E. Bentley, James Walker, Fred A. Nash, W. Frost, and 
     
     A. G. Moore, a popular local businessman who was part 
     
     owner in Moore & Macleod Limited. William Frost had 
     
     recently been appointed United States Consul and would 
     
     only be associated with the Club for a short period of 
     
     time...the others would become active participants for 
     
     the life of the Newstead Gun Club. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some of the established members were not shooting 
     
     as much, with very good reason. The international 
     
     situation in Europe was deteriorating, and war clouds 
     
     on the horizon were causing those members in the 
     
     military to give less time to their casual pursuits 
     
     and more attention to the potential defense of their 
     
     country. One was Arthur Peake, now Colonel Peake, 
     
     who, apart from his military responsibilities, had 
     
     just purchased, and was busy refurbishing, the stately 
     
     former home of Arthur Peters on the corner of Admiral 
     
     Street and North River Road, the scene of many clay 
     
     target competitions back in the days of the Belvidere 
     
     Gun Club. From this purchase would evolve the name 
     
     Peake House which exists to this day. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another member lost to the club was banker R. B. 
     
     Rossborough, the Secretary/Treasurer, who, following a 
     
     shoot on April 5th, called a meeting in the Judges’ 
     
     Stand to announce he had been transferred to Western 
     
     Canada. Charter member E. C. (Teddy) Coombs agreed to 
     
     act in that capacity for the balance of the season. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After the most successful year in the Club's 
     
     history, the final match of the Heartz Trophy series, 
     
     and the season, was held on a bright, sunny May 3rd. 
     
     When the last shot had been fired, and the last 
     
     target fragments settled on the centre field area, all 
     
     of the Club's interesting and diversified competitions 
     
     of the 1913 season had been decided...it was a great 
     
     and rewarding day for the gun-loving Hyndman clan, who 
     
     had been with the club through both good times and 
     
     bad, when all except Fred W., who was on the ailing 
     
     list, figured in on most of the Club's major prizes. 
     
     Eardley Hyndman was the winner of the now coveted 
     
    
   
   
    
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