The sun., 1906-12-26
wan or TEE GIANTS.
Arbereai whlskey. and . Question for the
Hague Tribunal.

To THE EDITOR or THB SUN-Sn: The
Garrison Club Of this city desires TO hale the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Of Boston
before the Hague Tribunal. The question at
issue 10 seriously affecting the relations be-
tween England and the United States and
may have something TO do with the retire.
ment Of Sir Mortimer Durand' Thus far Mr..
Roosevelt has not harangued Congress about
IL. but with all respect IL 10 time he did
For six consecutive nights-August l. ,. ,,
4. S and q OF the present year-sevsn picked
men OF the Ancients engaged seven Of our
club members in a military tournament held
in the. main parlor OF the club and were put
under the table every time. II was catch
AZ catch can. that 10 to say. any kind OF spir-
ituous and fermented liquor was permitted.
provided each pair OF combatants drank the
same stun. with eight minutes between
rounds; Ave fingers the regulation horn. heel
taps sternly barred. We all admired the
prowess Of the enemy. A the last Ancient
on the last night OF the dreadful fray was
being carried on a stretcher TO the Chateau
FronIenao minute guns doomed from the
Citadel and the members OF the club sang
with full hearts the -Dirgs OF The Mcravish.
the first verse OF which runs:
Brothers. spare while your LIQUOR, lay your latest
beaker down.
He has dropped. that star Of honor. on the nsid
of his renown,
Raise the dirge. but raise Il softly, lowy bending
on your knees
II you md II more convenient, you may hiocup II
you please
And 80 on through nine other verses. each
with an allterative chorus entreating GOOD
men and true 10 deposit plenty OF soda water
in tumblers bottomed well with brandy by the
hero's bed:
so when waking, he shall drain them. with that
deafness thirst Of hts.
Clnging 10 the hand that smote him. like good
'un as he is
IL was an affecting spectacle. II was also
q great victory for the Garrison Club and for
Canada. Yet instead Of frankly recognizing
our superiority. the Ancients, acting on the
advice OF counsel, have raised the pcint-an
important constitutional point. ellow-that
we OF the club are coIonists and therefore
inferior subjects or England. whereas their
royal charter expressly provides that they
can only compete in such jousts with citizens
OF a free or sovereign State. The Supreme
Court OF Canada has obviously no jurisdo-
tion in the matter and we prefer going TO
The Hague 70 submitting to the judgment OF
Mr.. Roosevelt. who as like as not would pound
us with the Big Stick
Till the case Ia decided bv some competent
authority the Garrison Club feels obliged
10 decline all further professional challenges
from the United States. We have been ip-
vited to an amateur tournament ir Kentucky
where the wear pops OF combst are to he Red
Eye. Electrocutionore and other varieties OF
local whiskey. and should be glad o send a
team; but in our humble opinion those and
other brands Of Bourbon are more suitable
as "chasSrs" than as main theses. Our stand
ard thesis is Squirrel whiskey. with pot still
Scotch as q chaser" Squirrel was manu-
factured by moonlight in the forests behind
Quebec after the 6isbandment of the Fraser
Highlsnders at the clope Of the Seven Years
War. and was admitted to the cellars OF the
Garrison Club in l772 and then reckoned the
best available substitute in America for the
Illicit OF peat reek Scotch. 42% over proof.
on which the Fraser clensmen had been
reared from their youth upward. As have
said in these columns before. II you sample
it too freely Squirrel impels you by its subtle
virtue TO rush outdoors and climb the nearest
tree, telegraph pole, Presbyterian steepie or
ships mast in other words. 1t establishes the
soundness OF the Dar rwinian hypothesis by
throwing man back to the arboreal habits OF
hie progenitors the anthropoid apes.
| mention these things not 70 frghten the
Kentucky amateurs but 10 show that while
defeated the Ancients were not disgraced.
They come perilously near being disaraced,
however, through entering the plea in bar that
have no locus stands against their venerable
organization, When ten Of our representa-
tvss went to En- gland and hoored a team of
fifteen chosen from the Hon ourab BILE Artillery
Company of London, these London warriors
owned up like men that they had been beaten,
declared that we were the hope and pride OF
the Fms speaking race. What is The SUNS
opinionl STADACoNE
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