The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-13
GREAT DAY AT SALTAIR.
THE EXCURSION OF THE MUTUAL
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.
An Immense Attendance at the
Beautiful Resort-An Interesting
Programme Carried Out-Meakin
as An AuctiOneer.

The Y. NJ. and Y. L. NJ. l. A. spent
yesterday afternoon at Saltair. AS is
always the case when the young men
and young women of this society take
an outing, throngs of people were Eres-
ent to witness the exercises. The i'm
mense following of the association in
Salt Lake was out in force, and judg-
ing from the train loads of people who
arrived at the beach during the after
noon, very few members missed the
privilege of being present at the large
gathering. 1t was like a holiday at
the beach, and the crowd was almost
as large as that which filed the pavil-
ion on July Fourth. Four thousand
would be a mild estimate of the num-
Der present yesterday.
All the eXcursionists were handed a
coupon as they entered and sol of them
were afterwards made happy by re-
ceiving prizes. On the pavilion jar
of corn was exhibited and guesses as
to the amount the vessel contained
were received by Joseph Felt and re-
and gentleman who showed the best
ability at making mental inventories
were each given a new hat.
Saltair never appeared to better ad-
vantage than yesterday, and the calm
weather and warm water of the lake
tempted many bathers into the brine
Quite a number also availed themselves
of the opportunity for row on the
lake and devotees of dancing Iripped
over the vanished floor in time with
merry music. The pavilion was also
utilized for other attractions, and first
on the list came the bicycle drill, in
which eight young lady cyclers, all at
tired in red, white and blue, and eight
boys in bicycle suits, took part, under
the direction of Captain Hall. The
juvenile corps gained for themselves
much praise by their thorough disci-
pline and the easy and graceful con-
troll of their wheels.
Twenty-four young school girls from
Forrest Dale gave, very prettlly, an
international drill, Miss Luella Bitner
directing them in the performance. All
were dressed in fancy costumes, differ
ing in color according to the country
represented, and flags with the Vari-
Gus national colors were carried.
The fancy riding exhibition brought
out Misses Bessie Chandler and Hen
rietta. Coffin, and Lawrence Beck,
George Chandler and the $tttle boy
wonder, Claude Shaffer. 1t very soon
became apparent that the floor was
much too smooth for such feats, and as
the lower part of their wheels glided
gracefully into the air. the competitors
no doubt found that the polished SIR
face of the floor was also hard. The
plucky riders did not seem to suffer
from these quick descentS and al
ways came up smiling after repeated
falls. They all performed very clever
ly, Beck, Chandler and Shaffer gaining
repeated applause for their pyrotechni-
cal performances. Beck was entirely
at home on his bicycle and his perfect
management of the wheel wq&ld have
done credit to a professional After
brief caucus had been held, Committee
man Eardley announced Bessie Chan
der as winner of the silver medal and
Claude Shaffer received the second
prize of 81.
The sack race, in which ten hard
boned youths were entered, made
much amusement for the spectators.
The whole bunch came down the pa
vilion leaping and josting and A. Brain
and L. Beck rolled under the rope first,
Brain was declared the winner and
Beck pocketed the second prize of 81
A tug-of-war, in which a corps of
muscular youngsters pulled till their
bones aehed brought a case of Hew-
let's champagne cider to the winners.
About O'Clock, after all the prizes
had been distributed, the people were
by a performance which
was not on the bills. All the valuable
prizes that had been drawn during the
afternoon were auctioned off and the
money obtained from the sale turned
over to the NJ. I. A. J. p. Meakin sue
,eeded eminently as auctioneer, a po-
sition for which nature richly endowed |
him. The gallant chancellor was in |
clover while thus engaged, and did the |
whole thing in his inimitable way.