Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-20
MOUNTED COUPLE
welded IN PARK
OutWeSt Club Members Escort
Bride and Groom to and
from Ceremony

In the presence of 200 mounted mem
bers of the Out West club. Miss Evelyn
Baker and George Morse were united
in marriage at noon yesterday while
on horseback in Griffith park.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. John Munro on the same spot
where Rio Pico, the last Mexican gov
ernor of California, was married.
Rev. Mr.. Munro sat a horse while per-
forming the ceremony and was at
tired in the garb of the circuit riders
of early days. The bride and groom
and their fellow members of the Out
West club wore cowboy costumes. but
at the request of the principals did
not carry six-shooters.
CALIFORNIA WEDDING
The wedding was truly Californian.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
Out West club members assembled at
East Lake park and n few minutes
later were Joined by the bride and
groom. who galloped to where their
friends were assembled, and they
blushingly acknowledged the cowboy
cheers.
At $3.50 o'clock the assem- blage
formed into four divisions and started
for Griffith park. Behind the color
bearer in the first division rode the
bride and groom and the minister. fol-
lowed by the staff officers and mem
bers of the Out West lancers, who
served as an escort. The club mem
bers, who were attired in cowboy rid
ing costume, formed the second divis-
ion, and the mounted members and
guests not strictly in riding costume
made up the third division. Relatives
and friends of the bride and groom
who rode in carriages formed the
fourth division. The cavalcade pre-
sented gay appearance as it moved
along the road to the park. The lane
ers wore wide sombreros, yellow silk
neckerchiefs and light gray flannel
shirts.
GIVES BRIDE AWAY
Arrived at the park, the riders
formed a large circle, in the center of
which the ceremony was performed
at exactly 12 O'Clock noon.
Captain J. S. Hendricks of the lane
ers gave the bride away. Miss Pris-
ella Margrage and Miss e. r. Gregory
were flower girls. Miss Adele Hen
erickson was maid of honor. while the
Misses Helen Kinche Blanche Gregg,
Clara Parks and May Boucher were
the bridesmaids. The best man was
Hosea Lanone. while the ushers were
c. Giddings, Louise Lanone, ]. NJ
Hendrickson and r. Laux.
No sooner had the Rev. Munro pro
nounced them man and wife, when
Morse leaned over in his saddle and
kissed his bride. Griffith park then
re-echoed with the merry riders cow
boy yells. After receiving the con-
gratulations of their many friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morse were escorted by
the mounted club members as far as
East Lake park, where they were
given parting rousing cheer to start
them on their honeymoon Journey on
horseback to the groom's ranch near
Beaumont.
The Out West club is an associa-
tion of horseback riders and has q
large membership of men and women.
Twice monthly the members go on
long pleasure rides. and many of them
are expert riders. Miss Baker and
Morse Joined the club when it was or
ganized, two years ago, and have par
ticipated in nearly all the club rides.
Their courtship was watched with in
terest by their fellow riders, and when
their engagement was announced the
details of the marriage were taken
over by the club, resulting in yester-
days novel ceremony