The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-27
PICNIC OF THE GROCERS
A BIG CROWD ENTERTAINER AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS.
Games of Chance Were i'm Evidence
Interest i'm the Athletic Con-
tests-ResuIts.

The members Of the Retail Grocers' , s.
ISOLATION gave their annual outing yester-
day at the fair grounds. The members and
families were out early and friends to the
number of several thousand went to the
grounds to partake Of the hospitality of
the association. Yesterdays crowd COM
pletely eclipsed all former crowds. The
greater part of the days sport was GEN.
tered In the track and other athletic events,
which were held on the big race track.
The programme was begun at 1 o'clock.
and the long list of entries and the large
numbers of events kept the crowd near
the track until after SHUTDOWN
Throughout the grounds were all kinds
of games of chance, run without molesta-
ton. Dancing was begun at o'clock and
continued until a late hour. This latter
amusement kept a great part of the crowd
near the dancing pavilion. Professor
Thompson made a balloon ascension ana
parachute leap about O. clock, which added
to the days sport
The heat of the afternoon did not in any
way interfere with the running of such
races as the fat mems, the young women
and the children's. The participants IN
these events went into the contests Will
out any training.
In the first event the creased pig race,
a little colored boy started out We'll In adj
vance of the others and soon halted the
hog. The next event was a 220-yard race
for boys under twelve years. This was
won by Howard Bates.
Some very amusing incidents occurred on
the track during the running or the wom-
ems race and the football kicking contest
for young women. Miss Ada Bowman, stu
dent from the Nj. T. II s., won two events.
the seventy Vineyard dash. which she cap
tured in eleven seconds. and the kicking
OF the football. Miss Eta Davis won IN
the contest for young women throwing a
throw-127 feet. An objection was made
by some OF the other women in the contest
that Miss Davis was at one time mem
Der of woman's baseball team, but this
was soon overruled by the judges, and the
Iirst prize awarded 10 Miss Davis. In the
one-mile open bicycle race several bad &C
cidents occurred on the back stretch.
Harry Rhoades fell from his wheel and the
riders following piled on top, some of them
receiving bad cuts and bruises.
Following are the summaries OF the
events. Northumberland dash, won by
Howard Bates; 2O0-yard dash for boys un-
der twelve years, won by ID. Wishard; zoo
yard dash for girls under twelve years,
won by Minnie F'reund; one-quarter mile
running race for grocery clerks, won by
Joseph Coffin; young womens race, won
by Ada Bowman; fat mems race, 100 yards,
won by j. Il. Seaman; baseball throwing,
Eta DAVIS; football kicking, Ada Bow
man; one-mile bicycle race for grocers
ana DutcDeiS CLOTHS, won Dy Harry
Rhoades. one-mile bicycle race for srocers,
won by William Houppert; one-mile open,
won by Ransford Pulliam: one-mile race
between running horse and motor cycle,
won by the latter machine, with Walter
Ribble riding.
In the five-mile motor cycle race Walter
Ribble won, the other two machines go
ing dead after leaving the tape
During the afternoon the grounds We're
invaded by a large number Of undesira BILE
persons, both male and female. There was
a good deal of drinking and gambling on
the part of the latter and many grocers,
with their families. left for the city early,
considerably disgusted