Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-04
CARNIVAL ENDS IN
NIGHT OF REVELRY
CLEAR AFTERNOON FOLLOWS
RAINY MORNING
After Passing of Beautiful Floral
Pageant and Awarding of Prizes
Evening Is Given Over
to FroIicking
Especial to The Herald


SANTA ANA, Oct. 3.-Dismal skies
land a melancholy drizzling, discourag-
ing rain that kept falling in the most
| eXasperatngly steady way was the
gloomy preface yesterday to the final
day of Orange county's carnival OF
products. But the carnival makers
went right on with the preparations
for the acme of the whole splendid
affair, the floral parade, and were re-
warded when shortly before noon the
welcome blue of a normal California
sky thrust its delicious tint through the
sullen clouds, and old Sol laughed
through the fleeing mists
Then once more the winding blast
from the horn of the now familiar
bugler in blue and white, and the great
parade was on! Harry Kenah of Gar
den Grove was the grand marshal of
one of the most attractive parades ever
reviewed in Southern California, for in
addition to all the floats of both the
products and industrial parades of the
preceding days there appeared floral
floats that We're dreamlike in their
beauty. One of the most striking of
these was H. Clay Kellogg's north pole
float in which appeared that much
sought for top of the earth, fanked
by two small arctic explorers repre-
senting the rival discoverers, Cook and
Peary. Each was vigorously planting
an American flag in the snowy apex of
the globe, while a vigorous controversy
of words was waged. This float was in
the automobile division.
School Floats Beautiful
Santa Ana high school float was a
bi gtallyho trimmed in pink and green.
Handsome girls carrying white para
soils filled the seats, and outriders dis
played the school colors. Second prize
went to this float.
Huntington Beach high school had a
wonderful spectacle of "Old Neptune's
Court" Neptune and his queen were
ensconced in a monster shell of pink
and white geraniums. In miniature
marine garden reposed fair mermaids,
while genuine seaweed completed the
realism of the scene. This was first
prize winner.
Huntington Beach grammar school
had beautiful double canopy of pep
per boughs and red geraniums lettered
in plumosus fern. Fourteen small girls
in white and a half dozen basketball
girls tossing the ball back and forth
made this float attractive.
The first prize for two-horse vehicles
went to A. B. Collins of Orange, who
drove a vehicle decorated with white
pampas plumes.
Silas johnson of Berrydale took sec
ond prize in this class with rig and
harness decorated with red and drawn
by two big bay horses.
w. H. Freeman took third prize with
two handsome bays decorated with red
flowers.
One=Horse Rigs Next
Mrs. DR.. H. J. Stevens drove a pure
white horse with a vehicle banked with
pink and white blossoms.
Second prize went to Miss Alberta
A 1r,n white haTnaSGaH
bay horse with red geranium decora-
tions.
In the great exhibit tent in the
presence of hundreds of persons, many
of them pioneers like himself, William
Henry Spurgeon, father of Santa
Ana" was presented with a beautiful
souvenir book, handsomely bound in
white kid lined with silk moire and tied
with kid thongs.
1t contained a brief history of Mr..
Spurgeon's early career and his achieve
ments in fair Santa Ana valley, where
he founded this fourishing city forty
years ago. The book was a tribute
from city and county, and has the
autographs of their official representa-
tives, the members and officers of the
chamber of commerce and Merchants
and Manufacturers association.
With a spectacular balloon ascension,
exciting auto races participated in by
many and the awards in the poultry
show, besides minor events, the after
noon was full Of interest.
Carnival at Night
In the evening, under the magic in
1uence of gay Examinations and the
glow of thousands of electric lights, the
spirit of carnival was abroad. With
mask and carnival gown, the fun seek
ers hid their Identities and threw con-
fetti or poked their equally hilarious
neighbors in a friendly way, while
everywhere surged a throng intent on
pleasure and the joyous liberty of a
carnival evening. With innocent fun
and care dispelling merriment the hours
rolled on until the 'witching hour" Of
midnight, when after three successful
days of pageantry and meritorious dis
play the 1909 carnical of products of
Orange county came to happy close.
1t was the best yet held, successful in
every respect, and more largely at
tended by far than in any previous
year,