Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1918, Page 3

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Johnson then repudiated ,the Feds and signed a thres years' jcontract with Griffiths for 312,000 a year. This contract expired in Ocsob- jer a:nd /Griffith it is said, wants John- son accept not more than $10,000 in of the fact that interest in M-bbbun at the capital is at a low ebb. Brennan in Fine Condition, , _ Milwaunkee, Wis., Feb. 24.—B1ll Bren- ;nan, ‘who is to meet Jack Dempsey in ia boxing contest here tomorrow night, took his final workout today. Gossip among fight fans seems to fayor Dempsey, the odds quoted being 2 to 1. The men are heavyweights. - SPORTING NOTES John Enzmann, a _right-handed pitcHer, ‘has been sold by Newark of the rnational league to the Cleve- land’ Americans. \ Col. Ruppert of the Yamkees is ported to be on _the verge of swinging a deal which wlll cast a shadow ove any deal made this winter, The Pirates and Cardinals dickered wl uring the meetings here. 3 lek wants Catcher Frank Snyder, but he refused to turn over the ‘player, or players, demanded by Jack Hendricks. “War time” contracts are again in order, only this time it's a real war and nét a baseball wrangle that is affecting the scale of prices to be paid grr dlmmabet.;.lnent. glso,d the amounts ered are g graded down and not upward. Manager Frank of the Atlanta Southern Association club has an- nounced ‘the purchase of Pitcher Mc- !Tug from the Providence International club. Frank also confirmed the re- port: of the purchase of Pitcher Pet- ers from the same club, Train schedules will not bother the teams ‘in the Blue Ridge league next summér. Plans have been drawn up for the clubs in that league to do all ‘their traveling in autos, and these plans will be adhered to regardless of what the raflroad situation may be. Barney Dreyfuss' pipe to abolish the ““spitter” did not materialize at the "mieeting of the National league moguls. The gquestion was not even ered. Eddie Cicotte and other ball heavers will not have any | A% wooly! 30 cents higher. Mixed and butchers, more sleepless nights for another sea :n&«h-;:'l' ¥ % g}ggsggg ol et ey, oo, e .65@16.80; light, $16.85@17. i Atchleon_pf " $1é7§§16.21_§; biuxg 3313410@17.3 B Baldwin Locomo attle.—Receipts, 9,000 head. Mar. Jawn o g Sened i :;st:: e o Ot kets strong to higher. Beeves, 38.75G for the ucluub, Tawi's Ciled Ws&m: o $13.90; cows and heifers $6.60@11.80: dob Wil bo to teach Stufty Mclnnis [Ban Sl or s T elera F 380G L035; some of the finer in 14 = 2 ot i s, Sont s Baptd T¥ Sheep.—Receipts 8,000 head. Mar- better man for the job than the, Tro- | b & sinc S e e 'y i ms};m, $10.35@12.75; lambs, $13.50G Central Leather John Ganzel said he had offered to |Cemn do Pasco buy the Rochester club of the Inter- | Chandier Motor Ittabursh, JEeh: 122 Catialauuniy national league from Charles Chapin, gy “f <4 light. Market steady. CHoice, $12.50 A b e osdiratused to il |0 he &5 E ieiamr Tty bacheny s1teed ccording anzel, who once man- |C. M & St P of @1 : Liod aged the Rochester team, that eiun|C. I .1 & Pache 20% 20y 207 | @12.00; fair, $9.00@10.50; common, five years ago was worth every bit of gs“x L&PG6 ot cmom B3% 53% 5% |37.00@8.50; common to good fat bulls, $1 . v 3 o g::l’" L e :gz :;; :gz $9.50@10.50; common to good fat cows 4 e on Tk a5 |$9.00@10.00; heifers, $10.00@11.00; Col G23 & El seeeemeeeeen 34% 3% 3y |fresh cows ‘and springers, $60.00@ GEORGE G. GRANT (S fmew TTITT0H B2 B UY ! Saives, HT00 o T T e 33 eep and lambs—Supply light. | o s 4% | Market active. Prime wethers, $13.50: U*hhr lll(l« hb.her ii 2% gng\l ml‘igg' %&0@1‘2’&0: fair mixed, 32 Providence St., Taftville |pairn s Huien =y B @a00; soring amne $1738 " S0 Prompt attention to day or night calls | Dis Secur 3% % sox | Hogs—Receipts 12 double decks. " Delefihone 630 aprl{MWFawl Dome Mines 8% 8% 8% | Market active and 25 to 50 cents high- - 15% 15% 15%|er. Prime heavy hogs $17.25@17.40, T B% sk 'mp |mediums $17.60@17.85, heavy yorkers e, W S}'I.mgslé;se,sélgm yarke'lr; $17@17.50, e 1o .50, roughs e, xfg 195 1252 ?1?@13_ $13@15, atags e L v T % 25 2| ‘Buffalo, Feb. 22.