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Sights and Scenes Down at Ocean
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SPORT IN PROSP ECT
SPORT IN PROS ECT

STAFF Correspondence of The Evening Star
OCEAN CITY, Md, July 26, 1893.
The poet has said that the mountains are
natures fingers ever pointing upward to
the Omnipotent, and to one who has seen
the snow-clad submits of Pixies Peak
Gray's Peak and that most beautiful of all
mountains, Mount Tacoma, piercing the
empyrean blue the illustration is impress
sive. indeed. But to. me, and 1, have felt
the inspiration of those stupendous heights,
the ocean ever seems filled and thrilled
with the active, moving, everlasting spirit
of the Infinity itself. Here at Ocean City,
of all places in my experience a beach
comber, the mighty majesty of the waters
can be best realized. AS far as the eye
can peer there is nothing. save a vagrant
sail, to mar the grand expanse. Up and
down on either side of you the restless
waves roll in to break in great rollers of
seething surf upon the clear. clean sand
Looking out on the magnificent scene
this morning. when it was at it's loveliest,
when the first rays of the sun were giving
the warm erests rosy tints and a multi
tude of green hues ran to blend with each
other, l saw two tiny boats away out in
the distance now tossing into view and
then almost disappearing in the trough of
the waves. There were two men, fisher
men probably. In each boat and it broke
upon me how ridiculous was the assertion
that man had mastered ocean, so palpa-
BILE was 1t that those frail vessels were only
upheld by the mercy of that Infinity, and
that alone.
The Oceans New Music
SO, thus communing with the curling
breakers and the waves beyond, other fan
cies followed. and, as the countless crests
of purity and strength and unerring pur-
pose came swelling and surging on, 1t struck
me that the ocean, too, epitomized that
other great, movement that Is as steadily
swelling and surging to envelop the world
the movement of the Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton 1t was not hard to let imagination's
ear discover in the music of the surf a med
ley of Hail Columbia" Rule Britannia"
Yankee Doodle" and Dixie" as if the
waves We're singing glad requiem over
monarchical desrotism drowned out in their
depths at Santiago and Manila.
Familiar Faces.
But even communings with the waters
are disturbed by the practical side of life
by its side, and as the bathers came out to
plunge into the surf l was surprised at the
number of familiar people in the throng.
Washingtonians permeate the place. The
first man who greeted me- when L register
ed at the Atlantic Hotel was George Leech,
who was for SO many years the popular
head clerk at the Riggs House. Then ur-
ban7 and youthful Theodore L. Page slap
ped me on the back. and ex-JournaI Clerk
Harry H. Smith poked me in the ribs.
Naturally, such a welcome made me feel
ar home, and this feeling has been accentu-
ated ever since. Duane Fox has cottage
here, where his interesting family spend
their summers. NJ. G. Seckendorff of the
New York Tribune is similarly fortunate
Mrs and Miss Seckendorff, being here for
the season. They had for their guests Sun
I, f,f Ia
Sun and Mrs. Barry
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Waggaman and
family and delightful party of friends
including Miss Marie Thomas Of Michigan
Mrs Doll remarkably handsome woman,
OF Iowa; Miss Helen Magee of Washington
are at the Atlantic, where DR.. Lee Harlan
and the ever-genial and ubiquitous Jack
Wilson are also domicled s.rt.frr< H..
Picturesque Pair of Trunks.
Mr.. Wilson's imperturbable ability to
disregard disasters is illustrated at the
bathing hour by his appearance in pair
OF white bathing trunks decorated with
fantastic red ruff1es Some of Mr.. Will
sons jocular feminine friends surreptiti-
orsiy secured the trunks and embelished
them as described and then thoughtlessly
wagered numerous gloves that Jack would
not wear them. They lost
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Gardner dear
old Rather Mackin of st. Paups Church
Or. and Ms Bovee and Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Conger and Mr. James Fullerton
are at the Plinlimmon. Mr.. Conger is one
OF the most powerful swimmers here
mrs. kimball her attractive daughter
violet and her mother Mrs. Lapham
widow of the former senator from New
YORK. are occupying her delightful cottage
ana Mr- VIII Ridenour and family are at
their cottage. Mrs. Samuel Stinemetz and
her sister. Miss Morgan. are at her cot
tage. where the elder Mr.. Stinemetz is
visitor.
Other well-known Washingtonians here
are MISS Maud Bagley, Dwight Anderson,
l.. L. h. Agnew and wife, H. w. Acheson and
Mrs. Thomas V. Hammond and her little
daughter Adaline. ..-.-, ..s, ....-.-s,
Surf, Sailing and Shooting.
The surf here is simply ideal for bathing
and every one takes advantage of it.
There is no undertow to speak of, and the
arrangements for safety are as perfect as
| can be- Sailing on Sinepuxent bay is a
| favorite enjoyment and parties are out
every afternoon
In another week the shooting here will
be worth going ten times the distance to
ENJOY. Already the birds are coming down
from the north. and yellow shank plover
| ana robin breast and gray back snipe are
already numerous. while willetts will come
In crowds along In the early part of Au-
gust There are several expert boatmen
| and gunners here who take visiting sports
men In charge. One of them and probably
the best known and most reliable VIII
Powell, took Colonel George r. Gather of
| Baltimore down the bay to the levels near
hudson last Thursday, and the distin-
guished visitor killed sixty-three robin
breasts and yellow shanks. There will
| be great gathering here at the shooting
tournament August 4, and 6, when some
| or the most noted shots in America will be
present, including Brewer Fulford, Heikes,
wagner and others. Two days will be
devoted to clay pigeons and one to live
birds. CLtJSISEY CROMWELL,