Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
ALL CANOEISTS WERE
LAZILY AFLOAT
The Many Contests Were Pulled Off
Promptly and the Participants
Made Battle Royal.

the Crescent Canoe Club was a splen-
did success. The excellent program
OF yesterday afternoon reflected the
greatest credit upon the club and the
officials in charge, and furnished rare
pleasure and entertainment for thou
sands of people.
A perfect afternoon from a weather
point of view was provided by nature
and in the middle of the afternoon
when the meeting was at its best, a
picture most inspiring was presented.
In business generally, it was half
holiday nearly all of the stores being
closed, giving pretty much everyone
an opportunity to be present at the
meeting, and there were but few who
did not take advantage of the occasion.
Eight busy cars upon the park line
carried thousands of people to the
resort, while automobiles were parked
about the lake shore in scores. Nearly
everyone of the three hundred light
y at upon the raceway and lakes, was
pressed in service and carried three
and four happy pleasure loving folks
to the big Sunset Lake.
Early, very early in the afternoon.
the people gathered at the Park. Long
before two o'clock the lake pavilion
platforms were banked with people,
while hundreds and hundreds of peo-
pie were massed upon the lake shore
paths and were upon the high bluff
overlooking the water.
The buildings and landings of the
Bridgeton Pleasure Boat Company
were deliberately decorated with PEN
nants and flags, the pennants of B. A.
A., Woodside and Crescent being many
and the latter organization, host of
the occasion, presented an unusually
large pennant.
Out upon the lake surrounding the
swimming and canoe race course, the
hundreds of skiffs and canoes were
gathered massed together all about
the water site of the contests, and
waving flags and banners, in the
hands of charming young women
urged on to greater efforts the ath-
letes who were entered in the various
events.
1t was little before two o'clock
when the masses of people gathered
about the lake front were given op-
portunity to witness a novelty, the
making of life motion pictures OF the
lively and sensational scenes. Mana
ger Morris Davis, of the Criterion
heatre, personally conducted the NOV
ng picture machine operator, bringing
lim to the Park in an automobile. The
operator from the Lubin studios was
1ere to get the pictures for the Pathe
Weekly and he was shortly out upon
he lake and had his machine put up.
When the first swimming contest was
made the operator turned the crank
'apidly upon the camera apparatus,
ind every movement of the swimmers.
svery movement of the vast crowd, the
boats, ETC., were impressed upon the
linn and will some time very soon be
shown upon the moving picture
screens of the theatres of the country.
The operator was inspired by the
are beauty of the natural picture and
he enthusiasm of the great throngs of
people, and he made many views of
the various events together with side
lights that occurred about the water
arena.
The diving pictures were taken at
short range and should produce great
results. There should be some clever
comedy in the pictures Of the pig
headed race, the fitting match and the
overheard race.
The swimming and canoe course
was laid off the boat house of the liv-