Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-31
METHODIST CHURCH.
REGULAR FIELD DAY AT THE
PARk-LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN JOIN IN SPORTS.
Highly successia; and Enjoyable At
fair-Dinner in the open-Piunoe
Bath Proves Popular.

rair-Dlnnef IN kne Open-Piunoe
Bath Proves Popular.
The picnic at Hot Springs yesterday,
given by the Methodist Sunday school,
was an affair long to be remembered
by those who participated in it. The
first cars bearing the larger part Of
the school left the Union station q
little after 3 o'clock in the morning.
reaching the grounds just before 10
o'clock. Superintendent Sydes imme-
diately provided a barrel OF lemon
ade, which was replenished throughout
the day, and every one served ad lib.
itum, and everybody agreed that it
was not circus lemonade, either. Prof.
T. r. DAILY and Secretary J. F. Hates
had charge of the sports, which were
entered into heartily, and in the out
come proved to be a veritable athletic
field day. The second contingent OF
the school, consisting of the kinder
garten and the mothers and guardians
of the little folks, arrived at IL
o'clock. At exactly high noon snowy
white linen was spread upon the lawn
in the cool shade and a hearty repast
served from the well filled baskets,
the picnickers assembling themselves
in informal groups. A social hour fol-
lowed, after which many of the young
people resorted to the plunge bath
of the Hot Springs bath house, and
were watched at their antics in the
water by a crowd that filed the
house. Later in the afternoon the
athletic sports were resumed and con-
tinued almost to sunset. The major
portion of the picnickers returned to
the city on the 5 o'clock train, while
others remained to take the Z O'Clock.
The following are the athletic games
run OF, together with the winners
names in the various events:
Girls ffty-yard dash: Lillian Pope,
first; Fern Hates. second.
Boys ffty-yard dash (boys under 10
years.: John Hates, first; Eugene
Herber. second.
Boys flfty-yard dash (boys over 100:
Tom Foster, first; Albert Dearth, sec
ond.
Young ladies' ffty-yard dash: Nellie
Dearth, first; Fern Hates III years
old. second.
Boys sack race, run in sections
First section: Albert Dearth, first;
Tom Foster, second. Second section:
Ed Rupp, first: Harry Thatcher, Sec
ond. In the finals Albert Dearth won
first place and Tom Foster the second
place.
Girls sack race, run in sections, In
which Fern Hates. Mary Hansen,
Edith Kingsley, Edith Perry and LII
liam Pope gained places for the finals
The finals resulted: Fern Hates, first;
Mary Hansen, second.
Ladies' sack race, run in sections,
was the event of the day. First sec
ton: Mrs. Mahan, Nellie Dearth, Win
ME Hates, Nellie Stoner and Bess
Pierce. Second section: Mrs. Dearth,
Goldie Geyer, Esther Geyer, Ruby
Schlott and Nellie West. Nellie
Dearth, Winnie Hates, Ruby Schlott
and Nellie West won place for the
final, in which Nellie Dearth won irst
and Winnie Hates second.
Boys three-legged race: Ed Rupp
and Harry Lorenzen. first; AL
Dearth and Will Koogler, second.
Girls t~hreelegged race, run in sec
ton: Lillian Pope and Vivian Hedge
cock, Myrtle Dunn and Juliet Fleck
Elizabeth Rogers and Mary Hansen
and Edith Perry and Fern Hates won
places for the finals. The finals re-
suited: Edith Perry and Fern Hates
first; Elizabeth Rogers and Mary Han
sen, second.
Girls ffty.yard dash (ul to II
years, limited to non-prize winners):
Bessie Cousins, FIRST; Vivian Hedge
cock, second.
Boys running broad jump: Isaac
Kirkpatrick, first; John Hates, second;
Carl Brown, third.
Youths running broad jump: Leo
Tiberhien, first; Ed Rupp, second.
Youths one hundred-yard dash:
Tom Foster, first; Geo. Pritchett. Sec
ond.
Youths hand wrestle: Tom Foster
won against al corners.
Youths Indian wrestle: Harry
Thatcher won against al comerss
Regulation wrestle. three points
down: Harry Thatcher and Geo
Pritchett won equal. donors in the
finals against the field.
Prizes were awarded OF oil athletic
events.
Quoits and other games Of common
interest were INDUCED In throughout
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