The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-25
A GAY TINE.
The Visit ny Druggists Enjoying Themselves to
Ihei- Hcarts' Content.

! bers will never forget as long as they i've,
| or wherever they may travel.
| The morning hours were devoted to the
| election of officers, which are rs follows:
! President-F W. Atkins Of Girard.
! First Vice President-Howard Hettinger
of Wichita.
Second Vice President-J W. Hurst of
| Newton.
Secretary-Mrs. N. o. Miner of Hia-
| watha.
Assistant Secretary-Frea Mcdonald OF
| Topeka.
I.ibrarian-Professor L. Z, Sayre ofLaw-
renee.
TIeasurer-H w. Spangler OF Perry.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
| ]. II. O'Reilly (chairman). Of Kansas
City: Fred L. Richter Of Wichita;
Frank Holiday Of Topeka. j. T. More of
Lawrence, Matthias Noll of Atchison. The
The committee on special business APP
pointed is as follows:
Frank Holiday of Topeka. H. ". Mahi
of Leaveuworth Charles Lawrence OF
Wichita, Quincy A Glass of Winfield, Z.
Fl. Angevine Of Clyde, w. c. Holmes OF
Topeka, John Glesner, c. L. Becker, NJ. Il.
Stone and Thomas Stevent. This ended
| the forenoon program.
AFTERNOON DOINGs
At2o'clock according to arrangements.
the druggists met at the city building ana
Immediately adjourned for the sports OF
the day. Ex-Mayor Joe Allen formed
them into line on the north side of the city
building and this being done he turned
the procession over to Fred l.. Richter
who was marshal of the day. Mr.. Richter
who was mounted on Il mule the size OF
the average elephant had aides appointed
all of whom were also mounted on mules
of all sizes, gaits and colors.
The procession proceeded north on Main
TO Douglas, east on Douglas to Lawrence,
countermarched back to Main and thence
north to the court house. Here the pro-
cession was halted where they witnessed
an exhibition run bv the fire department
which they admired very much. After
this they were marched through the court
house and were posed on the east side
where w. S. Rogers and Fred Baldwin
.kodacked" them.
1t was 3 o'clock when they departed
from the court house for Riverside park
where splendid program Of amusements
was in waiting for them. The crowd at
the park was an immense one and every
Eody was IL the best of humor.
THE SPORTS.
The first number on the program of
sports was a mule race. There were five
enteries towit: s. B. West, VIII Funk,
Fred L. Richter, DIR. w. S. VIM and Z.
| G. Harris. When the word ego" was
given each began whaling his mule
| 81, fNll pit it,t
| as it was ludicrous Fred L. Richter was
ahead for the first quarter, but his stirup
broke and Mr.. West passed him at the
turn and came in ahead, with everybody
cheering himself and his mule, which be
dubbed Nancy Hanks. The prize for this
race was a silk umbrella donated 10y
Woodward, Faxon & Co of Kansas City.
The next number WAS a sack race with
the following entries: Arch Mcheever,
c. H. He;tinger, :. B. West, j. a. Allison,
Henry : yes, Ed Allen, Joe Hoskins and
Charlie McAdams This race was eXcit-
ing and funny and WAS won by Henry
Alwes, with Joe Hoskins good second.
The first prize a Webster Dictionary aud
holder donated by friend OF the assocla-
ton.
The third number was blind stake race
which was participated in by Ell Allen, j.
H. Hosklns. Ross Miller, r. Bird, Charlie
McAdams, S. B.West, Harry Morris, J. a
g Allison, Arch McKeever and Fr.dley
Rogers. The boys were blindfolded ana
, the first one who would touch Joe Allen
forty feet away, would get the prize. This
e was very comical race aud was won 10y
r. Bird. The prize tor this was bottle o
. wine donated by the lrondequod Wine
company.
a The next was the ladies target contest
Gu man held up hoop and several ladies
, standing perhaps fifteen feet away tried
to throw IA baseball through it. Some
. fifty tried the experiment aud ten sue
ceeded. The winners We're Miss May
q Stout, Miss Reese Miss Hays, Mrs. Miner
Bessie Allen, Mrs. DR.. Allen, Mrs Bruner
: Bessie Dudley, Mrs. Jones and kati,
Siegerson. The prize was pound 0
candy for each donated by FrizelIe.
The potato race for ladies followed. Tit
o following were the entries: Bertha Reese
Mollie Ross. Clara Gerhing, Jennie Hays
: Bessie Bruner, Cora Hettinger and Bessi,
Allen. The first prize was taken b,
Bertha Reese and was handsome souy-
enir spoon donated by the Pictorial Print
= ing com pany.
Tbs next was an egg and spoon race
, The contestants held long spoon be
tween their teeth with an egg IN the hal
: low of them They We're to run a dis
tance of forty feet aud return anG
y the first one back TO be the WHINE
provided he didn't break the egg. TIL
y result was that more than half the egg
were broken. Charlie McAdams won thi
Y race but it was charged by some of hi
lady friends chat he pasted the egg to tht
Y spoon with chewing gum ana the race WA
ordered to be run again. This time Lot
= Constant won the race, although Bel
Aldrich made hard fight for it. TIL
= prize for this WAS Il carving set donated by
Renous. Klein & Co.
:. The tug of war was interesting beyon,
measure and was Won by the company o
= ten which was captained by Charli
NcAdams.
4 The next was the old mems race witt
the following entries: Ben AldrJca {. I
. Potts. J. W. Spangier aud j. =. Alien
Ben Aldrich was declared the winner Will
{. Z. Potts a close second. This Shove,
that men are hut grown up boys after Al
i. as all of them ran with the enthusiasm 0
youth The prize was gold headed can
presented by the National Lead company
The three legged race was won b!
Charles McAdams and George Parham
who received a box OF headache capsule;
each.
TIE next was hop, skip aud jump fol-
ladies. The entries were the Misses Het
finger, Dora Martin, Alice Hays, Mis-,
Reese, Miss Bissantz, Mrs. Gehriug, Miss