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Ladles' sartorial race — Nellie Smith, Mrs. Hep- 

 ler, Ruth Monk. 



Watermelon-eating contest — Oscar Bauer, R. 

 Talcott, J. Brown. 



Fat ladles' race — Mrs. Kelch, Mrs. Hlppler. 

 Mrs. King. 



Fat men'8 race — Kenneth Wilson, H. King, 

 0. Bennett. 



Married ladles' race — Mrs. Steinbrenner, Mrs. 

 King, Mrs. Grelner. 



Single ladles' race, 13 years and up — E. Wels, 

 Rutb Monk, Miss Bueble. 



Married men's race — Harry Brook, Steve 

 Berthold, L. G. Baird. 



Single men's race — E. Burger, C. Muchuean, 

 Cbas. Rosenblum. 



Standing broad Jump — E. Burger, Al. Llndgrtn, 

 Steve Berthold. J 



Hop, skip and Jump — Harry Brooks, A. Will- 

 lams, Al. Llndgren. 



Olrls' race, under 8 years — Marlon Hepler, 

 Alice Albrecbt, Thelma Steinbrenner. 



Boys' race, under 8 years — Hal Schoen, Gene 

 Smitb, Herbert Bate, Jr. 



Boys* race, 8 to 12 years — Don Smith, Ray 

 Schoen, Jacob Brown. 



Girls' race, 8 to 12 years — Helen Hart, Helen 

 Bate, Madeline Smith. 



Growers' race — E. Burger, Al. Llndgren. 



Cock flght— Harry Brooks, R. W. Talcott, 

 R. Hughes. 



BOSTON FLORISTS' PICNIC. 



Most delightful weather favored the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston for its annual picnic at Cun- 

 ningham park, East Milton, July 22. 

 The fact that no picnic was held last 

 year, owing to the S. A. F. convention, 

 made the present occasion a noteworthy 

 one. The attendance was 500 and en- 

 thusiasm was at a high pitch. Nothing 

 occurred to mar a day of perfect en- 

 joyment. No more attractive place 

 than Cunningham park for picnics or 

 athletic sports is to be found near 

 Boston. The beautiful woodlands of 

 over 100 acres and the spacious lawns 

 are all as well kept as on many private 

 estates. 



The numerous athletic events were, as 

 usual, keenly contested. The ladies' 

 baseball game showed that the fair 

 sex can play ball and argue with the 

 male umpire just as well as the men. 

 The men's commercial ball team beat 

 the private gardeners' team easily, but 

 the latter had full revenge when the 

 time came for the tug of war, pulling 

 their opponents over the line and hold- 

 ing them with ease for a full minute. 

 The married ladies' race, fat men's 

 race, ex-presidents' race and obstacle 

 race were among the star features of 

 a busy afternoon. 



The committee in charge of the pic- 

 nic did the work well, and after P. M. 

 Miller and W. J. Kennedy had dis- 

 tributed the prizes and it was an- 

 nounced that the picnic was concluded, 

 the company left the pleasant grounds 

 reluctantly. Some of the local S. A. F. 

 leaders had been invited to help boom 

 the San Francisco convention, but 

 failed to materialize, thus missing a 

 splendid opportunity for publicity. 



The list of athletic events and win- 

 ners was as follows: 



Baseball, commercial vs. private gardeners — 

 Won by commercials, with a score of 6 to 1. In 

 the winning team were W. Mix, captain; J. Sloan. 

 Norberg, J. Slater, Geo. Palmer, Theodore Pal- 

 mer, Elsenhardt, T. J. Gough and Westwood. 



Baseball, boys under 16 — T. Roland's team beat 

 Westwood's team with a score of 6 to 4. In the 

 winning team were T. Roland, P. Roland, R. Rol- 



and, B. M. Craig, Victor Heurlin, D. Duguid and 

 Sheeban. 



Quoit match — Matthew Brown, first; John Ed- 

 gar, second; Kenneth Finlayson, third. 



Fifty-yard race, girls 13 and under — Mary 

 Urann, first; Mary Flood, second; Alice Brown, 

 third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys 8 and under — Norman 

 Craig, first; Arthur Rogers, second; J. Peder- 

 zlnl, third. 



