HENRY DAVIES SHOOTING FROM STATION 2 ON THE ORIGIONAL FIELD. THE POULTRY FARM IN THE RACK - GROUND NECESSITATED CHANGE To A SEMI-CIRCULAR LAYOUT. NOTICE THE ELEVATED TRAP AT /2 O'CLOCE.

traps, double shots would now be possible, and the format of a round could now be re-organized...They would shoot at a single target from each trap, at each station, then take doubles (two targets at once) from one, two, six and seven, making a total of 24 shots. The 25th, finishing a box of ammunition, would be taken, as an option, following the first miss.

They went ahead, changed their shooting layout, and called the new game "Half-Clock." The Andover Club continued to grow, word spread, and within a year a second "half-clock" club had been established a few miles away in Boylston Mass., a club that, over 60 years later, still holds shoots every Sunday afternoon.

The game of 'Half-Clock' began to draw

experienced clay target shooters into the fold-- trapshooters. This new game had something all its own

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