The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-03
FIELD DAY
Jersey Knights Annual
Demonstration at AS
bury Park.
COLONEL STEUP'S SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Jersey City Captures Third Prize
In the Competitive Drill
Incidents Of the Day.
Special to the Jersey City Eeies.

Special to the jersey City Feics.
AsBURY PARK, July 8, 1S94.-The red,
orange and blue of the Knights Of Pythias
were the prevailing colors here yesterday.
Entwined with the stars and stripes they
decorated the stores and buildings on the
main streets and many of the cottages, while
almost every man, woman and child that
thronged the broad avenues of this attrac-
tive town wore them upon their breasts.
This was all in honor of the Knights of
Pythias, who held their annual field day.
This is the day upon which the order, which
has a very large membership in New Jersey,
meets for exercises in the field. Both ranks
parade and are inspected by the grand
officers, while the various corps of the uni
formed rank compete for prizes in field
man9uvres. Heretofore the field day has
generally been held in September and has
been largely participated in by the members
of the order, but this year the date was
changed to early July and the result was not
satisfactory. Instead of the thousands of
knights who in former years have swelled
the ranks Of the procession, the paraders
could have been counted by hundreds n
the excursionists, ali told, did not number
more than 1000.
I DuG WLtb liz AFFAIR ldCAou Al nulLlDSl ~
made up in enthusiasm. There is a large
number of summer people at the Park and
they together with the townspeople and the
friends of the Knights who accompanied
them here gave the Pythians a hearty re-
ception.
COLONEL STEUP'S ACCIDENT.
The pleasure of the day came very near
being marred by a serious accident. Colonel
Gustav Steup of Jersey City, who commands
one of the regiments of uniformed knights,
was mounted on a young and risky horse.
While the parade was being formed in the
big square in front OF the depot. the dis
| cordant blare of a dozen bands all playing at
| the same time different airs. the suTging
throngs of cheering sightseers and the flap
| ping flags and banners which snapped in the
ocean breeze like as many whips frightened
| the animal. He banked and began backing
into the crowd. A colored man caught him
by the bride and attempted to urge him
| forward but he continued his backing into
the crowd.
Suddenly someone struck him a severe
blow over the flank, and he plunged for
ward. At the same time Colonel Steup
gave a sudden jerk on the reins, and the
head stall broke. Freed from all control,
the thoroughly frightened horse leaped
among the crowd, scattering men, wornen
and children in all directions, and bolted up
Mattison avenue. The Colonel managed to
cling to the horses back until the middle of
the first block was reached, when he ran I'M
der the projecting hood of a fish monger's
wagon which stood across the street. The
| hood struck Colonel Steup square in the
| face, and swept him from the horse as
though he had been shot.
wEPT FROM HIS HORSE.
! A cry of terror broke from the crowd as
they saw the maj fall, and when he was
picked up and carried into a drug store the
rulnor spread through the throng that he
had been killed. He was soon revived. how
ever, and a hasty examination by a physi-
clan disclosed no more serious injL-y than
an ugly cash in the cheek where the wagon
struck him. This was dressed, and in a few
| minutes the Colonel reappeared, bearing no
further signs of the accident than a st. An
drew's cross of sticking plaster on his cheek.
He remounted another horse, and took his
| place at the head of his corps In the pro-
cession.
The exercises began at eleven o'clock in
the morning, with a competition drill be-
ween the various uniformed corps. This
took place on the broad lawn IN Ocean ave-
| nue., in front of the Coleman House. A large
throng intently watched the Knights per-
| form the various manpuvres, and loudly
applauded the graceful manner in which the
difficult movements were executed.
Black Prince Corps of Newark won the
first prize; Ortegia of P~hilipsburg the sec
| ond, and Palestine of Jersey City the third,
while Freehold Division captured a fourth
prize for having the largest per cent. of its
| members in line.
THE GRAND PARADE.
1t was two o'clock in the afternoon before
| thr procession was formed and ready to
move. 1t started from Railroad Square
under command of Captain P. P. McCabe of
| Ocean Grove, Grand Marshal. and his
| aids:-George R. Patterson OF Rathbone
| Lodge No. -, Jersey City; William G. Thorn,
Olympic Lodge No. SO. Bordentown: Alex.
Mullen, Ocean Beach Lodge, No. sc. Belmar;
William Trenchard. Calanthe.. Lodge. Bridge
ton; Jere r. Storms, Barnegat Lodge No.
| II, Barnegat, and Holmes G. Casner of
! Monmouth Lodge No. 107, Asbury Park.
Then came a platoon of Asbury Parks
police, followed by the commander of the
New Jersey uniformed brigade and his staff,
all mounted. The uniformed rank came
next and were followed by the Knights es-
corting the grand officers in carriages.
COMMANDERS OF SECTIONS.
The parade was divided into six sections,
commanded by these aids to the marshall
Division No. 1, A. j. Doan of Hancock
Lodge No. ia; Division No. 2, j. F. Rosnagel
of st. Chrysostom Lodge No. 3; Division
No. 8. G. L. Blew of Raritan Lodge No. 116;
Division No. 4, John P. Adams of Webster
Lodge No. 90; Division No. 5, Jacob c.
Lowey of Pythagoras Lodge No. 81; Divi-
sion No. 6, Thomas v. Arrowslnith OF Ten
ant Lodge No. 90.
The procession moved through the princi-
| pal streets to Ocean avenue to the Coleman
/ House. There it came to a parade rest,
! while the marshal and uniformed grand Off
GERS rode up and down the line on a tour of
inspection. This being over, the uniformed
knights, escorting their grand officers in car
riages, marched by the knights in uniform,
with whom they exchanged salutes. The
parade was then dismissed and the various
corps marched to their headquarters. The
rest of the day was spent in enjoying the
various attractions of Asbury Park.
COURT WASHINGTON PICNIC.