Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-18
wE TURNERs, FESTIVAL.

l SDeecn-E68hQueG | Immense Crowd at South End Witt 1 ness the First Days Festfvftfes- other Points About the Festival. The New Haven Turn Verein made elab- crate preparations for the great Turn Fest 1 that has been in continuance two days, and l it seems now that their efforts to have an ex- l cess. The visiting Turner's came Saturday l night and were met at the depot by the New ! Haven society with the American band. About 8:3O the procession started and | marched up State to George, to Church, to { Chapel, to Court, to the hall. Torches were carried and fireworks illuminated the line of march, Banners of welcome were suspend ed at intervals along the march, and at Turn ! Hall there was grand display of fireworks. When the hall was reached, Mayor Lewis was introduced to the company by President ' Weidig. The Mayor, in the name of the city of New Haven, welcomed the visitors; told them inst they had reason to be proud of the requirements and fame of their found- CT, Frederick Ludwig Jahn, who, besides ' being prominent as German patriot and German scholar, had the distinctions mem ory precious to every American heart-of { being called to fill the chair of German liter I ature at Cambridge. Charles Weidig, chair | man of the committee of arrangements, also | made an address, after which the collation. was attacked.
 The following were the participants from ! out of town:
 From Holyoke-Louis Frederick, Paul Koehler, Heinrich Schenker Emil Fouster, | Fred Melzheimer, Ernst Merhel, Gustav Peter, Christian Bleubnew, Paul Hoffmann, \ Paul Kress, Paul Schubach, Oscar Ruther. From Meriden-P. Moore, F. Boch, J. | Pruke1, R. Boru, Meister Kunz, Charles [ Kunz, Kraber Bruno, Ernain Kraber, $. X Donitzer, August Hesehfeld, L. Krober, Yh. flax, H. Murkeotz, Herman Kreuter, Peter Maurer, Herm Weber, Gust. Rebstock, Ernst
 Schneider, M. Sundheimer, W. Kurtz, Jul Gottlieb
 From Waterbury-Ch. Leissing, George Hauser, Louis Wenzell, Mangnus Kahn, Jo-
 seph Eckert, Charles Freidsl, Richard Kahn,
 Theodore Schmitz, Daniel Wiehn, Fritz
 Schunman, Chas. Soehnle, Gustav Wiedman,
 Joseph Hahn, Wm. Precht, Emil Leissing, Wm Nuhn, Frank Schmitz, Melchior Schlittler, William Schneider, George Strobel, Martin Buckner, Albert Slatimer, Daniel Engeler, William Schmitz, Anton Lerz, Otto Roem, Emil Flooring, Frederick MarggraH George J. Kirschbaum.
 From New Britain-Gustave Wenger, Bruno Bachman, Franz Schmalfur, George
 
 1 Edward Dehn, Anton Hafner.
 W. schlag, L. Zacher, F. NJ. Pukall, F. Weber, F. Heise, G. Heise, J. Waltz, H. Beck, c. Buthker, R. Wolf, F. Gropp, A. I Schmidt, A. Grauer, w. Brink, G. Kehner,
 E. Hollans, c; Wolf, E. Linke, R, Baeder, F. Sprath, c. Greif, F. Proute, L. Elmer, { F. Schramaier, H. Geopp, P Huber, F. Wolf, w. Herster, L. Langhehan, F. Hause, P. Schermeister, A. Speath, F. Weber.
 Fireworks were displayed during the even | ing from the hall and the time happily spent
 in sociability and beer drinking. When the gathering broke up the guests of the New Haven Turner's went to the residences of the E different members of the local organizations. | It was arranged that they should be taken care of in this way during their stay in this ! city. It is customary for each member of E tho home society to take many of the wis \ itors to his house as he can accommodate. By this arrangement the expense of stopping I at hotel is entirely avoided by the out of ! town people. When the passive members of these same organizations come to New Haven ' to-day they will be taken care of after the same plan.
