The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-07
Nearly Seven Thousand Peo-
pie Visit the Resort.
INTERESTING PROGRAMME
BASEBALL GAME WON BY THE
BRICKLAYERS.
AL Kinds Of Foot Races-Tug of War
Display of Fireworks in the
Evening.

1We have broken the record" said
Passenger Agent Early Of the Salt
Lake & Ogden. as ne closed the record
of the days business of the road last
evening. rye have sent over the road
to-day. by actual count. $500 persons,
and every one of them put up full fare,
as the free list was entirely suspended.
It has been the biggest day in the his
tory of the road. and we are pleased to
say that everything worked as though
it had been creased for the occasion.
There was no hitch, no jar, the trains
denarted and arrived on time, every
body seemed to be full of the spirit Of
the occasion, and altogether we feel
that we have done ourselves proud We
also feel of course, under Obligations
20 the men and the women, the boys
and the girls who have made UP the
crowds that have fiocked TO the resort
all day long. and want TO say to them
that we fully appreciate the good will
displayed by them, for no resort that
has ever handled that many people
ever had less trouble to take care Of
them. ALI were quiet, orderly and well
behaved generally, and these are vir-
tues that we esteem highly in the
patrons of Lagoon. There was a large
number Of people from the settlements
ors from this city,"
All day long the crowds poured in and
out Of the resort. Trains were running
ten and 12 cars, all filled TO overflow
5aE. AS fast as q train arrived at La
COON and discharged it's passengers, it
was loaded with those who were re-
turning. The grounds were crowded
with men, women and children all bent
on having a good time. Some sought
the shade of the pavilion to listen TO
the music, others crowded around the
race track, while the lovers of baseball
hocked 20 the baseball field.
The lunching pavilion was damned.
People of al classes had brought their
families and lunch baskets for q days
outing. The children were especially
well represented. The merry-go-round
was a continual source Of pleasure to
the little ones. and hundreds of babies
were swinging in the little swings pro-
Vided for them.
THE PROGRAMME.
The programme, as arranged by the
Utah Federation Of Labor, was sue
successfully carried out a large num-
Der Of attractions had been prepared,
and cash prizes offered in the differ
ent contests. The first event was the
girls race, for all under years of age.
The distance TO be run was 25 yards.
May Allen anne Gin first with Mabel
Gray a close second.
another girls race. free for all under
u years Of age followed. There were
several starters. but Miss Bessie Sleater
crossed the 5o-yard line first and won
s.. 80. Miss Hauk won second elace
The third event was girls race. 30
yards. for all under I6 years of age
It was won by Alice Sleater. Miss
Brundel getting second place.
Then came the boys race for those
under 6 years. It was % yards dash
and there we're a great many starters
They were Ike young colts and we're
hard to curb, but finally got a. fair
start. J. Alcocks won first prize, Il.
Alcocl1s the second and f. Trudger .er
third.
The boys under Il years next lined
up They ran SO yards and T. May
nard won first prize and j. Brown sec
ond.
The girls and women's races seemed
TO attract the greatest attention. They
were a novelty and the people crowded