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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
THE BRIGADE SHOOT.
General Frost's Instruction for the
 Event on October 8.

General Frost's Instruction for the
 Event on October 8.
 General Russell Frost, commanding the brigade of the National guard, has issued orders in detail, in accordancet with the orders from the adjutant gen-3 eral, regarding the brigade shoot atl New Haven on October g. The match' is for teams of twelve with threes reserves from each regiment anda teams of six men, withstwo reservesd from each. organization, not infantryd The conditions of the match are:
 Entrance free. Each team menbeN to have been in the National guard service prior to August l., 1908; rif1ea any issued by the state, trigger pull! not under six pounds, to be tested at firing point ammunition to be issueG by state; distance 200 yards and 800 yards; position, standing at 200 yardsy prone at 800 yards; rounds, seven at each distance; no sighting shots; not shade or shelter at firing point; uni@ form blue; no side arms, campaign hats; belts and leggings optional Each team will be allowed representative at each range to inspect the markfngy Team captain and one coach may be at firing point with each team.
 Challenges and protests will be de- cided by the range officer subject to review by the brigade commander The officials of the contest ares Range officer, Major Ebenezer Hill, Jra brigade inspector of small arms pracS tice; assistant range officer, Captain William F. M. Rogers, brigade signal officer; statistical officer, Captain Frank D. Layton, aide-de-camp mediS cal officer. Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur S. Watson, medical director; hospital steward, the hospital steward Secend infantry; statistical clerk, Corporal Lo~, renzo S. Landers, mountedt orderly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02

Ramon of New London has stolen 62 bases.
 : Four thousand dollars is said to have been the price offered for Pitcher Milli- gan of Buffalo by Manager NcGraw of the New York Nationals.
 Jack Mccarthy, who was released by the Cleveland American league team recently, has signed with the Chicago National league club. He will be played in left field.
 It is doubtful if Billy Lander will be carried on the Giants payroll next sea- son. McGraw has signed Devlin of the Newarks to play third base for the New Works next year. "
 Sockalexis, the Indian ball player, who was developed at Holy Cross, and was star for Tebeau's Clevelands un- til his habits got beyond control, is in the game once more, playing with the Wheeling team.
 Dr White of the Chicago Americans, who once struck out ten Holy Cross men in succession at Mount St James while pitching for Georgetown, an nounces positively his retirement at the close of this season. He claims that he can draw more money pulling teeth.
 When John Wiley stole his first base yesterday. his little brindle bull pup, who was watching the antics of his master fell off the bench in sheer amazement And, by the way, that pup is sure thing mascot, as the team has not lost game since Wiley brought the youngster from Lawrence. Concord Patriot.
 The Young Clovers defeated the Red Stars yesterday afternoon by the score of IA to II. They will play any team in the city whose ages are under 12 wears. Gall on Manager Frank Shee- han of 28 Sylvan avenue. The lineup is as follows: John Phelan, c; Frank Sheehan. D; John Leary; 1b; James Carmody. 2b; John Brennan, 3b; Will liam Phelan, ss; John Mcdonald, If; Edward Sheehan, of; Joseph Phelan If. and, James Mcdonald. substitute. In Manchester they have gone so crazy over baseball that they include the umpire in the tabulated score as being a member of the opposing team. A week ago Saturday at Willimantic Umpire Doyle gave decision on a player whom Manchester people thought was running from third home. Willimantic people thought he was safe, and safe it looked to disinterest- ed spectators. A Manchester paper in the tabulated score after the Williman- tic pitcher has: Doyle, umpire, ab, 0; h, 0; r, 1; DO, o: a, 0; e, O. Exchange. Holyoke's finest applied the white wash brush to the Meriden police base
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
AMATEUR GOLFERS BEGIN PLAY.
H. Chandler Egan Has Hard Game
 With Harban.

