The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-21
MEN GAY
AT MARSHALL HALL
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field to the pavilion floor. The various
events scheduled were carried out in a
highly creditable manner.
Members Praise Dinner.
TIE dinner committee also received uni
versaI praise for the excellent menu pro
vided and for the quick service main
tanned. Z. II. Neumeyer, chairman OF
that committee, had n corps OF trusty
/ helpers. who executed his wishes with
admirable facility. and the big crowd
was better fed and more satisfactorily
than ever before on one Of the Board Of
Trade outings.
Best OF all. the dinner was the most
Informal affair possible. The members
filed In from the boat with congenial
friends. stood up al tables filled with
abundance Of good food and such drinks
as each might choose. from the most
rigid occupant Of the front seat on the
water wagon 10 the man who IS not
afraid 20 look upon the amber fluid when
II is amber and the fruit Of the vine
when f. IS red.
The fact is. every guest and member
Of the Board OF Trade had what he want
ed. when he wanted It, as he wanted il,
: and In quantity 20 test his ability 20 eat
and drink TO the utmost
Crowd in Good HumOr.
Il was a happy. prosperous group Of
men who gathered at the Seventh street
wharf at 100 o'clock TO take the after
noon boat. The crowd numbered as
many as 90. The early boat had taken
down the several committees and a good
many OF the members The dining tents
at Marshall Hall were in position. the
dinna was smoking hot when the boat
arrived. after disCharEing big load OF
the Sunday school visitors az Mount Yer
non. II was near o'clock. as the pas
sage OF the boat down the river with its
heavy load was slow. Everybody had a
good appetite. and the serving Of the
dinner was the 6rst duty TO which the
committee Of arrangements directed its
attention.
After dinner it had been arranged that
a fierce game OF baseball should be
played, and the players were out in their
uniforms practicing. But just as the
game was about TO be called rain began
20 pour down, and contestants, guests,
and members were driven 70 the dancing
pavilion for shelter.
Ball Game Postponed.
The baseball game was postponed. but
the other contests on the programme
we're called on in the pavilion, and Cor
two hours the place was forty times
more animated than If a big dancing
party had been going on. The 1O0-yord
dash, the 5Q-yard dash, the three-Ieggai
race, the rat mems race, the potato race.
soap bubble blowing. the tug-of-war, and
the ple-eating contest were pulled of
in the order given.
Much interest was.aroused by the race
Of the fat men. The list Of entries an
nounced numbered thirty-one. and in
Guided all the heavy-weights Of the Board
of Trade and a few not so heavy, such
as Robert y. Harper and L. c. Graham.
Not all the entrants appeared on the
floor, but the running team was made
up of J. Z. McGaw, 6. I. Besselievre. C.
W. Engel. r. Won Gilmer, and half
dozen more whose ample girths are the
pride of the town. They ran swiftly. ana
kept their feet upon the slippery floor.
They ran two laps from end TO end Of the
building and though some Of the contes-
tants were pretty we'll winded at the end,
they looked radiant and happy, and DON
ned coats over white waiscoats, feeling
that a valiant duty had been well per-
formed.
The three-legged race was also a spirit
ed affair, he several teams making good
time
Potato Race AnimHted.
Possibly the potato race afforded as
much amusement as any Of the contests,
Five lines Of potatoes were laid and the
five men ranged for the contest were II.
c. Bangs, Henry Balger. W. ". Conor.
H. G. Tagler, and II. c. Shaddock.
a potato race on green turf is one thing
and on smooth dancing floor 1t is quite
another There was much slipping and
shutting. and the last potatoes came hard.
The affair created so much diversion that
it was decided TO run another heat with
new teams from the large number OF en-
tries. In the second race John Brewer.
OVyiIIe B. Drown w. E. Burns, Z. r
Banks. and G.. Farquhar lined up for the
contest.
In this race a second John Brewer had
been appointed judge OF the first John
Brewer, who contested. The two made an
effort TO win by the runner getting the
potatoes and tossing them to his partner.
The ruse was nearly defeated, as the
crowd caught on and the potatoes multi
piled along the line about as fast as the
Brewers could get them of.
1t was thought at one time that the