New Britain herald., 1930-09-15
SPORTSMEN ENJOY
 ANNUAL FIELD DAY
New Britain Fish and Game Club Has Outing and Dinner


 fall shortly after g o'clock yester- day morning did not dampen the { spirits of more than 200 members of the New Britain Fish and Game club who left this city for their pro- perty in New Hartford for their an- nual clam bake and outing.
 Arriving at the appointed place they found everything in readiness and it was not long before the trap shooting ranges, rifle ranges and horse shoe pitching courts were fill ed with prospective prize winners. All morning long the reverberation of the shot guns echoed back to the field from the surrounding hills, and hundreds upon hundreds of clay pigeons were brought to earth by the steady eye and true aim of the gunners.
 AS the day wore on towards noon the sun was trying hard to make it's appearance and finally after long struggle it burst forth upon the field to the pleasure of every man pres ent. Crowds who were not entered in any of the contests tramped about, some to inspect the fish ponds while others fingered long and looked wistfully at the caterers who had be- taken themselves away from the fields into secluded grove where they were engaged in preparing the bake.
 Clans, Chicken and Everything
 With the clarion call that all was in readiness the crowd assembled and sat down under the trees in the pine grove at specially constructed tables to eat. A tasty menu was served, consisting of baked clans with the proverbial clam broth. This was immediately followed by chick en with potatoes and roast corn. pie and cantaloupe and coffee.
 The invitation committee were somewhat disappointed in the fact that Governor John H. Trumbull was unable to attend but the tables were graced by the presence of James B. Titcorb, superintendent of the state fish and game commis- sion, and Mayor George A. Quigley of this city.
 Sherman F. Avery of 510 Cor bin avenue acted as toastnaster fol- lowing the dinner and called on the guests for remarks. Superintendent Titcomb spoke briefly of the work the state is attempting to do to fur ther the preservation of wild life and the propagation of game birds. He stated that the state had releas- ed 16,500 pheasants during the year in places where the huntsmen were likely to be able to take advantage of the situation. While New Brit ain did not receive as many of these birds from the state as it had in previous years ik was because the commission felt Shat it was useless to place them on or near posted territory. -- '---'- .-'- ..r
 He spoke in glowing terms of the property which the association holds under lease. He invited all memb bers of the association to pay a visit to state hatcheries and preserves to view the work being done.
 Mayor Quigley gave a short talk in which he stressed the thought of preserving the lfe of the forest as we'll as the forests themselves.
 Trap Shooting Prizes.
 During the afternoon the gun ranges were kept busy and as eve ming wore on the crowds assembled at the trap shooting ranges to find who had carried off the prizes. Vincent Bachman of Bristol, a men1- Der of the club earned undisputed possession of first place after break ing 25 pigeons. Bachman gave as keen an exhibition of shooting as has ever been seen. He was closely pushed for honors by Earl Cooley of New Britain, who broke 23 out Of a possible 25. c. H. Leppert and George Peterson, both of New Brit ain, tied for third place with 22 birds apiece and in the shoot off which occurred after the shadows had begun to fall both men gave an excellent exhibition. Twelve shots were fired by each and when the final tally was made it was found that Peterson had won the tilt and with it third prize. He had brought down II out of 12 birds while Leppert had bagged 10.
 In the rifle shoot A. Mccormick took fir1t place. with a score of 91. Fred Beach's score of sS gave him second place while w. F. Nierintz captured third with a score of 7s.
 Earl Cooley had S1 out of pos sible 100 hits in the pistol shoot to take first honors while his neares. competitor, Fred Beach took sec- ond with ST. Zigman's 7e assured him of third honors.
 Archery Ttlts Introduced
 Considerable interest was display ed in the archery contests which were a novelty event this year. H. Tayntor scored 20 points out of a possible 54 to capture top prize He was pressed close by E. Hadfield who was forced to take second posi- tion by virtue of his score of 1e.
 The horse shoe courts were busy with the large number of entries who sought the club championship. F. Espey took first place in the play off against P Scott who de- feated H. T. Simpson to assure him. self of second place. Simpson was third.
 tight contest was fought be- tween large number of anglers for the bait and fly casting honors In