The Washington herald., 1907-06-07
Dancing Floor, Ice Cream and Beer
Villages, Sideshows. and Race
Track Keep Crowd at Novel En-
tertainment In Continuous Good
Cheer-MuIes in Rare Contest.

/ were greeted Win proluSe cneefS py tne
great and jovlal throng that lined the
rail and spread over the lawns and
stands They were hailed as heroes
these two noble Elks-for thus publicly
proclaiming their status on such an occa-
sion as an Elks jubilee.
And yesterday was one Of the finest lit
tie jubilee days that ever a Washington
Elk has been mixed up with There was
plenty Of sky out. and though Old B0reas,
as all original writer's call the stuff that
makes a heavy sea out Of Bessie's marcel
wave. was inclined 20 be little bolster
ous, there was no weather kick raised.
l And as the afternoon hours grew apace
| tsnother literary phrase) and the kind
management observed the constantly
/ thiCkening stream Of arrivals az the gates,
a large smile appeared on every counte-
nance that belonged 20 some worker for
/ the cause. For they knew that with the
| crowd once in. the gates could be locked
/ and there need be no wOTTy as 10 which
way the wind blew.
Some Startling Transformation.
/ Old Benning track reminded one yes
/ terday OF a group Of girls playing old
maid on a faro table As rigged by the
| enterpTsng management OF the jubilee.
/ Washington's famous device for the re-
! lief OF the poor b0okmakers looked like a
/ cross between a deck of cards and q set
/ OF 'iddle-de- Winks. Where twice a year
stands a long bar over which sChOOners
[ Of light are unl0aded in great numbers.
/ large painted sigma snow scene with
| iclcles-informed yesterdays visitor that
| ice cream and cake were there for sale
The clubhouse lawn was tranformed
into q malt and hops garden. labeled
German Village" where frankfGrters
and sauerkraut were the piece de resist
anCe
But the greatest change OF all CON
CeTned the old betting ring, transformed
into a representation Of a thoroughly mod
ern. scientifically built barn. through the
liberal application of bales Of straw and
hay and the cooped presence Of barn
fowl. two unCongenal ''purps,' and a
barnyard annex In which a sad-lOokiug
COW. several donkeys. and a family group
Of porcines contributed to the farmlike
atmosphere
Big Top and SideshOws.
The idea was that the barn was worth
a nickel % investigate. Then once inside
the visitors found an excellent orchestra
dispensing sweet dance strains. 90 which,
for the further expenditure ola nickel per
couple, they could glide about on the
really excellent concrete floor Cornmeal
had made the floor as slippery as that OF
many bathrooms and the dancing feature
proved perhaps the most attractive Of
the whole show.
Across the track was reared the big
country circus. arranged by Messrs. Ellis. /
Brooke, and Ferris, three good Elks and
true. Here for l. cents the visitors were /
entertained by a programme Of marvellous /
fests and cute and comical clown acts. /
such as are seldom. If ever. seen with /
even the biggest Of cireuses. In the side /
show tent, one monkey, one strong man, /
one bearded lady. one Circasslan beauty. /
one wild man Of Borneo. and one giant (
were the attraction Every one who /
visited the side show said he never had /
seen anything like it before.
Brnin-storm Performs.
Several race features marked yester. \
day afternoons programme. Best OF all /
was the mule race, in which eleven
venerable animals We're entered. The OBJ
ject of this event. which Will be repeated
this afternoon. was TO bring ones mule
in last, as the three prizes went TO the
last three TO finish inside of the time
limit of fifteen minutes for the mile To
prevent the riders from turning around
and going the other way, each mule owner
put his jockey on a rival mule IL then
became the object Of each jockey 20 get
his mount in first in order 70 beat the
mule Of his employer, and gave it a chance
for the prizes.
Under these conditions. the eleven riders.
mostly COl0red boys, with the colors Of
their owners streaming I'm the breeze.
raced merTily around the track The
mules were Domino. Brain-storm Mental
Cyclone, Insanity, B. p. q. F., The Elk,
Rocket, Hope. Maud. Dynamite, and Fire
Escape. BTain-stOrm had one at the start.
and threw its rider. He succeeded in
remOUuting. but Brain-storm proved re-
fractory all the way. and the crowd was
kept in one continuous ripple Of laughter
by the antics Of that poor old mule and
his stiCktuitive Jockey Brain-storm
threw his rider seven times during the
journey to the far turn and then es-
capped his clutch at the bride and canter-
ed on around into the stretch. pursued By
an automobile and two mulemen. Brain
STORM lnlSOeQ IN ~ minutes.
Two Good Rnces Run,
The winner Of the race was left in the
ruck from the start and went the dis
tance at an even gait, finishing in some
seven or eight minutes. The three prize
winners were Rocket, Hope. and The Elk.
entered. respectively. by Bill Freeman,
Dick Brien. and Joseph Peake.
Scott HamH familiarly known as Jack
Rags local half-mile bicycle champion.
made an easy thing of the free for-sll
race. finishing straight In bis
saddle far in the lead Of the place man.
Ernest J. Mudd took the second prize.
The other riders were Harry and Joe
Fowler Roy Evans, John Suit. 4. c.
Lynn, bicycle policeman; Leon Fergu-
son, John Farrell. and j. E. 'MendeH The
policemen's race was postponed, as Lynn
was the only officer to appear.
The pacing and trOtting races proved an
attractive feature and were the means Of .
providing amusement for the speculatively
inclined. Ada D.. with Henry Copperthite
behind her, made an easy winner in the
class A pace event. and Sir Electroid q
took both heats in the class b trot
First race; Glass \ Pace.
Ada u. Henry Copperthitei i................... !
Bedford Boy lClif. ColaSpyi s.............
Red Rock Wash. Nsi0Tl .....................
Harry Madden Geo Goodacre).-...-.....-.... Z
Alcck tG1s Vs. Brahler .............,
Withdrawn third heat
Time-22la. 22ll. 225N
Second race: Glass b trot.
Sir Eectroid Charles Earyl
Howard o. r. HilGarl.
;. ID. r. John r. Iavinsl
Bob r. tDr richardson i...,.....,........-.....
Time-2EA 217'a.
In the evening the crowd doubled, and r
he entertainment, furnished by the :
MinstreIs and corns of dan !