Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
"EAT, DRINK AND Be MERRY"
The Second Annual Banquet Of the Omaha
Gun 0lub
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lnC OHh SluD banquet
Last night, the second annual banquet
of the Omaha Gun club took place at the
Millard hotel 1t was held in the newly
decorated and beautified dining hall,
which was illumned with scores of bril-.
liant lights.
The opening was set for o o'clock,
and at that time nearly all of the mem
bers and the invited guests had
assembled in the parlors. A few minutes
of agreeable greetings and conversation
were INDUCED, and then, at given
signal, the guests formed in line, and
under the escort of Messrs. r. H. Cotter,
George +. Kay, and G.. + Brucker filed
into the banquet room.
But few minutes sufliced to seat the
guests, and when this was accom-.
plished, the tables ranged in a
quadrilateral, were surrounded by
as genial, gentlemanly and imposing a
number of eplcures rs ever graccd a
board in Omaha.
The head was toward the west, and in
the middle sat JEFF w Bedford, president
of the club On his right sat b. L. b.
Kennedy, of the old Omaha Sportsman's
club. while his left was sustained by DR.
j. II. Peabody, who, though resident of
these parts for nearly n quarter of "A cen.
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stereotyped parlance, is denominatod an
old settler. On either side of these gen.
tlemen ranged other old sportsmcn, in
terspersed with representatives of the
Herald, World, BEE and Republican. At
the other extremity of the table sat Gen
eral George 5, Smith. vice president of the
club, supported by &. b. Lane, the
secretary and treasurer, and George
T.. Kay, one of the mem
bers of the board OF managers, as
also one of the most energetic and useful
members of the association. In the mid.
die of the side tables sat the captain of
each of the two sides which lately in
dulgcd in the hunt the vanquished
in which were taxed with the RESPONSE
bility of furnishing the feast, at which
all had gathered. The captain on the
consisted of the following huntsmen:
John X. Stout, +. 5. Parmalee, George
Z. Kay, II B Kennedy. George S Smith,
II. III. Cotter, +. III. Simons, A s Patrick,
j. b. Evans, Sam Usher, z. b. Eustis, e.
S Mills and j. w. Holmes. The captain
on the left was j. j. Hardin, whose
subordinates comprised the following:
j. W. Petty, j. A. Pcnrose, c. b. Lane,
G. f. Brucker, W. H. S. Hughes, Eugene
Ichen, John Field, q r. sprlggs, JEFF NJ,
Bedford and w. Il. Scott
The captain and members first men
toned were victorious, making total
score of | ,46S points, while Captain Har-
din's side made 1 ,433, thus losing the con
test by but thirty-iive points. The leader
in the shooting was General G. S. Smith,
who madet total of 322 points. and this
fact seemed to give as much pleasure to
the other competitors rs it did to the gen
eral himself.
Besides these members. the invited
guests were b. +. b. Kennedy, DR..
J. H.. Peabody, $. b.. Hathaway,
c. Il. Briggs, r; n. Walker
.. II. Gordon, G. j. Williams,
III J Il, Griffin % ": s. Wing, Henry, Grise
Burns, Walter Phelps, D. +. Lane, G. W.
Strock, William Krug, G. c. Williams,
FL. w: Hyde, John S. Prince, I.W. Camp
bell, G. S. Capron, r. N. Withnell, Rich
ard Withneli, j. r. Clarkson, &. II.
High, o. M. Dorrance, Chas. Balbach
Captain nj. Farrell, George b. Eddy, of
the Excelsior; h. G. Snyder, Republican,
and S. Woodbridge, World
Among. these were few old sportsmen
such as Messrs. Withnell, Kennedy, DR..
Peabody, Hathaway, Parmalee, General
Smith, Brucker, Mills and Hoey. The
contrast between these and the other
sportsmcn, young, handsome and ener-
getic. was most striking. except possibly
in the. case of Parmalee, who, though
scarcely beyond his majority, is yet old
in the ranks of the hunters.
A more beautiful spread had never been
laid in Omaha. The inner edge of the
table was garnlshed with water-cress
worked into graceful curves and
designs, and relieved at inter
vals with fresh and fragrant cut roses,
of various and beautiful types. AT each
angle stood capacious bowl, filed with
nectar not too fine for the bon hommes
who delighted in the inspiration which
they found in its depths. On its surface
tloated snowy substance in
wavy, tremulous manner. Between
repositories reposed clusters of fruit,
pyramids of pastry with an indef.
mite variety of delicacies which not alone
delighted the taste but was pleasing TO
the eye.
The guests spent nearly two hours in
discussing the following:
MENU.
HuITRES.
Little Neck CLANS
Pontet Canet Societie