an arrangement had been made to shoot on the property 
     
     of Joseph Hughes, located on Route 2 just before the 
     
     tracks on the left hand side of the road, a few 
     
     hundred yards south of Newstead. Shotgunners would be 
     
     shooting clay targets again at Winsloe, except that 
     
     this time there would be no travel problem. 
     
     Automobiles were a way of life, and the new Gun Club 
     
     was only a very short distance from the city. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nelson Long's 'Canadian Blackbird' targets had 
     
     become very popular on the world market, and had 
     
     really not changed much over the years except for the 
     
     packaging. The barrels of 500 targets were gone, and 
     
     replaced with fibreboard cartons of 135, noticeable by 
     
     their marking "Clay Targets-Fragile as eggs." The new 
     
     Charlottetown Skeet Club placed an order with Rogers 
     
     Hardware for 25 cases. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The traps arrived in late June and were quickly 
     
     set up in the houses, which had been painted and 
     
     placed in a flat area on the Hughes' property. The 
     
     eight shootnig stations were established, and a skeet 
     
     shooting facility had arrived on Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The shooting layout, its dimensions, throwing 
     
     line, and elevations were exactly as they are today, 
     
     but there were some procedural differences; the 
     
     required doubles in a round of skeet were shot 
     
     following completion of the singles, and the gun was 
     
     required to be in a dropped position when calling for 
     
     the target. The Remington traps the Club had 
     
     purchased, and installed, were the best available on 
     
     the market, and in use throughout North America. They 
     
     were single stage, requiring a trap-boy to re-engage 
     
     the throwing arm, place the target, and cock the 
     
     spring lever to ready it for release. Targets were 
     
     released by wires, running from both the high and low 
     
     houses to the 'pull-house,' which was the third small 
     
     building on the field located directly behind station 
     
     four. From here, the targets were released by the 
     
     'field-controller,' who sat with a lever control unit, 
     
     and responded to the calls made from the field...The 
     
    
   
   
    
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