Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-09
THE CALIFORNIAN PICNIC.
An Attendance of Over Six thousand
The Prize Winners.

A
The Caledonian Club of this city, COM
posed as it is of some of Sacramento best
citizens annually gives picnic at East
Park, which is certainly one of the most
= ENJOYABLE and best-attended entertain
ments of the kind given during the year
Their picnic on Saturday was attended by
over 700 people The day was pleasant,
the grounds in excellent condition, the
dancing platform in good shape, the music
= all that could be desired, and everything
= | passed off merrily. There was no quarrel
ing nor fighting, and although liquors
were sold on the grounds, there was no one
intoxicated enough to be troublesome The
% street car company provided cars to carry
/ all the people. In fact the management OF
the cars and the ease with which they
handled the immense throng reflects credit
on the officers of the road Large delega-
tons of Scotchmen, arrayed in highland
costume, were present from San Francisco
Stockton, Folsom Bodie and other places.
The management of the whole affair was
excellent, and all who attended went away
fully satisfied with their days entertain
ment. Dancing was kept up until u
O'Clock. Prizes were awarded as follows:
Throwing quoits-Thomas Cunningham first
John McCullem second.
Throwing the heavy hammer DC pounds)-A.
Copeland first, SO feet II inches; d. A Mcmillan,
ST feet; John Blackhall, II feet.
Standing long jump-D. A. Mcmillan, 9 feet 8
inches; John Blackhall feet IL inches; A.
| Copeland, feet
Short race twice around the track-Wm. Ross
first, d. A. Mcmillan second, A. Foreman third.
| Grand Highland reel-Chas Mcdonald first,
| ThOS. Cunningham second, p. Durno third.
| Putting the heavy stone (22 pOunds)-D. \.
| Mcmillan, 33 feet inches; John Blackhall sec
ond, 81 feet inches a. Copeland third % feet
II inches.
Standing high jump-A. Copeland feet
inches d. A. Mcmillan second, John Blackhall
third.
| Best plain dress observation-disclosures Scott, |
gold medal; second. Donald McRae.
| Best dressed boy Highland cOstume-Robert
| Telfour: second, w. W. Finney.
Tossing the caber (225 pounds)-A. Copeland, |
So feet; second, D. A. Mcmillan, So feet; John |
| Blackhall, 35 feet inches.
Old mans race-W. A. simons; second J. |
| Jones.
Old ladies' race-4lrs. Mary Branna; second |
| Mrs J. A. Dayer.
/ Young ladies race-Teresa Hayley second |
| Jennie Douglas; third, Mary Kyne
Married ladies' race-Mrs. Billiard, Mrs. II. |
| Kahn, Mrs. J. BrOnner
Boys handicap race-Jas Hail. second, Harry
| Warren: third, J. Sullivan.
Mile race for men, eight times around the |
| track-Wm. Ross; second 2. Mcintyre; third,
| J. jackson.
Running long jump Sheehan. Is feet :
Campbell II feet inches.
Throwing the 56-pound weight-John Black
hall p feet inches; second D. A Mcmillan.
n feet third, ThOS. Carroll, % feet 80 inches
Hop step and a Jump. Jackson, II feet >
inches; second. d. SheChan IS feet 10 inches;
third, W. L. Campbell, IS feet inches.
Three-legyed race-Frank Eldred, j. Hilbert. |
Running high iump-D. jackson, feet in
ches: A. Copeland, feet inches on fourth trial;
third. II. Johnson.
Half mile race for men-P. Mcintyre.
TbrDlyiup lipht hammer. - DOuudS-A Cone |
land 1O6 feet; D. \. Mcmillan, 100 feet inches:
John Blackhall, 20 feet , inches.
Putting the light stone. IA pounds-D. A. Me
MILAN II feet > inches: John Blackhall IS feet |
inches; A. Copeland - feet6 inches.
Highland fling, for boys and girls-Twelve |
contestants in full highland costume competed
The prizes were awarded rs follows: First prize |
W. W. Fmncy, of San Francisco; second, Katie
Weir, of San Francisco. The other ten contest
ants were given s. each
Highland fling, for men-First prize, Charles |
Mcdonald; second, Samuel Mcdonald.
