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...Smokehouse Monthly, ". . . dedicated to all glorious guzzlers, woozy warblers, rakes, scallawags, and other good people who still be lieve in the joy of living." The "smoke house" in the masthead is drawn to re semble a backhouse. Strangely out of keeping with its unmannered fellows is Amateur Golfer & Sportsmen, a smart, tasteful magazine of regional appeal in the Northwest. It was started in 1927 chiefly as a hobby, and partly because Brother Roscoe Fawcett was onetime state golf champion. Whiz Bang had competition of a sort in the older, equally unchaste Jim Jam Jems. When, in 1928, Jim Jam Jems...
...Last week they held their great promised event-a steeplechase modeled on the English Grand National at Aintrée. The King of Spain had donated a cup for it and the Grasslands group added $5,000 prize money. Partly the race was a promotion scheme to attract other sportsmen to take out $10,000 memberships in the Grasslands Foundation. Partly it was a genuine attempt to give U. S. horses a test that would show what they might do at Aintrée. Entered were three good English horses-St. Roy, Kilbairn, and Man-amber. Best...
Annually for 16 years U. S. and Canadian game officials, game breeders, scientists, sportsmen have met to talk over conservation problems at the American Game Conference held under the auspices of the American Game Protective & Propagation Association. Last week in Manhattan they met for the 17th time. This time, they had important work to do. Two years ago they had appointed a committee to study game conditions, to draw up a constructive plan for increasing North American game. The committee had its report ready for consideration...
Completely do we coincide with these views, also your [his] forceful footnote. Such publicity will bring home to these, and other so called "Sportsmen," the utter contempt such butchers are held in by a vast majority, thus arousing the present apathy to our fast disappearing wild life...
...well liked, and Southerners have great faith that he will lead their region to big prosperity, will wrest Southern financing from New York and Chicago. He is fond of horses, hunting. Southern gentlemen were delighted when he organized Nashville's two hunts, subsidized members who were good riders and sportsmen but too poor for the luxury. His race horses have done well at Louisville and Latonia. He collects early American silver and furniture, also anything pertaining to Andrew Jackson, his hero. With Col. Luke Lee. Tennessee politician, he acquired the Knoxville Journal and Memphis Commercial Appeal (TIME...