Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-02
THE LAND o. CAKES.
HOW 1T WAS REPRESENTED HERE
ON YESTERDAY.
Scotchmen in Their kits, and Bag
pipers Who Painted the Air
Red with Music.


If the Sacramento Caledonisn Club had
| had the making of the weather for lis thlr-
teenth annual picnic, held at East Park
yesterday, it could not have produced a
| lovelier day for the festivities than was
vouchsafed for the occasion. If the weather
was not perfect, it was so nearly so that
nobody could tell the difference. The
genial warmth of the sun was tempered by
delightful breeze, and, so far as atmos-
pheric conditions were concerned, it was
all that the most exacting could desire.
The CALIFORNIAN picnic had long been
looked forward to with pleasurable antici-
patton by great many people outside of
our Scotch born citizens, for the reason that
| this annual festival is regarded as great
event in Sacramento's pleasure annals. For
years past the Caledonia Club has prided
| itself upon its yearly festival, and has
spared neither pains nor expense to make
| it productive of the greatest possible
amount OF pleasure and enjoyment to all
| who participated in 1t, either actively or as
guests and spectators.
With such an undoubted reputation for
| past glories. it was perfectly natural that
the club should make it their especial
effort to sustain its name on the present
occasion, and it is only fair to say that it
| succeeded beyond all cayil, and it is gener-
ally conceded that this years picnic was,
all things considered, the most successful
| in the history of the club.
About 10 o'clock A. NJ, the members of
I the club, together with their visitors from
| abroad, took carriages and drove through
| the principal streets, the procession being
| enliyened by the stirring notes of the bag
pipe. BY the time the procession had ar.
rived at the park it had been augmented
| by hundreds of people in carriages and
afoot, and all concerned made prompt
start upon day given up to festivity.
Among those who came from other
points were Angus Mcleod, Chief of the
| San Francisco Caledonian Club, and Hugh
| Fraser, Chief of the Thistle Club OF San
Francisco, with sixty of the members of
| those two clubs and representatives from
| Stockton and other places.
| The programme, as advertised, COM
| menced at 10 o'clock sharp. 1t embraced
| long list of competitive exhibitions of
muscle and skill, and held the interest of
the vast throng from the commencement
TO the close The results of the different
contests appear below.
One of the pleasant features of the day
was the appearance of the Sacramento
| Pioneer Association, who were the invited
guests of the club as were also the children
of the Protestant Orphan Asylum.
| The invited guests, which included the
! representatives of the press, were gracefully
received by the Reception Committee and
entertained in royal style at the Chiefs
tent, where Scotch hospitality was dis
pensed in most lavish form.
The First Artillery Band furnished mu-
sic for the disciples of Terpsichore, and
| this feature of the occasion was productive
| of no end of pleasure for hundreds of peo-
pie whose greatest joy is in the poetry of
motion" The dancing was kept up until
midnight, and several hundred people re-
GREETED that this delightful part of the pro-
| gramme was so short
1t was q great day for Scotland in Sacra-
mento. Here were representatives of all
! the different clans and all Wed with each
other in promoting the pleasures of the
| day and the renewal of pleasant memories
| of Bonnie Scotland.
| The games and contests of skill and
strength, with the winners Of the prizes,
were as follows:
| THE CLUB GAMES.
Quoits-John Morrison first, Hugh Nc
| Williams second.
Throwing heavy hammer-Thomas Car
roll first, 80 feet inches; w. F. Scott sec
ond, IS feet inches; David Reid third, rs
! feet inches.
| Putting heavy stone-W. F. Scott first,
Thomas Carroll second, David Reid third
| Grand Highland reel-R. NJ. Munro
| first, Ed. Ross second, James Baxter third.
| Hitch and kick-W. F. Scott first, Charles
Reid and Ed. Mcpherson tie for second.
Best dressed Highlander in Highland
costume-R. NJ. Munro first, McRae Vert
second, w. l. Wallace third.
| Reel O. Tulioch, by twenty. eight lads and
lasses-Cash award to each.
| Best-dressed boy in Highland costume
D. Finnie first, A. McCaw second, W. Rem
wick third.
Best plain dressed Highlander-Ed Ross
first, James Baxter second, w. McDougall
third.
Reel O. Tulloch-Ed Ross first, r. NJ.
! Munro second, James Baxter third.
| Sword dance for lads and lasses-Sadie
| Robertson first, d. A. Finnie second, w. H.
Renwick third.
Throwing light hammer-Thomas Car
roll first, W. F. Scott second, d. Reid
third.
Putting light stone-W. F. Scott first,
Thomas Carroll second, Ed. Mcpherson,
third.
Highland fling for lads and lasses in
costume - Maggie Mcleod first, Laura
Cooper second, Sadie Robertson third.
Highland fling for men-R. NJ. Munro
first, James Baxter second, Ed. Ross, third.
Grand Highland reel for lads and lasses-
Cash award to twenty-eight entries.
Sword dance for men-R. NJ. Munro first,
Ed. Ross second, James Dexter third.
| Tossing the caber-Thomas Carroll first,
1 | poi1 I'd
Best piper-D. w. Beaton first, Ed. Ross
second, r. NJ. Munro third.
| Tug-of-war between married and single
men-Won by the team headed by James
McCaw, of the married men.
OPEN TO ALL coMERs.
Old mems race-W. A. Kendrick first,
w. A. Simmons second, 2. J. Buckley
third.
Girls race-Josie Meyers first, Ida Har-
low second, Regina Upman third, Lottie
| Wilson fourth.
Young ladies' race-Kittie Wittenbrock
first, Dicey Harlow second, Eva Higgins
third.
Married ladies' race-Mrs Nettie Jack
son first, Mrs. Douglass second, Mrs. Doe
third
Boys race-Harry Hilbert first, W. Mar
ley second, r. Tetherington third.
|
Ed. Mcpherson second, George Jackson
third.
Standing wide jump-W. f. Scott first,
Chas. Reid second. w. Morgan third.
Standing high jump-W. F. Scott first
NJ. Henderson second, Thomas Carroll
third.
Running long iump-W. F. Scott first,
7. Waddle secoRfu W. Morgan third,
ThrowipRs 5coround weight-Thomas
Carroll first, w. F. Scott second, J. Ken
ney third.
Vaulling with pole-W. F. Scott first
Chas. Reid and NJ. Henderson tie for
second.
Half-mile race-Ed. Mcpherson first, ]
NJ. Jackson second, J. W. Long third.
Running hop-step- and jump = Thomas
Twaddle nrst, w. F. Scott second, Chas
Reid third.
Running high jump-W. F. Scott first
Chas. Reid second, Thomas Twaddle third
Mile race. w. Long first, W. Strachar
| second, g. Boyne third.
Vaulting with the pole for boys under II
years-D. Flnnie first, G.. Newbert second
NJ. Newbert third.
Best waltZing couple-A. Simmons and
Miss Louise Lineberger.
The children formed most pleasing
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