Vaulting with the pOle-AleXander Copeland
feet inches: Thomas Cunningham, 9 feet
inches d. 4. Mcmillan. feet inch.
Sword dance, for boys and girls mine contest
autSl-First prize, May Mcdonald of Sacra-
mento; second prize, W. W. Finney, of san
Sword dance for men-First, Charles MELON
aid; second Thomas Cunningham third, S. NJ
Mcdonald.
inches A. Copeland, feet inches; A. Fore
man. 9 feet inches.
Best player on the bagpipes-Equally divided
between Charles Mcdonald and Norman Beaten |
Grand highland reel, for boys and girls twelve
contestants. and one of the best entertainments
of the dayl-First Katie Weir of San Fran
cisco; second, Oracle Welsh. of Stockton
Reel OF TullOch, for men eight contestants
First, \. Carmichael; second, Charles Melon
aid; third, Peter Durno.
Tug of war between single and married men
The boys won.
Best dressed man in full highland costume
Neal Carmichael of san Francisco.
Waltz prize. VI. Brown and his sister Julia.
THE WEATHER.-Sergeant Barwick re-
ports The weather along the entire Pa
cific coast has been in an unsettled state =
for ten days past. During that time it has
rained quite heavily all around this city
that is, within a circuit of sixty or eighty ,
miles-culminating yesterday evening in
what looked like a regular settled rain
and now ! suppose it will be in order for
the pioneer or the oldest inhabitant to ex-
claim that our climate is changing. | will
forestall the above described citizen and
say that, according to the records, this eli
mate is not, has not, nor can have likel-
hood of changing, Judging from the COM
parative rain table since 1850 During the
month Of June for the last thirty-five years
this table shows that rain fell during June
i'll twenty-tour years out of the thirty-five
During eighteen years the precipitation
was apprcciable and for six was unap-
probable to the rain gauge The av-
crage precipitation in June is 90 of
an inch for thirty-four years. the
greatest amount in any one month
was June 1873, when 10 inches fell The
next largest rainfall was June 1881, when
% of an inch was preCipitated. There was
"a I1UIt shrink Ia in This " ~, SaftIr- |
day afternoon and evening and also yeSter-
day until about $50 P. NJ, when rain be
gan to descend to an appreciablc amount
making up to P. NJ. last night .l6 of an
inch, which i 1880 inches Of rain for this
season rs against 1911 inches for last sea-
son. The following shows the rainfall by
seasons for each entire season from 1861
to date: Season Of 1867 gave S.96inches
ISIS. p So; 1889, 1855; lS79-S0 % Al
1SS0-l, 26.57; 1SSl-2 1851; 1SS2-3. 1911
1851, $3.50 inches. The total rainfall
since Saturday for each signal service
weather station in California was for Red
Bluff, none; Sacramento .16 of an inch
San Francisco, 81 of an inch nothing at
Los Angeles or San Diego, so this rain APP
pears to be only ut this point and san
Francisco and in the mountains.
Bold Detective Robert Har-
rison came up from san Francisco Satur-
day for a brief stay and put up for the
night at Mrs. Luces lodging-house, X
street, between Tenth and Eleventh, occu-
pying room with Oliver Sanders About
3 NJ. yesterday a thief entered the room,
turning the key in the door by the aid of
pair of nipperS and stole Mr.. Harrison's
pants from beneath his head his pistol
from j stand, and a stud and sleeve button
from his shirt A slight noise made by
the fellow aroused Mr. Harrison, who
sprang up, but the burglar ran ont of the
door. locking it on the outside, and before
an alarm could be given, escaped. When
the room door was unlocked by the occu-
pants of the next room, some of Mr.. San
ders' garments were found in the hall
where the thief had dropped them. Mr.
Harrison was left in q dilemma he being
Of generous proportions and the neither
garments of the men living in the house
being altogether too small for him. He
thought over his friends in town whose
pants might be borrowed for the OCCASION
and finally sent to 4 gentleman who was
believed to have two pair and was accom-
modatcd. Yesterday afternoon officer
Woods found Mr.. Harrison's unmention-
ableS in yard about a block from the
scene of the theft, but they had of course
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