Evening star., 1909-06-25
Large Crowd Carried Without al
Accident.
aIZES FOR ATHLETIC SPORTS
Singing and Dancing by Miss
Shreve's Pupils-Juvenile
Cake Walk Amuses.

More than 1l,000 persons. members of
the Washington Railway Relief Asso-
citation, their families and friends at
tended the seventh annual excursion of
the association to Chesapeake Beach yes
terday. 1t was the largest excursion of
the eyar at the Beach. and the trans
portation of the great crowd took place
without a single accident to mar the
pleasure of the day.
Twenty-three trains were run from
Washington to the Beach and each was
crowded. Fred j. Mersheimer, chair
man OF the executive committee of ar
rangements. received many congratula-
tions on the manner in which the traffic
was handled and the program carried
out. Everything was provided for. even
to an Office on the boardwalk for the
treatment, by the companys doctors. of
any cases of heat prostration or acci-
dents.
The program of amusements included a
ong list of athletic events for men. Wom-
IN and children, and many prizes were
donated by different residents and bust
ness houses of the city. The excursion
was given for the benefit of the relief
fund of the association.
To Whom Credit Is Due.
The races and other athletic sports were
under the direction of NJ. A. Joyce and
w. y. De Neale, chairman of the
amusement committee: j. A. Kaiser, sec
retary, and P. r. Haller, prize clerk. The
judges were III. W. Fuller +. J. White
head, L. S. NARROW, J. +. Tenly, w. #.
Ham. j. r. Moffett +. B. Burritt. A. S.
Parry. Ward Thoron, l.. +. Sinclair, G. S.
Kimban, George E. Hoover and c. +.
Brown.
The members of the excursion commit
tee which had general charge of the
event were:
F. j. Mersheimer, chairman: William De
Neale, vice chairman: j. T. Moffett,
treasurer r. g. Whitney. secretary: r.
Rose. sergeant alarms: w. S. Ballinger,
chairman transportation and order COM
mittee; ". r. Dement,, vice chairman
transportation and order committee: G. q.
Whitney, chairman dancing committee,
and w. III. Hitchcock, chairman printing
committee.
The events were started at 1890
O clock, after the arrival of the first
train, with shooting contest. at the
spring traps. Luncheon was served in
baskets at noon, and at O'Clock the
water sports began. There were chill
drens races, young women's race, a
marathon race to North Chesapeake
Beach and return, and a game of base
ball between teams from the general Of
flee and the operating department OF
the railway company. The game was
won by the former, 10 to g. The team
from the Government Hospital for the
Insane defeated that from Congress
Heights by to =.
Entertaining Performances.
The pupils of Miss Cora B. Shreve en-
tertained with singing and dancing, as
follows: Song, little Lila Smithson; rope
dance, Misses Mary Smith, Edna VIII
cox and Master Minor Ellis; song and
dance Miss Gladys Borrow; song, Misses
Mildred Raymond and Louise Smith, song
and dance, Miss Leona Callan; song,
Master Joseph Merrick; Spanish dance,
Miss Mamie Schuyler. assisted by Misses
Ruby Raymond. Gladys kain. Ollie
Myers. Henrietta Berens. Madeline
Smithson, Bertha Cent? Fox, Estelle
Spindler, Estelle Murray, Nellie Donald
son and Elizabeth Walton.
The juvenile cakeWalk was much en-
joyed by the large gathering. At its close
prizes We're distributed to the following:
First, Ordway Twyford and Raymond
Twyford: second, Hazel Twyford and
Emma Mansfield: third, Emma Langley
and Annie Thomas; fourth, Ethel Coghill
and Dot McGill.
Peter Barnes and his team of negro