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horticulture: 



September 2, 1911 



During Recess 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society. 



This Society held their outing and 

 clambake at Hillburn, N. Y., on Wed- 

 nesday, August 23rd. The ideal 

 weather brought out a large number 

 of gardeners and friends, who were 

 conveyed in stages, the distance being 

 about ten miles. 



After some refreshment the boys' 

 and girls' races, single and married 

 ladies' race, single ladies' three-legged 

 race, married and single men's races, 

 high jump, broad jump, and 100-yaru 

 dash were well contested, furnishing 

 plenty of fun for the spectators. 



The clambake was then served un- 

 der the shade of the trees. A great 

 reception was given to Karl D. Schaef- 

 fer, the first president of the Society, 

 who just arrived and was received by 

 President D. S. Miller and other offi- 

 cers of the Society. After the group 

 had been photographed the second 

 part of the program was started. A 

 football match between the married 

 and single men with Charles McTag- 

 gart of Marshall & Co., and J. Muller 

 of Julius Roehrs as umpires, was won 

 by the single men. In the fat men's 

 race, the first heat was a tie between 



Tuxedo II irtieultural s ■ 

 men, was postponed for a future day, 

 but a little bout between picked nines 

 was indulged in and it was amateur 

 ball to the mark. 



Other events and winners were as 

 follows: 



100 yard dash — Saugster, Walter, Relchert. 



.Men's race, over forty — Allard, Streit, 

 McCarthy. 



Boys' r.-K e- -Hegel, Goser, Mortz. Zim- 

 merman. 



Ladies' race — Mrs. Buechie, Miss Gearing, 

 Mrs. Dittman. 



High jump — Tobin, L. Neubeck, Jr. 



Putting shot — Kreamer, Galley, Streit. 



3-legged race — Tobin and Walter, Zim- 

 merman and Kepp. 



children's Race — Tuxedj, 



James McMachen and D. S. Miller, but 

 in the second Miller succeeded in get- 

 ting in first, Charles McTaggart being 

 third. Several races for children fol- 

 lowed, all receiving prizes. The tug- 

 of-war was a great feature in which 

 the married men simply walked away 

 with the single fellows. The result of 

 this victory encouraged the married 

 women to challenge the single women 

 and following their husband's exam- 

 ple pulled the young ladies all over 

 the field. This was the Society's first 

 clambake and it was a great success. 

 A. FISCHER, Secretary- 



Horticultural S :ciety. 



Ladies' hobble — Miss Christie, Mrs. Bue- 

 chie, Mrs. Nosack. 



Tug of war — Growers won. 



children's flag race — The four Rosen- 

 grauz girls. 



Relay race — Sangster. Walter, Tobin. 



Refreshments were served in the 

 Stadium and President McClure was 

 on a constant outlook for the comfort 

 of the fair sex. The programme ended 

 with dancing in the Grand Casino ball 

 room. The committee is to be congrat- 

 ulated for having made this outiirg a 

 success. E. C. B. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society. 

 The Annual outing of this society 



i. i v 1 1 il Their Friends. 

 was held Thursday afternoon. August 

 17, at Karatsonyi's Hotel, Glen wood, 

 N. Y., and was attended by about a 

 hundred members and their families. 

 Tile afternoon was devoted to sports. 

 At six o'clock P. M.. the company ad- 

 journed to the hotel for dinner. Dur- 

 ing the dinner the Burnett boys gave 

 some selections on the piano and vi- 

 olin. After dinner the prizes were 

 awarded to the winners. In addition to 

 the prizes given by the Society $10.00 

 was donated by Mr. Yale of the Al- 

 phano Humus Co. 



List of Winners. 



100 yard race, men over 40 — 1st, A. Mc- 

 Kenzie; 2nd. J. W. Everett. 



100 yard race, men under 40^1st, G. Ed- 

 mondson ; 2nd, E. Westlake. 



3 legged race — 1st, H. Box and H. Jones; 

 2nd. J. McDonald and J. Davis. 



100 yard race, b ivs over 10— 1st. L. Mc- 

 Kenzie; 2nd. R. Burnett. 



50 yard race, boys under 10 — 1st. G. Tre- 

 pess; 2nd. A. Johnstone; 3rd, W. Adams. 



H'jgn jump — 1st. G. Finlayson ; 2nd, G. 

 Edmondsou. 



Broad jump — 1st. .!. I". .1 -.-tinstone; 2nd, 

 .1. Andrews. 



Hop. skip and jump — 1st. J. F. John- 

 si nne; 2nd, D. McKenzie. 



Shot put — 1st, A. McKenzie; 2ud, J. Mc- 

 Donald. 



2tK> yard race- — 1st, G. Edmondson; 2nd, 

 E. Westlake: 3rd. F. Finlayson. 



Tug of war, married vs. single — Married 

 men won. 



Bowling match, men — 1st, G. Ashworth ; 

 2nd, S. J. Trepess. 



Fat men's race — 1st, W. Adams; 2nd. S. 

 .1. Trepess. 



50 yard rate, ladies over 40 — 1st, Mrs. J. 

 Elmslie. 



50 yard race, ladies under 40 — 1st, Mrs. S. 

 Trepess; 2nd, Mrs. Price. 



50 yard race, girls over 14 — 1st, M. Mc- 

 Kenzie: 2nd. R. Trepess. 



50 yard race, girls under 14 — 1st, E. Mc- 

 Kenzie: 2nd. E. Everett; 3rd, E. McGovern. 



50 yard race, married ladies — 1st, Mrs. 

 Elmslie: 2nd, Mrs. McDonald; 3rd, Mrs. 

 Edmondson. 



Ball throwing, ladies — 1st, Mrs. Price; 

 2nd, Miss R. Trepess. 



Howling contest. Indies — 1st. Mrs. Price. 

 Bnwling contest, boys — 1st. L. McKenzie. 



Little children's race — 1st. Mary Elmslie: 

 2nd. Willie Adams; 3rd. Rose Adams: 4th, 

 Vera Ashw It 1 1 



I: H ster chase Bird caught and won by 

 Mrs. McQi n. 



Buffalo Florists' Club Outing. 



The annual outing and picnic was 

 held at Erie Beach on Thursday last 

 and as a "Basket Picnic" it proved a 

 success. In former years it has been 

 the custom to hold a banquet or din- 

 ner at the end of the day but as there 

 has been frequent protests on this 

 form from year to year, the commit- 

 tee had decided a change as a tryout. 

 It was a success considering the very 

 inclement weather, a drizzling rain 

 beginning early in the day and ceas- 

 ing at 3.30 in ample time to run off the 

 events on the long programme. A 

 picnic is never complete without the 

 children and it was partly Children's 

 day. 



The ball game, Growers vs. Store- 



Married Ladies' Race — Tuxedo Horticultural Society. 



