Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-03
CIMRHANA DRAWS A CROWD
Country Club outdOss All Previous Efforts
Along This Line
COOL WEATHER ADDS zEsT TO OCCASION
All Kinds of stunts Pulled on for the
Amusement of Those AttendinE,
the women Participating
in some.

II was accounted the best gymkhana
given at the Country club and the men and
women who arranged it-especially the
women-were pleased to an unbelievable
degree.
A disgustingly impollte breeze swept
down from the northwest over the club
house and the pretty grounds. Whenever
It could find speck Of dust the wind
picked it up and cast 1t in charming eyes
and delicate shell-like ears or spilled 1t
over clothes that simply made one gasp
with admiration. The air had the first
nip of autumn, a downright palatable
twang, too. that made light wrap thing
Of joy and running here and there so as
not to miss anything, extremely desirable
The gymkhana was introduced to Omaha
two years ago and everyone knows that
it is Just an effort to let out nonsense and
let lovely gowns be seen. So well have
these aims had been accomplished at the
Country club that one might as soon think
OF turning the golf links into potato
patch as to mention saying good bye
gymkhana Those who saw the other local
gymkhanas say that this one beat them
in every way-brought more people out,
had more interest in the events and pro-
duced more fun out of the whole thing.
They sought to prove this by remarking
that DINNER was served TO $50 guests,
where but 2S5 sat last year, the latter num-
Der being the record of the club In enter
tanning at one time. How $50 persons were
seated in the dining room only the stew
ards knew and no one dared TO ask them.
Rudeness of the wind.
All this success, too, in the face of that
nasty wind which was so very naughty
that Mrs. Arthur Guiou, who seemed to be
bossing about every job on the reserva-
ton and doing it exceptionally well, dis
carded her hat and wrapped her head and
features up in a thick white veil. She
had more courage than most of the other
women or less vanty-it were better to
leave the decision to conjecture-for not
one of the others dared remove the plumed
and laced creations that helped to grace
the scene. But most OF them had to resort
to wells Interest was too intense In the
games TO keep more than few women In
sung corners, and damage TO costume and
complexion or no, they sailed out and saw
all that was going.
The Country club grounds have looked
prettler in the Towering time Of the year.
before nature had whispered the first word
of farewell and dismissal to the grass and
the leaves and the blossoms, but what
verdure lacked the women more than
supplied. From the time Master of Cere-
monies Ben Cotton started OF the auto
mobile parade until the last spool Of
paper ribbon had been unwound at the
cotillion march the afternoon was one of
life, activity. color laughter, Jest and
enjoyment. He who would not enthuse and
loosen the cords OF his reserve were a sad
dog. verify.
Autos in Grand March.
This automobile parade was a bit dis
appointing in that not more than half
OF the motor car owners who promised to
be in II entered their machines. No prizes
were given and the event was for the
sights sake only. Flags of all nations
were used to decorate the cars. and rightly
Old Glory led the procession, with the aid
OF the gale caressing the crew OF fair pas
| sengers II sheltered. Every car was loaded
| to the brtm with women and their bright
hnery. The procession meandered out over
the golf grounds. down in the valleys,
then on the hilltops, now behind the
bunkers and again in plain view on the
| slopes. The spectacle was gay and pleas
| ing. Tho parade had cars owned by these
men in 1t: w. d. Bancker, F. p. Klrken-
| dali, Hugh Mowhorter, Dick Kimball co.
/ ]. T. Stewart, Mrs. Herman Kountze, J.
MCGEE. Mr.. Austin. Art GuIou. Harry
Cummings, Frank Colpetzer, G. w. Wattles
and Gould DietZ.
| Nine musicians, christened the Country
Club Band" lent sweet strains and ardoi
! to all the performances. These nine mu-
| sicians played their very souls into theiI
horns. One hundred yards away you
couldn't hear a friend talk in your ear
Their work was immense in its way, and
made one wonder what they would do with
Vognair II that band ever could care fol-
mere Wagner music.
wheIIbarrOvv Race Leads on.
There was a wheelbarrow race with SIX
| wheelbarrows and one young man and two
| young women to each barrow. The ides
was TO carry one girl about seventy Ave
yards, dump her out and pick up another
girl and take her to the finish. The bar
rows were nice large ones and plainly
marked with the name of the department
store that sent them out. The girls tucked
in their skirts and declared they enjoyed
1t. The young men said they enjoyed it
too, but had TO wait awhile TO get thei
breaths before they could utter the words
The lucky wheelbarrowist got a cigaretti
case. Mr.. John Redck carried It ava!
and earned It cleanly. too. In this rae
Mr.. Redick transportedoNIiss Mary Morgan
and Miss Dorothy Morgan, and team worl
was given the credit for the victory. Mr.
| Willard Butler wheeled Miss Elizabetl
Congdon and Miss Pauline Bourke; Mr.
Hugh McWhorter. Miss Moore and Mis-
Johnson; Mr.. George Redick, Miss Char
lotte Warfield OF Kansas City and Mis-
Caroline Congdon; Mr.. Harley Moorehead
Miss Miriam Patterson and Miss Della Nc
Hugh; Mr.. Fred Thomas. Miss Gwendolyi
White and Miss Laura Montgomery.
when the Women Competed.
As soon as the exciting scenes OF thl
race were a thing OF history the crow
nocked to the trees TO the east OF the ciu
house, where an archery contest had bee
arranged for the women. The target wa
: large, the distance not more than INVENT
! feet and no bows were used, the wome
throwing implements like they use to in
furiate the bull for the toreador, with tn
hand. Omahas feminine society rolls wer
about used up In the list OF contestant
and few other cities contributed OF tn
+ best they have. Thirty women failed I
] place barb in the center OF the large
, when some one urged Mrs. Herma
: Kountze to try her hand. Mrs. Kountz
: stepped forward carelessly. glanced at tn
good-natured audience and launched he
! | weapon with abandon 1t struck fair
1 the heart OF the mark and cheer wer
up. Then you should have heard the r,
marks;