The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-29
THE BIG FOUR OUTING
EXCURSION OF BRIGHTWOOD AND
DILLON-STREET SHOP MEN.
Hold the Fourth Annual Picnic at
Muncie-An Enjoyable Day
in the Park.

More than 5000 people attended the fourth
annual picnic given at the West Side Park,
Muncie yesterday, by the Big Four Rail-
road employees of the Dillon-street and
Brightwood shops. Three trains with to-
tai of thirty-eight coaches were used to
haul the picnickers from this city and
Brightwood to the park The engine on
each train was decorated from pilot to ten
der with flags and bunting; and large
canvas sign on each side of the engines
rechristened them. respectively "The
Queen" THE Hustler" and THE Pride"
On the sides of the coaches of each train
were long streamers designating the event,
and the aisles and platforms of each coach
were crowded, while many of the seats
were occupied by three and four passen-
gers. A pleasanter day for the event could
not have been wished for and the Muncie
officials, especially the mayor and chief Of
police exerted themselves to make the wish
tors welcome, and assisted them in their
pleasures. The gallant Mayor Cromer es-
corted quite a bevy of ladies about the city
and showed them the points of interest
The street car service between the park
and the city was taxed to its utmost capac-
ity, and the officials did not hesitate to
draw on its other lines for cars to accom-
odate the visitors.
At the large dancing pavilion at the park
nearly two, thousand people were gathered
the entire afternoon and made merry by
dancing The two prize contests, which oc-
Cured in the park and occasioned the most
interest, were the ladies' one-eighth mile
foot race and the mems contest at throw
ing a fifteen-pound sledge. Seventeen young
ladies entered the first mentioned contest,
and the prize winners We're: FIRST Ida
Freshop; second, Nellie Boyd; third, Mary
Davis; fourth, Ella Crabtree; NTH, Daisy
Yontz; sixth, Edna Caster. Mary Davis
and Alice Dumos tied for third place but
Miss Dumos refused to race off the tie and
the third prize was awarded to Mary Davis.
The winners in the sledge throwing contest
Summers; third, S. w Montgomery; fourth,
William Marks; fifth, Joseph Mcguire;
sixth, Bert White, In the mems o1 on mile
bicycle race, Ira Greenwood finished nrst;
O. Schmokal, second, and James Entz-
whistle. third. Nellie Boyd won nrst prize
in the ladies' egg race, Mrs stewart sec
all quarter-mile foot race was won by
Edward Wrist, and Patrick . tiara hnlshed
second. In the ladies' throwing con IfsS
Stewart, second, and the name OF the thrd
prize winner is not yet known. Inc hnlsh
in the mems blindfold race was: FIRST i Eert
White; second, L. A. Hodson; third, Albert
ClayfOot. In the boys foot race flrst'
Joe McRee second, Paul Sanifree. Clara
HOnner was the HrSI 70 pass lIle ldJO IL
the ladies Quarter-mie bicycle race; Mamie
Gibson, second and Mrs. Wurtz, third: The
winners in the girls foot race We're: First,
Louise Hupp; second. name not known;
third, Viola Hickman. The principal BIZ
cycle race was a five-mile road race , run
on the pike just outside the park The
start was made at Yorktown and the finish
opposite the park. Harry Bates and Oscar
Ramp paced the run on tandem Jim
Jones and William Boyle, two Muncie rid
ers who started in the race for practice
spin finished ahead of the tandem The
race resulted as follows: First, A. +. An
derson; second. William Dawson; third,
James Kennedy; fourth, Ira Greenwood
fifth L. S. Tomlinson sixth, Guy Thomp-
son. AS the riders neared the finish, Thomp-,
SON who was leading Greenwood, touled
Greenwood with his front wheel as the
latter was forging ahead of him Tomlln-
son also became mixed in the spill" Be
yond a few bruises and scratches, none OF
the riders were hurt. The winners of the
various events can secure their prizes by
calling at David Greenwood's office, at the
Brightwood shops: tomorrow; In the not hot
ly contested baseball game, which occurred
in the ball park across from the picnic
grounds, the Brlghtwood club defeated the
Muncfe Globes by a score of to 9. By
$50 O'clock last night the last train had left
the picnic grounds on its return trip, and
by 9 o'clock it had reached the city.