New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
policeman in his operations. He looks and walks
like a policeman.
iASBURY PARK BABIES PARADE.
THREE HUNDRED TOTS MARCH BEFORE
THIRTY THOUSAND SPECTATORS.


THIRTY THOUSAND SPECTATORS.
Asbury Park. " j.. Aug. 10 (SpeciaD.-The tenth
annual baby parade took place on James A Brad
ley's Ocean Promenade this afternoon. dense
fog prevailed. and hundreds of babies entered for
the pageant did not participate. The entries num-
bered six hundred babies and children. Fully
three hundred tots braved the inclement weather
and marched in review before the thirty thou
sand delighted spectators who crowded every point
OF vantage along the line of march. which ex-
tended from the Auditorium in Sixth-ave. TO
Asbury-ave. and return. The parade started at
$50 O'Clock. IT was led ny a squad OF boys dressed
as policemen Then came the Beach Band. play
ing Baby Mine"
Mayor Frank l.. Tenbroeck marched at the
head OF a hundred boys from ocean Grove. who
wore Rough Riders uniforms. Then came the
babies in coaches. gocarts floats on horseback ana
in arms The coaches and floats were decorated
superbly In cultivated and natural flowers. paper
flowers cotton. flags. bunting, silk and every other
conceivable decorating material
There were floats representing the Queen or
Hearts. Dewey's flagship. harvest fields, and all
the well known characters in Mother Goose one
section OF the parade made up Of girls dressed
as Red Cross nurses: another composed OF
tots wheeling dolls in toy coaches; still another
comprised a score Of children mounted on ponies
and bicycles: children made up George Wash
ington Admiral Dewey. President McKinlry. Gov
Roosevelt,
girls and dancing girls formed another division
In the big parade sixty orphans from the
Jersey City Home OF the Friendless now summer
ing at Bradley Beach. There were three pairs Of
twins in the procession Tho parade over. the par
Elephants with their parents and nurses. returned
to the Auditorium, where each child received a
rattle and a box OF candy.
Forty Judges made the awards which were as
follows:
Best decorated coach in cultivated howers-First
prize. Donald Mckenzie Brooklyn; second, Helen
Pest decorated coach IN wild howers-First,
Edith May Albert. PtttstoNn, Penn; no second
prize awarded.
Best decorated coach in paper howers-FIrst;
Molie 7. Grayatt, Asbury Park; second Earl
Best decorated coach in National coiors-First.
Mildred Johnson. Bradley Beach; second. George
Dewey McForland, Paterson; third. Mamie Shioia'
Best ali-around decorated coach or eocart-First.
Best decorated doll coach~First. Marie NJ Har-
denbrosk. New-York: second. Beatrice Brown Phil
Best, decorated gocart,First; John DemOtt
GLIDING costume-First Walter Engelsman New
Best decorated girls bicycle and tricycle.. includ-
ing costume-First, Ruth Cockefair Newark Sec
Best decorated foat-First Virginia H Kelsey:
As6nry Park who imPsrs9nated tie queen RIoo St
lyn who seated in a swing
Best goat turnout-tirst, Elsie F. Voelkel, As
bury Park; second. Eleanor Clifford. New-York
City.
Best fancy costumed little boy-Ffrst seeiy Cade
Asbury Park; second. Karl Nonderyeer. SomervtlIe
Best fancy costumed little girl-First. Alfrida Z
Koster. Philadelphia; second Madeline Klotz
New-York City.
Best novelty-First. Myrtle NJ. Gilbert. Asbury
Park. who rode big make believe elephant; sec
ond. Madeline Klotz. New-York City. who imper-
sonated an Italian organ grinder
Baby from the greatest distance, under two
years od-First. Ethel Parker. OF British Column
ba second. Stewart Eugene Butler Of Council
Bluffs Iowa
Heaviest baby under one year od-Sandford
{. Flint ten months old. 32iz pounds. Ocean Grove.
Best decorated pony cart-First. Jerome Lehman.
Newark: second. John NJ. Goodwin, New-York
City.