St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-23
ST. PETERS BIG DAY.
THE c0t0RED CATHOLICS PICNIC DE-
VEL0PS SUCCESSFULLY.
SPEECHES DISPENSED WITH.
Large Crowds Enjoy to the Full
est the Varied Attractions of
Wildwood CommendabIe
Records Made in the Athletic
Contests-Notes OF the Day.

SOnIGSCS-NOt6S the DaY.
Father Casey's picnic yesterday was
a great success. Wildwood has seldom
had more joyous crowd than the col
ored people who were there, and their
white friends also attended in large
numbers. The society of st. Peter
Claver's church reaped good harvest
of dollars from the event. A charming
day, a cooling breeze and the pictur-
esque scenery of White Bear lake helped
the picknlckers in their search for Ell
joyment. Father Edmund ID. Casey
was we'll nigh Omni-present, here, there
and everywhere. seeing that his people
and their friends were well taken care
of.
Excellent records were made in the
athletic contests, and IN UGH credit is
due to the young men who furnished
the picnickers such exhibitions of skill.
The medals are very neat specimens of
the jewelers. art, and are appropriately
engraved. The prizes were all we'll
worth contestlng for. The contests re-
suited as follows:
Putting the shot, prize. silk umbrella
p. A. Egan, 81 feet & inches: Max
German, 81 feet inches; E. E. Peck,
81 teet lllcneS.
Running high jump, prize, gold pin
Max GOrnan. feet L inch; Maurice
DOran, 5 feet.
Standing broad jump. prize. gold cuff
buttons p. A. Egan, feet ~ inches;
Maurice Doran, 8 feet 5 inches; Frank
Barron, feet.
One hundred-yard race, prize, gold
medal-H. Holmes. P. A. Egan, Frank
Barron. 1t was almost dead heat be-
tWren Holmes and Egan.
Hop. step and jump, first prize, fish
ing outfit: Secund prIZc, gold pup. A.
EEan. IS 1t IL in. E. E. Beck, 80 # in.
Running bread jump. prizr. gold
grasshopper pin-P. A. Egan, II fl in.
Maurice Doran, Is it 3 in.
Running high KICK, first prize. ham,
mack; second prlZt, gold pln-P. A.
Egan, s feet, 3 inches; f. K. Barron,
feet, inches.
Ladies' race, thirty yards. prize, gold
cuff buttOns-Liliie Dowlau. The
other two contestants. Stella PJmpeny
and Ollie Fischer, were close behind the
winner and tied.
Exhibition wrestling, Gr8cO-Roman,
by the German brothers. Max German
showed the greater number of points.
An exhibition of fencing WAS given
by Harold Malett and H. G. HIrscny.
Frank K. Barron treated the crowd to
splendid exhibition of roller skating,
executing some very difficult move
mentS.
The mile single scull rowing race did
not occur until after shutdown. Upon
the handsome gold medal is inscribed:
Awarded at ST. Peter CIaver's church
picnic, Wildwood, July p, 1885," Re
verse: Zone mile" engraving OF a
InI cni,lI ,.
The race was won by Frank K. Bar
ron.
The committee on sports consisted of
William l.. Kelly Jr.. Chris ID. O'Brien
.jr., P. A. EEan, Frank Barron. J. Cor
man, Maurice German. r. ID. O'Brlcn.
Picnic Notes.
The Monarch quartette of jubilee
singers were very pleasing i'll their
selections. The names of the singers
are: j. NJ, Oliver, tenor; j. q. Spauld
ing, second tenor; D. Nj. Parker, first
bass; E. Holmes, second bass
The interest in the sports and tine lake
attractions WAS so great that it was de-
cided to defer the addresses by Father
Christie, Judge Kelly and f. l.. Nc
Ghee, that were to have been given dur
ing the afternoon.
The view OF the yachts rounding the
SldhC UOdI On w illWOOQ NCoIClOd1 >
race was well worth seeing. There
were about twenty white winged boats
in the fleet. The steam launches did a
big business.
P. H. Scanlon. the active young rail-
road man. watched the sports with all
the Test OF Il professional. He is a trifle
too heavy to participate in athletic con-
tests.
It.dc., william, T aIIu faoly en- ", 4, nh,
pleasure in observing the enjoymentS of
others that lie refraIned from speech
making during the afternoon.
Billy Egan squeezing lemons)-
Well, Pm getting tired punching these
things. but Pm bound to not nave Cir
Gus lemonade around here.
Voting contests for gold watch,
tricycle. and silver cake basket kept
the young ladies busy during the after
noon and evening.
Z Prof. Lyons. of the signal service,
spent the afternoon and evening listen
ing to the music and viewing the de-
hghtful scenery.
Judge Cory received hearty greeting
upon his arrival. His handohaking was
a reminder of presidential levee.
Manager j. Pilling. of the Wildwood
enterprises, gave his personal attention
to the attractions of the day.
Judge J. W. Willis saw how happy
the picnickers were and decided not to
deliver his afternoon address.
w. Hickey was there and felt like
dancing himself, the others seemed to
enjoy the music so well.
Archie Mcleod superintended the
lemonade stand and handled the ladies
like an adept.