Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-31
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
KNIGHTS COMPETE FOR HoNoRS
AT MARSHALL HALL.

The twenty-frst annual tournament and
fancy dress ball at Marshall Hall was
held yesterday and between seven and
eight thousand persons enjoyed the festiv
tiles. washingtonians were there to the
number of about four thousand. the Mac
a1ester being crowded. The weather was
all that could be desired and the country
folk of Charles and Prince George coun-
ties, Maryland, turned out in large num-
bers, arriving In wagons. carriages and
other vehicles from every direction.
Sheriff Tibbets of Charles county was
present throughout the day to see that
order was maintained The visitors from
the country remained for the old-fash-
Toned dance. which continued until the
early hours of the morning. The manage
ment of the hall had previously made ar
rangements with Schroeders orGhes.ra'
which had furnished the music Of the day.
to remain, and when the boat steamed
away from the wharf for washington the
strains OF the Virginia reel were heard.
The riding of the knights in the tlltlng
contests was of the finest and the exhl-
billions of Workmanship were superb.
On either side of the course were gain
cred enthusiastic crowds of witnesses. ].
H. Khlor of Baltimore county, Md, the
knight of Rochdale won over his eighteen
competitors, and later in the dancing pa
vilion he crowned, as queen OF loVe ana
beauty, Miss Emily Theresa Mudd of
Belle Alton, Md, niece OF Representa-
tive Sidney E. Mudd In the first tilt the
winner tied with William l. Harron or
Washington; Lucien d. Love of Beltsviile,
Prince George county Nd: William u.
Clark Of Bailey's Cross Roads, va. mos
Head Of Munson's Hill, Va, and !; ).
Blandford of Prince George county, ma,
The contests continued interesting untli
the last when Sir knight Khlor won out.
The Addresses.
The program of the day began at z
o'clock. and the address waE delivered ny
Mr.. Charles 1. Simms Of Glen Carlyn' va
from the judges stand The subject Oh ms
address was Success" and throughout his
oratorical effort he urged the knightiy con-
testants to bend every energy, with the OBJ
ject Of browning the girl OF his choice DIS
queen of love and beauty.
The address of the evening, at $50
O'clock Immediately preceding the crown
ing Of the queen and her three maids OF
honor, was to have been delivered by Rep
resentatiye Pearre of Maryland, but ne was
not able to be present, and MS place was
taken by Rev. DR.. Charles II. Raymond,
pastor of Bethany English Lutheran
Church. DR. Raymond said: "Sir knights,
YOU are here on this occasion to crown
your queen of love and beauty and her 1alr
maids When crowned she will certainly De
a queen of love and beauty. Love is a fine
word Love for home and love for country.
Love for his home causes tine soldler u
charge to the mouth of the roaring cannon
upon the battlefield. We appreciate the ell
forts YOU have made in the contests to en-
terrain US. Take your queen and her dear
maids and crown them under the shade OF
the old apple tree" concluded Dr. Hay-
mond, who was greeted with great laugh
ter MI Mitchell Digs of La Plata. Nd,
also made short address to the sir knights
and their ladies, after which the GROWING
took place.
The maids of honor were three Washing
ton girls-Misses Lena Dowden, Florence
Sowder and Resale Rousseau. They were
crowned by Sir knights Clarke, Blandford
and Love.
The sir knights and their ladies led in the
dancing which followed.
Scores Made.
The scores made in the contest were as
follows:
William L. Harron, knight of Washing
ton Boy 8; L. D. Dove, Knight of Mary
land, o; William L. Clark, knight of Vir-
ginia Boy, 8; ]. Downs. Knight of Washing
ton, s; Tom Head, knight of Munson Hill,
g. II. Siebel, Knight of st. Joseph, I; w.
Graham, knight of Franconia. 3; D. Lang
ley Knight of Capitol Hill, A. C. w. Griggs,
Knight of Prince George, .; II. E. Keller,
Knight of Kenilworth, q A. 8. Kase,
Knight of Old Dominion, 6: Estler Palmer,
Knight of Georgetown, 8; G. B. Blandford,
knight of Accokeek, I; Harry T. Palmer,
Knight of District of Columbia, s; ]. H.
Khlor, Knight of Rockdale. ., and Childs
Barnes, Knight of McConchie, s.
In the semi-inals the score was: ]. II.
Khlor, 3: Harron, 2; Love, .; Clark, 2;
Blandford, 2; Head, l. The finals left the
result as follows: Khlor, first; Love- sec
ond; Blandford, third Clark, fourth, and