—(Cattle—Rec2ipts seesemesemew 413 413% 413 | 400 head. Market active. Prime steers T e . $13@13.60, butcher grades $7@12.25. AT 1% 4o | Calves.—Receipts 150. Market act- meeeeme 31% 30% 31 |ive. Cull to choice $5@10. ._..__.._..,1:5/: g:% ;g",i Sheep - and lambs.—Reczipts 800. 3 o e S % 1% |Market slow. Choice lambs $17@17.25. ™ Kelly Spring 45 15 |cull to fair $1275@16.75, yearlings D swling- THE AETNA- Billiards | F=55. % 5y Byjmonsnse ol ogs.—Receipts 3,400. Market active. 7 ALLEYS Phone Conn. 6 TABLES |Luo E & Wet — — % x| Yorkers $17@1825," pigs $16.40@16.50, \ajestic Building, Shetucket St. | Lwse wils s, s mslxa ,fif‘@@,fi’,fi"' ‘;.;:vgug&@%s.zs, Norwich, Conn. Maxwell Motar 2 o |7 Sl i E. /1 and play Billiards for exercise m‘,:fl:: A g“’/‘.‘ ?fi I A SN WABKET nd recreati MexleanPetrol — 3 3 3 £ Wi !u.v—w v to :Il( your :‘flm;tém?:w %‘3:‘ :; m;z‘j ?‘211_‘;5 ?z;;& ::z':& m;;;k HEN ANT bus- | Mia Con 1% 3 PORRI & B e Bl Bl ol B R T e o ne I ecoiumns of The Bulletlh. IMo, K & T bt .oooewrs 8 8° 8 ) day 07 Dlssh 8 @i st Erfe, Pa., Buffalo, Pitts- Columbus, Ohio, Ra-' tonight. . In the five mtn teams the Neumberth with a score of 2780, PROVIDENCE DEGIDES ON EASTERN. PROPOSITION Many of Stockholders Are Doubtful About Enteririg Into a Circuit of Lower Classification. Stockholders of the Providence club of the International league are divided in their attitude toward vemturing in- to a_ circuit of lower classification like the Eastern. This was discovered last week when they were = instructing President Gammons to Providence from the Class AA circuit if it didn’t look ,good for the Inter~ national to continue. And from the Eastern league stand- point the best part of it'all 1 that the supporters of the merger league in the Rhode Island city are the men who have most to say in the affairs of the club and must be given considerable leeway whenever. a decision is im- pending. In Providence they say theer is a chance for that city find- judge, whom he consuited, that the SATURDAY’S MARKET., There Was Considerable Aetivéey and Irregularity. Nek York, Feb. 23.—Resymption of |x. trading over the holiday was attend- ed by considerable activity and price irregularity. | Rails and equipments rose 1 to 2 points at the outset.and several specialties as muck as 2 to 5 points. i The advance in large measure was attributed to. the senate’s accevtance of the administratien’s ‘ railroad pro- gramme, railway issues leading the movement. Selling ' pressure was soon. exerted against speculative fssues; including General Motors and Paldwin- Locomo- tive. the former losing 4 points, while Haldwin dropped 5 points and a total of alindst § points, from its best of the midweek. U. S. Steel and ‘associated industrials recorded gross recessions of 1 to 3 points but rallied on the short cover- ing of the final half hour, Steel making A net gain of the smallest fraction S: amounted to 320,000. Last week's advances showing of 1 ] excess reserves increasing $28,- .000, thereby making up almest half the loss in that item. Actual loans expanded by slightly more than $45,- 000,000 but reserves of member banks in the federal reserve institution in- creased by $24,000,000. Woekly trade reports emphaszed the importance of the government's control over imports and exports, 4 sounding a note of caution. Bonds were steady. Libertv issues, howecer, forgetting part of their re- cent gains. Total sales (par value) mggregated $2,625,000. United States bonds (old issues) were virtually unchanged on call dur- ing the week. Am. Am, Am Am Am Am Am Am. Am. Am. Am Am Am. W Wool _pf 'Tquofiu&:?mhnm % — locay banks was partly corrected, act-| ual 25| eral thing to take the sending out of He pointed failed Pres- out that to operate Colts of Newark, N. J., were eighth, | g say that they wouid not be at all sur- Drised to see negotiations between the Rhods Island men and the Eastern 6 offtct started at no distant date. Providence can play Sunday basebail and Sunday ball has always been a 'big factor for that city. That they * would continue to draw well there seems te be no doubt, even though tke city was reduced