Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
Thousands to Take Advantage
of Attractions to be
offered.
Irish Athletic Games, Chariot
Races, Dancing and
Fireworks.
COUNTY BOARDS GREAT WORK

Under the auspices of the Jefferson
County Board the Ancient Order of
Hibernians of Louisville will assem-
BILE for their annual outing and field
day event at the. White City this
afternoon and evening. County Presi-
dent John A. Murphy and his col
leagues from each of Louisville's four
divisions have been at work on the
details for several weeks and promise
an enjoyable time to all who attend.
The Hibernians of Jeffersonville and
New Albany have signified their in
tention of joining their Kentucky
brethren in the festivities. Besides
there are thousands of men, women
and children who are friendly to the
members of the order who will take
advantage of today's enjoyable out
ing.
The Irish are a patriotic people.
They love the land of their adoption
as well as the old land that gave them
or their sires birth, and today's cele-
bration will be the occasion for a two
fold event, the 132nd anniversary of
the American Declaration of indie
pendence and an opportunity to re-
vive for a brief period the athletic
games from the old land whence they
sprung. 1t will serve to bring to-
gether the Irish people from all over
the three Falls Cities, to make them
better acquainted, better patriots and
better Hibernians.
There will be amusements for all.
The park management will furnish
chariot and other races, while the
athletic games viii be played b.
some of ~the-best athletes in the city.
There will also be egg races and po-
tato races for boys and girls, dancing
with an excellent band in the
pavilion, concert by Prof. Morbach's
band, totsay nothing of the shoot-the-
chute, laundry and other attractions
furnished by the park managers. At
night there win be a grand display of
fireworks. Both day and night there
will be an ample supply of refresh
ments on hand to relieve the wants
of the hungry and thirsty. Arrange
ments have been made with the Louis
vile Railway Company to put on
plenty of cars so that rapid trans
portation to and from the park will
be Forthcoming.
The main workers on the County
Board, under whose auspices the pic
mic is given, have been County Presi-
dent John A. Murphy. John NJ. Null
10y. President of Division 1; Con J.
Ford. President of Division 2: Judge
Patrick T. Sullivan. President of Iii
vision 3. and John H. Hennessy, Pres
ident of Division 4. OF course the
other members of the County Board
were all active in arranging the de-
tails, but these five energetic Hiber-
mans were the advisers and con-
sultors on every step that was taken.
Right here it should be said that the
County Board acted wisely in putting
Thomas Dolan, of Division 1, at the
head OF the field-day games. Irish
athletic games have no more loyal
supporter in Louisville than Mr..
Dolan, and he started things off with
a whoop as soon as he was appointed
Chairman of the committee. He
stirred up enthusiasm at once by is
suing defiance 10 John J. Barry, Di-
vision as athletic star, to organize
q tug-of-war team, to pull against a
team from Portland. Mr.. Barry at
once accepted the challenge and so
reported to his division. The matter
met with enthusiastic approval and
the Limerick team was quickly
formed. Mr.. Dolan's Portland team
will be made up of strong men from
Divisions l and 3. The struggle be-
tween the two will be a mighty one.
and the rope that stands the strain
of the contenders will have to be
good one.
After everybody began to talk
about the tug-of-war Mr.. Dolan found
the rest easy. He had no trouble
to find men who were willing and
eager to enter the lists as jumpers.
sprinters,- shot putters, etc, so that
when the games begin this afternoon
the Hibernians and their friends will
find plenty of sport and legitimate
fun. The children will be looked
after, too. Egg races for the girls
and potato races for the boys will be
other features of the afternoons
sport, and parents and friends will
cheer their respective proteges on to
victory.
The County Board has arranged il
so that ladies and children will be
admitted to the park free.
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