The sun., 1900-09-03
BATTERY DAN FINN'S TRIP.
600 STATESMEN GO on THE ANNUAL
EXCURSION.
TIE Floating Contest In BsthinE salts sans
Buttons was Called On-ItmothJ DRY
Dollar Sullivan Learns Something at Poker
"A billiard Came with Butter Balls.

Dollar Sullivan Learns Something at Poker
"A BiIiard Game with Butter Balls.
The good ship Valley Girl with 600 statesmen
aboard left Pier A yesterday morning Tor Wit
zels Point l.. l., and returned late last night
without vote missing. II was the eleventh
annual excursion OF Battery Dan Finns Asso-
ciatlon, and everybody said that IL was better
than all the other ten put together Even
Timothy Dry Dollar Sullivan said that every
thing ives all right. although In the course OF
the day he lost s5oOi in seeing the game OF poker
exposed by Mr.. Dooner Of the Building Depart
ment There we're lot Of other games on the
boat and al the Point
There was a band aboard and on the way
through Hell Gate II played the Isle Of Black
we'll" Some Of the statesmen on the hurricane
deck danced the lock step and an enthusiastic
Bryan man who was running a shell game got
40 nervous that he mistook an outsider FOR his
capper and let the outsider win. The band
played the same tune at the same place on the
way home last night but there was no one 10
do the lock step.
A Mght breakfast, consisting OF ham and
eggs. Van Wyck steaks. chops fried clans. po-
tatoes, onions and pie was servedas soon as the
Finn Association got ashore. and after that The
games we're started and kept up till supper
time There was baseball croquet poker, keg
races. shell games. putting the shot and putting
the butter balls. The last game was played at
the supper table.
The floating contest in tho Sound for Alder
men was called of. but II was not the fault OF
the Committee OF Arrangements The proprie-
tor OF the bathing pavilion had nothing but
one-pieCe bathiIg suits OF medium sizes ana
was not prepared for the emergency Inc hl-
dermeG didn't care put Judge , me tEn dla he
spoke encouragingly to the bevy OF seven Al
dermen as they waded toward the channel
where they could float without scrapinR bottom
Al the words They're on" from the Judge
the seven Aldermen turned suddenly on their
backs and twenty-eight buttons from seven
different suits shot skyward. But not one OF
the Aldermen lost his presence OF mind or for
got the gold-headed cane that was to go to the
statesmen we're drifting gently shoreward with
the tide, and group OF women at camp
meeting on ne next peint st9pped rsnng'ng
see which floater would win. ,,, -,- ....
Turn over" yelled Judge Finn. running up
and down the beach. Turn over; you're a
disgrace to the association
But the seven contestants didn't hear. for
their ears we're just below the water line and
the overlapping waves were swishinR against
their sides IL was an even race and not
floater moved muscle. As they neared the
toward the next point. where the camp meeting
was, ard the women ran toward the beach.
Turn over again yelled Judge finn, you're
disgrace to the name oil Finn ana the Demo-
One OF the Aldermen, who had turned his head
20 SEQ how the other six we're dong happened
TO get an ear out OF water just In time TO hear
Democratic party" and he SAID Hooroo
three times without turning over OF course.
he couldn't see that the buttons were gone. He
saw the crowd OF his fellow members on the
beach and smiled as he again submerg ed the
At this point Assembyman Halpin whispered
something to the Judge, who made IA mega
phone OF hi7 hands and yelled:
That cane don't count keC OF beer Tor the
best swimmer. Two kegs for the gent that
swims under water
seven Aldermen turned on the surface OF the
Sound md then disappeared making seven sets
shore nd rocked the skiffS off College Point.
Judge Finn hurried mp and down the shore.
dividing the members of his association into
seven groups. Each group was instructed TO
surround an alderman as soon as ne , beaGhed
district Cartain. as he pointed to line OF seven
statesmen coming shorcward with the tatters
of their blue and white denim bathing suits
The first Alderman went aground FIVE feet
from the shore and started to getup.
led the way into the water, followed by the
voters of the first group. who formed In circle
around their representative on the board ana
escorted him to the bathing pavilion.
II then occurred TO Judge Finn that there was
no necessity for the whole as 0ciaton 10 get
wet feet, 80 the work OF escort duty was all
given Ia the first group. and six times more u
made the journey from the sea to the shore.
and each of the other six Alderman had 10 stay
aground til his turn came
The particular poker game in which the Hon.
Timothy Dry Dollar sullivan was most inter
e~ted started Immediately after the aquatic
sports Of the Aldermen. IL was just mi d it,
ne game az first with bottle OF beer ante ana
bottle Of wine limit. But the other members OF
the ASSOCIATION objected. because corner waS
being created in the refreshments of "itHel
Point
one Job on the police force was bet against
two street sweepers' berths and that sort OF
thing lasted I'll nobody had anything but
money, ,,,, 3.
Sunday" said player who had just lost q
srrubwoman'S job Cn a blum with pair OF
deucas, and he put down a quarter. In ten
minutes there WASH anything 6nt paper money
on the table aud when II was all over Dry Dol
lar was out $500 He led the way To the dining
room because he had complimentary ticket,
and in the course of his speech after supper h"
assured his hcarer- that the rich are growing
richer and the poor poorer. Senator Sullivan
said afer~ard that nothing had happened to
change his views on great public questions, and
that he It'll believed the salvation Of the coun-
try 10 be in the Kansas city platform.
The putting the butter ball al the supper
man who has detail ~, city derartment SO
that he can enjoy himself Sundays lie picked
up ball of butter four inches in diameter and
snied 1t Rood-naturedly across the room. IL
landed on the corner Of n stern. square lower
law two tables beyond and then Carromed down
The table, leaving golden streak on ne fronts
of three frock coats and was then torn
into individual buffers on the diamond
IN the front Of the neGliGe shirt OF the
rSd wn9 fa' a the nodsnt mnGn nd he asen@m m%m
with the stern, relentless lower jaw, the
three statesmen IN iroCk coats and the
gentleman with the spark all said that nothing
had happened TO change their views on great
public questions and that they should devote
their whole time 70 working for the ticka.
skiifuIIv evaded any reference to the currency
or the Philippines and simply said that u there
was anybody IN his district who wanted any
thing he could have II,