July 20, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



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SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB PICNIC. 



Disembarking. 



A Boys' Race. 



W. J. Elliciitt and Wife in Centre. 



Al. Rickards Knocks a Foul. 



Joe Manda in Action. 



Irwin at the Bat. 



20. Potato race, Girls. W. W. Rawson, 

 prize, 1st. locket; 2nd, chain; 3rd, pin. 



21. 200-yard race, Boys under 10. W. 

 H. Whittier, prize, 1st, watch; 2Dd, camera; 

 3rd, e-ierciser. 



22. Throwing tennis bail, Ladies. H. E. 

 Fiske Co., 1st, tennis racket; 2nd, purse. 



23. Tug of war, Pierson U. Bar Co., 

 prize, 1st, box of 'cigars. 



24. Consolation race. Prizes for all. 



25. 50-yard race, girls under 7. R. T. 

 McGorum, prize, base ball bat. 



26. 50-yard race, girls under 7. R. T. 

 McGorum, prize, hair brush. 



Ease ball players among the club's 

 members should send in their names 

 to their captain. F. E. Palmer. Brock- 

 line, for the commercial florists and 

 seedsmen, and Wm. Fischer. Union 

 Terrace, Jamaica Plain, I'or the priv- 

 ate and park gardeners. 



PITTSBURG 

 FLORISTS' 



AND ALLEGHENY 

 AND GARDENERS' 

 CLUB. 



The annual outing and picnic of the 

 club was held at Grove Park, Castle Shan- 

 non, Pa., on July 10th. which in spite of 

 the somewhat threatening weather, and 

 also of the fact that the affair was ar- 

 ranged in a hurry and members had a 

 short notice, was fairly well attended. An 

 early start was made by special train 

 on the Pittsburg & Castle Shannon 

 Railroad, which is a narrow gauge 

 road, one of the few remaining relics of 

 primitive railroading in this country. 



An elaborate program of sports and 

 athletic events was arranged by the pic- 

 nic committee, which was enthusiastically 

 indulged in by young and old. A well- 

 contested baseball game was won by the 

 store men over the growers. Score, 9 to 



7. G. Ludwig donated nine knives for 

 the winning team. The fat men's race was 

 won by Wm. Hartlick, J. W. Ludwig be- 

 ing a close second. The rope provided 

 for the tug-of-war team refused several 

 times to stand the severe strain, preiipitat- 

 ing the contesting teams ignominiotisly on 

 the field. No other rope strong enough 

 being procurable, the prize, a box of cigars, 

 was divided between the teams. Tlie $5.00 

 gold piece donated by A. W. Smith for 

 100 yds. dash, open, was wan Oy \V. A. 

 Carney. The ladies' races were <ioseIy 

 contested, Miss Caroline Lease winning 

 the young ladies' race in fine style. The 

 ladies' open race was won by Miss Carrie 

 JuT'lan. 



\\'inners in the other events were: Girls, 

 Lena Wooster; boys, Geo. McCallum; 

 thrt-e-legged race, Messrs. Berring and 

 Holtsman; hag race, Waiter Berring: 100 

 yds. dash, for growers only, E. Hatch; 

 broad Jump. E. J. McCallum; 100 yds. back- 

 ward. H. W. Carney. 



