The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28
STREET RAILWAY OUTING
CONDUCTORS AND MOTOR1IEN OF N. 1T. ST. R. F. co. AT LIGHTHOUSE.

Several Thousand People Present-Ex-
 citing Ball Game Played and Won by the
 Married Msn-Winners of the Other
 Events-Flne Diamond Pin One of the
 Prizes.
 The day force of conductors and mo- tormen on the New Haven street rail- way lines held their annual outing yes terday at Lighthouse Point, and fine time they had. The conductors left their punches and transfers at home' and with their partners of the forward end of the car donned white yachting caps and at Il o'clock yesterday morn various lines, taking St. Patrick's drum corps with them. After that they start ed for the shore, where they sat down to a bounteous shore dinner prepared by Caterer Taylor, when the ball game had sufficiently shaken down their breakfasts. That ball game and it's comical incidents will not fail to en- liven the railway boys conversation for many day. And. indeed, with the ex- citement and the "butter-finger' errors and Marah's star catch, there was fun enough for month.
 The game was between the men who are married and the fellows who wish they were. The benedicts finally won out with the score to 4. In the points for the victors were LeGrand and Hen messy, while Hubbard and Signor did battle for the engaged" boys. As 1n- terested spectators, and also at the dln- ner, were President Corey and Manager Dodge and Superintendent Hull of the Dixwell avenue line.
 When a short rest after dinner rem dered it more comfortable the games and sports were run off. By this time goodly number of pretty girls were on hand and encouraged their young men friends and urged them on to victory with smiles and sweet looks. The first race was the wheelbarroW contest The winners and their prizes were First, George Hubbard, 50; sec ond, Hennessy, s3; third, Reif $1.
 Then came the sack race, which was full of fun and ludicrous tumbles. The finish was exciting, for McVeedie, who was In the lead, fell near the line, and then tried to roll in, but was too lean to roll fast enough, so that Carman, the stalwart Edgewood avenue, motorman. won out. Hennessy came in third. The prizes were, respectively, $5, S3 and $2
 In the one hundred yards dash there were rewards of the same denomination as in the two preceding races, and the winners, after a close finish, were First. Hubbard; second, Hennessy: third, Frank Riley.
 The fat mems race was won by Jack LeGrand; Edward How'd, second; Hem ion, third. The prizes were the same as above.
 The funniest event of the outing was the donkey contest. The contestants were blindfolded and turned around three or four times until they were thoroughly confused about twenty-five yards away from a target. They were expected to bore a hole in the bull's-eye of the target with a brace and bit No one hit the eye, but the winner came iltdl IL. HC Wllu 5uNooVo eeS " uAA " tion and neighborhood were laughable. The prize for first was a magnificent diamond scarfpin donated by the ladies of the Pequot club, and the boys are truly appreciative of their kindness. Hand was the lucky man who got 1t, while Meara took the S2 prize and Ref came in for S1 Several of the girls tried the trick, but woman's proverbial unacquaintance with tools would have been against them even if they had hit the exact spot.
 After the games there was dancing in the pavilion, at which Taylor's or chestra furnished music and Thomas Hare prompted. The efficiency of both added much to the pleasure of the terp- sichorean events.
 The committee that so successfully conducted the outing was composed of the following gentlemen: Richard Dix on, chairman; Edward Signor, Hugh Shannon, Alfred Hand, William A. Car man, Charles Stalker, Joseph Conan, George Derrick, James Hennessy, James Hope and Charles Sisson. The night men ran the cars all day yesterday. Next Monday they will hold their outing at Lighthouse Point. and the day men will then return the favor