lost the name Newstead, but, despite changing hands a number of times and two serious fires, still exists on the right hand side of Route 2 on a hill, a few hundred yards beyond the railroad crossing at Winsloe.
The old traps were put in good working condition, remounted, and set up to provide the same type of clay target shooting that was enjoyed two decades ago. Outdoor magazines and periodicals of 1909 were telling exciting stories about the game of trapshooting across the nation, and the I.M.D.A. (Interstate Manufacturers and Dealers Association) rules and regulations governing the game had influenced most international clubs. But, for some reason, it had not been totally accepted in the Maritime Provinces. Perhaps it was the fact that all clubs in this area operated on an independent basis, and there was little evidence of any continuity among them. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was by far the largest and most active...and the most logical club to spearhead an effort to bring all of the others together into an association.
The initial shooting done at the Newstead Gun Club would be influenced, to a large degree, by the three older members from the previous era, who among them, represented over 20 years of active clay target experience. Ernest Blanchard and Fred Hyndman in particular, and Bill Weeks to a lesser degree, since he had only been a part of the old club in its latter years, would help establish a familiar pattern: screened trap, 15-yard rise, and targets thrown, as desired, either straightaway, crossing, or as the challenging doubles.
For rules and regulations to cover their competitions, they started with those established at Belvidere from the old Ranelagh rulebook...a far cry from the up-to-date, modern rules that were now in effect through the trapshooting governing body at I.M.D.A.--but, considering the basic form of trapshooting being considered at Newstead, they were adequate. To the new members with no experience,
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