The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
THANKSGIVING AT TYBEE
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE SPEND
TIE DAY AT THE BEACH.

TIE DAY AT THE BEACH.
The Guards Gala Day Festivities a
Great Success The Military Con-
tests and Sports Draw Crowds OF
People to the Seaside-The Winners
IN the Rife Contests and in the
Races-The Day in the City and at
the Other Resorts.
Two thousand people spent Thanksgiving
at Tybee. The Guards gala day was a
great success.
The morning trains were comfortably
filed, and the trains leaving after dinner
were crowded. BY O'Clock the island was
alive with people The amusements were
interesting and exciting, and the entire
programme was successfully carried out.
The morning was taken up with the rifle
contest, in which ten teams from the follow
ing companies participated:
Hussars two teams, Guards four teams,
one each from Companies A and C aud two
teams from Company B. German Volun-
taers one team, Chatham Artillery one
team, OglethOrpe Light Infantry one team,
and the Irish JASPER Greens one team.
There were fifty men in the contest Sergt.
Freeman had charge Of the shooting.
The first prize was $25. The shooting began
about IL o'clock on the government land
just north of Furber'S The first prize was
won by the Hussars team, composed by the
following men: j. w. McAlpin, Thomas
Hunter, J. c. Postell, Julian Schley and ID.
NJ. McAlpin. The score was So. The second
prize was won by the Guards on a score of
50. An individual prize of S. was given for
the best score irrespective of uniform. and
another prize of the same amount was
given for the best score of uniformed men.
The prizes were given upon condition that
1T the uniform man should make the high
est score, he was entitled TO both prizes
w. II. Crane of Company B, of the guards,
won both prizes on score of 81. The
shooting continued until l o'clock, when
dinner was served at the Ocean View house.
THE AFTERNOON RACES.
The afternoon sports began at 3 o'clock
with the races. The goat race, under the
management of Corp. Hopkins, was an
amusing feature of the afternoon. Wash
ington Square, Carriage Painter, Don
Quixote and Tybee were entered. They
ran fifty yards-three heats. Tybee won
the race. The prize was s., and Master
Kent, Tybee's driver, received the money.
Following the goat race, came the horse
trotting and running races. Il. G. Gleason
was manager of the races, and the judges
were Joseph Hull, r. w. Powers and II. II.
Smith. In the trotting race, mile heat,
best three in five, Susong, To Be, and
Maggie d. were entered. The purse was $500.
Susong won the first heat. To Be won
the second heat, but in the third heat he
was distanced, and was taken off the track.
The last heat was trotted between Susong
and Maggie D., and was won by Susong,
who was entered by Mr.. Gleason.
THE MULE RACES.
Between heats in the trotting races,
mule races were filed in. The following
mules were entered: Ocean Spray. by Col.
William Garrard; Higa Tide, by w. w.
Williamson; Undertow, by Lieut.. J. M.
Bryan; Mountain Boy, by W. r. Lsaken.
The purse was $50 for the mule making the
poorest record. 1t was won by Ocean
Spray. The mules seemed to have a pet
aversion to speed and they invariably broke
through the crowd with riders. Nobody
was hurt, however.
The bicycle race, between Charles Parks,
T. Parks and Edward Wilson, was won by
Wilson. The prize was $15. Corporal
Hopkins had charge Of the race
The running race. mile dash, between
Gleason's Dandy, Badly and Gold Dust, was
the feature of the amusements. Gleason's
Dandy won by length The animals were
pretty equally matched, and in the last heat
until they got on the stretch blanket
would have covered all of them. It was
decidedly the prettiest finish of the after
moon. The purse was $75.
Lieut.. w. w. Williamson had charge of
the mule races.
THE COMPANY SQUAD DRILLS.
Following the races came the drill con-
test between picked men from the three
companies A, B and c., of the Guards. The
squads were composed of the following
men:
Company A, Lieut.. Screven, squad
master; Privates Gibbs, Freeman, Bell and
Screven
Company B, Lieut. Rockwell, squad
master, Privates Bacon, Crane, O'Connor
and Gadsden
Company C, squad No. l, Lieut.. Cam,
squad master; Privates Hopkins, Hartridge,
Pinder and Osborne.
Company C. squad No. 2, privates Cam,
Bacot, Wood and Cradle
The drilling began at 8 o'clock and the
moment the band began to play and t he
squads marched to the beach, the crowd
followed and formed circle
around the soldiers. Company AS
squad drilled first. Squad Master Screven
is splendid officer, and he received
many compliments upon the manner in
which he drilled the men. The squad was
composed of well-drilled men, and the man
ner in which the crowd applauded evil
denced the fact. The judges were Col
Peter Reilly, Adjt Gaillard and ex-Lieut.
Morrel They were very strict, but they did
not soil their books making marks against
the sqad Of Company A. No. l squad of
Company c drilled second, and were fol-
lowed by the company's No. 2 squad
Squadmaster Cam handled the men well.
Owing TO the darkness Company BIS
squad, under command of Squadmaster
Rockwell. was not drilled. The contest,
therefore, was not finished. 1t will be con-
cluded to-day. The contest was the mill
tary feature of the afternoon
The prize drawing began before the horse
races were finished, and it lasted until late
last night.
THE CADETS OUTING.