The San Francisco call., 1896-08-03

day long, and the number of people was
one of the largest ever inside the pictur-
esque park. The crowd was we'll behaved
and orderly, which added much to the
enjoyment of the day.
The Hibernian Band furnished the
music for the occasion. 1t was kept busy
in the pavilion, where the crowd of dancers
whirled and glided.
One of the most attractive features of the
days pleasures was the jig and reel dane
ing in a pago1a under the trees Professor
Mccarthy, piper, and Professor McMa-
hon, violinist, furnished the music for it.
1t was something paratively novel in
the way of dancing, and people stood on
the tables and benches and chairs and
craned their necks in order to see it. This
style of dancing was open to all. Many a
pretty Irish girl showed to an admiring
and applauding multitude that she could
dance graceful jig as well as graceful
waltz.
Chauncey Olcott, the Irish omedian,
made little speech to the crowd in the
pavilion, and by urgent request delivered
a very pleasing recitation.
The chief interest of the day centered in
the great variety of races held in the after
noon. They began at 2 o'clock. The fat
ladies' race brought out number of very
large entries, and in the fat mems race no
one was eligible for entry who weighed
less than $50 pounds.
The several grand stands around the
racetrack and arena were filed with peo-
pie, increasing the picturesqueness of the
scene. The Individual entries for each
race had friends in the crowd, and by
shouts as he passed them they encouraged
him to greater efforts. 1t was the same
with the ladies. The races resulted as fol-
lows:
For boys under 10 years of age-J. Riordan,
first; J. Robertson, second.
For boys under Ia years of aged Barry,
first; George Crowley, second.
For girls under 10-Katie O'Connell, first;
Alice O'Neil, second.
For girls under 14-Emma Mohr, first; Mamie
Smith, second.
For professionals, three times around the
track-Frank Wilson, first; R. D. Johnson,
second; ]. NJ. Sullivan, third.
For young men-Ed Johnson first; T. Byrne,
second.
For manageable young ladies Nellie
Molloy, first; Annie Roach, second.
For married men-C. J. Sheble, first; G.
Mitchell, second.
For married ladies-Mrs. Burns, first; Mrs.
Beasley, second.
For me1 over 40-Charles M. Brown, first;
Thomas Frazier, second
For married ladies over 4O-Mrs. Carney,
first; Mrs. Baugson, second.
For fat mend. s. Huschle first; (prize not
called for and name not given), second
For fatladies-Mrs. Owens, first; Mrs Grabitt
second.
Three-legged race for boys-J. Sullivan and
]. Ole ry first, w. Davis and F. Haselbacher
second.
Three-legged race for men-M Sullivan and
o. Mcdonald first, NJ. Corcoran and R. Riga
second.
Special for boys-J. Sullivan first, ]. McDon-
aid second
Special for girls-Evelina Moore first, Anna
McDonough second.
Sack race for men-M. Dwyer first, E. Nc
Keever second.
Sack race for boys-Charles Haggerty first,
Frank Smith second.
Running hop, step and jump. Lynch first,
M. Kelly second.
Standing jump-John Smith first. NJ. O'Dowd
second.
Running high iump-George Edwards first,
William Burke second
Standing high iump-T. sheble first, F.
Kane second.
The prizes were cash and all kinds of
valuable and useful articles.
The list of gate prizes was especially
fine, ranging from a sewing and
years subscription to the WEEKLY CALL
down to 81 so cash. All the tickets were
placed in a sack, and in the pavilion Kittie
Cookery, years DID, put her hand in the
sack and the first hfty-two numbers she