The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-03

/ Rotaxy, came greetings by telegraph,
as follows:
Horace F.. Smith, secretary Rich
mond Rotary Club:
/ Please accept my greetings to you
who have the privilege of being hosts
I to the first conference In your dis
trict, and please convey to Governor
/ Sites and all Rotarians of the Fourth
! District my best wishes for a success
/ full and helpful meeting.
II know no district where the Ro-
tarians appear to be any more alive,
enthusiastic. optimistic. constructive
and positive for the best things of
! Rotary than in the Fourth District"
Badger Fight Successful.
Preceded by the Police Depart
ment's Ford, driven by Motor Police
man G. B. Samues Of the second pre-
| cinct and Patroiman Mel" Folkes, of
the first, seventy-five cars, bearing
Rotary wheel decorations and Ro-
tarians also decorated with banners.
remnants, Japanese parasols and
horns, oowbells and "racketers,"
started on a seeing Richmond" trip
to the Country Club shortly after 4 2
o'clock. The route extended through
the Church Hill section and back
across the viaduct and through the
chief streets and on out Cary Street
Road.
Following buffet luncheon and
the making OF the picture into which
Tom Palmatory, George Rogers, Billy
Adams and few others tried to get
twice by speeding from one end of
the semi-eireie to the other as the
camera swung around, the badger
fight was put on. In the center of
a wide circle OF the expectant was
a tightly closed box, through the lid
of which ran the stout rope ~ttached
to the handle Of the feroetous badger
Elmo Redwood's badger-dghting bull
dog. experienced at the game in
which he has always been winner
sensed the sport to come and tugged
at leash and harked vociferously. The
recently passed anti-sarhling acts
not being in effect. considerable Of the
long green" was waged on the out
come.
Walker Cottreu and Billy Adams
ended an argument over the evil of
betting by clinching. The men were
parted before any serious blows land
ed by friends who quickly became
peacemakers. Though he was with
out authority IN the county. Police
man Folkes placed both under arrest,
until after the badger fight was over
and Superintendent Ford was crowned
as the hero OF the event. His hat
being a more becoming top piece.
Mr. Ford Immediately discarded the
badger
The laugh was on others than Mr.
Ford when George Rogers cock fight
was staged, after a walk of nearly a
mile and a half to the pit" Both
cocks were OF brass-the every day
> type of water faucets
Introduced to Richmond Chickens
{ Before the club was left behind DR.
? Parker and Preparedness John f.
Fowler presided over the serving of
dessert and cherry smah HAS every
, one been served?" was the query by
DR., Parker, which drew the answer,
He has" from several Carolinians
| iii chorus.
! The chatter and laughter and other
I expressions of good feeling was so
: great when Tom McAdams, president
OF the local club, tried to make a
speech that few heard Those who
| did hear found its substance to be
The doings at the ball park begin
: at $3.50"
, These doing commenced when Wis
| ting Rotarians were introduced to A
number of Richmond chickens the
leathered Kind, at the bali park A
crate of them were opened on the
diamond and the best runners got
, the poultry. 81
Next, While those seated In the
grandstand were served pink lemon
ace rat mans race was run The
participants We're Harry Marks, OF
Richmond. Dick Busbee. of Raleigh:
and j. Fl. Marstellar, of Roanoke
Marks won, according to the holder
or the stop watch in one hour and
) twenty-three seconds. by Cutting"
second base and getting to the plate
through the pitchers box.
one man who didn't see the finish
was II. NJ. Miller. of Roanoke, who
was entertaining his chicken with the
pink lemonade
letter Savings Jones mounted the
top or the dog house and for time
| superseded Joe kessnich as director
of the band. He performed in spirited
fashion. the baton keeping time to mis-
smile
America F1rsti Wilmington Next,
| Immediately after the first inning
the Wilmington. N. c.. delegation.
twenty-three strong, led bp Roger
Moore, and with Horace Springer as
l color bearer. made a patriotic demon
| stration. America First; Wilmington
Next was the legend borne on q long
banner carried by three men. The
| Wilmfngtonians were dressed in long
gowns OF red. white and blue, and
! pulled, at the ends of cords, miniature
| pieces of neld artillery, cavalry horses
| and dreadnaughts
The next demonstration was after
the fifth inning by a gregp OF Rich
mond RotartanS dressed in the