The herald., 1898-09-11
A STAG BARBECUE
A HIGH OLD TIME AT AVALON
FRIDAY
A Count Goes Hunting for Goats and
Has Some Very Good
Luck

AVALON, Catalina Island, Sept TO-
Admission day has come and gone, and
save for the annual stag barbecue at
Whites landing, was not very generally
celebrated.
The stag barbecue this year was bet
ter than that Of any preceding year and
/ was enjoyed by about twenty men. The
party started at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing for Whites landing on the yacht
Fleetwing, and the run down to the
landing was made in very short time.
There were guitars and mandolins on
board, besides cornet, and all the way
down the crowd sang to the accompani-
ment of these instruments. When the
landing was reached it took but short
time to disembark. and all made for the
cabin of old Tom Swain Larsen, one of
the early settlers on the island, and Mr..
A. Hart, who was in charge of the barbe-
cue, set all at work, and in an incredi-
bly, short time pit was dug, the meat
prepared, a fire built and everything
set going. While the meat was being
cooked number of the men enjoyed a
bath in the sea minus the formality of
bathing suits. They raced around on the
sand, tied knots in each others clothes
and had grand old time for all the world
like lot Of overgrown boys. While
the crowd was still in the water the meat
and things were cooked, and then began
a race to. see who would be first at the
table. The way the crowd got on the
outside Of whole goat and good sized
piece of beef, to say nothing of smaller
things and beer, was surprising. After
dinner boxing gloves were produced and
number Of comical and scientific set
tos were the result. OF course there
was a photographer along, and a num-
Der Of snap shot machines, and the crowd
was photographed in all manner Of fam
tastic styles. When the time came to
depart for Avalon collection was taken
up and presented to old Tom, ana with
ringing cheers and a sworn promise to
come next year, the crowd again board
ed the Fleetwing and set out for Avalon.
The program on the home trip was much
the same as on the up trip, and it was
we'll pleased lot of merry makers that
landed on the bath house float at little
after s. Those who participated were
F. w. Faust, J. Forster, R. j. Bauman,
M. Forster, ]. w. Toland, A. 8. Kelley,
A. r. Thompson, c. McCroy, w. w.
Bloesser. A. Hart, e. r. Darr, A. Bag
nall, r. Dana, B. Ogden, c. M. Wright,
P. v. Reyes, c. H. Wotton, A. w. Nc
Donnell. H. Doss, H. Rohrberg and
Swain Larsen, the hermit.
The Count Goes Hunting
Viscount D. Andigne, who is spending
a week on the island, was out Thursday
for goats, and got them. He went over
the stage road to Camp Eagle Nest, and
from there hunted over the surrounding
hills. The count brought in six heads.
and all Of them had fine spreading horns.
and one was the prettiest head that has
been brought in for some years. The
prize head is a black with brown mark.
ings, and the horns spread thirty-two
inches from tip to tip. The head is a
finer shaped one than the one brought in
by Professor Do9ier when he was over
here some weeks ago. The count is a
splendid shot, and never missed single
goat that he shot at.
The Rev. John Gray was out with
George Cornell on fishing trip yester-
day. and brought in a. total of thirty
fish. There were seven yellowtail, one
bonita, twelve whitefish and ten bass.
All on rod and reel.
l.. Lyon took fifteen yellowtaily eight
bass and three white fish on rod and reel
yesterday. Mexican Joe was boatman.
J. w. Elliot and Prof. G. r. Holder
we're cut FER sAeft trip With Harry
Elms, and took ten yellowtail, three
bonita and fee rock bass, in a short
three hours.
Count D. Andigne was cut with Jim
Gardner for . half days fishing yester-