Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-07
THEY SHUT UP SHOP.
Butchers and Grocers Picnic at
Homewood and McKee's Rocks.
ROAST OK AND ROMAN CHARIOTs.
Knights Of the Counter Spend Very En-
joyable Day.
SHELL WORKERS REAP A BIG HARVEST

At II o'clock yesterday morning the
butchers OF Pittsburg and Allegheny hung
up their immaculate white frocks, got rid OF
their CORY stains, closed up their shops, and
no longer looking like angels from heaven
or as If they had fallen into tubs of blood,
went to She Homewood Driving Park on
their fourth annual picnic. The day was
cloudy in the morning, but the sun
came forth brilliantly about noon, and
many whom the clouds had deferred from
going In the morning took the afternoon
trains for the picnic grounds. Between
5000 and 5000 people were present. Every
thing passed off in the most pleasant man
ner and everybody had q good time and
came home thoroughly tired out, but we'll
pleased with the days fun.
The Committee of Arrangements for the
day were Andrew Kalchthaler, Fred
Beilstein, Fred Greenawalt, William Sell
ing, Louis Rothchild and John Lake.
A GOOD PROGRAMME.
They had prepared an elaborate pro-
gramme for the occasion, consisting of trot-
ting races and exhibitions by Nellie Burke,
the champion female rider of the world, and
her combination of thoroughbred horses and
grey hounds. Several huge oxen and lambs
had been roasted in the morning, and there
were sandwiches galore of fresh, juicy beef
and mutton, besides an ample supply OF re-
freshmeuts for the crowd to feast upon.
The main features of the days sport were
Nellie Burke's exhibitions. The tour-horse
chariot race and the skeleton race were ex-
citing events. In the chariot race Nellie
represented a very spirituelle vestal virgin
of 156 avoirdupois. She was attired in a
gauzy costume of loose flowing white drap-
cry, with blue sash around her waist and
blue ribbon around her alabaster brow.
Her opponent was Charlie Gill, who was
also dressed like an old Roman sport, in
close-fitting pink. tights, which were partly
concealed by a sleeveless white toga. His
arms were bare, pink sash was around his
waist pink ribbon across his forehead, and
altogether Charlie made an excellent like
ness of the noble Brutus. The chariots flew
from the wire with Nellie pushing hard on
the reins of her horses. She made the mile
In minutes, with Gill head in the rear.
AN APPROPRIATE FINISH.
The skeleton race was q dead heat and
was grandly run. Nellie wore a Jockeys
costume of red striped blazer, fore and aft
red cap, and Gill had on white harness and
blue blazer. The mile was made in 2:03L.
Previous to these two exhibitions Nellie
raced her own pack of eight greyhounds
and beat them out half length in a half
mile dash. Time, 1:12.
There were two trotting races, but the
track, owing to the previous nights rain,
was not in good condition for fast time. The
first race was the best three out of five heats
for prize of $3.50, the winner taking SIS,
with $50 and S25 Tor second and third re-
spectively. The judges were Aleck Nc
Call, f. r. Grimm, P. G. Rollins; time
keeper, j. A. McCragin, Secretary of the
Homewood Trotting Association. The
s entries we're Il aenTy Miers gray geldi1g
Callin's black gelding, George P; Aleck
McCall's bay gelding. Otto K; Ed Rush's
bay gelding, Peter R, and bay, Harry A,
driven by Patrick Garvey. Aleck McCalls
Otto Z took first money. ex-Mayor Mccall
Inns George P second money and Harry A
third money.