August 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



535 



Then there was a quoit tournament. This was worked by 

 elimination. The loser of each pair dropped out of the contest, 

 the winners paired off and those who won were pitted against 

 new contestants. Thus the tournament was exciting and inter- 

 esting until its close. Here is the whole story in a diagram : 



\ 



Appleton 

 Roper 



Pierson 



Ryder 



J. Pocock 

 L. Appleton 

 C. H. Roper 

 F. Tufts 



J. E. Stone 

 A. B. Pierson 

 F. T. Ryder ] 



F. R. McKenna \ 



H.D.Hamilton I „ ■„ 



J Hamilton 



G. Robeson I 



W. McPherson /m.p,, ,._., 

 '. Mcrlierso: 



P. Forrestall ( 



A. W. Stedman (p^^^^^^ 



H. C. Pearson J 



H. C. Benchlev /,, , , 

 DTD- ■ -t-enchley 



R. L. Rice \ 



f-Appleton 



>Ryder 



^Hamilton 



-"Benchlev 



E. Buzzell 

 P. F. Brine 

 H. F. Fuller 

 C. J. Bailey 

 J. Seamaid 



F. Spaulding 

 C. B. Archer 

 W. H. Miner 



Jos. Odell 

 R. S. Hodges 



' Buzzell 



[Bailey 



;.Spaulding 



Spaulding 



' Miner 

 (Hodges 



Ryder 



>Ryder 



-Benchley 



^Hodges 



Buzzel 



Hodges 



Hodges^ 



o 



a 



The declaration that R. S. Hodges was champion of the tour- 

 nament and F. T. Ryder was second, was hailed with applause 

 by the spectators. 



Next in order was the potato race in which the following 



Then came the free-for-all 50-yard dash, in which nearly 

 twenty entered, each as earnest as if qualifying for the inter- 

 national races. After numerous false starts, the race was run, 

 and the winners were declared to be McPherson and Chipman. 



The use of the grounds was through the courtesy of the 

 Coast Artillery Corps, and the officers from the fort came over 

 to witness the sports and partake of the clambake. They were 

 each and every one fine fellows who entered heartily into the 



Preparing the Clam Bake. 



spirit of the occasion, and it was regretted that some of the 

 officers were prevented, because of their military duties, from 

 being present. Those who attended were ; Capt. Jos. B. 

 Douglass, 1st Lt. Jos. R. McKnight, 1st Lt. John T. Rowe, 

 1st Lt. Fordyce L. Perego, 2d Lt. Fenelow Cannon. 



Then the whole company was rounded up and made to pose 

 in front of the camera man for the group picture. Under the 

 somewhat voluminous coaching of a self-constituted and voluble 

 picknicker, the company posed and looked pleasant, and a work 

 of art in group portraiture was secured. 



^Meanwhile Captain Francis of Rocky Point, Rhode Island, 



All Ready for the Clams. 



participated : Appleton, Hamilton, Hopkins, Learned, Lowen- 

 thal, Chipman. French, McKenna, Roper and Young. The best 

 jugglers and equilibrists in this race were McKenna and Chip- 

 man. 



with his assistants had been busy. A log cabin arrangement 

 of cordwood was built, stones from the beach were piled in it, 

 kerosene poured over, and a huge bonfire kept blazing until 

 the stones were nearlv red hut. Then wire netting was placed 



