Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
BIC DAY At BENN|NG
Windthorst Club Offers Special
inducements.
GERMAN DAY CELEBRATION
Tournament, Barbecue, Ball and Ath-
letic Events Scheduled.
NUMBER OF PRIZES OFFERED
Growing of Queen and Maids-Dozen
Fine, Fat Bullocks to Be
Sacrificed.
NUMBER OF PRIZES OFFERED

| Tomorrow will be Windthorst day at the
Benniug race track. \ program, which the
| managers concede is nearly long as the
/ track ts=lf, has been arranged for the cee-
! bration of German day by the famous
! Windthorst Club of this city This is the
| WindthOrsters second attempt at a big In
| dividual celebration of German day, and,
J according to the committee in charge, to-
! morrows events will eclipse those of last
| year and compare with anything of its kind
ever attempted in the District.
| There will be d tournament, barbecue,
a ball. athletic events and of course, plenty
of music and refreshments, the tourna-
| ment is slated as the star event This exhi-
bition is scheduled for o'clock in the aft
ernoon. and score of gallant knights have
already entered. The browning Of the queen
and maids will follow. Then there will be
speechmaking and afterward dancing.
The barbecue is not scheduled to occur
until after o'clock. For this g. dozen or
more fine beefy bullocks will be sacrificed.
The athletic events will consist of the usual
dashes. shot putting. jumping and hurdling,
etc. Prizes will be awarded in each event.
Tourney winner"
The tournament is going to be the winner
tomorrow. There have been all kinds of
! tournaments In the vicinity of the National
capital this summer. some fancy and other
WISE but the one at Benning tomorrow is
going to be conducted in real German style,
and there will be some original features
that never occurred in other tournaments.
Andrew J. Cummings of Montgomery
county, Md, who used to be called 'Cy' be-
fore he landed the democratic nomination
for the state legislature several weeks ago.
has promised to deliver the grafton. This
will be a treat in itself. George G. Hardy.
mounted upon gallant black steed will
act as chief marshal and George Fergu-
son. on an equally gallant white horse, will
be assistant marshal. Their aids will be
Dorey Freeman and Marcellus Robey. There
will be more speechmakng by John D. Sui
Ivan The judges selected are: Pinkney
]. A. Donovan, ]. H. Buscher and A. B.
Brooke. Andrew Boyer will serve as chief
timekeeper.
Prizes Offered.
There will be some other incentive for the
sir knights to ride other than % choose
the 'blushing queen and maids" A number
of good prizes are offered. The first prize
will be $50 in real gold money. The second
a fine set of harness; third. canopy top for
runabout; fourth, bride and saddle; fifth,
saddle, and sixth, fine WHIP.
The Marine Band will play morning, noon
and night, with no let up.
At the German day celebration of the
Windthorst Club at Benning last year there
was such a crowd the people were in the
way, and this year, the committee says, the
crowd will be worse than that. The show
is going to be big one. The committee in
charge of everything is composed of John
GeiDel. Anthony Auth, s. Haske. Joseph
zigowitz, G. Hoffman L. j. Mills. J. G.
Rev. F. A. B. Wunnenberg. August Specht.
Dr. Carl j. Myers, ]. Frank G. Hanna, F.
Auth, Julius Wenig and w. Yolte.