runners-up of the day's shooting. Films were shown and enjoyed by all, and everyone went home happy and counting the days left until the hunting season opens."

It should be noted that in the new slate of officers elected there was none of the old establishment. This was an intentional move on the part of the old guard to inject a new image into the Club, and with talk of major shooting competitions ahead and the requirement of new facilities, the harness was simply being placed on new horses.

The first meeting of the new executive was held in late October, at the office of H. M. Simpson Ltd., on Richmond Street, to discuss both the possibility of holding a major maritime competition and the facilities necessary to accommodate it. Three skeet fields were a Maritime Championship requirement, and the Club also had to seriously consider the installation of trapshooting. The 1955 championships were slated for Halifax, so the earliest bid that could be made was for 1956, which gave the Club almost two years to prepare. With the membership growth, some sort of immediate expansion was necessary and the executive lost no time in agreeing to add trapshooting, and one electric skeet field, in 1955. This project would necessitate a major expenditure, and time would have to be taken to prepare plans, and budgets, before bringing it to a general meeting for approval.

In the weeks that followed, Hugh Simpson and I spent many hours planning the changes--to have something for the executive to consider. It occurred to us at one point that 1955 was the city of Charlottetown's Centennial celebration, and just perhaps a major event might earn some assistance from the City Corporation...It was certainly worth following up.

No thought had ever been given to shooting skeet in the winter, and the memories of the cold weather

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