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HORTICULTUPi: 



August 3, 1907. 



During Recess 



^^Hang Sorrf'w; care ivill kill a cat 

 And therefore let's he merry." 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB FOUR- 

 TEENTH ANNUAL OUTING. 



One of the largest gatherings of 

 florists and their families and friends 

 at any one time was on last Thursday, 

 July 2.5, in Romona Parli, on the oc- 

 casion of the yearly picnic given by 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club. No actual 

 count was taken, but the trustees es- 

 timated that the crowd numbered 

 nearly four hundred. The hardest 

 workers to make it pleasant for all 

 were W. E Smith, Carl Beyer, Frank 

 Fillmore and Charles Schceule. 



All the wholesale houses closed up 

 at 12 o'clock and the bosses and em- 

 ployees came out in full force. The 

 day was very hot and shady places 

 were at a premium. During the morn- 

 ing iiours the crowd amused them- 

 selves on the lake boating and fishing, 

 others took to dancing. Our surburban 

 members came out to a man. Kirk- 

 wood, Belleville and Edwardsville were 

 well represented. Messrs. Fillmore, 

 Schoeule and Beneke acted as a re- 

 ception committee at the gate, while 

 the trustees took charge of the crowd 

 at the grounds. One of the features 

 was the fine band of music. 



Trustee Smith started the games of 

 which there were fourteen. The 100 

 yard dash for all was won by August 

 Hartman; prize, a silk umbrella. The 

 fat-man's race was called off as there 

 were no florists present whose weight 

 was over 200 lbs. 



Other events were as fallows: 



.iiO-yard race, girls under 16, prize a 

 fan: winner Alice Music. 100-yard 

 race, boys under 16, prize ball and bat; 

 winner John Bentzen. Potato race, 

 prize bos of candy; winners Joe Kerr 

 and Alice Music. 50-yard egg and 

 spoon race, prize silver meat fork; 

 Mrs. W. J. Pilcher. Hop, skip and 

 jump, gold scarf pin; Fred Albers, 32 

 ft. 3 in. 50-yard race, boys under 12, 

 catcher's glove: Edwin Lammers. Ball 

 throwing for ladies, gold thimble. Miss 

 Mamie Tockenbrock. Flower-pot- 

 breaking contest, silver salt and pep- 

 per set; Mrs. Theo. Klockenkemper. 

 Base ball game between employees of 

 wholesale houses and employees of C. 

 Young & Sons, five innings; score 11 

 to 5 in favor of wholesalers. The 

 same teams will play a full nine inning 

 game at a later date. The wholesalers 

 contemplate challenging the Chicago 

 wholesale team. Tug-of-war between 

 St. Louis and Kirkwood was won by 

 Kirkwood amid great excitement, and 

 the box of cigars offered as a prize was, 

 duly gathered in. 



A bountiful supper was served and 

 the evening was devoted to dancing 

 and singing. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Annual Picnic. 



The results of games unfinished at 

 our time lor going to press last week 

 were as follows: 



Tug of w-ar between the commercial 

 and private gardeners, won by the 

 private men under leadership of James 

 Wheeler. Ladies' potato race, won by- 

 Catherine Lally and Jean Westwood. 

 Throwing base ball : Carroll Davis, 266 

 ft., 11 in.; A. E. Walsh, 258 ft, 3 in. 

 One hundred yards handicap, Cairoll 

 Davis, J. S. "Brown, A. E. Walsh. 

 Ladies' tennis ball throw: Harriet 

 Coles, Louise Eisenhart, Florence Pal- 

 mer. Throwing 16 lb. shot: W. J. 

 Grassie, 30 ft., 1 in.; John Reed, 29' 

 ft, 5 in. Long jump: G. H. Grey, 16 

 ft., 5 in.; W. J. Collins. 16 ft., 2 in. 

 Half mile race: J. S. Brown; John 

 Reed. Three-legged race: W. J. Col- 

 lins and John Reed; J. S. Brown and 

 Fred Coles. Boys' sack race: Theo. 

 Westwocd; John Sisson. Men's sack 

 race: W. J. Collins; W. S. Grassie. 

 High jump: W. S. Gra.ssie. 5 ft., 1 in.; 

 Frank Edgar. Fat men's rac'e: James 

 Wheeler; Aug. Zirngiebel: J. L. Mil- 

 ler. 240-yard handicap: G. H. Grey; 

 E. G. Walsh; J. S. Brown. Potato 

 race, girls under 15: Helen Years; 

 Lilian Years. Potato race, boys: 

 Robert Smith, Chas. Clarke; W. Mc- 

 Gorum. Quoits: W. Robb; John Mc- 

 Kenzie: F. Coles. Boys' base ball: 

 Thos. Iliffe team beat Andrew's team. 



M.nnicil Ladies' Race. 



I'otato liace. 



Uiris' liaee. 



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r.-miis r.all. 



Fat Men's Uac 



Tlneeleggecl Rare. 



High Jump. •••'''''^ ^^^'l- Tug-ofwar. 



GAMES OF THE GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB OF BOSTON. 