Hundred-yard race, single ladies — Heat 1, 

 Edith Illffe, first: Alice IlilTe, second. Heat 2. 

 Susie Rogers, first; Wllhelmina Pree, second. 

 Pinal heat, Edith Illffe, first; Alice Illffe, second; 

 Susie Rogers, third. 



Fifty-yard race, girls 8 and under — Ruth 

 Brown, first; Margaret Craig, second; Katherlne 

 Boyle, third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys 13 and under — Heat 1, 

 Joseph Douglas, first; George Norberg, second. 

 Heat 2, T. Roland, first; P. Whyte, second. Final 

 heat, T. Roland, first; P. Whyte, second; J. 

 Douglas, third. 



Egg-and-spoon race, married ladies — Mrs. J. F. 

 Coles, first; Mrs. J. F. Flood, second; Mrs. H. F. 

 Woods, third. 



Potato race, boys under 15 — Heat 1, T. Roland, 

 first; D. Bust, second. Heat 2, Victor Heurlin, 

 first; W. Westwood, second. Final heat, T. Rol- 

 and, first; V. Heurlin, second; W. Westwood, 

 third. 



Flag race, girls under 15 — Heat 1, Evelyn Stell- 

 berger, first; Alice Berkmaier, second; Mdry 

 Urann, third. Heat 2. Ruth Brown, first; Mar- 

 garet Illffe, second; Alice Brown, third. Final 

 heat, Mary Urann, first; Margaret Illffe. second. 



Fat men's race, handicap — J. L. Smitb, first; 

 James Methven, second; Daniel Illffe and Nell 

 Boyle, equal third. 



Baseball, ladles — Miss Florence Palmer's team 

 beat Mrs. W. J. Patterson's team, with a score 

 of 12 to 11. In the winning team were Miss F. 

 Palmer, Wllhelmina Pree. Florence Elsenhardt, 

 Alice Illffe, A. Douglas, F. Thompson, Mrs. 0. 

 Hammond, Mrs. H. F. Woods, Mrs. J. F. Flood. 



Half-mile race— H. L. Pree, first; C. A. Stell- 

 berger, second; A. Whyte, third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys and girls under 6 — Julia 

 Boyle, first; Frank Duguid, second; Annie Scot- 

 land, third. 



Needle-threading race, ladies over 50 — Mrs. 

 John Lally, first; Mrs. David Craig, second. 



Hundred-yard race for men — Heat 1, W. G. 

 Illffe, first; C. A. Stellberger, second. Heat 2. 

 Arthur Whyte, first; H. L. Pree, second. Final 

 heat, C. A. Stellbergar, first; H. L. Pree, second; 

 W. G. Illffe. third. 



Sack race, boys under 16 — W. Westwood, first; 

 Jobu Duguid, second. 



Three-legged race for men — Stellberger and 

 Elsenhardt, first; Geo. Palmer and T. Westwood, 

 second. 



Three-legged race, boys under 18 — R. Sawyer 

 and W. Westwood, first; P. Roland and V. Heur- 

 lin, second. 



Sack race for men — H. L. Pree, first; C. A. 

 Stellberger, second; W. G. Illffe. third. 



Obstacle race — Heat 1, T. Westwood. first; A. 

 McAuley, second; T. Palmer, third. Heat 2, W. 

 G. Illffe, first; A. Hall, second; R. Smith, third. 

 Final heat, Theodore Palmer, first; A. McAuley, 

 second. 



Tug of war — Commercial growers vs. private 

 gardeners. Won by the private gardeners. Win- 

 ning team: J. L. Smith, J. Hannigan, H. L. 

 Pree, James Morton, J. Methven, Luther Webb, 

 John Lally. Donald Crelghton, James Brown. 



Special fifty-yard race, boys 8 and under — Nel- 

 son Bartsch, first; Norman Craig, second. 



Ex-presidents' race — Peter M. Miller, first; T. 

 J. Grey, second; Geo. M. Anderson, third. 



Ladles' tennis match — Misses L. E. Paler and 

 F. Palmer beat Mrs.' W. J. Patterson and Miss 

 Elsenhardt, 6 to 2. 



Married ladles' race, fifty yards — Mrs. J. F. 

