The herald., 1896-04-26
SOME PRETTY TURNOUTS
Vehicles of All Kinds Which Were Piled
With Flowers
The High School, Normal School, Bradbury
and Donegan Displays Were OF the
Best-Some Others

Captain Hampton Hutton and aids
headed the third division. which was
led by the Los Angeles Military panu.
Its first section embraced class * in the
the parade. the section consisting of
eQuestrians.
The members of the West End Riding
club turned out in great force and made
a fine showing, with j. P. Baldwin at the
head of the compa-v. Every member
had his horse and equipments finely
decorated Four caballeros led the
cavalcade. A scarlet coated rider on
splendid animal had his saddle garland
ed with white carnations anSthe other
trappings were covered with roses. Earl
II. Knapper bestrode fine bay, the sad
die and bride being hidden with mari
COLDS r. Grant Lyman's saddle blanket
was OF rich red satin bordered with scar
let carnations, the bride being similar
ly decorated. Edwin r. Haggin rode
black charger and had decorated his
trappings with marguerites. George
Reid. on his handsome black mount was
clad in black velvet hunting suit, with
his saddle and bride bedecked with mar
guerites. Other horsemen who took
part in the procession were Harry Rob-
inson, B. A. Benjamin, H. D. Hawkins,
n. B. Neal. A. G. Boyer, j. Grant Ly
man, II. J. Tafford Huteson, #. l. Her
ron. Estille Tucker, Charles Tucker,
Bert Dodge, A. l.. Page George Reed,
Al Taylor. Earl H. Knepper, Floyd e.
Green. Robert Robarts, Edward r.
Haggin and Charles Garfield.
THE LADY RIDERS.
Many ladies displayed their horseman-
ship, and their mounts were decorated
with much artistic taste. A little girl
mounted on a white horse, its trap
pings a mass of roses. showed splendid
equestrian skill. Miss Lila Dalrymplc
rode black horse. her saddle and bride
bedeked with marguerites. Miss Jennie
1T-s. ,,, l. l. 1t
mounted on a big black charger and
the pigskin was hidden by marguerites.
A diminutive pony was mounted by Il
smart little jockey, and was followed
by little Grace Finlay of this city and
Lulu kessler Of Pomona on very small
burros. The riders were decorated III
white, and the burros hardly knew
themselves for their brave garands
TwentX-six lads. from 10 to 16 years
had all decorated their mounts in sple,l-
did fashion. Amongst them Rey and
Gerald Rule, Chester Montgomery, Wal
ter Moore jr., Ralph Lewis and w. p.
Donegan had bestowed especial pains
on their decorations Other boy riders
were Ford Russell, Eddie Brown. Otto
Mcclure. John McQuaid, Harry Burk-
hart. Frank Bills. Frank Packard. Ed
die Bosbyshell Joseph Sresovich. Oscar
Ebinger. Garland Peck, Olin Harris.
Charles Halfhll. Virgil Cochran, Lin
coin Price. Clarence Clark. j. Roy How
ard. II. G. Campbell, William Brother
ton.
THE DECORATED BICYCLES.
There was a fine turnout of cyclists.
much ingenuity being displayed in con-
verting the none too picturesque wheel
by ycleverly-cOntriVed devices into beau
tifully fiower-laden vehicles. In many
instances the bicycle was completely
hidden and transformed. A double tan
defn which led the procession. ridden
by Miss Hopper of Santa Fe n. NJ Miss
McDonough, W. ]. Reeves and l.. e.
Hickok of Los Angeles. boasted a wide
canopy of snowballs and beautifully
woven festoons of white and co!c"ed
roses. Four sailors from the United
states steamship Thetis came next. ana
though their decorations were modest
the jolly tars won plaudits all along
the line. The East Side Cycle club were
decked out with the very worst shad-
ings of Fiesta colors yellow caps Grim
son Jackets and green pants. Their
wheels We're. however, prettily decked
and the members rode in excellent form
and rigid ranks.
Little "Knip' trundled along sturdily
through the dust. and passed the throne
amid regular bombardment of flow
ers, but the plucky little man was SO
exhausted that he had to be assisted by
a stalwart policeman to continue his
course The Crown City club of Pasa-
Aena. some forty strong. made brave
SHOWlHS, completely cIau in white and
wearing sombreros. Stella Pinyan had
turned her wheel into an old-fashioned
Bath chair. A mass of ivy, relieved b.,
roses and above waved fine silk Amer
lean flag. S. e. Schwartz wheel was
invisible. being covered and surmount-
ed with a cape of foliage on the TOP OF
which reclined some dolls There was
a small boy on a bicycle of his own
make and several realistic impersona-
tions of the new woman. Charles H.
Strohm's wheel was almost solid mass
of geraniums. and above his head was
a parasol similarly decorated, while Joe
Bernard had elaborate decorations of a
similar nature the flowers used being
roses and fuchas. Mrs. William Cheeks
= known as the cyclone rider of Southern
California. had turned her wheel into n
ehip Of smilax and gerauiums number
Of floral bells hanging on it. Laura
Laurin's wheel was covered with carna-
tfons. Little George Cline was dressed
! Ikea sunflower and carried large ban
ner studded with sunfiowers and his
wheel was covered with sunfowers AMI
marigolds.
THE CYCLISTS
The cyclists rode in positions as fol-
1ows: Stella Pinyan. Arthur F. Godson,
Alice Stewart, Rudolph Labonge, Carl