Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-18
Enjoyable Time Spent at Farming
ton Resort Yesterday
RACES AND SPORTS GALORE.
Bicycle Road Race, baseball, Trap
Shooting aud a General Good lime
Features OF the mig Excursion,

ne annual outing OF tne eHlpiOyth VI
the y. c. NJ. J. Of this city and Ogden
occurred yesterday at Lagoon. where
close upon 1900 people assembled and
enjoyed themselves to the top Of their
bent, An brands OF entertainment
we're provided, which included sports
for the athletic. dancing for old and
young alike, and for those who pre-
ferred TO commune together in pairs
there were the deep shadows Of the
foliage ana bowers among which TO
retire and whisper sweet words OF com.
fort and consolation.
The major portion Of the crowd went
out to the resort on the 1890 special
train, when the program Of the day
opened az Bountiful with the road race
over the Pennington course. The four
teen entries In this event we're sent
away in the following order: George
Metres, Joseph Cardwell az minutes),
w Russell. John Holder a minutes),
James Walk, T.. Haslan, Frank Quist
(Sh mnutesG w. b. Hawkes., j. Wat
son (2ls minutesl. w. Pierce. D'Lour q
minutes). Il. Carlquist a. mnutesJ, Il.
Dayey. j. Pitt, scratch.
The time made by the riders was
exceptionally good. Cardwell, a limit
man. crossed the tape first making the
run IN 26:3l Quist was the second man
home, 1928. Price third, 2i.03, Carl
qulst fourth, a i6. Hawkes. fifth, rs IS,
Pitt sixth, 25:S6, Walk, coming in thlr-
teenth, was given the consolation prize
OF half-dogen DR. Melr's ginger ale
Pierce, who won the time prize, got an
order for Sl2 worth OF merchandise at
the Y. G. NJ. l.. Cardwell, as first In,
received an order for s., and the others
In the order named, 81. 50 and 81, 80 re-
spectively.
As soon as the lunch baskets had been
duly deposited at Lagoon a gun match
for the best out Of a possible ten clay
birds was called Two teams, respect
lively under the leadership Of H. II.
Woodruff and $. II. Love then lined up
to shoot for case of beer
The fluid which made Milwaukee ia.
nous was duly captured by he Wood
run aggregation Of powder burners,
with the following creditable score. a.
H. Woodruff, 10, G. p. Margetts, T; T..
Cox, 3, d. Watson, 81 Walt Wilding,
S, Fred Brain, 3, and Al Brewster, 3; TO.
tai, A. The losing team made a score
of q, as follows; ). II. Love, 81 George
Watson, b; A. Proctor g. David Mar
gets, S p. Latimer, |; Miles Romney,
?, and j. A. Babe. o, Incidentally Ii
nay be remarked that Babe Is still
laborir.-. under the impression that the
boys put up a job on him and handed
out a half score Of blank shells, for
when he Is In good trim he never misses
a grand stand at twenty PAGES.
Then No married and single mines
dallied with the hOrsehide sphere on the
diamond for a case Of champagne cl-
der-the loosers getting the bottles.
odds were In favor OF the bachelors, as
several members Of the benedict aggre-
CATION were said to be out OF training
consequent TO the hot weather Keeping
the third and fifth editions of papa
awake at night, thereby necessltating
parades at unseemly hours In undress
uniform. with their attendant wear and
tear on nerves and tissue.
The papas, however, handed out a
series OF surprises to their juniors 10
the ultimate tune OF 5-3.
Those who made sport In the arena
for the Z, G. NJ. !. holiday were:
Married men--Thomas Ryan, catcher;
A. Proctor, pitcher: c. Margetts. first
base; h. Brain second base, O. Mar
gets, third base: A. Cllssold, short
stop Walter Romney, center field; y.
watson, right Held; r. Latimer left
field
Single men-A. Cardwell. catcher: A.
Flemmlng, pitcher, Il. Hawkes.. frs
base p, Flemmlng. second base: j.
Ash. third base; sid Christie. short
stop J. Cardwell. center FIELD, Lund
night field, Il. Dayey. lett deld.
Then came the foot races. chief
among which was the 100 yard dash for
the u. c.. NJ. l. gold medal, Of which o.
+. Riser was the last holder. The race
was easily captured by Sid Christie. "A
young Maori. The other races and
their winners are as follows: Fifty.yard
dash tladiesl, prize, a berry.dish, won
by Mary Terry. Boys SHOES coat and
hat race, prize, fishing rod. won by
While Pierce, one hundfed-yard dash
married mem, prize, a pair Of pants.
won by ID. Margetts, Fat mans handi-
cap prize pair Of shoes. won by Cant.
liywater Lean mans handicap, prize.
pair Of shoes, Won by VIII Crabtree.
Girls hat and parasol race. prize. a
parasol, won by Isabel Hooper. Relay
race between store and factory. prize.
one ease Of orange cider. won by the
factory team. The boat race was won
by ID. c. Rushton. The prize for waltz.
ing was carried Of by George Watson
and Miss Rae Winkioh. and the prize
Tor TIE two-step was awarded 10 Mr
and Mrs Joseph Sorensen. both dancing
prizes being a pair OF slippers.
The outing was enjoyed by all who
went out TO Lagoon, and IL was NOT
until a,late hour that the merry throng
finally scattered TO their homes, one and
all declaring that a splendid time lad
been spent