Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-05
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! VIEW OF LABOR DAY PARADE
&+H.a.+s + 4 s.i
given by muscular representatives of


various unions.
The pool room to the north end OF
the park was converted into dance
hall and many of the young people
spent the entire afternoon and evening
there in spite of the dust.
Through lack of officers to take care
Of the track, great confusion resulted
and the officers were compelled to drive
the spectators over the fence before
any of the athletic events could be held.
While number of young men were
being put off the track, about score
of their comrades took advantage of
the moment to tear portion of the
fence down, and after that the events
were held without regard as to whether
the track was cleared or not.
The first event, a bicycle race of one
mile, had three entries, one being a
member of a local negro union. When
the tall dark brown man curled him
self on bicycle entirely too small for
him and started to loop the track the
crowd howled and yelled their jeers
until it was impossible to make the an
nouncements of the winners heard.
An egg and spoon race for women was
one of the best features of the pro-
gram. The event was chronicled for
married women only, but when the
race was started none was barred.
The race was won by Mrs. John Dali
ton with Miss Kitty Brown close Sec
ond. The latter young woman was one
of the last to start and stopped in the
middle of the performance to arrange
her red polo hat which had become
disarranged by the violent exercise. AS
in all egg races, the fastest runner gen.
orally finishes near the end and Miss
Browns stopping to fix her hat gave
the egg time to regain its proper posi-
ton in the spoon and she walked in an
easy second.
AS rival attraction the Los An
geles Cricket club started a practice
game in the center of the track field.
After several events had been run
the majority of the crowd repaired to
the beer booths and the remainder of
the program almost entirely consisted
in the efforts Of the officers to keep the
intoxicated celebrators from fighting.
The grounds were cleared at 6
o'clock.
Following are the results of the af-
ternoon sports:
First event-One mile bicycle race
Winners: Fred Dee, William Howell
and H. Johnson.
Second event-Obstacle race. Win
ners: H. Groves, G. vokey and Joseph
Hammond.
Third event-Three legged race. Win
ners: Joseph and Rich, first; Coleman
and Hickman, second.
Fourth event-10O yard dash. Win
ners: H. Groves, j. Peltgrift and H. T.
Johnson.
Fifth event-Fat mems race. Win
ners: G. B. Fisher and w. ]. Boulton.
Sixth event-spoon and egg race.
Winners: Mrs. w. c. Alexander, Kitty
Brown and Mrs. John Dalton.
Seventh event-5O yard dash. Win
ners: Mrs. M. Dryden, Mrs. M. Wolff
and Mrs. j. Dalton.
Eighth event-75 yard dash. Win
ners: Olga Lazarvich and BERTHE Du-
game.
Ninth event-100 yard dash. Win
ners Mary Fitzgerald and May Schei-
decke.
Tenth event-10o yard dash. Win
ners: Maud Mitchell and Hazel Sal
mon. ~
Eleventh event-1OO yard dash, for
boys. Winners: Mack Starry and G.
Twelfth event-100 yard dash. for
boys. Winners: Lawrence Starry and
Harry Rooney
Thirteenth event-Catching creased
pig. Winner: ]. Rich.
Fourteenth event-Bottle contest.
Winners: G. B. Fisher, A. c. Freeman
and ]. C. Huntville.
Fifteenth event-Sack race. Winners:
H. Shepard and C. Killion.
Sixteenth event-Kangaroo race, for
men. Winners: Davis and Florida;
Gilbert and Rich; Fischer and Purtell.
Seventeenth event-Bicycle race.
Winners ]. F. Duval. c. F. Walsh an /
Harold Killion.
Eighteenth event-Bicycle race.
Winners: Nelson Story, c. B. Baker
and Ralph Vogel.
Nineteenth event-Broad jump. Win