New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-27
DISORDER MARS
BABY PARADE
Police Arrangements In
adequate to Control
Crowd of 10000.
100000 SEE MARCH
OF THE LITTLE FOLK
Two Contingents, Lost When
Prize Distribution Begins,
Found with Difficulty. f+

Extreme disorder because Of made
quate police arrangements prevailed
yesterday when 1000 babies took part
IN the Baby and Little Mothers Parade
Of the Harlem Carnival, under the au-
spices of the Harlem Board OF Com
merce, cooperating with the Tercen-
tenary Celebration Commission. IL was
estimated that 100000 people saw the
march and that there were 10000 IN
and around Mount Morris Park, where
the reviewing stand had been erected.
No accidents were reported, but
cars and vehicles broke through the
line of march at will, and while the
prizes were being awarded IT was nee
cssary for the committee to go out in
automobiles 10 round up two missing
sections. IL was expected that In
spector Ryan would have 700 police
men on hand, covering all points, but
the first to arrive at the reviewing
stand were the sergeant and four
mounted men, who headed the parade.
They struggled in vain to move the
10000 persons who spread out IN all
directions from the stand in 121st 81.
The arrival of seventy-ive men from
along the line of the procession cleared
only a narrow passage. Even then 1t
was impossible for the judge, Mrs.
John II. Carter, of "a East 62d. ST., to
award the prizes without going down
from the stand and walking past all the
entries
The parade was made up Of four sec
tions. Two of them, from West Har-
lem and Washington Heights, formed
at Norningside av. and 125th ST. The
others, from East Harlem and The
Bronx, modified at Third av. and t25th
st. At o'clock they marched toward
each other and met at LenOX av.
From that point members of the com
mittee in automobiles rode ahead. fol-
lowed by two heavyweight Harlemites.
Andrew Taggert and George Prior, both
more than six feet tall and weighing in
excess Of 800 pounds, had a machine to
themselves, labelled "Harlem's Prize
I Twins" The 1000 entries, 500 more
than had been expected, followed down
Lenox av. to ll6th ST., east to Madison
av., north 10 Hath ST., thence west to
Mount Morris Park and the reviewing
stand.
When il was discovered that the East
Harlem and Bronx contingent had been
lost, searching parties found some OF
the missing entries over IN Madison
av, unable to move an inch toward
their goal.
+ 1t was Mrs. Carriers problem to dis
tribute 140 prizes. Healthiest babies
had the call; there were prizes for "lit-
tie mothers" and the big mothers were
rewarded for handsomely decorated
equipages.
Harlem's evening contribution to the
tercentenary celebration was concert
in the great hall of the College Of the
City of New York. Mayor Mitchell was
on hand to near 1900 school children
sing with the orchestra, under the di-
rection of Professor Henry I. Fleck,
of Hunter College. Later Leo Schultz,
of the Philharmonic, conducted. Andre
de Segurola and Nine. Bernice. di Pas
quail, of the Metropolitan, sang.
Mayor Louis i'll of Syracuse and
other upstate officials were present, as
were General Howard Carroll, George
B. Cortelyou and Dock Commissioners
r. A. c. Smith.