 A great exodus of Germans to South End E took place yesterday. The Turn Bezirk was opening. The day was warm. Stages were ! overerowded. As early as 7 o'clock people began to gather at Turn Hall. The first stage N left at o'clock. There were twenty-three stages in all that started from Turn Hall, be- sides the regular ones that run from the Green. Private carriages conveyed hun dreds. Sailboats were filed At o'clock ! in the afternoon there were more than two E thousand people on the grounds. The Turn E CTS are divided into two classes. The prize turning began at 10 o'clock. First there were calisthenic exercises by all the Turner's. Then the first class tried for the prize on the ' side horse. The contestants were Karl Leis-
 ering, Louis Wenzel, Rich. Hahn, Charles Zoendle, Theodore Schmitz, F. Schumann, \ Frank Smitz of Waterbury; F. Weber, \ F. Heise, G. Heise, c. Walz, F. M PufaI \ Fl. Beck, E. Buffer, of Hartford; Geo. Eckle, Wm. Hugendubel Franz Borgen, Fritz Munz, Gustave Teichert, Julius Harder, of New Haven; Fritz Book, Thomas Moore, John Gebhard, Willie Curdts, Erwin Kroc- Der, Rudolph Born, of Meriden; Gustave Wenger, Burns Bachmann, Franz Schmalfuz, George Stadler, George Maier, August Klambt, Edward Dehm, of New Britain; Oscar Ruthet, John zwissler, Charles Bluember, Bernhard Pru- per, Louis Lusch, Herman Forster, Gruner Geabler of Holyoke The winners of this class | and also of the second class will be an nounced Tuesday evening. While the first class were performing the second class were | also contesting for prizes on the horizontal bar Next in order came the swimming match with seven contestants. The distance was 15O yards from @ sharpie stationed at that distance to a yacht anchored twenty feet ' from the shore. The race was won by Frank I Geiger of New Haven, Tom Moore of Meriden s second. After the swimming match dinner
 was served until 1. After dinner the crowd adjourned to the dancing pavilion, where
 Rosinus' orchestra was already beginning to play. Soon the floor was covered
 with dancers, both young and old, enjoying themselves as only Germans who are out for good time can do. Beer streamed steadily from a hundred kegs. At half-past two the i music ceased playing until after the first and second classes had completed their contests on the horizontal bar and side horse respect
 lively. Then came the stone throwing con test Each man was allowed three trials and if in throwing he stepped over the mark that
 throw was lost. The stone weighed thirty seven and one-haf pounds and the greatest
 distance it was thrown was sixteen feet eleven inches and won by Meriden. Alter this more beer drinking and dancing were indulged in. Not a drop of fresh water was to | be obtained at South End. There
 was beer before you, beer behind you, and ! beer all around. Beer drinking was | the serious business of the day. Old young ! male and female drank and never seemed I satisfied. The excursion package men were in their glory, as also were the ''falirs'' with ! their cane racks and nine-pin rolling. The { sharpies did fourishing bushes during the day taking out sailing parties. There was quite number of sailing vessels anchored off the and, amongst which was the yacht ! stranger, of the New Haven Yacht club.
 The judges of the day were: Mir. N. Rosen-
 baum, of New York; MT. August E. Dick,
 of Lawrence, Mass; Mr A. Wnrnle and J. Young of Boston, Mass. The most nota-
 ble feature of the day was the absence of the casions.
 ! The return was made at seven 1 o'clock. While on the way homes
 and when on that part of the road
 where only one wagon can pass, a peddler's wagon filled with people suddenly broke down and thus put stop to all further ad- vaneing for over fifteen minutes When al
 most at the "Four Corners" the Nightingale
 coach suddenly came upon crowd of boys who were bent on mischief. They tried to 1 climb on the coach, but were driven off. l They retaliated by throwing stones, one of 1 which struck a fifteen months child of Mrs.
 Steiger of Morrisania, New York, under the
 right eye and made quite gash which bled
 for some time, but was finally checked The
 party arrived at the hall safely without fur
 ther mishap, where the declamation exer- l cises were taErincy T1aca