The winter of 1913 proved excellent for shooting, and records indicate that there was only one Saturday when members were unable to get to the scheduled matches. The large infield of the race track was open enough to be blown clean of snow, making the shooting stations, and traps, very accessible. The Judges' Stand, the same one that stands today, proved to be an excellent clubhouse, and the new stove, and temporary table and chairs brought from members' homes, made it comfortable, convenient for meetings, and provided the warmth needed while resting between shooting rounds. The trapshooting layout was located directly behind the Judges' Stand, and from all indications targets were thrown south in the direction of the Hillsborough River.

Although a member of the Maritime Provinces Trapshooting Association, the Newstead Club still did not conform to accepted trapshooting rules and regulations. They did install one of their traps in a kind of pit, and shoot from more than one station located behind it, but they still persisted with a 14- yard rise; that is, the trap located 14 yards in front of the shooter, where International trap rules required 16 yards. The Heartz Trophy match days were still the most popular and competition continued to be based on a total of twelve targets, as was originally set up. But the class shoots, too, had a great following. One negative note was that the third class could not seem to get going...whether it was from a sense of embarrassment at being in the bottom class (remember, these were very proud individuals) or the fact that all the shooting excitement seemed to be in Classes I and II, the fact remained that, although these lower class members would shoot casually, they would not pay the optional class entry fee.

"Pull" would be heard a record number of times at the Provincial Exhibition grounds throughout the winter as, along with the regulars, a number of new members were introduced to the club and to trapshooting. Among them were Charlottetown lawyer W.

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