The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-13
mi rENEy HAVE. lPICNIC,
,. ruOWDER PARTY IND cbAhr-
fHL Sr or err REILLT'S MEN.

crc,t PAY for the Coppcrs. Brr-
t,.,,pcr'- Poem, Witch tho Z" Super"
rr.a for Reference, nnd tho Unfortn-
nv" macs. or IN Defeating Contestant.
,.u,> ssrrcani Stenkamp. who had whole
f',. himself Yesterday. sauntercd through
Gn Psilly's millionaire precinct last night
U ~ ,anoeious thrce-rly smilo beaming on
M',av i,n,. Sergeant Steinkamp IL n stall
p's ,footer, with molstache that almost
Se.;,ad in luNuriance the walrus adornmen OF
49,. poIIcenau West Of III. TcDderloin district.
s,ores OF storckospers and lay citizens
- hands with tho big copper heartily.
nh broad am ile and The We nth o! public con-
sr,,u,atton we're produced by the phenomenal
.r.,ess Of tho brilliant chowder party OF Capt.
n.r,r's corpers. which was hold with unmis-
.sraile ,,,st on the East River front at Fifty
emi, strset during the afternoon. Capt. Reilly
:. .,rov in the Catskills on his vacation. and
s.a,o,nt steinkamp acted as engineer OF tho
s.natina and made booming success OF II
'' I,h had been plann ed to make, the outing o
.s.,asr marty merely. but it turned out that
A.. ,bovder was mere gastronomic prelimi-
90 twas followed by genuine clambake
:, Rrobdgnagan Dimensions The site Of this
mamorahle police feast was appropriate. 1t
~as spresd in breezy pavilion on the rocks at
~ rivor side, commanding. on the river. fine
Lsw NJ the penitcntiary on Blackwelfs Islam
.nd nj all other points OF the compass there
,ose the red brick walls and towers OF half q
a0 s nrodlct Of these breweries deckod tables
sef alongside the main banquet table;
The police boat race was the nrst DIG event ef
g oSu,nd snH Harry Nugent was Judge, 81 this
Hstched It as umpires to detect the surrepti-
sous use Of sea anchors and stone ballast
T there were, i've contestan5ss o One Of them
ssii Of a poem on the event before the start.
"a copy q The poem w 49, SEPT to su,IIerin.
t.ndsnt Rynss T rSs rae ee WAS half miie
straich. away and return. Diehl got first
prize. It was q silver cigar case. The second
prize, went to Barry 1t was handsome cigar
eatng match h %Ysenr Policemen en-
Eerrsant Charles o. sheldon. who holds the
record for pie. caring in the department,
Mes turned up AS substitute contestants.
mickey Finn" was master Of ceremonies. He
pread three pies on the table and ed the
one-doar bill. which Mickey, waved over the
beads Of the contestants, They, dived head
III h't over Ss Il" the table but the pckaninnes got
Hte at each slip. They cleaned up every
ernnb in three mi IlI.a c,..a ,,,.o. ,..,r
Ono hundred and twenty hungry mon sat
around the banquet board. Among the feast
ers we're the Hon. John J. Happen. John f.
carroll. che Tammany, leader of the millionaire
district: Merchant Henry Thoesen. ex-As-
sem blyman Madden. Alderma an Francis Lantry.
and OK Alderman David J. Roche.
Policeman Dick Schumm sang during the
bake He has rich and resonant baritone
voice. There was piano accompaniment that
vas made remarkable by the fact that tho
piano had no pedals. .Cs 1,Ipper, Brrunner
German dialect song. and wound up with a
tumutuouss Irish Jig. An hour after the bake
ming tights. and. diving OF amid the aston
ished Avenue mermaids, engaged in q half
mile swimming race for box OF Capt. Reilly's
cigars McNally won.
The rhotographing OF the entire party on
the sward finished the days fun. The photog-
rapher climbed on the roof OF the bathing pa
yilion and took two snap shots at the crowd.
In cash one Detective Bretts bow-window
waist front and Sergeant Steinkamp's sunny
smile were the m st notable features. with tho
possible exception Of n short-hnired yellow dog
that Was perched on q fence back Of Leader
John F. Carroll
The FIRST section went ont on night duty at 9
O'Clock with e tread made more ponderous
than ever by tho weight OF elambake.