 Coles, first; Mrs. H. F. Woods, second; Mrs. J. 

 F. Flood, third. 



W. N. C. 



TWIN CITY FLORISTS' PICNIC. 



The picnic of the Minnesota State 

 Florists' Association, held July 20 at 

 Spring park. Lake Minnetonka, was a 

 pronounced success. About 150 people 

 from St. Paul attended the picnic, and 

 about an equal number from Minne- 

 apolis. 



The tug of war between St. Paul and 

 Minneapolis florists was won by St. 

 Paul's tuggers. In the old women's 

 race, two St. Paul women broke the 

 tape together. St. Paul youngsters won 



three out of five prizeef offered in that 

 class. St. Paul also had the fastest two 

 out of three fat men. In the young 

 women's race Minneapolis won, but in 

 the old men's race four St. Paul elders 

 crossed the line ahead of their Minne- 

 apolis opponents. St. Paul young men 

 won four out of five places in their race. 

 The prize for the best old-fashioned 

 waltz was won for St. Paul by Henry 

 Krinke, 60 years of age. 



The baseball game was the event of 

 the day. The Minneapolis team pre- 

 sented a handsome appearance in their 

 new uniforms, with "Minneapolis Flo- 

 rists' Club" emblazoned on their 

 breasts. The St. Paul Never-Slips 

 made up what they lacked in appear- 

 ance, in ability to play the great na- 

 tional game, and the score was 11 to 3 

 in favor of the Never-Slips, captained 

 by O. J. Olson. C. R. F. 





ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' PICNIC. 



The twenty-second annual picnic for 

 St. Louis florists, their families and 

 friends took place July 22, at Bomona 

 park. It proved a record-breaker for 

 attendance. Old Sol was on the job 

 and the cool, bright day brought out 

 a crowd of over 500, who greatly en- 

 joyed the fine program of games and 

 other events, such as dancing, boating 

 and fishing. To those who failed to 

 attend, we can say they missed the 

 best outing ever given by the Florists' 

 Club, and much credit must be given 

 to Chairman Rowe and his assistants, 

 Frank Windier and William Ossick. 

 The big crowd manifested great interest 

 in all the proceedings, the most amus- 

 ing of which were the orchestra di- 

 rected by Max Pelletier, the ladies' tug 

 of war, the baseball game, the cigar 

 race in charge of Paddy Patton and 

 the men's tug of war. 

 y After the various games were fin- 

 ished the great crowd prepared for din- 

 ner. The dance hall held the younger 

 folks until midnight, and before break- 

 ing up three cheers were given for the 

 Florists' Club. 



Following is a list of the winners of 

 the various events: 



Men's race, seventy-five yards, In chargre of 

 Walter Ogle— Oscar Ruff, first; J. W. McAllister. 

 second. 



Flag race, for girls, 12 years and under. In 

 charge of Chas. Kuehn, Jr. — Miss M. Dabm, first; 

 Helen Borkern, second. 



Backward walk, growers only. In charge of 

 O. C. May — Gus Hartmann, first; Walter Ogle, 

 second. 



Necktie contest, single ladles. In charge of 

 W. J. Pllcher — Miss Erlinger, first; Jessie San- 

 ders, second. 



Ball scramble, boys 12 years and under. In 

 charge of Walter Young — Gus Cernj-, first; jobn 

 Cerny, second. 



Calico contest, ladles. In charge of W. S. Well* 

 — Miss C. Rlchey, first; Mrs. Edwards, second. 



Guinea catch, open to all. In charge of Paddy 

 Patton — Williams brothers, first and second. 



Fifty-yard dash, boys 12 to 16 years old. In 

 charge of H. Schlechter— E. Globes, first; H. 

 Weisenberger, second. 



Time walk, married ladies, in charge of Wn». 

 Ohlweller— Mrs. W. J. Pllcher, first; Mrs. Lo- 

 renze, second. 



Ball-throwing, girls 12 to 16 years old. In 

 charge of Frank Sanders — Miss NIeshelmer, first; 

 Miss >I. Woods, second. 



Needle-threading contest, for growers' wives, in 



The Boston Gardenefs' and Florists' Club on Us AantMl Outing at East Mllton> Mass., July 22, }9I5. 



