another to "Our Next Merry Meeting,” all present clasping hands and singing "Auld Lang Syne," concluded one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the happiest social events of the season. Honors were showered on Mr. Heartz by all, and we feel that we but voice the sentiments of the whole community in acknowledging that he richly deserved all the praise bestowed upon him. God save the 3 a

King.

This occasion at the Hotel Davies, and the Examiner account of it, conveys to us the class status the members of the Newstead Gun club enjoyed. Frank Heartz was obviously a great benefactor of the Club, and held in great esteem by members...and oh yes! That bountiful menu would have cost the participants in the order of .75 each. Liquid for the seemingly unending toasts would, no doubt, be a bit more than that.

The 1913 Maritime Trapshooting championships were slated for Saint John, New Brunswick in mid June, and were being proposed in advance literature to be: "One of the great events in the Trapshooting game in Canada this year." Most Maritime Trapshooting Clubs con- tinued to follow, and advance with the Internationally regulated game. While the Newstead Club was experi- menting with class systems, M.T.S.A. was handicapping by distance from the trap, with graduations marked from the basic 16-yard rise, in one yard segments, back to a maximum of 23. The Secretary of the Maritime Association was Sheriff R. B. H. Davidson of Amherst, Nova Scotia, and in May he forwarded a series of letters, to both past President Fred Hyndman and Secretary Teddy Coombs, to encourage Newstead partici- pation in the Saint John Champion-ships, and to advise the Club that its twenty five cents per member Association annual fee was due. The Club enthusiasti- cally paid its dues, but there is no indication that members journeyed to Saint John, or showed any serious interest in the nationally accepted standard trap- shooting game.

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