to the ex- pedient of eatering a league lower in orn. The club officals Geclare the fans wouid turn out just @s well as ther have in the past. Still there is z fr. ment over the tailur tional. Providence but point to the club's cial record. If every ot: International drew us games as the Grays, © be any need of arguing to start they say. As i the chances are two International will > of disappoint € the interna- ore would not Fatker or not izads now ihat the Jack Mo. Pacific Mo. Pac pf Nat. Conduit ¥ g down to club offiacils admit that in order to make ‘ul&u of, the mun‘;l.lm‘ain‘l ‘mum Pl , y logical -for them to do Easf good enough to force serious consider- ation of the proposition. This means that Providence would take a chance with Eastern League baseball, until such a time as it could return to the International. It is_a pretty good sign as a gen- coniracts each spring as an indica- tion that baseball for thé approach- ing season is contemplated. Contracts have not been sent out in the East- ern League, save in a few scattering instances, and no reason other than thatsales are contemplated to given for this action. The merger men have until March 1 to get their contracts into the mail but tone of them are thinking very seriously .of contracting salary eXpenses until after next week’s meeting. The league is forc- ed to cons¢ing whether or not -it will stri along regardless of what action the International l.eague may take toward a campaign this coming season and it's lige the blind man taking a chance. Reports down Lawrence way credit Jack Flynn with lining up playars for the Lawrence c¢lub and Lawrence writers point to it as an indication that the Eastern League isn't through with that city.” But the chances are that the merger league’ is simply get- ting the Lawrence franchise into shape for shipment to some other city this coming season. It's much easier to transfer a club with all the players in line than not and new owners raturally want to count on any re- maining baseball talent in sight. These players further enhance the de- sirability of the franchise frem league selling point. WARTIME SPORTS By Sol Metzger. If congress has not already done so it is quite likely to make eligible for the draft army young men who have passed the age, of twenty-one since June 35, 19° Should that bill become a law intercollegiate sport will have another period of hysteria not unlike 'that which seizeq it immediately fol- lowing 'the declaration of war if it doesn't watch out. Indeed, our entire system of collegiate education will get a jolt that is bound to result in fur- ther financial retrenchment. . The resuits of such a, draft law, should our army be materially in- creased, is bound to make big in- roads into the ranks of trained college athletes. I: has already pecome an |established fact that the athlete is the ; iraw material from which to mould b Pacific Ohlo Gas . Pan Pen tay Con Resding .. . Rep Tran & Steal Roral Dutch - Saxon oMor . Bt Iouis & 8 F Seaboard Air Line Sears Roehuck Sincl i So. By pr Studebaker . Superior Steel Tawm Cop & C Texas Co. .. Tobacco Prod Trans & W S UnlonPacific Inc Alcohol Ttubber W X West Pac pf Westinglouse Mfg. Wilson & Co. Wh. & Like E Willys _ Overtand Wor. P'& M Wor. P pf A Wor. P pf B MONEY. . New York, Feb. 23.—Mercantile pa- per 5 1-2 @ 5 3-4. Sterling 60 day bills 472 1-2; commercial 60 day bills on banks 4.72; 5,71!.6 1-2; demand 4.75 1-4; cable: 7-16. 4.76 5.70 1-2. Guilders, demand 44 1- 4; cables 33 3-4. Lire, demand 8.77; cables 8.76. Rubles, demand 13; bles 13 1-4 nominal. 1-8. Mexican dollars bonds heavy. Rail 4.76 ca. Bar silver 8 68. Government ad bonds steady. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Chicago, Feb. 22.—Hogs, receipts 40200 head. Market strong and 25 to . 