The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-13
SIXTEENTH WARD At LAGOON
BEST ATTENDED EVENT OF THE
KIND THIS YEAR.
Nearly 1900 People Were Present
and All Had Most Enjoyable
Time.

The best attended ward excursion of
the season was that given by the Six
teenth ward to Lagoon yesterday. Com
mlttees in charge sold something over
l'oVO tickets and the attendance was
perhaps 1,500. Mr.. Bamberger won the
gratitude of the people by granting free
transportation to all of the widows of
the ward
A bicycle road race formed one of the
GnleI attractions during the afternoon.
Inc contestants went out on the $3.50
Train TO Centerville' and the race was
over the six mile track from there to
harrington. Earl Mitchell, who had
one-m1ie handicap, won the first
prize and also the time prize. covering
the distance in twenty-five minutes.
The other riders finished in the follow
ing order, with handicaps as stated:
waiter Wright. two minutes; Arthur
trewin, one minute; James Pitt. one
minute; D. Sanders, one minute: Ern-
est Bridge, one minute; Orson Reiser,
scratch; Willie Gillispie, scratch: Wal
ter Hamer, scratch; John Evans.
scratch
AS result of a voting contest for
the selection of a queen for the day
which had been engaged in by all of the
people during the last week, Miss Beda
l
vlilon at 4 o'clock. She received 395
votes. Miss Leila Cotton received 392
votes and Miss Ethel Rich 351.
Miss Cotton and Miss Rich were
given the positions of maids of honor
10 the queen, and a dozen other young
ladies who received various numbers
of votes were appointed ladies in wait
ing. Immediately after the coronation
the queen organized her realm by the
appointment of the various officers.
among them being: Bishop George R.
Emery, prime minister; William Lang
ton, chancellor of the exchequer; Ar
thur Frewen, Peter Reed and John
Vincent, masters of finance; William ].
Newman and Thomas Jeremy. masters
of the royal household; Simon Bamber-
ger, keeper of the forest; John B.
Reed, high chamberlain; r. B. T. Tay-
Tor, assistant, and Eli POLAND, keeper
of the great seal.
There was a baseball game between
the single men and the benedicts. 1t
lasted seven innings. The score stood
to Z.
A boat race over the 200-yard course
was won by Edwin +. Parry in l min
ute and 20 seconds, with ]. II. limp
son close second. Prof. Trimble, the
ballooniSt, made an ascension in a stiff
northwest breeze and was carried
across the lake alighting among VII
lows and barb wire fences across the
railroad track, uninjured. His balloon
came near al.ghting on the top of the
court house.
Prizes We're awarded in the foot races
for children as follows:
Boys, Il to Palma Ridges, Patrick
Walsh and +. Reiser.
For girls, same ages-Ruby Fowler,
Ada Yard and Ivy Smethurst-
Boys under 7-George Winters.
Girls under 7-Winnie Parry.
The committees were as follows:
Committee on Administrations B.
Reed, Mrs. E. j. Roundy, Miss Martha
Haslam, William Langton, Miss Clar-
issa Beasley, Arthur Frewin, John Vim
cent, Miss Marinda Bullock, Miss Liz
zie Gillespie, r. B. 7. Taylor, Peter
Reed and William j. Yard.
During the evening the people en-
joyed themselves dancing and visiting
the shows-the Four Millions and the
Lady of Lions. Taken as a whole, the
day was one of the most pleasant and
successful of the season.