Glen Cove, L. l., Sept 2.-Findlay S. Douglas, the former amateur golf champion; H. Chandler Egan of Chi cago, the present intercollegiate cham pion; H. B. Mcfarland, the strongest golfer in the University of Pennsyl- vania. and Malcom McBurney, who re- gently won the Stockbridge, Mass Golf club championship, were among the leading winners in the opening round yesterday of the national amateur golf championship tournament, on the links of the Nassau Country club.
 All except Egan won their matches handily. He met Lee l.. Harban of shington, and had hard game from the start, winning by only one hole Douglas made a runaway vic tory of his match with E. W. Alexan- der of Detroit. winning by 9 up and 8 to play, Alexander failing to win a hole McBurney also won by a high score, defeating o. D. Stevens of the local club. 9 up and to play. McFar- land had an easier victory than was expected with J. Whitney Baker of Princeton, winning by 3 t1p and to play. KY
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
Monk Won Gold Cun Race.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 2.-The Cleve- land challenge gold cup at the inter state city matinee was won by The Monk, owned and driven by O. K. c. Billings of the Cleveland club. Al though there weee only three starters, four heats were necessary to decide the event, as when three heats had been trotted each contestor had won one. Aside from this race interest centered in the exhibition of Lou Dillon, the champion trotter, in an attempt to low CT the trotting record of 2:04s4, held by herself. She succeeded in chipping a quarter of a second off her previous vecord.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
Flantlock Won by & Neck.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.-Flintlock, third choice in the betting, won the feature event at Delmar. The race was be. tween Flintlock and Taby Tosa from the three-quarters. Taby Tosa got away first, with Flintlock third Al the half Flintlock went to the front with Taby Tosa only neck behind Into the stretch Taby Tosa went a lit, tie wide, and Flintlock's gain thereby could not be overcome. He won by a short neck
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
WITH THE HORSES.
In Providence a Racer Turns Com
 plete Somersault

In Providence a Racer Turns a Com
 plete Somersault.
 Providence, R. l., Sept 2.-Perfect weather and track conditions favored the opening in this city yesterday of the Grand Circuit meeting, and 5000 persons who gathered at Narragansett park witnessed four superbly contested races. It was an off day for favorites, Diallto, in the 2:3O pace, being the only one of the picked horses to win.
 The 2:06 pace, with a field of eight starters, was marred by an accident, in which Kenny, driver of Prince Direct, was severely injured by being thrown from his seat. The horses, closely punched, had reached the head of the stretch when Prince Direct caught his foot in the sulky drawn by Neryola and turned complete somersault Kenny struck the ground heavily. His collar bone and thigh were broken and his wrist was injured severely. The horse was not hurt.
 The 2:19 trot with eight starters, and Guy Fortune favorite, went over until to-day after six heats had been trotted, Navidad and Cole Direct each winning two heats, while Kamares and Guy Fortune had one each to their credit. Every heat was a battle, the sixth being particularly spectacular, when Cole Direct won by the closest margins over Kamares and Navidad.
 The 2:2o pace required five heats be- fore decision was reached. Mary Anna took the first two heats in fast time, only to lose the race to Diablito, who captured the next three heats and ina raaa in sonSa fional style
 Rowellan had little difficulty in de- feating the favorite, Dillon Boy, who was unable to land anything better than fourth money. The race went in straight heats and second and third money were divided between The Quesstor and Ben Hal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
wire Tappers at Deimar Track.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.-supe periptendene Matthews of the Delmar track dise I cred wire tappers in operation at the track. Tn fight between the tappera and Matthews men one of the formeE was shot in the face and badly wound-' ed. The wire extended from the bet-i ting ring north to Olive street. 1t was just ready for work when the discov-, cry was made. The other end of thay wire was in Dclmar garden. There were six men in the gang. They car1 ried away their wounded comrade on q street car, and all trace of them was lost.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE
At Buffalo.

Buffalo, Sept 2.-BuffaIo made too many costly errors to win yesterdays game, although the hitting favored the home team and with clean work in the field Cy Ferry should have won his game. Baltimore captured it ' to 5. Pitcher Wiltse umpired in the absence of the regular official Score:
 Buffalo .....0 1 0 o o o 0 1-5 g 4 Baltimore :. 70 0 2 o12 0 0 2-7 8 1
 Batteries-Ferry and Luskey; Ad- kins, Burchen and Hearn.
 At Jersey City.
 Jersey City, Sept 2.-Jersey City equalled its famous record made in the spring by winning its sixteenth consecu- tive victory yesterday, beating Mon treal il to 0. The Jerseys hit hard and played sharp feiding game. Beans batting was the feature. Score: Jersey City 1 117 0 0 4-11 Is 1 Montreal 70 Q 0 o O o ( O. 2
 Batteries A9cGann and McManus Eenmfnx and Brennan
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02

ed on tn old ball field at the Athletic grounds in the west end. Mir Gris- ,Wold has promised the grounds for every Saturday if all other arrange ments can be made. This will give the league the only two availablet en- closed grounds in the city for Saturday, ball playing. Tomorrow announce- ment will be made as to what teams will play there for next Saturday and perhaps for all Saturdays following:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
Racing at Harlem

