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Following the parade, Dix thousand
.actlves were fed at the great machinery
hall, and then the field exercises began.
They opened with mass exercises 81
the boys Of the gymnastic schools Ct ST..
Louis, consisting of calisthenics and flag
drills, and mass exercises by girls with
rings. Then 600 yard relay race was
run, each competing society entering one
team Of six men. Thursday evening
the fest was formally dedicated At the
exposition hall by Hugo Muench, chair
man of the central committee. Mayor
Ziegenhagen welcomed the Turner'S and
extended to them the freedom Of the
city, and Henry Braun, chairman Of the
national executive committee, made an
address. The rest of the program con-
sisted of gymnastlc exercises on appara-
tus by picked classes from the different
Turnvereins Of st. Louis.
The second day $ work began early and
the beautiful weather that marked the.
first day Of the fest continued. AS early
as seven o'clock the different classes
marched to the lnfeld OF the race track
at the fair grounds and took their places
to begin the days exercises. At times
there were as many as 5000 men on the
field, and the scenes were picturesque, as
they marched and cnuntermarched with.
their bright steel wands flashing in the
sunlight as they went through the yari-
Gus exercises. S..
There were three groups in Friday
mornings class contest. The first group
consisted OF 10 classes of from eight to
eighteen men and was divided into four
subdivisions. In group two were eleven
classes, numbering from 10 to SO men
inclusive, with Otto Boettinger and K.
Heckrich as judges.
There were ten classes in the third
group, numbering from 80 to So men
inclusive Albert Nathan and Oscar
Ernst were judges for this group.
The competitive work consisted of
prescribed exercises with iron wands,
putting the l6. pound shot, high and far
jumping, and 100-yards running.
While the out door exercises were be-
ing proceeded with another competition
was held in the upper hall Of the house
of public comfort on tie fair grounds.
This consisted of recitations and inn
promplu speeches. There were sixteen
contestants, but none from Minnesota,
all of them hailing from the larger cities.
At Music Hall, there was a competition
in chorus singing between . number Of
singing societies. 5.'s s.
In putting the shot with the right
hand sauers Of the Dayton Turngemein-
de covered 81 feet, and Reprecht OF Chi
cago covered 81 feet and z inches with
Ibis left. These we're the best records
made. s#sS
The. awards for literary and mental
work were made Saturday evening. DR..
Geo. Richter Of st. Louis received first
Literary prize and w. Ahrens Of Chicago
second. Ernst Gechner of st. Louis got
first prize for recitations and Max
IDoerschner of Cleveland second.
Rain i,lterfered to aSconsiderable ex-
tent with Saturday 8 exercises, but in the
AFTERNOON fifty Thousand people Witnessed
the feats Of strength and culture
The individual competition for all
round prizes, consisting Of exercises on
the horse, horizontal and parallel bars,
was pulled off inside as were also the
fencing and wrestling contests Among
the competitors was Eyser Of Denver
who suffers the seeming disad vantage Of
| a cork leg. This however al not inter
lfere with his work and his efforts called
out wild applause. IN the exercises on
| the horse and bars, there were about .
hundred entries, and Chicago, Nil wan.
kee and ST. Louis performers appeared
Ito be in the best form. II the wrest-
ling contests Eisener Of Chicago won
first prize for heavy ght wrestling il
four bouts. n the lightweight class
Kopp Of ST. Louis ION first place and
IWeidem Of P'h elphia second: III the
final heats Of the amateur bicycle races,
the one mile open was won 81 Felix
1GaatEof st. Louis il 2 ::56 and also
1.-The fve-mile open u 70 3 8
Saturday afternoon ten thousand chill
dren Of the Sc. Louis schosls gave 5
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200 senior turner's .,vent tlIrough tl,e
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