152id star may bé. This duty is noth- % {ing more than putting another in his commercial 60 day bills Francs, demand 5.72 1-2; cables an ideal soldier. What more could be asked than that such a law be passed? {1t would immediately make available for fighting purposes those of our youth perhaps best fitted for duty abroad and:once more put it up to T colleges to give every encourage- 'ment to the work of producing more {men of tht same type. | Every time a college athlete enters jlhe gervice, no matter by what route, ithe college in position has a patriatic duty to perform, no matter how cost- ily to its athletic prestige the loss of place on the team, thus automatically giving . the second man the “athletic training which is found to be so val- uable in the training of a soldler. This war is forcing us to leorn a great deal relating to athletics we nover imagined hefore. Dreams are actually coming true., The draft law proposed will but accelerate these jdreams. For example, not long back ithis column deslt with what was a jmore or. less ideal conception of sport- for-all in the colleges. Its meat con- 333 |ssited in the proposition that varsity !teams should be made up of members of the senior class only, thus making the varsity the goal and paving the way for a more general participation in all competitive games by under- groduates. This plan placed intercol- {legiate sport at the top hoth as a stimulus for athletic efforts by all stu- . {dents and as a means by which mon- ey could be raised for supporting the whole programme. . Although our colieges are not think- ing of adopting any such programme they are now being forced into one auite similar to it. Varsity teams are beginning to exist for one season only. Penn. for exam- ple, has already had eight of its 1917 football team enter service; other col- leges are experiencing the same thing. At Harvard, Princeton and Yale the reshmen teams are sypplanting the varsity. Consequently, the job in othletics at most institutions today is to develop new teams in all sports each year, That is good and it W serving the country, too. Those who advocate sport-for-all and no intercollegiate competition have not looked far ahead. Where is ! itimes? While that plan may be idzol jin the army those engaged in pro- moting it at the cost of interdivision contests and championships, all with- out prizes, are having distressing diffi- culty in supplying even a small part of the needed equipment. Some odd facts have come to light in college sport since the war has been on. Younger men are ploying on teams than before. Joe Strauss, about as good a back as Penn had last fal', celebrated his sixteenth birthday dwr- ing the season. Strauss likely holds jthe record as the youngest college cotball player. Henry, Woshington and Jefferson’s star tackle, one of the best who ever flfl? that position in all time and who 1s captain of that team for next fall, was séventeen years_old during his first season.on that varsity. Bailey, West Virginia’s captain and center last fall, was of like age his first vear on that team. As the war goes os we will see much more of this. College rowing is being boosted more or less thi sspring and there will be many events rowed on college waters. Princeton is going to be up against it. as Dr. Spaeth, coach of the crew who occupies a chair in i has just gone into Y. M. C ia one of the southern canto educational director. Rovws likely lose its hippodroming i for all time as a result of thc war. The. days of the intercollegiate regatta were numbered before we got into ac- tive participation in this strugzle for democracy. All that had prevented a breaking up of that time honored race over the Poughkeepsie course was the fact that Columbia had gone to con- siderable expense in erecting a boat- house and dormitory near the course. ‘The objection to this race was, and is, based not upon the commercial side of the regatta. True, an observation train did follow the crews but the re- ceipts from tickets did not go into the various coliége athletic treasurfes but to the railroad. The objection to the regatta was that it was held after the various institutions supporting it had closed for the summer and there was continual friction between faculties and crew managements over holding examinations. Also, the cost of two or three weeks of training over the course was a staggering bill. Rowing seems destined to confine itseif to term time races and regattas over waters adjacent