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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