lever was moved to the left on the command, "Pull," to release a high house target, and right, on "Mark," to send a low house target on its way. A pull straight back on the lever released the doubles. The shooter was required to bark the call loudly so it could be heard by the field-controller with the lever, especially from stations one and seven, some fifteen yards away. To this day you can tell those who learned to shoot on 'wire' fields by their loud calls, even though the modern electric releasers are only six feet away. Had some of the 'whisperers' who call for targets today been around during the manual release days, they may never have seen a target???

The Club was ready to go by late June, and started shooting on Saturday afternoons. This lasted until September, and would set the pattern for clay target shooting on Prince Edward Island for many years to come. They would begin shooting in late spring when the roads improved, and continue until the fall hunting season rolled around. This was completely reversed from the Belvidere and Newstead format, when winter shooting predominated. Although summers were busy, the peak of activity would come in September, when not only members, but many guests and visitors would increase the use of the facility in enthusiastic anticipation of the coming bird season.

George Hardy, apart from his interest in skeet shooting, was also very active in the Prince Edward Island Fish and Game Association, and was one of those deeply involved in the introduction of Pheasants to the province in the mid-to-late 1930's.

The Charlottetown Skeet Club had not been active too long before two young Charlottetown men took an avid interest and began to participate. Bob Hyndman and George (Bus) Peake, along with veteran shooter, Harry Tidmarsh, represented the only family links with the clay target shooters of many years previous. Bob Hyndman, in particular, was a third generation clay target gunner, and took a dedicated interest in the game.

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