The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
John DREW SHOOS TURKEYS,
MISS ALECE BLACKWELL WINS
GOOSE RACE
A, G,mkhana of the Maidstone club-EkS
Race Goes tn Miss Rice. T. Clarke
Ge,sthe Manikin, and Miss duane sews
n BUTT OH OH Wigham's shirt Very Fast.

crabbe and fireplace and from the S1inne-
cock Hills and all the country round about
tho folks came to-day to zee the race Of the
Goose Girl of Georgia. and all the other
startling events Of the annual gymkhana
~ the Maidstone Club. The games were
hold two miles cut Of town, in big
nosture fringed on one side by forest Of
oaks On the south the field was open to
the sea, and the frame of the pasture was
finished by two long lines Of young matrons
and pretty girls crowding to the edge of
the course and cheering for their favorites.
Tbe music for all the events was the roar
Of the nearby sea and the rustic of the sea-
shore breeze through the trees.
John Drew, all in linen and on a fine
mount, was clerk of the course. and did all
sorts If police work, from catching run
away horses to shooing a flock Of stray
turkeys of the field His associates on
police duty were Samuel T. Skidmore and
G. Wheaton Vaughan. Ralph 0. Ives was
the starter and did most Of the work. and
would not quit even after he had been
thrown from his horse in a collision at the
exciting close of the manikin race.
Other society folk on the gymkhana
committee were Frederick Gallatin, Preston
B Spring. George L. Munroe. Everets H,r-
lick Mrs Vaughan, Mrs. Carson and Mrs.
WoodhGuse. These we're the Judges: Ed
ward s. Nash, Samuel A. Beardsley, Z.
Clifford Potter, William M. Carson and
Nnlison T.. Block wood.
President Schurman Of Cornell was in
the crowd near the finish line, and among
The Others who cheered the goose girls
and the Young women who sewed buttons
IN he ,hrt race were Frances Hoagson
Barn" t. Dr. Clarence Rice, whose daughters
we're star performers in many events:
t. Clifford Potter and Thomas Benedict
Clark James Brecse, Sidney Breese and
Mrs Morton came over with big crowd
from S,lIh,mpron. NJ. H d. Robbins
came w.th a party from the same place,
and got to the course in time for the egg
race, in spite Of the fact that his big auto
mobile broke down on the way
The first event was the potato race, with
hal Il dOzen entire, all on wel!-trained
mounts. Bert Gaiiatin picked up hi, five
potatoes and got them INTO his paii nrst +.
AMI 80 Won, Max Strong was leading with
N" htlh potato when has horse threw HIM
and ran away. That wis when John Drew
gov INTO action.
l'.le aclo'. with the long tails of his linen
riding coat flying in the wind, galioped
Ike mad over the hills after the riderless
horse, He dis ppe,ared beyond beech
i. .,s covered l.noll, so the crowd didn't
see what htppeueI, but Drew won. and
came back ie%ding the runaway in tine
TO 90 duty in the egg race. in which his
daughter wGs entered
There we're twenty young women in thnt
event, and they rode In two sections. The
trick was to ride down the neid 100 yards
anu, b5ck carrying an egg in tablespoon,
1t was II contest which required. not only
perfect horsew omtnship, but the steldiest
nerves and well controlled muscles.
Only four OF the twenty girls succeeded
IN bringing their eggs back to the line,
Miss Gil .dys Rice, daughter Of DR.. Clarence
Rice Of New York. Won. She role in the
first sectio,. and on the run down the field
ct almost everybody else pass her. All
VINO tried to make fast time at the start
,oggled their arms too nltloh, and strewed
tho field with eggs
ii the 100 yards Il there we're still
1--WE vol'ng women in the race. Miss Rice
kept ono eye on her egg and the other on
her go,l She carried the spoon in her
i;h: h1nd and her right arm, crooked ct
n" elbow, w"s as rigid as a bar OF steel.
She r't her horse TO a canter and won the
rara hv h II lenrth.
Miss Margaret Grouse Of Utica won in
the second section. The other nine young
women lost their eggs early in the race, so
Miss Grouse walked her horse all the way,
and ravc all her attention TO holding the egg
steady She tried the same walking trick
in riding off the tie with Miss Rice. but Miss
Rice had all her nerve left and repeated
her performance of corning back with the
egg at canter, beating Miss Grouse by
fifty wards.
Her sister, Miss Marjorie Rice, was in
HAT race, too Miss Marjorie is good at
lightning change Ten minutes after the
race she was in charge Of the fortune tel
rr's tent back in the woods, with her hair
down and her riding habit covered by the
gold and red and black OF gypsy girls
costume.
There was an interinission after the egg
race 20 give the ladies in charge Of the wheel
# fortune and the ice cream booths A
chance 70 make little money for the Maid
stone Club
When there was nothing left to eat Harper
ives rang the bell for the mannikin race
six hprsenan rode at top speed to chalked
in" upon which were six rag dolls, man
size. Each competitor dismounted, grabbed
mannikin, Jumped into the saddle. and rode
10 the other end of the pasture. Thomas
Clarke, Jr., one of the crack riders of Squad
ron A II New York, won the race
Reginald Willis, who was second. lost
contro Of his mount at the finish and rode
frIl tilt into Starter Ives. Willis's big rag
horses fell and their riders were thrown,
nut neither was seriously hurt. The horse
hat tal caused all the trouble regained
his feet and ran away, giving John Drew
another chance to make catch. He &C.
cepted the chance and won.
Just then a turkey and her brood strutted
On to the course and the city folks yelled,
There come the geese for the race"
Starter Ives knew they weren't geese, for
all the geese in the entries were known
70 wear the colors of their young women
drivers So he shouted to the clerk of the
course; John, chase those junica hens
out Of the lot, ;" and the actor side-stepped
MIS- horse toward the gobblers and scared
them away.
Mss Alice Blackwell, Miss GLADYS Rice,
Mss Hlzi Smith, Miss Lockwood, Miss
Do Mini rs, Miss Nash and Miss EidIitz were
'hH goose drivers. E ,ch wore white dress
with broad sash of colored silk. The
lbbon harness around the necks and under
The wings of the geese and the streamers
on the tree branches which the girls Use d
Tor whips correspondent with the colors Of
The drivers
Miss Alice Blackwell, driving a big. gray
goose harnessed in green, Won the race
Her bird went straight across from line to
me, The other geese zgze gged and side
stepped and acteo generally just like geese
Miss RiCe's bird was left at the post Miss
Eldlt2's slipped out Of its harness and
escaped TO the woods, and Miss Nash q
goose flew straight up into the air, circed
vice, twirling Miss Nash around, and then
lew away over the heads Of the crowd.
-. The shirt race was for men and women.
Five yourg women were lined up ten Yards
with her button and her needle all threaded
The five yOuEp mon rOde down IpDp thnn,