CHICAGO, Sept 2.-Fonsoluca won the mile handicap at Harlem in com mon gallop,. defeating Bragg by three lengths, with Star Cotton, heavily backed outsider, third The bookmak- CTS lost q fortune in the victory Of Pi- rateer in the fourth race He won cas- fly by two lengths, with Lord Mel bourne second and Saan third.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At New York
 Philadelphia. ...... 0 0 0f1 0 D. 8 New York....... 2 8 O 0 *- '
 Hits-Philadelphia, 12; New York. F. Errors-Philadelphia, 1; New York 1. Batteries Sparks and Roth; Cronin and Warner.
 At Brooklyn
 Boston. 2 0 O. brooklyn ...... 0 0 2 *- 8
 Hits-Boston, [; Brooklyn, 12 Errors Boston, 4; Brooklyn, ?. Batteries-Will and Moran; Garvin and Jacklitsch. Boston. n............. ~ 0 0 0 O 0 o 0 0 o-o BTr99Giklyp D osto;, ..:,....; ,. Boston, l. Brooklyn, 2. Batteries-Carney and Moran; Schmidt and Ritter. Cincinnati. ........ o 0 o o o i o o 2 8 Chicago............ 0 0 o 0 0 O. 0
 Hits Cincinnati, z; Chicago, 4. Errors lips and Peitz; Lundgren and Kling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.

At Manchester-LoweH 7, Manches- ter ?.
 At. Lawrence-Lawrence 5, Fall River 3.
 At Haverhill-First game, New Bed ford 5. Haverhill 4; second game, New Bedford 10, Haverhill 5.
 At Concord Concord 8, Nashua f.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
TARLE OF PEBcENTAGEs
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

New York. .......~2 2 0 2 o 0 0 o i O. 5 Philadelphia. 0 0 0 0 l 0 O. 1
 Hits-New York, Il; Philadelphia, g.. Errors-New York 1; Philadelphia, l. Batteries Griffith and McCauley; Plant and Powers.
 Second game Philadelphia. 0 0 O. o 0 O.
 Hits-New York, 6; Philadelphia, g., EErrers.NeW York, Q; Philadelphia |: and Schreckengost.
 At St. Louis
 Cleveland. ... 0 0 0 0 0-4 St. Louis.. 0 0 O o O.
 Hits-Cleveland, &; St. Louis 6. Errors Cleveland, |; St. Louis, 8. Batteries Killian and Abbott; Pelty and Sugden.
 At Washington s~&s Boston Fl o 0 0 0 0 O. 2 Washington. o 0 0. O l. o, O 0-1 Boston, 1; Washington, 2. Batteries TJughes and Crfenr. 6rfh a nd TlrilI
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
The Auto Ront Race.

{ PARIS, Sept 2.Twenty automobile
 boats out of the f1fty-seven which start~
 ed in the race on the Seine from Paris to the sea completed the third stage., which only included the section of the river between Elbeuf and Rouen, dis tance of fifteen and half miles. Ths
 Mercedes and Flora retained thefr' places of first and second respectively! the former covering the distance in 4z
 minutes and 23 seconds. The NIusetts was third. The last boat took l hours S6 minutes ard 25 seconds on the trip.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
Boston. sept 2.-Harry Caldwell es-

Boston, Sept 2.-Harry Caldwell es- abolished a new worlds competitive record at the Charles River track last night, riding fifty miles in one hour. His distance for thirty minutes was twenty-five miles, 954 yards; for forty five minutes. thirty nine miles, 28O yards, and for one hour, fifty miles, fiat The contestants in the race were Caldwell and Albert Champion. Tn the forty-ffth mile, while Caldwell was trailing Champion. his motor went wrong and he lost two laps while riding unpaeed He was picked up by his spare motor. but rode slowly and fin ished one lap and twelve yards in ad- vance of Champion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
BICYCLE RACES.
Iver Lawson Wins the Mile Champion
 ship at New Haven.