to the various colleges. This will necessarily limit it to distances the money to come from even in peace Gas travels quickly, so you must not lose any time; you generally have about eighteen or twenty seconds in which to adjust your gas helmet. A gas helmet is made of _cloth, treated with: chemicals. Thafe tire two windows, or glass eyes, in it, through which you can see. Inside there is a rubber-covered tube, which goes in the mouth. You breathe through your nose; the gas, passing through the cloth helmet is neutral- ized by the -action of the chemicals. The foul air is exhaled through the tube in the mouth, this time being so constructed that it prevents the inhal- ing of the outside air or gas. One helmet is .good 'for five hours of the strongest gas. Each Tommy carries two of them slung around his shoulder in a waterproof canvas bag. He must ‘wear thissbag at all times, even while sleeping. To change a defective hel- met you take out the new one, hold your breath, pull the old one off, plac- ing the new one over your head, tuck- ing in the loose ends under the collar of your tunic. 2 For a minute, pandemonium reigned in our trench—Pommies adjusting their helmets, bombers running here and there, and men turning out of lthe dugouts with fixed bayonets to man the fire step. Reg:forcements were pouring of the communication trenches. Our gun's crew were busy mount- ing the machine gun on the parapet and bringing up extra ammunition from the dugout. German gas is heavier than air and soon fills the trenches and dugou where it has been known to lurk fo: two or three days,” until the air is purified by means$ of large chemical sprayers. A company man on our right wes too slow in getting on his helmet; he rank to the ground, clutching at his throat, and after a few spasmodic twistings, went West (dead). It was horrible to see him die, but we were powerless to heip hfm. In the cor- ner of a traverse, a little muddy cur dog, one of the company’s pets, was lying dead, with his two maws over his nose. ? It's the animals that scffer the most, the horses, mules, czttle. dogs, cats and rats, they having no helmets out pathize with rats in a gas attack. At times gas has been known travel, with dire results, fifteen miles behind the lines. A gas, or smoke helmet as it is called, at the best is a vile-smelling thing, and it is not long before one gets a violent headache from wear- ing it. Our eighteen-pounders were burst- ing in No Man's Land. in an effort, by the artillery, to disperse the gas Copyright by ARTHUR GUY EMPEY GUNNER IN clouds. The fire step was lined with crouch- ing men, bayonets fixed, and bombs nea.rka.t hand to repel the expectéd attack. Our artillery- had put a 'barrage of curtain fire on the German lines, to try and Wreak up their attacks and keep back reinforcements. I trained my machine gun on their trench and its bullets were raking the parapet. Then over they came, bayonety glis- tening. In their respirators, which have a large snout in front, they looked like some horrible nightmare. " All along our trench, rifles and ma- chine guns spoke, our shrapnel was bursting over their heads. They went down in heaps but new ones took the place of the fallen. Nothing could stop that mad rush. The Germans reached our barbed wire, which had previously been demolished by their shells. then it was bomb against bomb and the devil for all. Suddenly, my head seemed to burst from a loud “crack” in my ear. Then my head began to swim, throat got dry, and a heavy pressure om the lungs warned me that my heimet was leaking. Turning my gun over to No. 2, I changed helmets. The trench started to wind like a snake, and sandbags appeared to be floating in the air. The noise was hor- rible; I sank onto the first step, nee- dles seemed to be pricking my flesh, then blackness. I was awakened by one of my mates removing my smoke helmet. How de- licious that cool, fresh air felt in my lungs. A strong wind had arisen and dis- persed the gas. | They told me that I had been “out” for three hours; they thought I was dead. The attack had been repulsed after a hard fight. Twice the Germans had gained