Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-28
THE RUTCHEns, nAnBEoUE.

The Biggest Ever Held in COnnectt. cut-Fully 10000 Persons Present During the Day-Five Hundred Car. rIages-To be an Annual Event Hereafter-The Parade, the Dinner and the Sports at the Park-Results of the Games-Tvo Thousand Two Hundred Pounds of Beef Devoured and 1,8OO Pounds of Mutton and Lamb, also 1000 Loaves of Bread.
 The barbecue of the New Haven Butch ers' association at Schutzen Park yesterday | was most notable success in every way, | being the largest affair of the kind ever held in Connecticut. Fully 1O,OO0 persons were present, 7,500 of whom purchased tickets, and late in the afternoon, when the gates were thrown open, fully 2,50O more were admitted.
 In an interview with President c. E. Hart last evening the above facts were gleaned, and in addition he said that the expenses would probably be in the neigh borhood of $1, 1,500, including the cost of the band, rent of the park, pay of consta- bles and of men who prepared the feast, etc. The net profits will be about $1 ,50O. The exact amount cannot be stated. There was no expense attached to the meat, it being furnished by Strong, Barnes, Hart & Co.,, New Haven Beef company, Lee & Hoyt and c. 0. Andrews & Co. The amount of meat furnished was 2,200 pounds of beef (equal to two and one-halfs oxen, dressed), 1,600 pounds of mutton loaves of bread; and then there was not enough. The crowd must have been an unusually thirsty one as 400 kegs of lager beer were drank by them.
 The preparations for the event began early in the morning, when the fires were started in two large trenches at tbe eastern extremity of the park. At o'clock the various articles which were later to be masticated by the hungry throng, consist ing of whole OK and portions of many other oxen, the 1,600 pounds of lamb and mutton and an innumerable number of chickens, were placed upon spits over the fire and were slowly roasted. At exactly o'clock all of the edibles were cut up, and then came the serving of sandwiches innumerable to the large crowd of hungry and interested spectators.
 PARADE STARTS OFF FOR THE PARK.
 At exactly 10 o'clock the parade started en route for the park from Temple street up Elm. First came the marshal of the day, Samuel H. Barnes. Next came his aids, in similar attire, with blushing rosettes in their buttonholes. They were George Pfaff, J. Mckay, William Lynch, Oscar Boetcher, P. J. Webber, William Steitz, John Lyman and w. H. Younger man. And then came heterogeneous mass-horsemen in citizens clothes, others clad in aprons and white sleeves, carriages upon carriages of wholesale merchants and | invited guests and wagon after wagon loaded down with exhibits of their profes- sion. College, Elm, Chapel and Temple streets, bounding the square, were none l too large for the formation.
 1 Marshal s. H. Barnes sat erect on his 1 charger at the Elm street entrance to Tenn pie street. He issued his orders with the air of brigadier general and under his di- l rection the line was soon formed, the | right resting on Temple street. It was nearly il o'clock before he ordered for ward march in stentorian tones that could be heard for blocks and the line of march was taken up. Heading the procession came squad of police, with Chief Boil, mann leading the way on his black charger. Then came the Second Regiment band following which was Marshal Barnes. As a body guard surrounding the marsha were six or seven dealers clad in Indian at
 tire, while behind them came the aids Directly behind them came the retail deal CTS mounted on horseback, and they were guarded on their rear by hundred or st
 of clerks clad in white aprons and sleeves
 mounted upon a variety of animals, al
 of which would take prizes at 8 hors
 show.
 THE MAKEUP OF THE PROCESSION. The wholesale dealers and invited guest
 came next in carriages. This part of tn procession was led by a carriage containing
 Lieutenant Governor Merwin. Anothe . occupant of one of the carriages which wa included in this part of the parade wa Stephen E. Langford, who is the oldes
 butcher in New Haven, having been en gagged in the business for sixty years, fort, of which he spent in the employ of Austil Gilbert. He is now eighty-four years o
 age The retail butchers in carriages wer the next in line, and bringing up the req , as the second division, headed by Bunnelp
 soldier fife corps, were the decorated
 wagons of various descriptions, all con
 nected with the meat and grocer business. The firms represented b
 their teams in the line were Chri Wissert, H. s. Andrew, L. c. Pfaff & Son
 c. w. Hartung, J. c. Kipp, Ernest Rorche
 Henry Ploehn, c. Richards, T. F. Dinnan
 Youngerman Bros., Fred Basserman, H. S H. M. Tower, Philip Maysand, Fred Reiser
 H. Willardson, John A. Beyer, Besche Bros., A. Fehlberg, Lee & Hoyt, Strong
 Barnes, Hart & Co.,, A. c. Blenner, Nev Haven Beef company, C. c. Andrew, H
 w. Mayer, s. M. Munson, l.. R. fleming
 way, Jacob Hahn, A. Williams, s. E. Mer , win & Son, Fleischman & Co.,, McKenzi
 & McArthur, H. H. Olds, Scharer & Go.
 Yale, Bryan & Co.,, D. M. Welch, Webe
 Brothers, J. D. Deweli & Co.,, Dillon
 Douglass, and Sattig & Gunner.
 A great many of the firms above men
 toned had more than one team in line, es pecially noticeable in this direction bein the grocery firm of D. M. Welch & Son which had fifteen, all loaded with provis ions of all descriptions. The Fleishmal
 Yeast company had six, L. c. Pfaff & So,
 six, Yale & Bryan two, J. D.. Dewen
 Go. three, H. s. Andrew five, H. Willard
 son two, John A. .Beyer two, Bersha
 Brothers two, Dillon & Douglass six
 Strong, Barnes, Hart & Co. three, and c
 c. Andrew four.
 THE ROUTE.
 The procession moved over the follow ing route: Up Elm to Park and counter ! uhICueo Io IOIh, eAoh pfasSAuS lo DafoA port avenue, to Howard avenue, to Con gress avenue, to Church street, to Chapel to State, to Grand avenue, to Frankli1 street, thence to State again, and on out t. Schuetzen park. The procession reached the park about 1 o'clock and the meat
 which had by that time been completed
 was partaken of. Meat was not the onl,
 staple of food. Vegetables of all descrip
 tions were in abundance and the meal, ol
 the whole, was one of the most palatabl
 that could be imagined.
 THE SPORTS AT THE PARK.
 :, The crowd present was furnished no ent of amusement, which included dancing climbing greased pole, the capture of :, greased pig, a fat mems running race, budding eating contest, which consisted O three young men, all blindfolded, who sa down to table on which was pan O pudding and each one fed the other witt the pudding. The winner of the contes was to be the one who was able to eat tn most
 ] The climbing of the greased pole was ac complished by Lawrence Mulligan, ia miliarly known as the ''boy tramp" wh' succeeded in reaching the top of the poll and thereby winning the coveted prize O