Evening star., 1901-10-02
BUTCHERS AT BARBECUE
LARGE CROWD GREETs AssOCIA-
TIoN AT GLEN ECHO.
and Other Features of
entertainment PrOgram-Com-
petition for Prines.

The Washington Retail Butchers and
Meat Dealers Association began an aIl-day
outing this morning at Glen Echo. The
members OF the association and their
friends were on the grounds early COM
pleting arrangements for the reception OF
their guests. The grounds were opened to
the general public at IL o'clock but long
before that time the workers had started
In their tasks. The overcast sky OF the
forenoon and early afternoon had some
enect upon the attendance, but this after
noon when all the attractions are In full
blast the weather Is not expected to in
terfere with the festivities to a material
extent.
The center Of attraction for the forenoon
visitors was the place OF the barbecue.
for the occasion. They were killed and
dressed yesterday. and were brought out
TO the grounds early this morning. They
were Immediately put in place for cooking.
heavy iron shaft running through the body
OF each so as to turn 1t easily and insure
the beef to be well cooked on all sides.
Member. of the Committee.
Charles P. Merkel was the chairman of
the barbecue committee. Assisting him
were the following: David Alexander.
Leon Arnold, w. NJ. Brown, jr., ]. II.
Buscher, w. s. Brown, W. @. Carter. Chas.
A. Daily. ]. f. Donovan. s. Dyer. Charles
e. Ebel, Charles e. Gerner. George A.
Gerhold. Joseph Geier. George NJ. Hunt. J.
A Hoffman. J. w. Hunter. A. ]. Hurley,
Benjamin B. Hunt, Charles z. Kengla.
Charles H. kettler, Louis p. Krey, H. OPP
penheimer. Dave Oppenheimer. John A.
Reynolds, A n. Reid, r. F. Stonnell. T. o.
Schaffer, Elias Solomon. c. p. Scherzer, j.
G. Trail, M. c. Weaver and H. T. Woodey.
The Tournament.
The grand tournament commenced short
ly after 1 o'clock. with a list of about
thirty knights. The winner of the contest
will crown the queen, and the prizes will
be distributed at o'clock this evening.
The officials Of the tournament were as
follows: Chief marshal. George w. Fergu-
son Of Virginia: assistant marshals, ].
Henry Kirby OF Maryland. Luther Cleve-
land OF Virginia, Dorie Freeman Of Mary
land; herald, w. T. Harris of Virginia;
aids. w. Harry Harrison of the District Of
Columbia, George Sheuler of Maryland
official timekeeper. A j. Boyer Of Congress
Heights: judges. VIM. 7. Palmer, Henry
Bfggs. Wm b. Mullin. VIM. Muelheisen. c.
E. Dietrich. j. NJ Beall T. d. Harper:
orators of the day, Spencer Jones, Mary
land; George 1. Simms. Virginia.
The prize trap shooting event took place
and about 2 o'clock the shooting COM
menced. The main prizes were the hand
some silver challenge cup donated by R
Harris & Co., known as the Harris chal-.
lenge cup, subsequent contests for which
Will be upon conditions named by the do
nors. and a handsome gold medal donated
by the Castelberg National Jewelry Com
pany.
Besides these prizes there were other
valuable trophies competed for. The shoot
ing was under the direction Of Mr. Charles
Kengla, the chairman of the subcommittee
Test Of Popularity.
Considerable interest was manifested in
the voting for the most popular butcher in
the city, the lucky man to secure a mag
nificent pair of polished horns, donated by
Wolf. Sayer & Heller. of 40 Pearl street.
New York city. There is a strong rivalry
for this prize.
The programme for this evening includes
speaking in the amphitheatre, commencing
at O'Clock. Among the speakers are
Messrs Sidney T. Thomas, B. H. War
ner. Simon Wolf, Frank Morrison, John HI.
Br1nkman, Samuel G. Brent of Virginia
and Ashley NJ. Gould of Maryland Imme-
diately after the speech-making a cake
walk will be held on the stage in the am
phitheatre. in which the Old Dominion
Cake Walk Club will furnish the attrac-
tion.
During the evening there will be dancing
on the pavilion. In the forenoon and after
noon the band gave a continuous concert