 ship at New Haven.
 New Haven, Sept 2.-Iver Lawson won the mile national circuit race on the Coliseum track last night, beating out Frank Kramer by half a wheel in a magnificent finish, and, moreover, evening up points with him in the championship. Kramer, Lawson, Nc Farland and John Bedell fought out the final. On the last lap Kramer tried to leave the others, but Lawson went along with him and they came to the finish almost on equal terms. At the finish Lawson jumped his wheel across the line apparently not over a foot to the good. Bedell was only a wheels length behind, but Mcfarland was we'll in the rear. Time, 2:33 4-5.
 Tn the ten-nile professional race Kramer got first by a grand burst of speed on the last lap, Lawson finishing a good second; time, 23:43 3-5. E. F. Root of Boston was third; George Schrieber, New York, fourth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
La Rita HoIds Lfpton Cup

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.- The Chicago. Yacht club will retain possession of thel Sir Thomas Lipton cup for another, year. In the special race between La
 Rita and sprite, which was necessary to decide the winner, La Rita won by, three minutes. Another victory wilI give her permanent possession of the' trophy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02

Hits Springfield Another Blow.
 New London, Sept 2.-Clancy's curves slaughtered and Rube Vickers chased to the tall grass, explains the double defeat suffered by the leaders yesterday. The rout Of the OaNeils was complete, and the sights and scenes of the afternoon will keep base ball history alive here between sea- sons. New London won the first game clearly on the teams merits, the vis- ltorS scoring one run through a very poor. decision at first base. Paige had the big batters hypnotized, and he re- ceived the best of support. Clancy held his own only in the latter part of the game and his cunning was no where. For the second game .Ruibe" was trotted out. Vickers had been about New London rusticating for sew eral days and foolishly made q bet with a New London sport that he would win his game. The sport was wise to the big fellows weakness, how ever, and gathered about him on the bleaehers a chorus of rooters such as has never performed in that section be fore, here or anywhere. The group got the other 900 on the boards awakened, and the noise when a New London player reached a base was terrific and incessant. Vickers stood the onslaught for four innings, but had the poor judgment to reply to the sallies of the crowd. The jollying session went one more inning, when Rube lost his com posture and was willing to fight, and the crowd renewed it's vigor and went o+ him will, O finraanncS fl1at started the pitcher toward the nerve sanitari- um, where he landed in the fifth and virtually began to throw his game away. Things began to happen never before seen in professional ball, and the soiree ended in the seventh, when Rube was yanked out and Batch sent in to finish the game. Then Vickers's spleen got the betetr of him and he vented his feelings on some of his team mates and started to make an oration before the grand stand, until the crowd called him down for using foul language It was easy to win after that, and New London, seven runs. behind at the opening of the fifth inning, went in and took the game. The scores:
 First game: RIFE New London 1 0 11o3 1 *-7 g 2 Holyoke 70 0 01o0 0 0 1-2 ' 6
 Batteries-Paige and Ar1nibruster; Clancy and schincel; time, 1h 33m.
 Second game: R.H.E. Holyoke 3 0 o o 4 1 o O O. 8 15 3
 Batteries Mclaughlin and Arm bruster; vickers, Batch and Schincel; time, 1h 52m; umpire, Houle; attend ance, 757 paid.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02

WE HAVE 50 Wool Suits at $l.lo 75 $3.5o and s4 Suits, $2.3o A special new Suit, s1.8s A Grindstone Suit, $2.88 And others up in price to
 our famous "Tearabout'
 Suits at SAYS. $5. and $5.75
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
At Springfeld.

Springfield. Sept 2-Just before the game with Hartford yesterday, Miller was hit by a batted ball, and after pitching one inning was forced to re tire. Marty Donovan took his place and was pounded badly in the third and sixth innings. Springfield hit Luby fairly we'll The hitting of Ira Thomas was the feature of the game. He made four clean drives and would have made a fifth but for Henry's beautiful running catch. The score:
 R.H.E. Hartford 1. 0 3 1o4 400 1-1o 15 5. Sp'ngf1eld 0 1 o 0 1 o o O. 3 Il 2 Batteries-Luby and Thomas; Dono- van and Connor; umpire, Carolan; at tendance, 291 paid.
 At Norwich.
 Norwich, Sept 2-Norwich played listless game yesterday at the bat and in the field and was shut out by Meri- den 10 to O. Rogers's benders were too much for the home team, three hits and scratch being the total for them Anklam and Stewart made costly errors on easy chances in the third and fourth, the four runs being directly chargeable to them, but Meri- den fell on Quinn in the ninth for five singles and a double which with base on balls and wild throw netted them six runs. The score: R.H.E. Norwich 70 o O O o o O. 0 4 5 Meriden 70 0 ? ? 0 o 0 0 6-10 14 0 Batteries-Quinn and Sullivan; Rog- CTS and Manning; umpire, Kennedy.
 At New Haven.
 New Haven, Sept 2.-Bridgeport again shut out New Haven yesterday, the home team being utterly unable to hit Waller effectively. Slow fielding on the part of ConnelI and Hanifan gave the visitors the runs early in the game. Errors on easy chances added three more runs in the eighth. Feat ures were the difficult running catches by Clark and Gustropski for Bridge port The score: R.HE. Bridgeport 70 100 O 0 8 O-5 8 l New Haven O 0 o o co 5 4 Batteries Waller and O'Rourke; Perkins and Jope; umpire, Cullen; at tendance. 600.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
THE DIAMOND.
Holyoke Made a Sorry Showing
 With New London

