The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-28
RETAIL GROCERS' PICNIC
EVENT MARRIED TO SOME EXTENT
BY THE PRESENCE OF ROWDIEs.
Gambling Devices and Beer Under the
Grand Stand-A Big Crowd and
Amusing Contests.

The annual picnic of the Retail Grocers'
Association at the State fair grounds yes
terday afternoon was attended by between
1900 and 5000 people, and the entire pro-
gramme was successfully carried out. The
pleasure of the outing, however, was
marred by a class of individuals who
usually take advantage of such events to
incite and participate in disorderly conduct.
All sorts of gambling schemes were con-
Quoted underneath the ampitheater, and
beer freely dispensed Late in the
afternoon, when the liquor had begun to
work on the minds of the rowdies present,
there were occasional disorders and the po-
lice were kept busy to prevent serious en-
counters Several members of the asso-
citation expressed Indignation because
gambling privileges had been let. saying
the board of directors had passed reso-
luton against gambling.
The events the programme started off
promptly at 1:30 in the afternoon, and the
prizes were follows
Climbing creased pole: Roy He'll, Sl2 East
Two-hundred-foot race, for boys under
twelve: Sam Johnson.
One-hundred-foot race, for girls under
twelve: Minnie Freund, South East street.
Seventy-five-foot race, for women: Miss
Clara Demaree. 24S9 Hovey avenue.
One-Quarter- mile foot race, for grocery
clerks: Mr. Berry, Is East North street.
Foot race. for children under six: One
half pound of candy given to each contest
ant.
Women throwing baseball: Miss Miller.
1921 Silver avenue.
Potato race, for city statesmen: George
Buschmann, Fort Wayne avenue.
String contest, for women: Miss Miller,
1921 Silver avenue.
Retail grocers' and butchers clerks one
mile bicycle race: j. c. Carsons, 22S0 Park
avenue.
Two-mile bicycle race, open to all: Walter
p. Schoffield, 2S17 Sangster avenue.
Five-mile motorcycle race: Henry
b. Miles, go South Summit street, second;
Bert Corbett, 492 East Washington street,
third
One-mile grocers' and butchers trotting
race: H. Shlender, Fort Wayne avenue.
One-mile grocers' and butchers pacing
race: Ed Fielder, Noble and New York
streets.
One-mile city salesmen's trotting race:
George BuschmaEn.
One-mile city salesmens pacing race: E.
A. Edwards.
Motorcycle and horse race: Run by Lew
Tulley's horse and Henry Brandt called
even.
Lew Shank acted as starter and COM
manded all the participants in the contests
from his position in the judges stand TO
obey the rules and follow the race track.
All of the contests were amusing The
women was special feature. They lined
up in front of the grand stand each with
string in her mouth with a gumdrop
dangling at the end and began to chew on
the string at the word given by Shank
The women who first got the candy in her
mouth won the prize. The horse races also
were amusing features, many of the AMI
mails being taken from the delivery wagons
and rugged out with old-style sukies or
perhaps one of the modern patterns. There
were some good horses in the races but
no time was kept.
Ed Fielder and Lew Tulley, who had good
horses in one of the races, became involved
in a quarrel over the race, which finally
ended by the police taking them in custody
after they had taken a number of vicious
punches at each other. Fielder complained
that Tulley crowded him in trying to ''get
the pole" Tulley admitted that he crowd
ed Fielder, but said he did not touch him
and had not violated the rules of racing.
However, Fielder won the race The men
decided to settle the controversy by put
ting UP a side bet and running another
race, and while talking this got into
a fight. There was such a crowd on the
track by this time that the police had to
draw their clubs and dispense It,
a closing feature a balloon ascen-
sion with bicycle attachment on the para
chute.
Supper was served underneath the grand
stand and the evening was spent in dane