to a more casual 
     
     competition that was suited to their particular 
     
     desires and tastes. They were enthusiastic, 
     
     competitive, and simply waiting for the contagious 
     
     enthusiasm of organized trapshooting to catch up with 
     
     them. 
     
    
   
   
    
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