(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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