(at that time the optional 25th shot could be taken from any station). He dusted it with his Browning 5 shot automatic and, with great fanfare, the first 25 straight ever recorded on Prince Edward Island had been accomplished.

The Guardian carried results of the first Provincial Shoot listing only winners and runners-up.

“HIGH GUN, PROVINCIAL CHAMPION — WYLIE

BRYENTON 87 Class A - Glydon Willis 85 R. E., Hyndman 83 Class B - Ron Atkinson 74 T. M. Gillies 62 Class C - Hugh Simpson 67 Ralph Jenkins 64 Visitors - H. O. Whitman 90 A. D. Gray 83 Bear Trap Winner - W. A. Bryenton"

Trapboys were still earning .25 a squad and a number of local boys could be counted on to be at the Club every Wednesday and Saturday: Earl Peters, responsible leader of the group; David Rodd; Ronnie Diamond; and brothers Donnie, and Howard (Ging) Ferguson were among the regulars who would keep the houses clean, burn the empty cartons, and pick up the unbroken targets. All for the right to load and cock the traps all afternoon to earn an average of $1.50.

A new handthrowing trap was developed in the Maritimes in 1954. Professor D. S. Nicol of Dalhousie University, an avid clay target shooter, fashioned a rail-type trap that, when the operator used both hands, was capable of throwing two or more targets at high speed. It was excellent for Bear Trap use and,

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