The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-29
AT OLD ORCHARD.
The Grocers, Provision and F;sb
Dealers Passed the Day,


| 1t Was the Occasion of the 18th Ammo,
Picnic and Outing and Was Greatly
Enjoyed--List Of the Sports, Winners
and Prizes.
The thirteenth annual outing and picnic
of the Portland Retail Grocers, Provision
and Fish Dealers Association was held
yesterday and as has been the custom for
the past few years the destination of the
association was Old Orchard. The day
was fair, but the wind along the beach
was little too cold for comfort. Fully
one hundred grocers, provision and fish
dealers formed in line at Monument
square at eight o'clock yesterday morning
and headed by Merriman's band marched
to Union station where a special train
was taken for the beach at twenty
minutes past eight. There were fully two
hundred and fifty in the party including
aides and children, of whom there was a
| large number.
On arriving at Old Orchard the sports
began at once and continued until late
! hour in the afternoon. At noon fine
dinner was served at the Old Orchard
house which was pronounced by the asso-
citation to be the best in every respect that
it has enjoyed on any of its outings SO
| far.
The first thing on the programme was
the baseball game between the Produce
Dealers and the Grocers, which was very
exciting and closely contested game. The
Produce Dealers won by a score of 10 to 9.
Then came the rope pull between the
butchers and the grocers, the latter win
ming after hard tussel. The make up
of the teams was sfollows:
Butchers-CharlesW WEIGH, P. 81. Silver,
G. Weber, Charles Adams, S. Cum
mings, B. McNeal, J. Brooks, W.
Leavitt, E. H. Levy, D. Rafters, ].
Stuart, E. F. Golf, F. L. Peterson.
Grocers-W. J. Wier, F. Eaton, o.
Clifford, W. P. Kittridge, S. Rand, G.
P. Thomas, A. G. Sanborn, W. A. Lom-
bard, C. F. Bartlett, o. Carleton, G. e.
Coombs, E. Bachelor, P, ]. Moran and
W. Cobb.
The winners of the rope pull got case
of lard donated by J. P. Squire & Co.,
while the winners of the baseball game
got nine bags of Washburn's flour donated
by Brown and Josselyn.
The next thing was the 100 yards dash
for contestants over As years old and the
prize was gold headed umbrella donated
by the Portland Rendering Co. This
event was won by G. 81. Adams.
The 100 yards dash for men weighing
1856 pounds or more was won by j. Brooks
who got gold headed cane, donated by
Hannaford Brothers as prize.
The 100 yards dash for boys Is years old
or under was won by E. A. Conley who
got silver mug presented by r. S. Rand.
The throwing the hammer was won by
D. S. Elliot, with S. Cummings second.
The winner threw the hammer rs feet
and four inches and won a dozen quart
bottles of pickles, presented by Foster
Brothers while the second best man got
an umbrella.
A. Whitmore put the shot 81 feet and
four inches and won as a prize case Of
lime juice, presented by Haskell, Adams
& Co. -
L. Peterson and Mitchell won the three
legged race and box of fancy crackers
from the U. S. Baking company.
P E. Delaney won the water race and
box of prunes presented by Stanwood
and Soule.
The hop, skip and jump was won by
c. e. Adams, who got one case of mixed
pickles from Morrell g. Co.
The pole vault was won by Mr.. Perry
and the prize was a silk umbrella pre-
sented by Sturtevant and Norton.
The standing high jump was won by j.
Stuart, who got silk umbrella from L.
B. Griffin & Co.
| The running high jump was won by c.
Fl. Peters with 7. S. Moran close
second. The prizes were case Of chicken
soup from A. o. Chenery of Armour &
Co., and Dutch cheese from I. S. Bean
& Co.
L. A. McKenney with E. Malta, second.
The prizes were silk umbrella from D.
W. Clark g. Co., and box of fancy
candy from Thomas j. Briggs.
The running broad jump was won by
W. T. Brown who jumped II feet five
inches. The prize was a silk umbrella
from Winchester and Ross.
The prize for the 100 yards dash was a
carving set from Thompson and Hall, and
| this was won by G. L. Catlin.
B. S. King threw the base ball the
fartherest and won a case of cottolene
from William Robinson, agent for N. N.
| Fairbanks.
E. g. Robinson won the fat mem 8 race
and got silver water set.
| The bicycle race was won by E. E
Moulton who won silver cup.
The prize for the oldest grocer's wife
present was a Delft vase from Burbank.
Douglass & Co., and this was awarded to
Mrs. A. T. Hail.
| The Oldest grocer present was W. L..
Blossom, who was presented with a
carving set, donated by the Trade Supply
Co.
Grocer attending with the most chill