The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
PICNIC OE THE CARRIERS
HAD A FINE AFTERNOONS OUTING
AT SPRING PARK.

Yesterday was red letter day for st.
Paul branch No. Is of the Letter Car
riers' union. Business was suspended ar
noon, and the carriers and their fam
ilies' accompanied by about 800 of their
friends, hied themselves to the union
depot, where trains were waiting to carry
them to Spring Park, Minnetonka, for
their tenth annual outing
Two special trains, one of eleven
coaches and another of six, were re-
Qulred, besides the regular trains, to
carry the picnickers to the park. The
Postofhce band accompanied the carriers
and furnished the music for the dancing.
and other events on the grounds
Owing to the excellent work of the
general committee of arrangements
everything was carried out according To
programme. Credit Is due for this to
PRESIDENT +. II. Grant, who was chair
man, and was assisted by A l. Rock T.
5. Poucher, ]. H. Foley, Owen Mooney
and NJ. A. Conroy
An excellent programme of sports was
carried out by the committee, made up
of t. S. Poucher, F. Kinney and r. I
Doyle, who also acted as judges. The
dancing programme was in charge of M.
A Conroy A. S. Dilley, E. ]. McManus.
M. b. Sweeney and W. P. Darmody.
1ne events were eleven in number. and
winners:
Single boat race-F.s G. kenney won.
j. q. Johnson second
Double boat race-Sweezy and John
won, Poucher and Revord second.
Swimming race-Arthur Lee won Her
bert KING second.
Fffty-yard running race, for girls-Miss
second.
Ladies fifty-yard running race-Mrs F.
Z. Holman won, Miss Emma O'Brien sec
ond Miss Paula Brown third
Hundred-yard dash = John Brannan
won, JoAa Davidson second, M c. Perl
man th1rd. Peter Dryer fourth.
Ball throwing contest-First, William
Brennan; second, F. h. Grant; third. F.
c. Kenney.
Fat mems race. 200 po4nds-First, F. A.
Pie-eating contest-Eirst, Cornelius
Boyle; second, James IIoulihan
Tug-of- war between the fats and the
]. Mccarthy, Frank Holman, Fred Ken
ney. Leans, William Darmody, A. J.
Taylor, Ed Lundblad, William Brennan.
James Farrest and J. S. Meek After a
leans.
A feature of the=day Vas five-inntng
ball game between teams made up of the
lower and upper town carriers. Upper
Hines, c; NJ. 6: Perhman, p; ]. Mylon,
IS; J. Churchill 1b; W. Bohm, %; S.
Parlon, II; J. Bremen, CT. LoWertowns,
F. H. Dehn, 2b; F. Lange, c: F. c. Hol-
man If; A. B. F'ulkerson, CT; w. Bren-
nan, p; G. e. Leslie, 3b; P J. Dwyer
IF; W. SWeeZy, SIS; 7. S. Poucher, Id. The
game was won by the uppers by score
of 10 to 3.
James Rocherford was voted the most
popular carrier by vote of 197.
The amusing features of the day were
the ladies and the fat mons races, and
the pie-eating contest. which furnished all
sorts of amusement while 1t lasted
Henry Hadlick and Thomas Nagle were
special judges of this event.
Officers Ben Morris and Thomas Flynn
were detailed to accompany the party,
but their services were not called into
use during the day
The picnickers returned without acci-
dent in a special train of fourteen
coaches, arriving in the city at Ii D. m.
Those remaining behind arrived on the
regular train.
Don't trust your eyes to jewelry opti-
clans, but come to the old reliable Up
ham, Ill East Seventh street.