The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-18
THE RAIN DIDN'T PHASE Them.
Members of the Ahearn Associa-
ton Off for College Point.
Nine Hundred Strong and They Took
as Many Friends with Them.

1t requires something more potent
than drizzling rain to dampen the
enthusiasm of a John F. Ahearn Asso-
citation man on the day when that or
ganization gives its annual outing and
dinner.
Every one of the Associations 800
members. and as many more of their
friends. crowded on board the big Iron
steamboat Sirius at pier 40, East River,
about 10 o'clock this forenoon, and TO
the inspiriting strains of a brass band
Of forty pieces sailed away to College
Point.
When the residents of East Broadway,
oliver, Madison. Market. Catharine.
Water, Cherry, Gouverneur and Mont
gomery streets awoke this morning their
first thought was to hunt up all the bunt-
ing there was in their respective houses.
BY o'clock the region mentioned looked
as II to-day was the Fourth of July.
They always do this when the John F.
Ahearn Association has an outing.
An hour before it was time for the
procession to move from the club-house,
at 2so East Soo pier 49,
crowded with good-natured members Of
the Association and their friends. Among
those who wendell their way to the club
house were the following well-known
politicians:
Ex-Aldermen Thomas Shells and
James Murray. Alderman A: A. Noonan,
Police Justices Ryan and Koch, Judge &,
Keenan,. Assemblymeni DInkeispiei and
Roche, Timothy J. Campbell. Civil JUS
F. Ahearn. Fire Chief Ahearn, who was
so badly burned some time ago. and
who has Just returned from the Adiron-
dacks on purpose to attend the outing
to-day; Morris Featherston, Senator
Timothy Dry Dollar Sullivan, father of
the baby with the ten teeth; Police JUS
tice Diver. Judge James Fitzgerald,
Charles 4. Casey, Robert Casey. Nor.
timer Clark. j. H. Kingsbury, C. C.
Simpson, William William. A Tiers; Charles
shevlin, J. w. Gallagher, Samuel Barry
and Z. T. Fitzpatrick.
An elaborate programme had been
Besides breakfast and dinner at Don
nellv's Boulevard Hotel. Charles Perry
and his Committee on Athletics had
made up the following programme:
/. Baseball game,
of Newark
.. Football game. :. Married men vs. single men
8. Tug-of-war. Married men single men
T. Putting the shot from the shoulder DC lbs,).
First and second prize
D. HlBn jump. prize
g. Hop. step and Jump. First and second prize
T. Half-mile race topen to alb.
First and second prize
g. Fat mems race. zoe lbs. and over 200 ydsj,
o. Fat mems race. $40 lbs and over as yds}
TO- Potato race topen to ally.
First and second prize
II. Quarter-mile run for members.
First and second prize
H. Shooting at long range.
Four full bands and two fife and drum
corps went along to furnish music dur
ing the day.
President H. NJ Looney, vice-Presi-
dent Thomas Brady, Treasurer Peter
Halpin and Secretaries John McPher-
son and Thomas Lilly were lively as
crickets in their endeavors to make 1t
pleasant for everybody. That they sue
ceeded goes without saying.
When the Association returns this
evening there will be a parade from the
steamboat landing to the clubhouse, over
the following line Of march
South street to Gouverneur, to Water
to Montgomery, to Cherry. to Gouver-
neur, to East broadway. to oliver, to
Madison. to Market to Hamilton, to
Catherine, to Cherry, to Rutgers, to
Monroe, to Jackson. to Madison, 10 Mont
gomery, to Division, to Grand, to East
Broadway and the clubhouse.
grand display of fireworks will at
tend the march.