STRAIGHTAWAY DOUBLES CROSSING 
     
     F. W. Hyndman 1101 101131101 — «9/12 
     
     Major Peake 1111 01011011 —= «9/12 
     
     Dr. Blanchard 1101 11010011 8/2 
     
     Capt. Peake 1101 1011 0001+ 47/12 
     
     Major Weeks 0011 10100110 6/2 
     
     A. W. Hyndman 1111 00001001 6/12 
     
     W. E. Hyndman 1100 1000 0101 = 5/12 
     
     L. G. Haszard 1010 1000 0011 ~~ &5/12 
     
     F. R. Heartz 1100 00001001 4/12 
     
     Major MacDonald 0010 1101 0000 £=4/l2 
     
     J. O. Hyndman 1000 10100000 3/12 
     
     Major Leigh 0000 0100 0010 2/12 
     
    
   
   
    
     Again this week the shooting action only whet the 
     
     appetite of the members, and they all stayed on to 
     
     participate in an auction shoot, for a silver spoon. 
     
     The ‘auction’ shoot was a common fun contest of the 
     
     era, and was simply an elimination match, shooting at 
     
     one pair of doubles on a 14-yard rise. The idea was 
     
     that each, in turn, would shoot, and those not 
     
     equalling the best score made would be eliminated from 
     
     the next round, and so on, until a winner was 
     
     declared...Not really too much different from the 
     
     miss-and-out shoot offs we hold today. In this 
     
     particular match, when the first round was over, not 
     
     one shooter had hit a pair, but seven of them broke 
     
     one target to advance to the second round. Following 
     
     the next pair of targets only two gunners were still 
     
     in the game. Ernest Peake and Al Hyndman had both 
     
     doubled, and would now face each other in the final. 
     
     Hyndman shot first and missed the initial target but 
     
     got the second. Peake called "Pull," and broke the 
     
     pair, to win the spoon. There is no indication that 
     
     any money changed hands during these confrontations, 
     
     but I'm sure if we could go back to one of those 
     
     winner-take-all 'auction' shoots, we would hear some 
     
     silver jingling, and it wouldn't be the spoons. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sterling silver spoons were a popular prize in 
     
     1911, and were given out at most special events, and 
     
     the regular Saturday matches. Many of these spoons 
     
     are still held today by the later generations of those 
     
    
   
   
    
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