a foothold in our trench, but tacks. The trench their dead and ours. Through a peri- scope, I counted eighteen dead Ger- mans in our wire; they were a ghast- ly sight in their horrible-looking re- spirators. i I examined my first smoke helmet, {a bullet had gore through it on the | By ARTHUR GUY EMPEY © AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO SERVED AS A MACHINE. jhad been driven out by cowmter at- | filled wilhl FRANCE AND WENT. s trenches to.dissipate any fumes of the German gas which may have been lurkipg in same. v Two days after the gas attack, I was sent to Division Headquarters, in answer to an order requesting that captains of units should detail a man Wwhom they thought capable of pass- ing an examination for the Divisional Intellinence Department. Before leaving for this assignment I went along the front line trench say- ing good-bye to my mates and lording it over them, telling them that I had clicked a cushy job behind the lines, and how sorry I felt that they had to stay in the front line and argue out the war with Fritz. They were en- vious but 'still good natured. and as I left the trench to go to the rear they- shouted after me: “Good luck, Yank, old boy, dom’t forget to send up a few fags to your old mates.” 1 promised to do this and left. 1 repoyted at Headquarters with sixteen others and the re- quired examination. Out of the six- teen applicants four were selected. 1 was highly elated because I was as I thought in for a cush job back at the base. The next morning the four reported to Division Headquarters for instruc- tions. Two of the men were sent to large towns in the rear of the lines with an easy job. When it came our turn, the officer told us we were good men and had passed a very credit- able examination My tin hat began to get too small i for me, and I noted that the other man, Atwell, by name, was sticking out his chest more than usual. The officer continued: “I think I jcan use you two men to great ad- ivam.age in the front line." Here are ! your: orders and. instructions, also the i pass which gives you full authority as special M. P. detailed on intelligence i work. Report at the front line ac- cording to your imstructions. It is risky work ahd I wish you both the i best of luck.” ! My heart to zero and At- well's face was a studyp We saluted and "left. That wishing us the “best of luck” sounded very ominous in our ears; if he had said “I wish you both a swift, left side, just grazing my ear, the made in the clofh. Out of our crew of six, we lost two killed and wounded. That night we buried all of our dead. excepting those in No Man's Land. Tn death there is not much distinction, friend and foe are treated alike. After the wind had dispersed the gas. the R. A. M. C. got busy with their chemical sprayers, spraying out the dugouts and low parts of the and painless death,” it would -have to save them. Tommy does not svm- | gas had penetrated through the hole | been more to the point. When we had read our instructions we knew we were in for it good and plenty. What Atwell said is not fit for pub- lication, but I strongly seconded his ; opinion of the war, army and Divis- ! jonal Headquarters in general. ' After a bit our spirts rose. We were full-fiedged spy-catchers, be- cause our instructions and orders said so. | i i To Bo Continued Tomorrows of two, or, at the most, three miles be- cause neither Pennsylvania nor Princeton can train for longer races on their home waters. The big problem in college ‘rowlng is to standardize the shells to be-used. | This would facilitate matters more |than at first supposed, as it would eradicate the, necessity of crews ship- ping their boats from place to place. That accomplished the Columbia crew could leave New York at noon, win or lose to Princeton in a Rrinceton shell and be back home in time for dinner and three hours c¢f possible study. All that stands in the way is the prejudice of rowing coaches, each of whom- thinks the. shell. he designs may be the reason for his crews’ vic- tory. As the object In college rowing is to make it a test of rowing by oars- men and not of skill in designing