The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-23
THE RETAILERS PICNIC
BICYCLE RACES WERE A PROMINENT
FEATURE OF THE GALA DAY.
List of Entries and Winners-OhiciaIs
for the Indiana State Meet
Selected.

grounds ana was an occasion OF much mer-
riment and enjoyment to the retail grocers
and butchers of the city and their friends
The stores of the members of the assoc
citation closed before noon and the people
betook themselves to the fair grounds. 1t
was an old-fashioned picnic. There were
voting contests, guessing contests and
athletic contests of all kinds, including the
old-fashioned sports, such climbing the
greasy pole, tiower-pot breaking contests
for ladies and foot races. There were also
the more modern bicycle races, some of
which were open only to grocers, some to
butchers only and others for everybody in
the amateur class
The attendance was larger than during
former years and the association made a
neat sum, which will go into the general
treasury for the benefit of the association.
The crowd spent the afternoon in the grand
stand watching the athletic contests and
spending money for the privilege of guessing
the number of beans in jar, or the num-
Der of guesses there would be made on the
number of beans, and in spending ten cents
"a throw" to vote for the most popular
grocer or butcher or the handsomest woman.
There were also other attractions such as
the red lemonade and popcorn man. And
had the opportunity to take in or be taken
in by several side shows" In one tent
there were the bodies of the alleged Cuban
reconcentrados and in another there was
said to be the most beautiful horse in the
world. Glib-tongued "spieers'' stood out
side and talked the people into the tents,
the admission fee being lone dime, 10 cents
TO one and ALL" Several 'grafters" also had
a store" opened up and were working a
game which had the appearance of being
a game of chance but which could not
truthfully be called such. The 'grafters''
were careful to frame up their game in
such way that the element of chance was
eliminated; the customer had no chance to
win. 81 $50.
After the athletic contests there was
balloon ascension with parachute leap by
Fred Wright, and following this there was
dancing until nearly midnight. The greatest
interest of the day was in the bicycle races,
of which there were five. Eighteen young
men and boys lined up along the tape when
called. They rode all kinds of wheels of
all seasons and patterns, a few riding racing
wheels. The following were the starters:
George Fosdick, Frank Carver, George
Buschman, Otto Binger, Ed. Steele, William
Lueth, Willis Coval. Edward Pohlman. Tom
Cory, James Adkins, Myron Smock, Charles
Rice, Sylvester Moriarity, Olin Hatton, H.
Ruckelshaus Fred Olsen, Robert Bells and
Tom Grady. Buschman outclassed the
others and won the race easily from Robert
Bells second a~
There were only eight starters in the race
for butchers clerks. They were E. c..
Nogel Joseph lockers, Ben Doughty. Tim
Donlon and Homer Scott. Although the
time in this race. was slow it one of
timers or the track.
Nine grocers entered the race which was
Heller, c. F. Hammond Henry Nearman,
J. W.. Bussey Charles Koehler. P. B.
Powell Powell " /; w Tully F. Mahoney and
tape riding a wheel with the lamp attached
This struck some racing men as rather odd
and 1t was suggested that he did not eX-
pect to finish before dark, and he feared to
be arrested for violating the law Mr..
Powell carried off the: hoFors in this race.
1t took the fat men over three minutes
Campbell G. n. Cook. George Moore Fl. G.
Mas and William Koehler started and it is
said that one or two of them are still rid
ing. Moore won by nearly a quarter of
mile from koehler and when Koehler cross
ed the tape the others were out of sight
back of the bank at the back stretch
There were twenty-nine starters in the
mile open. and twenty-five in the two-mile
open and both were pretty races. Much of
the best amateur talent of the city was
entered and the winners, of the races earned
their victories only after hard fights The
two-mile open was, won by Pease by. not
three feet of the tape by q wonderful squirt
which shot his wheel ahead at a great rate
of speed: The following are the summaries
One mile. for retail gr6cers'- clerks: George
Buschman first, Robert Bells second. Will
lis Covel third; Tom Cory fourth, James
One mile, for retail butchers clerks: E. c.
Pfeffer first; Ed Steinmetz second, Earl
PGng6ertv tf ftb Tim Tine pqnon fourth Ben
One mile, for retail grocers: P. b. Powell
first J: T Mahoney second: G.. F. Ham
1852 s~ y - 4
One mile, for men weighing over two hum
Koehler second b. Canapbell third.
One mile. open: Ed Pfeffer first. George
Buschman second-s Charles Bates third,
Harry Deputy fourth, Willis Coval fifth.
Two miles. open: Charles Pease first. Ed
Pfeffer second, Charles Bates third Myron
Time SIP. t.S.r s
The results of the other athletic contests
were as follows; the participants coming IN
Ladies throwing baseball; Miss Eddie Da-
Wis. Isl feet, Miss Emma Holland, LAT feet
Miss Walters, 125 feet Miss Ida Parnell. 120
Flower pot breaking, for ladies: Cora
Holding first Miss Koehler second. Miss
Grocers' and butchers delivery horse trot
ting race. one mile l.. w. Tulley first.
Grocers' and butchers delivery horse, pac-
ing race: c. G. fidemeyer first. f. G..
Fields second, Mr.. Clifton third, Doen &,
Co; fourth, E. Dougherty fifth:
Grocers' foot RAGE. one.-eighth mile: F.
Baker first. E. L: Simon, n. Fisher F. Bo-
len. T. Donlon, c. Heller, F. Erath. Time.
2S seconds. --s.
Fat mems race, one-eighth mile. f. Buser,
A Fisher, o. Quiz, A. Bauer. W. Koeher.
Running race, quarter mile. for grocery
clerks: p. Jordan. +. White, G. C. Haines.
G. Price, o. S. Cloud. ttT
Married mems sack race one hundred
yards: 7. S. Bussey. r. l. Sutherland, E.
Bauer. c. c. Heller, L. r.. Drnkard.
Ladies' foot race, seventy-tive yards: Cora
Holding. Mrs. Fatout, Eddie Davis. Mrs. Il.
G. Fielder
Ladies' egg race: Miss Eddie Davis, Mrs.
Fatout. Daisy Loucks.
Boys lace shoe scramble race: John
Baughs, Frank Ross Sam Sampson.
Girls race. one hundred yards: Ethel
Comey. Mamie Ramps
Race for children under six years old:
Daisy Brewer, Fred Tully Harvey Mark
welt
Scramble foot race free for everybody:
S. Hilbens, r. Puliers, II. Wall.
Climbing the greasy pole: A. Fitzgerald.
John Vielhaber, b Fitzgerald, c. Fitzgerald.
The winners of the voting and guessing
contests cannot be known until to-day The
vote was not counted yesterday.