The Irish standard., 1897-06-26
A, o. II. Annual Picnic.

| Last Wednesdays event the finest ever
attempted. The Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans of Hennepin county enjoyed a
pleasant days outing Wednesday in their
fourth annual picnic at Lake Min
netonka. The picnic was held at Tonka
Bay, in the pavilion and on the grouds
| adjacent to Lake Park hotel, and in every
respect the celebration was a decided
success. The day was fine. although rain
was threatened several times, the atten-
dance was large, and altogether nothing
| was lacking to the success of the occa-
| sion.
One feature Of the picnic deserves es-
pecial mention. The picnic was made up
of temperance crowd, there being no
liquor of any sort sold at the pavilion or
on the grounds. This was by Or
der Of the county board, fully execut-
ed by the committee on arrangements.
with N. c. O'Connor, county president at
its head.
The Hibernians and their families for
| the most part took the early trains, near
ly 1000 people being on the excursion
| train which pulled out of the city at $3.50
| o'clock. All the later trains carried adj
ditions to the first number, and 1t was
! estimated that no less than 1000 people
were upon the grounds after the late eve
ming train reached the lake. The first
train in was at 1880, and the last at to: 80.
| The forenoon was spent by the pIcnick-
ers in getting run of their surroundings,
and at IL o'clock baskets were spread out
upon the tables and upon the grounds
| under large trees and groups of from
half a dozen to 20 people might be seen
collected together, members of family
or friends There was no lack of good
things to eat, and all had brought enough.
| It took a long time to finish the dinner,
and it was nearly 2 O'Clock when the
| baskets were again closed, and the party
| gathered upon the ball ground back Of
! the hotel. A long program of athletic
| events had been announced, and numer-
GUS prizes were offered as the reward of
| strength.
The first number was ball game.
Division No. had challenged the other
seven divisions represented, and the
game proved good one, exciting great
interest. The score was II to 10 in favor
of Division No. who had Fleetham and
Ryan as its battery. The combination
team had Lyons and Hoy as it's battery.
The prize for this number was ball and
bat, offered by Clerk of Courts C.. N.
Dickey
| A boys running race changed the pro-
gram. The prizes were won as follows
First prize. w. Harold; second r. Muir
ply; third, M. Armstrong. In the free
for all running race, the following won
honors: w. A. Ryan. J. c. Sheehan r.
E. Burns. The fat mems race was won
by P. H. Hoy, j R. Buckley D. Bow.
The ladies' 50-yard race was won by Miss
NJ Bray, Miss Annie Maher, Miss Maggie
Brey. This was exciting. The fat wo-
mems race, for women over 16O pounds
was won by Mrs. J. Millette, Mrs. O'Ncll
and Mrs. z. T. Morrison, the first prize
being 100 pounds Of Plllsbury's Best flour.
The ladies' potato race was won by Mrs.
J. J. Daily, Mrs. P. Gleason, Mrs. Sullivan.
Bessie Murphy and Agnes Gubbons got
the prizes in the girls running race The
hop, skip and jump was won by w. Ryan,
| w. B. Wiley. F. Fleming. The standing
| high kick was won by Thomas Quely, r.
Ryan. NJ Mcnamara. The standing
broad jump was won by D. Flynn, P. H.
Hoy, w. Brady. The prizes for putting
the shot were captured by G. Kehoe, P.
Sullivan, T. Ryan. The ladies' ball
throwing contest was won by Maggie
Swift and Mrs. Buckley. The boat race