Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-16
WATER EVENTS
AT KEANSBURG
Many Carnival Visitors Yes
terday--ROyaI Banquet Held.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

AA1Aha1GeA - al
weather yesterday afternoon did not
stop the rush Of the throngs of peo-
ple to witness the water sports on
the beach at Point Comfort in the
third day of the great Keansburg
carnival. The events were postponed
for nearly one hour on account of the
heavy thunder storm while the great
mass of people sought shelter under
the porches of the nearby hotels and
in the dancing pavilion. As the
storm passed over the band began to
play Dear Old Keansburg' and sud
denly the grand stand was filed and
people lined the piers, beach and
boardwalk to witness these events.
High Speed Boats.
The first race was high speed boats
over ten mile course. First prize was
won by boat NJ. & NJ, owned by Viii
liam Watts, of Keyport; second prize,
boat Artful, won by J.. B. Coons;
time twenty-six minutes and forty
seconds.
Next came the pleasure boats in a
fve-mile race. First prize was cap
tured by Amy IL. owned by M. II.
Dykman, Of the Great Kills Yacht
Club; second prize won by boat
Anita, owned by NJ. NJ. Geronimo.
In the launch race boat Elk, own
ed by A. B. Becker, received the
prize. The decision was given on the
time allowance.
In the working boat contest boat
Olga. owned by Captain August Dau-
ster, of Highlands, won the prize.
The fiat bottom boat rowing con-
test was won by r. E. White, Of Red
Bank. The judges we're: Charles X.
Wyatt, Paul Hunter, Charles Peter
son, Charles Glare and Charles SEN
for; referee, Paul c.. Hunter; starter,
Charles Glare.
During all the races the bay was
very rough, caused by the heavy
storm, and no doubt much better
speed would have been made had 1t
not been for the weather.
Coronation Banquet.
Last night the coronation dinner
in honor of the king and Queen of
Keansburg Carnival was held in
the New Point Comfort Hotel. Near
Iy 125 invited guests sat down at the
appointed hour to the following
men
Baked Bluefish Sauce Spartan
Monaghan Soup Surprise
Prime Rib of Beef Sauce R Jest
Roast Capon Mushroom Sauce
Baked ScalIoped Tomatoes
Corn Fritters Dreamed Potatoes
Celery
Chicken Salad
Fruits
Ice Cream and Cake
Coffee Demitasse
Royalty In Royal Robes. 7
The king and queen were attired
n their coronation robes and attend y
d by the maids of honor. Louis S
'umen acted as POSTMASTER and af- II
er speaking in general and briefly
evolving the topics of the present
zsa.aa 5 J sIordt
toast of Queen" James Carson was
called upon next and ably defended /
the toast of king" t
The president of the K~eansburg
Carnival Association, Otto F. Gel
haus, next spoke on the toast,
"Keansburg Carnival" and lastly
William A. Gelhaus spoke on "Keans-
burg" outlining the history of the
place of today as compared to a few
years ago when on the very spot the
dinner was held was but a wilderness
of sand hills and trees. This dinner
was pronounced by far the best ever
given in Keansburg and much credit
IS due to Charles Guelcher, manager
of the New Point Comfort Hotel, who
had the feast in charge,
Events for Today.
Today's events consist of:
Floral and decorated parade.
Prizes will be given in each of the
following classes: Automobiles, for
the most beautiful, most original,
most grotesque, floats, for the most
beautiful, most original, most gro
tesque; wagons, for the most beauti-
full, most original, most grotesque.
Farm. Surveys, business, dog carts,
light road, phaetons, carriages, auto
cars, suIkies, stages.
Saddle HOrses-FOr the most
beautiful, most original, most gro
tesque. Other animals, for the most
beautiful most original, most grotes-
que.
Flowers, also finest display of or
binary garden flowers, wild flowers,
hot house flowers.
Fire companies in uniform. most
men; fire companies in uniform, best
appearance.
Yacht clubs. in uniform; other
clubs in uniform. Lodges and socie-
ties, camps, with pennants.
Program for Tomorrow.
TomOrrow's program will be chill
dren's day both afternoon and even
ing:
Children's grand carnival in the
Point Comfort dancing pavilion. A
big show, all national dances in S
tune by one hundred children.
Folk dances In afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Children's entertainment In
dancing pavilion.
Evening at 8 o'clock, children's
entertainment in dancing pavilion.
followed by children's grand ball af-
ter entertainment.
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