The evening times., 1895-08-29
WASH. B. WILLIAMS,
7th and D Streets.
BRIGHT EYES CHEERED THEM.
Eleventh Annua Tourna ment at Mar
shall Hall n Success.

Eleventh Annual Tournament at Mar
shall Hall Success.
Every day during the season immense
crowds of excursionists visit Marshall Hall,
but 1t is only once year that such a
surging mass of humanity gathers there as
that assembled yesterday.
The occasion was the eleventh annual
tournament and dress ball given under the
auspices of the Marshall Hall and Mt. Vernon
Steamboat Company, and under the per
sonal supervision OF Col. Joseph C. Mckib
bin, superintendent of the company.
The chief attraction, and that, of course,
in which the greatest interest conferred was
the tournament which took place atthe course
west of the Hall.
The contest " as asannounced to commence at
2 p. m, but long before that hour the
people from the surrounding counties came
pouring in by hundreds, SO that by the time
the knights first passed in review of the
judges stand there were present at least
5000 spectators from the adjacent country.
In addition TO these there were also present
several thousand from this city, who had
gone down especially to witness the contest.
These were carried by the steamers River
Queen and Manchester, which made five trips
during the day, each time carrying their
full complement of passengers.
The contest for first prize, $40, and
the honor of naming the Queen of Love and
Beauty, resulted in a tie between Mr.
Julien Cox. of Charles county, who rep
resented the Knight of Port Tobacco, and
Mr.. Lucien Love, of Prince George's
county, Knight of Arrowsmith, each of
whom took nine rings in the first run.
In the run off, Mr.. Cox won and Sc
lected Miss Naoma Hunt to be crowned
Queen of Love and Beauty.
The second prize, $50 In cash and the
privilege of choosing the first maid Of
honor, was won by Mr.. Lucien Love, who
named Miss May Ulle.
The third prize, $50 Ind the honor OF nam
ing the second maid of honor, was tied for
by G. B. Blanford, knight Of Accokeek;
j. B. Young, Knight of Mt. Loretto, and
George B. Dent, knight OF White Forest,
ofPrince George county, and HarryE- Keller,
knight of Ken;lworth, Montgomery county,
each OF whom in the first run took eight
rings. In the run off the prize was won
by Mr.. Dent, who named Miss f. NJ Queen
as the second maid of honor, Mr.. Young and
Keller tying again In the next run Mr..
Keller won and Miss Eva Bryan was named
for third maid of honor.
At the close OF the contest the knights
were a gain assembled in front of the judges
stand, where, in a neat little speech, Col.
J. Samuel Turner complimented them onthe
excellent record they had made, both
individually and collectively. They were
then dismissed with the request to assemble
at the hall at p. m. with the ladies they
had chosen and receive the prizes they had
Won.
Promptly they were all on hand. Having
received their prizes, led by Col. McKibbin
and Col Robert Grain, of Baltimore, the
orator of the evening, the knights, and the
ladies proceeded to the large dance pavil-
ion, where, with appropriate remarks,
Col Grain presented each of the knights
with a wreath of beautiful flowers. They
in turn bestowed them on the ladies they
had selected for the honor.
The coronation was witnessed by at least
1000 persons, who, as each crown was
placed on the head of the recipient, rent
the air with cheers.
After the ceremony the floor was cleared
and the knights and their ladies da need a
set of lancers.