Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
PLENTY FUN THERE.
What the Early Corners Find to Amuse
Themselves.


ATLANTIC CITY, May 10, 1903.
The weather Is establishing new record
at the seashore for this time of year. For
the past two weeks it has been absolutely
perfect The days are bright and warm
and the nights cool and brilliant. All this
has had the effect of forcing the season in
many respects. Sailing and fishing parties
are as numerous as. in early July, while, as
a rule, in past years the boats still in
their winter quarters at this time. The
fishing throughout the length of the Jersey
coast is unusually early. The first weak
fish were caught last Tuesday, and since
then some enormous strings have been
brought in by amateur fishermen. Blue and
king fish are also running, and during the
week several large drum were landed.
Moonlight yachting parties have been the
fashion of the week.
Substantial progress was made this week
in perfecting the system of drives and
boulevards around the resort. The Speed
way between this city and Longport has
been put in fine condition for driving and
autoing and the new boulevard across the
meadows has been saved from the trolley
grabbers and will be reserved for the pur
poses for which it was intended. trolley
corporation has been fighting for the priv
iege of laying it's tracks this drive
for the past three months. but popular in
dignation over the proposed grab has
triumphed and the board of freeholders
has finally rejected the application. The
work of constructing this magnificent
thoroughfare will now be pushed to COM
pletion with all possible speed. This result
has already had the effect of reviving in
tereSt in driving among local and visiting
hOrsemen. series of races has been ar
ranged and will be held on the beach be-
tween this city and Ventnor. Horsemen
declare that the beach provides the best
conditions for fast time of any surface ever
constructed. The first of these events will
be held on Decoration day, and the con-
testants will include many of the best race
and road horses owned by gentlemen driv-
ers in New York and Philadelphia 1t is
announced that efforts will be made for a
new record and several handsome prizes
will be awarded.
From present indications big conventions
of all characters will be in almost con-
tinuous session in this city during the COM
ing season. Fully fifty have been already
booked, and the returns are just beginning
to come in. The latest one to announce
its sessions In this city is that of the Med
ical Society of the Republic of Mexico.
Several hundred members will attend and
the committee having the arrangements in
charge will arrive here within few days.
The convention will be held some time next
month. The American Medical Society will
also convene here a little later in the sea-
son.
The infant city of Ventnor, which adjoins
Atlantic City on the west, is putting into
execution a number of improvements on an
ambitious scale. 1t is securing deeds from
the property holders of the town. transfer
ring the control of the beach front to the
authorities, who will undertake to keep it
free from Objectionable features and to con-
vert a portion of 1T into a beach front park
This corporation is also building fine drives
and roads connecting it with Atlantic City
and the mainland. and will soon erect hand
nome public buildings.