Evening star., 1909-06-23
RAILWAY MEMS BIG OUTING
ANNUAL EXCURSION TO THE
sEASHoRE TOMORROW.
Elaborate Program of Athletic
Sports and Other Entertainment
at Chesapeake Beach.

| Great expectations are entertained for
| the success of the excursion to Chesa-
peake Beach of the Washington Railway
| Relief Association which occurs tomor-
| row. This is the biggest day of the year
| at the beach, and Fred j. Mersheimer,
chairman of the executive committee of
arrangements, states that the attendance
Will easily exceed 10000. Paul Y. Wa
F., ters, general manager of the Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company, is of the same
opinion, He has amended the roads time
table for the day to state that there will
be trains every half hour to the beach
tomorrow.
A comprehensive scheme of athletic
sports has been arranged for, which will
be under the direction of Prof NJ A.
joyce. The judges will be Gen. George H
Harries, H. w. Fuller. F. ]. Whitehead,
E. S. NARROW, ]. E. Tenly, Clarence F.
Sorment. w. F; Ham. J. T. Moffett, E.
B. Burritt, A. S Parry, Ward Tnoron
l.. E. Sinclair. c. S. kimball and c. E.
Brown.
One of the big amusement features is
the shooting tournament, open to ALL
which Will begin at 1880 o'clock. In the
afternoon at o'clock there will be a
similar contest for members of the asso-
citation only.
The facilities for bathing will be utiliz-
ed to the full at the beach tomorrow with
will be race for boys under twelve years
of age; distance, forty yards. This will
occur at o'clock, and Immediately fol-
lowing 1t will be race under similar
circumstances for girls of the same age.
There will be a mems water race, open
to all, at eighty yards. for which espe
cially valuable prizes have been offered.
Then there will be chance for the ladies
to display their skill in the water in an
event at sixty yards, open to all.
A boat race. two men to boat, dis
tance to be arranged at the beach, is
also on the program. Not over six en-
tries will be allowed. w. H Hitchcock
will head a committee to get these events
Off in good shape.
There will be childrens races in the
afternoon at o'clock, entries for which
are to be taken on the grounds opposite
the Casino. a ladies' race at sixty
yards, open to all, will provide much fun
and an opportunity for some fleet-footed
woman to add a set of dishes or various
other articles to her home. A spoon and
egg contest by ladies. at forty yards, is
expected to furnish much amusement. In
the prize list for this event are ladies'
slippers and dress and many other de-
sirable articles. Inasmuch as it is popu-
larly supposed that ladies cannot throw
a base ball very far, the excursion COM
mttee has arranged a contest of this
nature, with prizes for the winners. This
will be followed by race for young
men, twelve to twenty years, at eighty
and race for members of the relief as
ISOLATION only.
There will be a marathon race, the
course being to North Chesapeake Beach
and return. a distance of three miles.
The entries will be taken at the main
depot
At 6 o'clock on a specially constructed
platform below the Casino, there will be
fancy dancing and songs by a number
of the pupils of Miss Cora B. Shreves
dancing academy, under her direction.
A juvenile cakewalk will follow this per-
formance, and at o'clock the Twentieth
Century Cake Walker and Vaudeville
Company. led by Peter Barnes, champion
cake walker Of the world, will appear on
the platform and go through an extensive
program.
There will be base ball game between
two teams of the association, and also
between teams representing Congress
Heights and the Government Hospital for
| the Insane.