The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

DR.. Frank E. Gibson led about
400 happy and weary Traders from
the steamer St. Johns last night, after
the aforesaid 400 had gone through
the time of their lives on the seven
teenth annual river outing and shad
bake of the Washington Board of
Trade at River View. DR.. Gibson
will long be remembered as the
chairman of the committee that had
the general arrangements in hand.
BIG DAY OF FUN.
The programme from the time the first
delegation boarded the steamer until the
time when the crowd disembarked at
enjoyable features. Some enjoyed most
the tug of war, in which belts were
strained and collars wilted- Others
seemed to enjoy most the efforts Of the
''Kazoo Band"
For several hours Of apparently untir-
ing effort, under the leadership Of Dick
Conners. enough members Of the band
deserted their instruments to permit OF
impromptu concerts. in which any who
weret able to lay hands on the deserted
instruments exhibited their untried tai
ent What was lacking in estheticism
was made up in visible effort, and when
,hn har a
Seventh street wharf. it was a case Of
everybody happy
The shad bake and river outing had
as a destination River View. The first
delegation-seventy-fiv in number, In
cluding the Board of Trade ball team
went down on the 1890 o'clock boat By
the time the second installment Of Trad
ers, which left at las o'clock in the
afternoon. had reached River View, the
ball team. under the leadership Of one
Dick Conners, Lad hung up an Is to
victory over some other team.
River View had been turned over
horse, foot, and dragons" to the Board
of Trade The traders who caught the
second boat down, including Gen. George
H. Harries, the president; William Eynon.
the secretary; Commissioners Cuno H.
Rudolph and w. G. Judson. former
Speaker Uncle joe Cannon, and several
others prominent in local and national
politics, were anxiously awaited by the
first delegation. and met by the famous
"Kazoo Band under the leadership Of
Dick Conners.
"UncIe Joe" Present.
Headed by Uncle joe who hourished
grandiloquently. though, noiselessly. a
ries, who sought earnestly to uphold
the dignity of the organization. and DR..
Gibson. whose chief object was to get
the crowd to a certain given point. the
voyagers disembarked in columns of four
at River View, and marched to the din
ing pavilion, outside of which they swell
tered, while Gen. Harries. w. V. Cox.
Uncle Joe" Cannon, and a few hundred
others attempted to crowd into one small
picture.
After the "Kazoo Band had "given
up the ghost in a state of desperation
and Precipitation, some one made an IN
cautious remark about dinner, and the
assault on the pavilion was on. The
dinner itself, beginning with clam chow
der, and ending with crackers and cheese.
was above reproach. The planked shad.
prepared under the direction Of Charlie
Beveridge, was, Of course, the piece de
resistance.
The shad roe and bacon paved the way
for the baked shad prepared by the pre-
mier plank shad artist of Washington
There were. of course. the entries and as
sessories and 1t was not long-in fact II
was before the shad itself appeared
before a number Of the diners were COM
planning they had lost their appetites
since sitting down.
Immediately after the dinner the ath.
letic events were staged. Beginning with
the l0o-yard dash, and including a 80.
yard dash, potato race. fat mems race
the relay, the pie-eating contest, the tug.
of-war, opportunity for athletic distinc.
tion was offered every kind and condition
Of man present.
Harrfes Awards Prizes.
Gen. Harries, who handed out the
prizes on the return trip. was in fine
fettle. The first event on the programme
the the 1oo-yard dash. which was cap
tured handily by Ernest Love. w. j
Hoover. John Holmead, w. c. Lederer
and A. H. Austin finished in the ordel
named.
In the 5o-yard dash, Dick" Conner,
won handily, crossing the wire well II
front of H. e. Litchfield. e. T. Low,
and Ed Graham were awarded third ant
fourth positions. RESPECTIVELY. Deep mys
terry enshrouded the result Of the potat,
race, which was awarded to J. d. Sui
livan. with w. I. Evans and John r
Wright second and third Long after tn,
race had been determined, Capt Oyste
tried hard to solve the problem OF how
when thirty potatoes were supposed {.
have been laid on the course. thirty-si,
were collected. by the contestants ant
four still left untouched on the track.
The fat mems race was series d