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into the Bay of Bulls, 25 miles to the southward, and eventually got into St. 
Johns, where she re-coaled and provisioned, and then proceeded to Halifax. 
On 31st August last, Major Brady’s Company (No. 3 Western) fired its annual 
competitive practice from the 9-inch R.M.L. guns at York Redoubt at a towed 
target, and, making a total of 262 credits, qualified as a 1st Class Prize Com¬ 
pany. The 6-pr. Q.F. guns, mounted for the defence of the mine-fields, were 
fired for the first time the same day, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Colonel 
Saunders. 
On 15th September, moose hunting, as it is called, began. Captain Boileau 
was out for 10 days in Cumberland County with the well-known Indian hunter, 
Abe Hood, and two other Indians, but did not get a shot, his chances of sport 
being seriously interfered with by one of the men falling sick in the. middle of 
the woods. On 1st October, Lieutenants Marsh and Macgowan went out moose 
hunting on 10 days’ leave in Shelbourne County, the latter officer securing a fine 
bull. They had a very rough time of it, the weather being wet and foggy, and 
Lieutenant Macgowan, having parted company with his Nova Scotian hunter, 
was alone in the woods for three days, lost his way, and only just managed to 
reach the standing camp, carrying his rifle and a load of 70 lbs. on his back, and 
having had only moose flesh and a few biscuits to eat during his absence. 
Major and Airs. Crookenden have gone to Niagara on short leave. 
Major Fergusson, A.D.C., Rifle Brigade, and Lieutenant White, A.D.C., 
Grenadier Guards, have returned from a two month’s shooting trip to the Rocky 
Alountains, during which they got one grizzly bear, one black bear, 11 elk, two 
wild sheep, and one black-tailed buck. 
Major Brady, R.A., proceeded to Quebec and Montreal in H.M.S. Tartar on 
a month’s leave as the guest of the Captain (Commander Fleet), but, unfortu¬ 
nately, on his arrival at Montreal he received news by cablegram which necessitated 
his going home by the first mail steamer, and is now in England on leave until 
1st December. 
On 3rd October, General Sir John Ross, Miss Ross, Colonel Hill, R.E., Major 
Waldron, R.A., and Mrs. Waldron, returned to Halifax from their five weeks’ 
trip to the Pacific Coast. Air. \ T an Horne, the President of the C.P. Railway, 
placed his private car, which contains dining-room, sitting-room, bedrooms, 
kitchen, etc., also his chef at the disposal of the General, so he and his party 
travelled comfortably, and had the additional advantage of being able to attach 
the car to any train, or have it taken off at any place at which they wanted to 
stop. They went right through to Vancouver, the Western terminus, and then 
crossed over by steamer to Victoria in Vancouver Island. Some of the places 
they visited both going and coming were Montreal, Toronto, Niagara, Winnipeg, 
Calgarry, Banff, and Chicago. 
On 8th October, the R.A. Annual Regimental Sports were held in the Riding- 
Ground at Halifax, and were voted a great success. The day was a perfect one, 
and the band of the 1st Leicestershire Regiment played during the afternoon. 
The Committee were fortunate in having Major Crookenden, who has always 
been so much associated with games, as their President, while Master-Gunner 
Howlett, who is an old hand at athletic sports, as the senior member of the 
Sub-Committee, undertook most of the preliminary arrangements and executed 
them admirably, forgetting nothing. Lieut.-Colonel Saunders acted as referee, 
and Airs. Crookenden kindly distributed the prizes. 
