The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-21
BUTCHERS Big DAY
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS NOW AL
MOST FINISHED BY COMMITTEES.
QUESTION OF HANDICAPS
CAUSES SOME DISsENTION AMONG
THE AUTOMOBILE ENTRIES.

Prizes Are on Exhibition in JeweIry
Store Windows-Parade on We'd
nesday Afternoon Will Bring OUS
Every Member uf the Butchers
Neutrality-suspicious. Will Open at
Ten O'Clock NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Evcnts-Butchers Ask BrOugh-
ton Street Merchants to Close Part
of the Day.
The committees from the Savannah
butchers organization have labored
long and zealously, and everything is
now in a state of preparedness that
augurs we'll for the success of their
great celebration on Thursday. The
only feature that is yet to be definitely
settled is the racing programme. Some
of the horses have not yet been salts
factorily classified and will not be for
a day or so.
One of the most exciting events will
be the automobile race. Several ma
chimes have been entered and the com
mittee will have it's hands full trying
to get handicap satisfactory to all
concerned. One of the machines is an
S-horse power auto and the others are
only 4-horse power There is where the
rub comes. The owner of the big fell
low says that the greater motive pow
or is overcome by greater weight. and
that If be had only 4-horse power he
would not be able to race at all The
matter has been referred to the
"Horseless Age and that authority
says the larger machine, giving the
names of both, should be handicapped
mile. The rivalry is strong and the
one who wins the handsome silver cup,
the prize offered by the butchers. will
have the race of his life for it. The
committee, however, will do all that it
can to arrange the matter satisfactor
lily to everybody.
The Cue n Big Feature.
The festivities will open. strictly
speaking, on Wednesday afternoon,
when the Butchers Association will
parade on the principal streets, rs
strong, wearing white duck caps and
long white butchers gowns, or coats.
accompanied by two bands of music.
The field day is Thursday and all
the events will be held at the Fair
grounds. General Manager Maggie of the
Savannah Electric Company has CO.
operated with the transportation COM
mittee, and schedule of cars will be
run that will cause no delay to the
monster crowds that are expected to
attend this last barbecue of the year
He has also been generous in the illum-
nations of the buildings and. when
night comes. the visitors will witness
scene of brlliancy. The grounds will
open at 10 in the morning and dancing
Krt11 Ha 1,.IA i
furnishing the music. From noon until
5 o'clock the cue will be served. The
dinner will he a triumph in culinary
art Mr.. G. Winkler has this part of
the programme in charge, and he will
be aided by 7. ]. Dunbar of Newberry,
the cue chef sans pareil. Mr.. Dunbar
will superintend the cooking, and this
is all that need be said. His reputation
is established.
How Races Have Been Arranged.
The races will begin promptly at 3
O'Clock, with the bicycle motor-paced
event. At 4 the automobile races will
be held. At 4:30 the running races for
the horses commences.
At night there will be a display of
fireworks, beginning at o'clock, fol-
lowed by Phillips daring ascent in a
balloon, to which punches of burning
fireworks VIII be attached.
The prizes for the automobile and
bicycle races are handsome silver cups,
now on exhibition in the windows of
the Van Keuren, Theus and Sternberg
stores. They cost $35 and 1926 each.
1t is the desire to make the day
half holiday among the clerks. The
wholesale and retail merchants are be-
ing asked to close on Thursday after
noon for part of the time in order to
let all who wish attend the cue at the
Fair grounds. Some of those seen have
agreed willingly to close and thus help
the butchers along.
If the weather is only propitious, the
butchers day may be the largest out
ing ever held in Savannah The fol-
lowing committees have done all that
men could do and they are confident of
success: H. Logan, general chairman;
John F. May. general secretary: w. S.
Gardner, transportation; c. Winkler,
barbecue; racing, John F. May. chair
man, J. j. Joyce, j. T. Fleming, c. Il.
Way, w. r. Fulton. 7. C. Wernt: or
der and entertainment. H. Schroeder.
chairman, j. w. Joyce, ]. NJ. Roberts.
Gen Schroeder