hospitality, John Andrews, though not a regular target shooter, was elected a member of the Newstead Gun Club. As a final order of business Frank Heartz conveyed to the meeting his desire to donate a cup for competition among members. They accepted it with great appreciation, and immediately the President set up a committee of three (Capt. Peake, W. E. Hyndman, and L. G. Haszard) to draw up rules to govern the Heartz Trophy. Before they adjourned, they acknow- ledged Eardley and John Hyndman, and Arthur and Ernest Peake, who broke ten of the twelve targets thrown during the afternoon.

Obviously the committee set up to establish rules to govern the Heartz Trophy was enthusiastic, and also asked for some additonal participation because, the very next day, February 12th, 1911, the following is noted in the diary of W. Eardley Hyndman:

"After tea I went up to Lou Haszard's to finish doing up gun club rules. Home 10’ o'clock."

It's interesting to note that most of the guns being used at the time by the clay target shooting members were still the popular side by side doubles with standard, full/modified, thirty inch barrels. All, by Club rules, were supposed to be twelve gauge, but there is a story that President Hyndman had serious words with one member who showed up to shoot on a particular Saturday with a ten gauge. The guns used were a variety of models, many of which were available at the local hardware stores. The most popular were Stevens, or Fox, doubles at a cost of $18.50, and if you wanted to be really elite, you could order a Parker, LeFever, Baker, or Greener for under $40.00. Most of the members had at least one quality gun, but it was usually kept at home on the gun rack, only to show up on a nice day, or ata special occasion. Pump-action guns were also popular and most members had one of either the well-known Marlin or Winchester models, which were used primarily on the wildfowl marshes.

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