Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-25
ANNUAL PICNIC TAKES 5000
PEOPLE TO BEACH
AFFAIR is RoUsINe SUCCESS
Swimming Races, Creased Pole, Po-
tato, Sack and Running Races and
Big Vaudeville Make Busy
Day--other News
Pasadena Agency.
ia East Colorado Street,

PASADENA. Aug. 2f.-It is estimated
that nearly 5000 citizens of Pasadena
visited Venice of America today and
helped to make the citys second an
nual picnic the monster success that 1t
was Everybody awoke early and there
was plenty of activity on the streets
up to the time the first Southern Pacific
special pulled out, but by Q o'clock the
expected Fourth of July quiet reigned.
But few places of business were open.
Even the police had nothing to do, and
for stay-at-honies there was literally
nothing doing. AT Venice things were
different. The program of the days
merrymaking went off like clockwork.
Venice's celebrated band met the ex-
cursionists, conducted them to the big
new pavilion and here the long list of
sports was pulled off.
The burden of superhuous dignity
and the weight of years were here
thrown aside and young and old Joined
in the frolic. There were running races
for boys, the girls, the old men, the fat
men and the women, and the big crowd
yelled it's approval. A dozen young men
labored at walking a CREASED pole, ex-
tended over the still waters of the
lagoon, slipped and fell, then tried
again. Men and boys known in all parts
of the Crown city swan races and
climbed upon floating barrels, which
would roll over just as the prize came
in sight. Ten fat women in turn
mounted the platform seals and were
weighed amid shouts of laughter, the
heaviest weighing some 236 pounds,
carrying away a fine gold watch as a
sort of reward of merit. Two big
families, one containing twelve, the
other ten members, stood in line to
show that race suicide has it's OPP
ponents in Pasadena, both families
carrying away prizes. A half dozen of
the little women of the city strove for
the honor of being dubbed "the littlest"
woman. 1t was jolly occasion and
mingled with the sports was some of
the choicest music the Venice band is
capable of.
Lunch and Music
Lunch time came before the sports
were half over and for an hour or more
it seemed as though this was really
what the crowd had come for. Every
available space was covered with some
body's lunch, cups and plates appeared
as by magic and the free coffee and ice
cream were gone after until the great
freezers and coffee boilers were empty.
Afr lunch came another concert, more
sports and at 4:15 the vaudeville per-
formance in the auditorium. Here the
performers were chiefly Pasadena peo-
pie and constant succession of local
hits kept the audience in an uproar.
There were German comedy songs by
e. ]. Muller and Eugene Cohler, a
Jiu Jitsu exhibition by couple of well
known Pasadena Japanese, vocal music
by the Crown City quartet, scientific
bag punching by Roy Cannon, scien-
tific fencing, vocal solos by Fred e.
Colver, r. H. Siddell, Leroy Jepson, C.
w. Foy and Frank Spear. Then the
regular Venice organist gave two num-
bers on the big organ, and it was after
D. m. when the curtain was lowered
Another band concert followed. with
the illumination of the city and lagoon.
BY 9 o'clock most of the crowd was
homeward bound. Those who remained
were given the privilege of using the
Southern Pacific return tickets over
any of the electric cars.
Summary of Prize Winners
The following is summary of the
chief prize winners in the program of
sports;
1OO-yard dash-George Caldwell first,
John La spada second, Earl Flanders
third.
Sack raoe-Alfred Carson first, Ralph
Hawkins second, Raymond Bowers
third.
Fat mans race-N. Hayden first,
OOipl tDdSSCll SCCOlus DdSS6ll
Men over so years, so yards-J. H.
Hartshorn first, J. V. Rollins second,
Mr.. Rankin third.
Three-legged race-Will Crawford
and Norman Pike first A. w. Smith
and Harry Boutelle second, Elmer
Wheaton and Raymond Bowers third.
Carrying package to Judge-Alfred
Carlson and Alvin Makepiece.
Boys race-Ross Krause first, John
Breiner second, Gilbert Dunn third.
Hurdle race-John La spada first,
George Caldwell second, win Crawford
third.
Fifty-yard DASH men over 3O-Dolph
Bassett first, II. @. Chahee second, p.
Mcintosh third.
Egg and spoon raoe-Margaret Wy
CANT hrst, Addie MeAnney second
Ruth Zimmerman third.
Potato race-Margaret Wygant first,
Gladys Makepiece second. Ruth zim-
norman third.
Girls race, 100 yards-Margaret Wv