It did not take the Newstead Gun Club long to react to the letter, purchase a stove, lock, and other necessary equipment, set up the newly-arrived traps and organize the first shoot of the new season on November 9th at the Exhibition Grounds. Sixteen targets each were shot in multiples of four: Straightaway, crossing, doubles, and for fun, doubles crossing. The scores for the first shoot of the season were not great, but the top three shooters of the day were in excellent form: Al Hyndman broke 11 of the 16 birds as did Dr. Blanchard, who had recuperated from his serious setback. Runner up, and only one target behind at ten, was past President Fred Hyndman. The weather was perfect, and all commented on the excellent background provided by the Hillsborough river. The 'race track' was going to be a great place to shoot!

As Christmas approached it was very evident that the Club was going to operate through the winter of 1913 on a 'shoe string.' Expenses in the fall, created partially by the move to the Exhibition Association grounds, had eaten up most of the dollars gained by the new $8.00 annual dues, except for a current balance of $23.32. By today's standards the Club had obtained a great deal for the dollars expended; traps, stove, targets, etc., but to the membership of the time, their expenses had been excessive, and dollars and cents would have to be carefully administered for the next few months...to give you an idea of what was purchased, and how much was paid, let's take a look at the expenditure side of their most recent balance sheet:

"2 Leggett traps @eeeeooeoeeeeoea ee @eBeeee e $ 17.00 Fire Insurance .....ccccccccccccce a 5.40

5000 Candian Blackbird Targets .... 24.00 Shipping charges for targets ...... 14.00

Rental of Exhibition grounds ...... 25.00 Maritime Association fee(partial) . 4.00 SUOVE cccccccccccccccccccccccccases 4.50 Shovel, hasp, padlock, broom ...... 1.30

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