Rube vickers Was Driven From the Box-Meriden Still Continues to Win By Brilliant Playing Hartford Hits Springfield Another Blow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-30

planted, and these of course. require less time
to mature, while on some grounds the rate of
growth is much more rapid than others. The
longer the oysters are allowed to grow the larger
they viii be. and the greater the return to the
planter
Between March l and July the planter shifts
from the beds of soft bottom to those of hard
bottom the oysters he intends to market in the
fall. This is done because it has been found
beneficial to the oyster. as it cleans it from
mud and other eXtraneous substances, improves
its color and flavor. and gives opportunity
for separating the clusters. when necessary, into
single oysters she bed so cleaned by shifting
is then replanted With seed.
The season for marketing the full grown
oysters is from September / to shortly before
Christmas. Formerly each planter gathered his
own oysters when they were ready for market
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-30

are very interesting. and to the unnitiated are
little known
For many years the Network market was
supplied from the natural beds of the three
States named but most of these were soon ex-
hausted, and it was then necessary to have re-
course to the method of private planting The
law permits oystermen to lease certain plots of
ground under water which are suitable for oyster
cultivation, provided there are no natural beds
on the ground at the time. Each planter divides
and stakes off his planting ground into rec
tangular lots Of varying sizes governed in num-
Der by the necessities of his business, and also
to some extent by his individual opinions as to
The number therefore. varies somewhat with
the different planters, but usually four or five
lots are necessary. The reason for this is that
the oysters have to be shifted from time to time
in order to improve them and expedite their
growth. Some planters have hundreds of acres
under cultivation.
When the planter secures his ground he pro-
ceeds to cover the bottom with old oyster shells
This is to furnish something for the spat or
young oyster, to attach itself to.
In Staten Island Sound. Newark Bay and
Long Island Sound are the natural beds. ana
from these the planters secure a good part of
their seed, which they dump on the old shells
previously placed in the beds. The growing
period, which intervenes between the first plant
ing and the final shifting of the oysters, Is or
dinarily three years. but is not confined strictly
to that length of time. The size of the seed
when planted, the rate of growth and the opin-
ion of the planter have great deal to do with
TINS point Some seed are quite large when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-30

by means Of his own sailing vessels, but now he
usually hires one of the numerous small steam
ers engaged in the business, and in one-t third of
the time formerly required the oysters are ready
for shipment. They are taken from the beds by
means Of dredges and tOngs, and are then ready
for drinking" in fresh water. The Staten
Island planters take their oysters around to the
Raritan River to drink" while the Keyport
IN j. planters drink" their oysters in Luppata-
tong Creek, which flows through the town The
purpose of drinking is TO clean the oyster
from dirt, remove portion of it's salty flavor
and, by causing the oyster to swell up with the
fresh water absorbed. give it 4 plumper and
whittier appearance. In the Raritan River the
oysters are put into large floats. the bottoms of
they are dumped on the bottom. which is of
sand and almost bare at low tide. They are put
in the fresh water at the time of high water and
are removed at low water
They are then shipped to the city by rail nv
sailing vessels. or by the regular lines of steam
ers plying between the city and the different
oyster centres. In this city there are two whole
sale oyster districts-One alongside of Fulton
FISH Market, at Beekman-st. and the East
River. and the other at the West Washington
Market Basin at West EIeventh-st. and the
North River. At both places are moored
large barges with houses built on them
and in these the work is carried on. On
arrival at the barges the oysters are sorta7
into three sizes. known respectively in the
trade as box" "cuIIs' and "cuIlentines" The
box" oysters generally average about ST 30
a thousand, the 'culls' about So 80 a thousand
ana the "culIentines" about 30 cents a basket