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several persons led to the conclusion that it was the best route to 

 take and we found It, in fact, in pretty good condition. 



The clouds had been gradually gathering during the day and we 

 had one or two light flurries of rain during the first part of the 

 ride but it was not until we reached the height of land on the Bland- 

 ford Road that steady rain sat in and we had to put up the top. 



¥e negotiated the steep descent on the North side of the hill 

 successfully and went on a fairly good road towards Blandford. About 

 two miles before reaoliing Blandford we came upon a party of automobil- 

 ists standing in the road with their auto in the ditch at the side of 

 the road. Our services were offered and accepted and wo finally 

 succeeded in pulling the auto back on to the road again. It led the 

 way towards Blandford and had not gone more than an eighth of a mile 

 before it came near getting ditched on the other side of the road. 

 Fortunately for us, at a cross roads it turned out and let us pass 

 and we proceeded without further incident through Blandford down the 

 long four mile descent to Russell and then over the State Road to 

 Springfield which we reached at quarter past six. 



I stopped there and telephoned to Willis Rockwell, Manager of 

 the Hazard Place at Enfield, and finding that preparations for our 

 party were all properly made we proceeded ten miles to Enfield, reach- 

 ing there a little before seven. 



We found the Hazard Place very attractive, with large, well furn- 

 ished rooms, and owing to the dampness of the afternoon we began our 

 evening festivities with a cocktail. Our dinner was a good one, with 

 little neck clans, soup, broiled lobster, roast duck with asparagus 

 and green peas, salad, and ice cream with strawberries, crackers and 

 cheese and coffee, and we also had a bottle of sparkling Moselle. 

 The day finished with a quiet smoke on the piazza and the discussion 

 of many things of great Importance. 

 Dlstanoe travelled 87 miles. 



