San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
THE IVY PICNIC.
1t Took Place on the Medina Yesterday
and Was Largely Attended.

1t Took Place on the Medina Yesterday
and Was Largely Attended.
About six hundred San Antonian's
spent Sunday on the Medina, where
the Ivy Social club gave its picnic.
rhe Southern Pacific ran excursion
trains for the occasion and the crowd
was handled most admirably. Arran-
gemehts had been made for an ample
supply of cars, and nobody had to
lush to get seat, going or coming.
rhe train stopped at the East Com
merce street, South Presa and South
Flores street crossings to take on and
let off passengers. 1t was a gay and
merry crowd, and there was shouting
and singing while the cars rolled on.
Arriving at the picnic grounds, which
are located on Franz Jaeckels proper
ty the festivities were under way.
The first attraction was the bar, where
Lone Star and City beer was disposed
of at rapid rate by the thirsty crowd,
there being twenty six kegs emptied
during the day. and also six cases of
soda water, as well as a large amount
of lemonade. Then there was also
good music on hand and a fine dan
was finished another was called for,
such a fondness was there for this
amusement A baseball game was al
so played, in which the contesting
teams were the Government Hill
Whites and the Jokers. 1t was won
by the Whites by score of to 8.
William Falvey, catcher for the Whites
was struck on the mask by foul ball.
One of the wires broke and he sus-
tanned cut on the forehead, but this
did not prevent him from finishing the
game.
Then followed the races. Pat O'Hara
had the matter in charge and made
himself heard in calling the races. The
first was young ladies race. A beau
tiful white fan was. offered for the
winner. There were three entries, and
when the signal was given beautiful
Miss Mazda Vogt slightly raised her
skirts and came under the wire like a
streak of lightning, winning by len
9Th. Miss Vogt is known as the
Queen of the Medina" and her nu-
merous friends and admirers immedi-
ately crowded around her to extend
their congratulations. A sack race
was next, the prize being cigar hold
err, which was won by Hugo Zeunert,
also of Medina. The little girls race
for the winner which a school bag
was offered, was won by Della jung
mann. The little boys race was won
by Jimmie Peters, of San Antonio, the
prize being a book strap.
The dancing contest was the next on
the program, the prize for the best
couple being five dollars About TWEEN
ty-five couple entered for the contest,
but the number gradually dropped out
leaving but two couple on the floor
Lon Ellison and Miss Sallie Halamuda
and Gabe Cazelle and Miss Wilke. The
dancers were on their toes and the 9TH
ers on needles. 1t was a close and in
teresting contest and each couple used
every exertion to complete grace, style
and execution. Both couples had their
friends and were warmly cheered as
they softly glided over the CLASSY floor
Suddenly there was stop and the mu-
sic struck I'D the Seaside" Mr.. Ell
lison objected to this on the ground
that he had entered for prize waltz,
while Mr.. Cazell and Miss Wilke went
on with the"Seaside. Miss Halamu-
da, too, did not like the change, and
tears came to her eyes. The music
was stopped and waltz resumed. A
few seconds later Pat O'Hara clapped
his hands and the music was stopped
and the dancers stopped. orders were
given to change partners, Mr. Ellison
dancing with Miss Wilke, and Mr.. Ca
zell with Miss Halamuda. Then Pat
O'Hara stopped the music again and
announced Mr.. Cazell and Miss Hala-
muda as the best couple, which was
followed with cheers and congratula-
tons. The judges were Louis H. Sch
midi, Richard Hutchenreiter, Max
Fuess and Thos. H. Abbott. The con-
test lasted twenty minutes.
There was nothing to mar the pleas
ures of the day excepting for a little
disturbance in the evening just before
leaving time. A.few young men who
had imbibed little too freely became
boisterous and one was hit over the
head with a club, but the combatants
were separated before any more dam
age was done. Denny McCloskey
had been deputized by Sheriff Camp
bell to keep order, and Mr. Campbell
only deserves praise for selecting Mr.
McCloskey for such a position, as none
other but a cool steady head could
have handled the crowd any better
1t must be said that the ladies were
we'll protected, and what little distur-
bance took place was not in their pres
ence.
The day was hot and sultry, not
even a little breeze blowing, but that
of course was no fault of the manage
ment.