Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
boat has ever gone at such a terrific

T suppose if it were possible for a man to sit astride one of the thirteen inch shells they use down at Sandy Hook he would feel as I and my com panion did not long ago when we made our record "trip. You look straight ahead, intent only on the road that stretches away before, yet somehow your eyes manage to take in the gen. eral effect of the country through which you are. passing. You are very. very cold from piercing air at so great a speed, and hungry-oh, my, how, hun gry! I wonder how much it would cost to satisfy the appetite of gormand after ride with me.
 The OmciaI French Course.
 ''The machine with which I made the worlds record is of seventy-two horse power, a Mors, with long wheel base. The run was made on the official trial route between Ablis and St. Arnoult, near Dourdan, about fifty miles from . Paris. No better piece of road for the purpose can be found in the world. So smooth, so straight is it that at dis tance of four miles you can readily dis tinguish the slight figure of man and at the same time see every intervening foot of the thoroughfare. It has been especially prepared by the French auto and government officials and is just as carefully cared for as any horse racing course in America"
 Fournier-who spells his first name Henry, not Henri-iS very unassuming and possesses the unfailing French courtesy and mobility of features. When you grasp his hand. you find it is as soft as babys and it is hard to re- alize that this lowing, smiling, soft skinned man standing before you in faultless evening dress is the king of daredevils and premier of chauffeurs. with nerves and muscle when put to the test like unto the fire hardened steel of battleships armor plates. All this is Fournier. m NJ
 With the Gunners.
 Trap shooters in many parts of the country are showing considerable &C., tivity at present, and there is no doubt that in spite of the prohibition of live bird shooting in some states sport at the traps is not on the wane. After all, there is something unusually fascinat- ing about gunning, and whether in field or forest, at the traps with animate or inanimate targets as the mark, or whether it be in a rifle range, the en- thusiast finds pleasure that he would exchange for no other.
 There are many persons who would ! be greatly surprised to hear shooting in it's various forms described as one of Americas national pastimes, yet such is the case, and few and far between indeed are the cities and towns through out the length and breadth of the land that do not possess organizations for promoting the interests of rifle and shotgun.
 Where Trap Shooting Thrivcs. Just now, so far as trap shooting is concerned, the centers of activity ap- pear to be St. Louis, Cincinnati Kan sas City and Philadelphia. Tn and about the Quaker City the Keystone Shooting league is leading the proces- sion. The league held it's annual meet ing recently at Holmesburg Junction, and a splendid turnout resulted. Dur ing the meeting it developed that last year 16,000 live birds had been trapped as against 21,O00 in 1901. The decrease was due, of course, to agitation by the antipigeon shooting fraternity. Letters read to the members by Secretary Van Loon showed widespread opposition to the bill which has been presented to the legislature prohibiting the trapping of live birds. S. J. Hothersal was elected president.3
 The Cleveland Gun club also held it's annual meeting recently and elected F. G. Hogen president, A. M. Allyn secre- tary and $. c. Payne treasurer.