The San Francisco call., 1897-04-24

The ladies who made up this party were:
Mrs. f. w. Pridham, Miss A. NJ. North,
Miss Grace Evans, Miss Belle Godin, Miss
Fannie Brown, Miss Moncton and Miss
Cynthia Fay. The outriders, with scythes
as embems OF their vocation, were cos
tuned to the occasion. They were: Messrs.
Pridham, Hammond. Gardner, Moncton,
Toberman and DT. White. Four horses
drew the precious load.
Miss Mary Askew, principal Of the short
hand department of the Los Angeles Busi-
ness College, had float which represenIe ed
the House OF York. The flowers were
English ivy and white roses arranged in
very artistic manner. The costumes we're
in keeping with the period. Upon
this float were: Lyman Trum bull. Jay
Anderson, Hector Boutiller, Miss Hernia
Packer Miss Carrie Zurcher, Miss Julian
ette Webb and Miss Katherine Kendall.
The High School commercial course
float was made beautiful with wild mus
tard and red geraniums and plenty of
ferns and smilax. The young ladies wore
white belts and hatsoin HARMONY with
the decorations of the float. Thev were:
Misses Wood. Young, Harvey, Wilmans.
Barr, Russell and Fairbanks. Messr.
McGarry, Ryan, Danziger, Connen, New
hart, Miller ana Axtell accom- panied
them.
A Grecian float was conception by the
Los Angeles Business College 1t repre-
about ii were maidens in Greek costumes.
They wore white robes and made an
attractive appearance. The floral design
was in the white and yellow margueri,es,
with drapings of smilax. The young ladies
who appeared were: Misses Mary Dobin-
son. Eva Johnson, Muzette Young and
Mamie Goodwin. Professor L n. Inskeep,
A. l.. Hamil and l.. a. Coburn also rode
on the fl at.
The commercial travellers had a float
representing the globe. the geographical
subdivisions being mapped in flowers of
| different colors.
| The float of the floral Queen was a study
in white and pink. Queen Sailie McFar-
land presided over her little court with
| the grace of q born princess. The maids
of honor were: Misses Josephine Gay,
Alice Cline, Mildred Burnett, Juliette
Borden, Maria Louise Holiday, Margaret
Gilbert, Florence Newmark, Tlllie Baruch,
Evelyn Morrill,, Mary Reichert, Eleanor
Emess, Edna Newmark. V. Glenn Ed
wards and Florence Wheeler. The little
| driver, Keith Nosbure, was attired in har-
mony with the color effects of the float.
There were six-horse rigs and four-horss
rigs and two-horse rigs and singles. There
| were men and women, boys and girls on
| horseback; there were tiny ponies and big
horses. and there was the bicycle in all the
| styles known TO the trade and dressed in
| fashions hitherto unheard of.
When the procession had made its
| double circuit it was halted again, that the
prizes Tor the best decorations might be
| awarded. The judges were: J. @. Kirk
patrick, San Francisco; r. S. Bettner,
Riverside; J. A. Thomson. San Fran cisco;
| Barrett Eastman, Chicago; w. Is. Wilcox,
United States navy; w. S. Newhall, San
Francisco; r. E. Miller San Francisco;
D. r. Cameron. Chicago; C. A. Culver.
| Oakland T. S. Wotkyns, Troy, n. Y, and
| Glaason kshurv PARK N Thoy
| passed judgment as follows:
| Tally-ho eight horses-First prize, Jonathan
Club.
Floral fioats-First prize Haymakers' Club;
second, Commercial Travellers third, Los An
| geles Business College.
| Four-1n-hand coaches-First, Mutch, Young
| & Fixen; second, DR.. Eliza beth ]. Pa mer.
Novelty teams-First, Mrs. Theresa Sepul-
| veda of College Grove
Two-horse rigs-Frst, Mrs. Modini-wood
and Mrs. Peck; second, Rob bert NJ. Hartwell; |;
ix-in-hands-First, High School Club 1
of Pasadena; second, Throop School of Pasa-
dena; third, Miss Orton's School of Pasa-
| dena.
| One-horse rigs-First, Mrs. o. P. Posey; sec
ond, Miss Donnell of Garvanza; third, Mrs. A.
/ Gassell Jr of Tropico.
| Village and dog carts - First, Frank G.
Peters; second, A. Desmond; third, w. w.
| Bleecker.
LADIES on horseback-First Lila NJ. Dali
rymple; second, Lizzie B. Mcmillan; third,
Flora Cochran.
Girls on ponies-First, Miss Kissler.
Boys on ponies-First, Gerald Rule: second,
Albert II. Woollacott; third, NJ. D. Mont
gomery.
Children's rigs-First. Miss Florence Wood
| head; second, Mrs. Droud; third, Oliver
| Tutin.
The flowers having gone their way and
the arena being cleared, the cabalieros
! made a dashing entrance, riding at full
speed to within few feet of the throne
and pulling up abruptly and saluting.
They then did some daredevil exhi bition
riding, after which they formed and es-
corted the floral queen and the fiesta
queen in their triumphal march at the
end of the parade through the city. Thus
ended the festival of the flowers.