shells the earlier we boat all crews in Liber- ty model shells, the better for rowing. (Copyright, 1918, by Sol. Metzger,) IF YOU WANT TO START A ! GUN CLUB, HERE'S THE WAY More Than 4000 Gun Clubs Are in Ac- tice Operation in This Country, 347 Being Formed Last Year, and Many More Will Be Given Birth in 1918, Freonent's there come to our desk requests for information relative to the starting oL a trapshooting club, \20d, with the sport rapidly increa: (ing in popularity, a few heipful hints on this topic will be of many of our readers. ‘While the big shootfest across the pond has injured haseball and other sports, it has helped trapshooting—- and trapshooting in turn has helped the United States, for it has pre- pared many a young man for service on_the firing line. Baseball has declined to 'such an extent that it is doubtful if any leagues lower than Class A will begin the 1918 weason. This makes it imperative for sporting writers to advance other branches of sport for the henefit of their readers, and many of thém have adopted trapshooting—the “sport al- iuring”—the “patriotic sport.” There @re now 4610 gun. clubs. Getting down to first prindiples, the start of a trapshooting club is no dif- ferent from the start of any other kind of a club. The chief factors are men and equipment. Given a few en- thusiastic lovers of the scatter gun— men ‘who are wiliing to throw them- selves into the spirit of tht thing— iand any young club is bound to be a winner. L Having gotten the “boys” together ang decided definitely upon a commit- tee to look after things, the first step is to locate your shooting grounds. “This in itself seems _exceedingly simple, but a great deal of serious | thought should be given to the topie, for it must be remembered that trap- shooting demands space. In the first piace .thére should be at least 250 to interest to and any signs of habitation. This is considered to be the limits of safety. Next accessibility should be consid- erca. Hove Grounds Within Easy each. By all means try to locate vour grounds within easy reach. Be care- ful about transportation facilities. Many a ‘club has come to grief simply becguse of lack of foresight on thesc details. Having decided upon your site, the next essential is equipment. If you prefer to start in a small way, vou will find that one or two ex- petr traps, costing amotit $4.50 to $6. each, will afford plenty of amuse ment for quite a few shoaters. If, on the other hand, you feel financially strong, the automatic trap is “un- doubtedly the best. This trap, of which there are two varieties, is officially recognized and used in all of the big shoots or tour- naments. One style is sold outright at $35. The other is rented on,a basis of $30 for the first year and $10 for \ 200 yards distance between firing line | each sncceeding year. A refund of $15 is given when the trap is returned to the manufacturer. Complete in- structions for installation accompany each trap. Clay targets for use in any trap cost about $5 a thoWsand. Naturally, you will need a trap house. This may be constructed of heavy planking, banked with earth, or it may be built of concrete. If you are handy with tools you can knock, out a first class trap house yourself. Now we come to the “score” or firing line. This should be located 1§ yards back of the trap house. At this mark five pegs should be placed tn the ground. These pegs should be ar- ranged in an arc, and each should be a similar Histance from the trap. Shooters Should Face Northeast. Right here, perhaps, it is best to add that in laying out the “score” it will be wise to arrange it so that the shooters will face the northeast when in position to shoot. This will obviate any trouble from the sun during either morning or afternoon events. This, in a practical way, covers all the items of lay-out and equipment. There will be other details, of course, such as club house, "arrangement of shoots, trophies, etc. Informmation on these subjects will be gladly given by the Interstate Trapshooting Associa- tion, Taken all in all, you will find the sport more than' economical when the initial outlay is