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Show GREAT HARDWARE AND 8PORTINQ Q00D8 CONVENTION HELD AT NEW HAVEN Local Arm mouiuer ot National Association. Mr. U. I). Itackor, tho local linnlwnre and sportlnB goodH dealer Is ono of tho more to an 4,000 memborB or tlio National Association of Winchester Clubg which hold Its Hocond annual convention at New Haven dm nig tho last wook ot Juno. While minute to nttond this year, tho following raport has bopn furnished of this most IntoreBtlni; ovont. Tlie convantlon was nttondod by about 1200 of tho foremost hanlwnro and sporting goods denlors of tho I'nitod States, many of thorn accompanied accom-panied by tholr ratnlllos. This number num-ber kIvob ono an Idea ot tho Import-.inco Import-.inco attneheed to being a mombor of lis Wlm-hoster clubs. Thoy enmo to .Vow Havon from overy stato In tho I'n.on. generally In special trains with words "Winchester" streaming irom every oar. Tho railroads took I'xcoptlonal care of tho Winchester folks, granting reduced faros and doing do-ing everything posslblo to mnko tho irip an enjoyable ono. From Now Voi It tho representatives from tho South and West woro carried to Now Haven by tho stoumor Highlander, an 85 mllo trip around Now York Clt and on Long Island Sound. In New II a von nothing wns loft undone Mi malto tho convention a momornblo ppo. i In addltlo'n to tho general nssombly rioasloua of tho convention, tlioro woro wnforonces on ndvorllslng, merchandising merchan-dising store arrangement and display, dis-play, accounting, selling lu Us broader broad-er aspects, sporting goods, guns nnd ammunition, llshlng tncltlo, cutlory, flashlights anil batteries, sknlos, tools, and other Winchester lluoft, alternating with tours nt tho big Winchester factory, nnd Inspection of Its products nrrnnged In n spoclnl display dis-play room. |