The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-04
TWO UKTERRIFED PICNICS.
THECLANS AHEARN AND DOOLING
FEAST AT COLLEGE POINT.

Ten Thousand Of TAmmany's Finest WhO0p
Things Up on Their Outings With Cham.
payne M Competitions for the Cor
pulent -UngGlIant Voters Bar women.
College Point, that suburb Of sculptors,
dance halls, retired railway pres idents
and summer gardens, up along the Sou nd
ought to be full chested and naughty to-
day. Not often Is a suburban summer
resort 80 highly honored above Its brethren
and sisters as Was College Point yesterday.
Many a place has deemed itself entitled
to immortal fame Is the place where one
big Tammany chowder and outing was held.
College Point will never forget that IL had
two big outings yesterday ,OOO lusty
Tammany voters from Johnny Ahearn's
and Pete Dooling's districts running fat
mems races and downing tall layers and
superiously chorousing "Wot's de matter
wild de cbief2' all on the same proud day.
They were Just the biggest and finest
and l~iveliest chowder parties that either
the Ahearn or Dooling clan OF any other
Tammany crowd ever, had they avowed.
The Ahearn chowder up at WitzeI's Point
View Park was the larger Of the two by
1000 But the Doolings at Donnelly's,
about a mile distant, declare that they
made up for that in ~hvelinesss three or four
times over.
The two organizations started about
the same time early yesterday morning.
Both we're for men exclusively. The Dool-
ings, all members Of the Tecumseh Club
in West Forty-second street and Of the
Peter j. Dooling Association, wearing the
natty whiteyachting caps that Pet DoOling
county clerk and leader of the new Tenth
Assembly district provided ,Ejust marched
down to the foot Of West Thirty-ifth street
and aboard the big iron steamboat Dream
land. 1000 strong. They gazed down
complace ntly on the huge banners hung
along the bulwarks informing everybody
for a mile or so around that this was the
annual chowder outing and games of the
Peter j. Dooling Association.
Great inroads already had been made
upon the stores of beer, sandwiches. cigars
and ~wine-yes, rea champagne which
were heaped aboard before the boat rounded
the Battery, en- route for the chow ground.
As they passed under the Brooklyn Bridge,
saluted by every passing steamship, a yell
of delight broke from the 1000 mouths
not otherwise occupied. There before them
we're two steamers with two barges along
side, loaded to the gunwales with enthusi-
astic and hungry and thirsty Tammany
shouters from the Hook.
A ound each craft was a huge banner
reading -Hurrahl Hurrahl! Hurrahlll An
nual Chowder and Outing Of the John +.
Ahearn Association"
Johnny Ahearn's outing is almost az
big a day as Christmas in the old Seventh
ard. The Ahearnites had marched down
through the EastSide streets to the foot Of
Montgomery street amid the hungry shouts
Of all the voters as they fell in and the fearful
acclaim of the women IA they beheid John
+. Ahearn, the good Samaritan Of the dis
trict, and the head Inc source of every
temporal blessing, march by at the head Of
his cohorts.
The chowder nsvv moved on up the river
in company for a while, the river just re-
echoing with the din Of saluting steamers.
Tho stretch Of water between the Dream
land and the Ahearn iotilla also reechoed
with salutations between the two clans az
each recognized friends in the other. These
varied from distinctly personal opinions Of
the speaker on just exactly what the other
man was, to advice the speaker gave him
self ir what he would be most likely to do IL
he had a. mug like his friend in the other
clan.
The steamer soon drew ahead, however,
followed by a variegated cloud NJ personal
opinion from the Ahearn clan upon the
Dorling party. But neither too thi =
seriously and turned their unanimous at
tention to piling more work on the already
fainting ~bartenders.
This was only one ripple in the ocean Of
Joy OF the Dorlingites. When their happy
thousands were discharged at Donnells
Pleasure Park and began to rush toward the
dining hall where breakfast was already
prepared, Capt. Jack Boughton Of the Dream
land walled out hat his entire crew with
the exception Of himself and first mate, had
become 80 Effected with the good fellowship
so prevalent on the voyage that they had
deserted the ship. They were going right
on to the chowder and would he in the
outing themselves. Capt. BoUghton threat
ened to hold Leader Dorling personally
responsible for the mems desertion, and he
had TO get right back to town to take a boat
load Of people to Coney.
But nothing could beat Pete Dooling, and
in no time he telephoned New York and
had other sailors on their way TO take the
deserters' places. "A. dozen more votes
for Tammanyl' was the merry cry.
The Ahearn iotilla came up by this time