copsidered. Of course, if you feel that you must own your own shooting grounds, and yvou want to build an elaborate clubhouse, the cost is bound to soar. On the other hand, we know of many organizations ithat are being conducted on a very modest cost. HORSE SENSE Guy Lee is to try his luck with Lu- cille_Spier, 2.03 1-, who is to be again staked through the Grand Circuit. The Raider, a son of Morgan Ax- ‘worthy, 2.17, with a trial of 2407 1-2, has been purchased by Tommy Mur- phy. Dan S, Jr., 2.12 1-4, owned by Jerry Smith of Caribou, Me. has won 32 races, out of 40 starts in the past four seasons. = Report has it that the Grand Circuit stewards are to discuss the siving of jrates under saddle for outclassed trot- ters. The plan has much to recom- mend it. The Horse Reliev announces a re- newal of its $12.500 Futurity. The Chi- fcago turf journal has to date distrib- uted $269,875 to owners and breeders in this' turf classi ? Peter B. Bradley has decided to bring Border Knight, 2.12° 1-4, back to his farm at Ilingham. The sire of Royal Knight, 2.08, has been in Ken- tucky and Indiana for several years. Sealskin Frisco, bred by Ralph B. Williams of Boston, won the Austrian Derby this year. As his name Indi- cates, he is a son of San Francisco, 2.07 3-4, and Lady Sealskin, 2.06 1-2. Much of the portable furnishings of the mile track racing plant at De- troit have been purchased by the new association at Toledo, O. That means Detroit will not be represented in the Grand Circuit in 1918, Walter Cox leads the drivers for 1917 with regard to total numbers of and reduced record 2.10 performers mark- ed, he having nine to his credit.-Char- ley Valentine and Tommy Murphy rank second with eight each. Harry Burgoyne and his assistants at Walnut Hall farm are getting 73 Youngsters by San Francisco, 2.07 3-4; Marico, 2.07 1-4: Walnut Hall, 2.08 1-4; Native King, 2.11 3-4, and Moko ready for the February sale in New York. The trotter, Guy Boy, 2.08, by Guy Dillon, 2.21 1-4, owned by James Stewart. Los Angeies, Cal, started in 36 races this year and won 24. Guy Boy’s dam, it is now made known is Russie Russell (dam of Ruth Dillon, 2.06 1-2), by Bay Rose, 220 1-2, grandam Oakley Russell, by Happy ‘tust 6, 7 and —— Russell. He was bred and raised by Frank S. Turner, Santa Rosa, Cal, who scld him to Stewart for $100. ¥ To avoid a clash of dates with the Grand Circuit meetings at Poughkeep- sie the Orange county eircuit may ad- vance its dates al along the line, Monroe holding its meeting on July 30 and 31 and August 1; Goshen on Aug- 8, and Middletown on August 13, 14, 15 and 16, This ar- rangement would bring the Middle- town meeting and the Phflagelphia Grand Circuit meeting in the same week, but neither interferes with the other. One of the strong points of this compact little circuit is that the tracks are so close together. Once the horses get to McAfee they can go in motor vans or even by read from ome meeting to another and so fill their racing engagements regardless of any shortage of cars or congestion of freight traffic on the railroads. Trans- portation is likely to be the big prob- lem for the campaigning stables this year, and horsemen are sure to make their entries in such'a way as to si\)vu!d the railroads as'much as possi- le. Boston horsemen, headed by Charles . Leonard, are raising a fund of $100,000 to. improve the Readville trotting track, and finance the Grand Circuit meeting there. Their project embraces a horse show to come just before the one at Newport and a fair and live stock show which may be a big thing if the scheme as at present proposed is carried out. The state of Massachusetts owns about thirty acres of land adjoining the track, and a movement is on foot to have this .improved and beautified for the fair grounds, with the two pieces of prop- erty thrown together. If a bill now pending in the legislature becomes a law the state may give substantial aid in promoting the fair. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA PLUMBING AND GASFITTING T. F. BURNS HEATING AND PLUMBING 92 Franklin Street ROBERT J. 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