The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-04
pLAXGEp snAD AND LAGER.
The Jersey City Yacht Clubs JoIiiiea-
tfon-Who Were There.

The Jersey City Yacht Clubs Joliihea
tion-Who Were There.
Nearly one hundred meu sat down TO
the planked shad dinner Of the Jersey
City Yacht CLUB at the club house yester
day. The dinner was to marx the open
log OF the yachting season. -Four tables
were set out uDon the back pavilion Of
the club in sight of the broad bay. Ia
full sight the statue on Bedloe's Island
doomed up over the bauqusters, unob-
scured by passing sails. The water Tapped
lazily against the piers Of the club houset
and away OF to the right the first faint
wavering outline of Staten Islands coast
peeped out.
THE SCENE OF THE FEAST.
Out in front OF the CLUB house a great
fire OF logs burned, and around this upon
shingles the plump white shad sizzied u
Drowned in a successful effort TO appear
interesting. When a shad was cooked
sufficiently, a small boy approached the
fire. and, shading his face with one hand,
with the other pulled out the succulent
fish and slipped another into It's place.
When enough Of the fish had been
prepared. word was given to unroll the
Japanese napkins adorned with pictures
of Oriental fish and the shad were handed
about Then each man uncorked his
bottle of beer and, washing down the
opening toast, Strengthened himself up
and said, "A little more, please IL he
didn't get it right away he filled his lungs
and shouted More"
After the shad came the speckled flap
JACKS, which had been heralded with
great praise. These were pronounced
fine and were much in demand. The
feast closed with coffee and cigars.
TIL CLUBS NEW QUARTERS.
During the repast the acting Commo-
dore drew the attention Of the guests 10
the new grounds and house at Iottenyllle.
he said they were the best possible
FOR all sorts of athletics, and there
was the best anchorage in the
world. He invited all present to take out
an associate membership, which gives all
the club privileges at a total expense OF
$40.
These words bore fruit, as five
applications for membership were
handed in at once. The limit is 100, and
applications from New York have been
rejected to give Jerseymen an opportun-
ity.
No speeches were made after the din
ner. 1he f~easters told funny stories or
went sailing.
Among those present were Commodore
PIerson, ACCOMMODATES Nugent, Joe
Ellsworth of Puritan fame, Commodore
Benson, Fred. Carter, Leon Albeit, Jr.,
and j. b. Austin: J.. Ii. Talcott, J, Della
meter, Odie Kaufman aud S. s. Everett,
all of New York; John G.. Prague OF New
Rochelle; James G. Roach, Bath, N. ";
Frank HOPKINS, Fort Hamilton.
w. NJ. Weeks, Abraham Woods;
Howard Woods, ex-Commodore Ashton.
John Kelly, Major Smith, j. Briggs. X.
w. s Negus, d. Mitchell, George Wat
son, f. Schoenhauser, j. G. Appleby. Of
the hudson County Wheelmen; Jacob
Ciump. Jacob Miller. j. G. Hilton, Dun
can Cameron. W. w. Knight. Fred
Landfeor, Robert Donshea, William
Lyons, G. W. Reynolds, Captain Ziegler,
Daniel Van Wrinkle. William Chester, w.
II. Post and Charles Gardiner.
The credit OF the affair is due to Messrs.
Wright and Caire, who were cooks and
general managers, and steered the feast
to success.