Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-29
A FESTIVE OCCASION.

FESTIVE OCCAS1ONs l
r he Fifteenth Annual Summer Meet
ing of the Connecticut Travelers'
Association Held at the Branford
Point House Yesterday-ssTwo Writ
nous Drummerss, - The Athletic
Sports - Sheriff SVgift's shore Din
ner-Some of Those Present-An In
teresting Ball Game at PawsonP Park.
s'Put us down as two quiet drummers.
This was the remark which greeted the |
reporter as he stepped on the piazza of the |
Branford Point house. where the fifteenth |
annual summer meeting of the Connect
cut Travellers association was held yester-
day afternoon. The speakers were two
gentlemen of good weight and proportions
who sat apart by themselve enjoying an
anti-prandisl cigar. One Of them was Mr..
T. F. Platt of New Haven, one of the best
known and most popular travelling man in
the state, and the other speaker was MIR.
Fl. st. John of Danbury. How true their
statement was is not to say, but 1t
is sure enough that they were enjoying
themselves immensely, as indeed all those
present appeared to be.
They had come down in the morning on
the Margaret, a 1875 of them,t to have good
time, and they appeared to be accomplish
ing the purposes for which they had come
with q great deal of success.
The trip down on the steamboat was
greatly enjoyed by all. Jerome Mays
famous guitar and banjo club of Bridge
port rendered several very pleasing sslec-
tions and almost the entire party gathered
On he roor 6aok tn liatan to them.
THE ASSOCIATIONS MASCOT.
McGInty, mongrel dog which was
gaily bedecked, accompanied them and was
| the cause of considerable amusement. ALI
wore bouttonnieres of pond lilies and
/ smoked cigars at the expense of an ex-
Gray, Colonel Tracy B. Warren, of the
Atlantic hotel, Bridgeport.
When they arrived at the Point they
| formed in column and marched to the
Branford Point house, where they were
| welcomed by the genial proprietor, Sheriff
Swift, who is well known among the men
| and has served dinners to them for years.
| Last years dinner was the first occasion
that it has been held elsewhere for some
| time. They went to Pleasure Beach, near
| Bridgeport, then, but decided to go back
/ to Sheriff Swift this summer.
LUNCH OF SANDWICHES
Sandwiches and coffee was served i'm
mediately on their arrival, after which they
proceeded to take part in the athletic
sports, which are looked forward to with
so much interest. The men train for
weeks ahead in preparation for these
events. @. B. Nichols and R. P. Smith
had been appointed committee to secure
prizes for the events this year and the re
or,1t 0f THAR labor at 70
rotary Bates with the list of prizes. Til.
letter is as follows:
ATHLETICs-THE EVENTS AND THE WINNERS.
| L. II. Bates, Secretary G. c. T. A.
| Dear Sir-The subscribers hereof respectfully
submit the official list of prizes to be awarded
| the 2Sth to the nerve aud sinew of the @. G. I
A. 1t has been the custom to award prizes Q
| no value at the meetings of the society, but thi
| year your committee have been instructed i
writing to spare no expense and offer prize
| that would bring out the most lofty and hig
have been to great personal expense, for whic
there was but s4s5, all in pennies, in the trea.
| ury, and the prizes cost your committee $496. 81
We cheerfully pay our own expenses and onl
ask that next year we may be dropped from tn
| roll Of honor and retire from official life an
, spend the rest Of our declining years In sellin
. kerosene and cabbage.
SMITH & NICHOLS.
The prizes for the events were as follows
| Hurdle race-First prize, Dunlap hat; eet
ond, running shoes. One hundred yard
dash-First prize, sample case; second
l solid salad spoon. Potato race-Firi
, prize, Longfellow's poems in leather; sel
/ ond, parlor suite. Sack race-First priz
set Of statuary; second, smoking SCI
8 Three-legged race-First prize, damon
ring; second, solid soup spoon. Swim
| ming match-Firet priza, Seth Thoma
watch; second, Goodyear hip boots.
The swimming match was the first ever
/. on the program. E. g. Bogartof Bridg
Bridgeport the second prize. John Boy
9 of this city, who was entered in the rae
i was unable to do himself justice as he WI
e much impeded by his ladies' bathing sui
. The 100 yards dash was won by F.
9 Bsecher Of New Haven. M. J. Lynch
New Haven won second prize. In Il
v the three-legged race F. E. Beecher al
h Morris J. Lynch won first prize and Noa
Rogers, jr., of Bridgeport and W. S. RicI
70 ardson of Hartford won second prize.
# the fat mems race the entries were: job
!. e. Mcfarland of New Haven, R. Il. S
John of Dsnbury, T. F. Plsttaof New b
Ii ven and Emil Schmidt of Hsrtfor
10 Mcfarland won first prize and st. Jot
l. second prizs. In the hurdle race F.
n Beecher came in first and NJ. ]. Lyme
- second. The potato race was won
~ William Rogers of Bridgeport and Har
D McElroy of Bridgeport came in second.
BASEBALL.
l. A game of baseball was played at Pa,
q son Park between two nines captained I
= spectively by Beecher and E. N. Carrin
:, ton. The time of the game was one hor
IL and ten minutes. F. P. Chapman umpir,
70 the game. There were no errors. II
Is score by innings was as follows:
|, 2 81 s 0
10 | Beecber- -- O O o o o / o o O.
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