The Washington times., 1906-09-19
MASTER BUTCHERS
ANNUAL BARBECUE
Event TO-DAY at Benning
Promises to Be Record
Breaker.
TOURNAMENT IS FEATURE
Atlantics and Columbias in Baseball
Game for $50 Silver
Cup.

Master Butchers OF Washington VIII
hold their sixth annual barbecue and
tournament on the Benning race course
this afternoon. Nothing has been left
undone % make this the most enjoy
able event OF its kind ever held.
Ten head OF cattle viii be roasted
on blazing logs and afterward served
on little wooden trays. Everyone VIII
be given a choice. juicy, toothsome
piece Of hOme-raised beef. cooked and
seasoned by experienced chefs. IL IS
a well recognized fact Jhat nowhere
in Washington IS such delicious meat
served as at the Master Butchers
barbecues, and the committee and chefs
will do their utmost 10 uphold the en-
vlable reputation gained in former
years. Five c@ctl- viii be thrown on
the hooks over the piping hot fire al
O'Clock this afternoon. At O'Clock
this evening The chefs will cook five
more.
Best Riders Are Entered.
The tournament will begin at 3
O'Clock. In this event. which is CON
sidered the best of the year and is
more keenly contested than any other
around this section Of the country. all
the crack riders from Virginia, Mary
land. and the District are entered. and
il VIII probably take several hours TO
decide which gallant ana dasAihg
knight shall be awarded the $40 prize,
championship belt for the three dis
tricts. and crown che Queen Of Love
Conspicu6us among the knights en-
tered in the tournament is William
HarrOn, Washington Boy who ls the
present champion OF virginia, Mary
land and the District. having won that
honor and the gold belt and buckle az
the barbecue and tournament last year
at Benuiug. lie has won eight Journa-
meuTs and crowned as many queens TINS
season. ard SAYS he is out 10 win this
afternoon. The other knights are deter
mined 10 wrest his laurels from him to-
day. and some daring and skiltul riding
and ring spCarlnE is looked Tor bE lol-
lowers of tournaments. His most FOR
midabla foe is LuClen Love, who has
run him a close second in almost every
tournament in which they have ridden
together.
Officials Of Tournament.
The officials Of the tournament are:
Chief marshal j. p. O'Shaushnessey;
herald. w T. Harris; aides. William J.
Freeman. Dore Freeman; Official time
keeper, A. j. Bever, judges. r. T. Ston-
nell ". Thompson. r Il. BARLEY. Capt.
J. W Davis. and J. Il. Kelly.
tested game of baseball viii be played
al ( o'clock between the Atlantlcs and
Columhias, ot the Capital CITY League
The teams will play fog "a $50 silver cup
put mp by the butchers, who viii DO
ANYTHING TO promote rivalry among
plavers of baseball in Washington.
Al 7.30 clock this evening the band
will begin dance music, and few mo-
ments laler the successful knight. to-
gether with his rivals who crown the
maids of honor viii enter the pavilion
with the ladies OF their choice on their
arms The cash prizes will he awarded,
and then will follow the coronation
ceremonies and colonial dance.
Hon Charles ]. Simms. one OF the
most eloquent and forcefui speakers in
Virginia viii be the chief orator. He
will deliver an oTatl0u on Love. Cal
lantry, and Cons fancy. None the less
famous as an orator IS Robert Wells,
prominent barrisJer from Hyattsville.
fla, who will follow Hon. Simms with
an address on tournaments and what
they mean.
The tournaments committee consists
OF r. r. Stonneu +. n Reid, George
w. Ferguson, and William l. Johnson.