The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-18
GYMKHANA GAMES
FOR SOCIETY FOLK
Much Fun Promised in Event
Given for CosmOvilla-En-
tries Are Numerous.


Everything is in readiness for the
gymkhana games to take place tomor-
row afternoon on the polo field of the
Essex County Country Club. which
promise to be one of the largest So
ciety events in the series of affairs
being given In connection with Cos
movilla.' for the benefit of h Orange
Memorial Hospital.
Stages will meet the trolley at Mt.
Pleasant avenue, West Orange. and the
games are scheduled to start promptly
at 2:90 o'clock. The young women on
the committee OF the French and Swiss
villas, who are directing the attrac-
lions. met yesterday in the carriage
house at the residence of Miss Marga-
ret Smieton, 104 Glenwood avenue, East
Orange, and made the manikins to be
used in the games. The dummies in
clude a Dutch boy, clown. girl In cap
and gown. Topsy and many others. The
entry list for h games includes rep
! resentatives of families prominent in
society. Should weather interfere with
the contests, the games will be con-
on Wednesday afternoon.
The entries 4orr the several games are
as follows: Egg n ladle race, Gilbert
l.. Pitcairn, Miss Katherine Potter,
Miss Hazel Benedictp William Rush
Farr. Herbert Barry.jr.. Howard Rand,
Miss Helen Rand, Miss Betty Stewart,
Randolph Burke, Miss Elspeth Merck;
Saturday to Monday race, C. Arthur
A-nAra~a T n RnHfncap Gilharf r..
Pitcairn, Everett Colby, s. Y. L'Hom-
medieu. jr.. Gerald Newhouse, n. L.
I1lney,. James A., Hart. C. C. Good
rich, Herbert Barry, jr., Munroe Robin
son. Kenneth Schley. William Watson.
Herbert Barry. 1. S. Tflney. J.. C.
Wilmerdlng. jr.. J. D.. Wiggin, r. H.
Wiggin.
Gretna Green race. Miss Marjorie L.
Keasbey. Gilbert L. Pitcairn. Miss
Edith L. Thompson, T. D. Robinson,
Miss Katherine Potter, Everett Colby.
Miss Alice Mary Sloane, c. Arthur
Ambrose, Miss Freeman, Mr.. Wander
bilt, s. Y. L'Hommedieu. Jr. N. L.
Tlney, c: c. Goodrich. J. C. Wilmerd-
ing, jr.. Monroe Robinson. Kenneth
Schley, william Watson, Miss Mar
jorie Rand. Rush Estee.
Potato spearing contest from auto
mobile, Miss Edith L. Thompson,
Everett Colby. Miss Alice Mary Sloane,
C. Arthur Ambrose, Miss Freeman. Mr..
Vanderbilt, Russell Colgate. I. Sheldon
Tilney, c. c. Goodrich. w. e. Stewart
and william Watson.
Manikin Races-Miss' Marjorie L.
Keasbey, Miss Alice Mary Sloane,
Everett Colby, 7. d. Robinson, Miss
Edith L. Thompson, Gilbert L. Pit
cairn. Miss Hazel Benedict. Miss Kath-
crime Potter, c. Arthur Ambrose, Miss
s. Y. L'Hommedieu, jr., Gerald New
Monroe Robinson. Kenneth Schley and
William Watson.
Cigar and Umbrella Race-William
Watson. T. d. Robinson. C. Arthur
Ambrose. Mr.. Wing. Everett Colby,
Mr.. Vanderbilt, E. F. Grant Tan. Au-
guste Roche, jr., S. Y. L'Hommedieu,
jr.. N. L. Tilney. 1. Sheldon Tilney,
James A. Hart. J.. c. Wflmerding. jr..
Monroe Robinson, Kenneth Schley. ].
d. Wiggin, R. H. Wiggin.
Prizes will be awarded to winners In
event. and following the games
there will be a polo match on the field,
in which the members of the Essex
County Country Club team win par
ticipate.
Mr.. and Mrs. william L. Ward and
family and John R. williams and Miss
Emily Williams, all Of Harrison street.
East Orange. are at Amagansett. Long
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Lee and
family. of So Halsted street, East Or
ange. will soon leave for their cot
tage at sunapee. N. H.
Miss Margaret Harvey, Of st. Louis,
NO.. Is spending the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. William Merrick, Of "a Hal
sted street, East Orange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wiley and fam
lily, of "a South Clinton street. East
Orange. viii occupy their cottage at
Bridsehampton. L. l.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Edward w. Ketoham
and family. Of Evergreen place, Hast
Orange, win spend part Of the summer
at Martha's Vineyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew w. Bray. Of
rs Clarendon place. Orange. win leave
July l f0r their cottage. "Braeden.'
Hardwichport. Cape Cod Mass.
Mrs. Haywood Harvey. Of Clarendon
place. Orange. Will spend the summer
months at Hyaurf$. CAPE Cod. Mass.