Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-28
THE JOLLY TRAVELLING MEN
Entertain the Happy Doctors and
the Blithe Funeral Directors.
LINCOLN FLocks TO THE PARKS
Fully Fifteen Hundred Enjoy the
Day at tCushman--Boid Hog
Thteves--City News
and Notes.
a LINCOLN BuREAu or THE OMAHA Bee. /,
1929 Z STREET

LINCOLN, juno %. !
The undertakers, doctors and druggists OF
Nebraska are certainly drawing lot OF fell
lows, judging from tho great throng that
crowded the park to-day to take part in the
travelling mems outing, now IN with the ir.
resistloss energy characteristic of the
knights Of tho grip, who are veng with
each other TO make the outing success.
The attendance was much larger than was
even anticipated, Fully fifteen hundred
people wore at the park, and of the number
fully two hundred and fifty were travelling
men. And, indeed jollior lot of boys never
got ,o,gi,, together ,. Tor good time Their
degree. They disbursod their coartesios ospe on
every hand, with that extravagant, whole.
souled manner 80 Characteristic with them.
Tho outing tram left tho depot at 3 ~
o'clock sharp. Five coaches were filled past
all comfort, but the ride.of three short miles
was soon over and the pleasures following
more than compensated for tho unpleasant
ness Of the trip out Tho German military
band discoursed sweet music intcrspersing
the exercises of the afternoon. There was
no end to the nmusenionts OF the day-boat-
ing, swimming, swinging, ball playing, horse
back riding and racing.
Prof. Shreve delivered the address OF tho
day. II was scholarly effort and abounded
in good things said in n brilliant way. The
professor was listened to with marked atten.
tion.
After Prof. Shrevcs talk to the under.
takers and travellers, the military band dis.
coursed several choice pieces Of music, to
the delight OF the numerous boating parties
and then led the crowd to the grand stand,
where the rules governing the tournament
were read and explained by Captain Agey.
They provided that the $50 yard dash should
be made III twelve seconds, each contestant
TO have live trials, the one getting the most
rings to be declared tho winner. Three
rings were hung by wires from ex.
distances apart. The contestants drew
their places by lot, Those taking rings
at the first dash were Bert ltuffncr /, Eddie
Vanhorn and Park Garroutte ,, Vanhorn
Bert Ruifner /, Eddie Vunhorn and Fred
Doolittlc 3, making Vauhorn and Doolittle
tie. Tho third dash resulted in . for Gar
route and for Doolttlc, putting the latter
two contestants IN the lead and tieing them
on rings. On the fourth dash Eddie Van.
horn secured rings and Doolittle and Gar
route each. tieing these three contestants
on rings each. Here the excitement was
intense, as it was possible for one of four
riders to win by securing all of the rings on
the fifth dash. But the fifth and last dash
resulted in Bert Euffner taking l, Fred Doc.
little and Park Garrouttc 2, the latter WIN
ming tic first prize, fine saddle, having
taken rings in tho fire dashes. Fred Doc.
little took the second prize, briulo;
Eddie Vanhorn the third, pair of silver
mounted spurs, and Bert Ruffner the fourth,
a handsome riding whip. The prizes were
donated by Whitman s. Co., and the Lincoln
Saddlery company. The managers of this
most enjoyable entertainment were Captain
Agey, starter; P. w. Pounds, George Clark
and Phil Jacobs, judges and timelicepers, and
Fred A. Wilson, score The boys received
their prizes from the hands of Captain
Gatche who bestowed them in n few kindly
words Following the tournament came a
game of pail between two select mines of
travelling men. captained by l.. w. Gar
ROUTE and Happy Cal Dinond, the
tea man. Cal kept up his reputa-
tion of dealing from the bottom,
by selecting the lean men of the fraternity,
while Garroutte chose the fat men. w
Lansing, who was present. bid off the honors
of umpiring the game at IS, and was duly in
stalled, but the other boys cuiolled him into
whackng up in advance. The bidding for
this honor was spirited between Lansing
and Dean. AT the close of the fourth inning
the game waa called, Garroutte having re-
ccived n bloody nose from one of his pitchers
curves. The game was in favor of the fats
by a score of Z to6.
The evening was spent in dancing the
German military band furnishing a full
orchestra.