spectators, at their functions, unless they were previously approved. Their status, and way of life, was evident at their Saturday competitions, where, in most cases, white shirt and tie was the accepted shooting attire.

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CHARLOTTETOWN PLE. Tt.

NEWSTEAD GUN CLUB LETTERWEAD....

An effort to find a shooting area, for the winter of 1912, not too far out of town, was successful when, in a casual discussion concerning the problem, city businessman, Gordon G. Hughes, suggested the facilities at Inkerman might be available for an annual fee of $25.00. It was almost thirty years Since this stately home, with cottage and stables, had been suggested as an area where clay target shooting might be held, and this time the Club took advantage of the offer. Inkerman had been built by John Hamilton Gray, who had named it for the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War. It was located just west of the city on the North River and accessible down a beautiful elm lined lane off the Lower Malpeque road. The old home was destroyed by fire in the winter of 1980, and, being only fifty yards from my home, I watched it burn, little realizing the Island trapshooting heritage that was going with it.

The Gun Club had been buying targets by the barrel of 500 from the Hall Manufacturing Club in Summerside, through the Summerside Rifle Association, for the past couple of years, but conversations with individuals from other Maritime Clubs indicated that

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