Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-07-02
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

tioners Association had q happy day at
Wildwood last Sunday which will be
long remembered by the two hundred
or more participants therein. While
the association, which comprises many
of the leading business folks of Phil
adelphia in this line, did not have a
special train they practically filed n
of the long excursion trains which
came in about 9 O'Clock in the morning.
The party went out Seventeenth ave.
nue. TO their headquarters, the Wild
wood Yacht club annex, a large COM
modious building on the north bank of
the Ottens Canal, where they proceeded
TO indulge In a program of sports and
amusements which went to make the
day full of pleasure. Probably the
most popular amusement was the crab
bing contest, which appear to be North
Wildwood's unique and original pleas
ure. AS it is well known, grabbing,
even by q lone individual is filled with
excitement and the actions of the wary
crustacean brought forth both shrieks
of surprise and amusement, as some of
the scuttling denizen of the Sound wa.
tiers rushed about the boats with their
pincers held up in the air ready to grab
anything In the way of humanity that
dared to come their way. The ladies
did the bulk of the ~shrieking, however,
but so far as is known nobody was SO
much as nipped by these ''pesky little
varmints." The party was largely ar
ranged and managed by Henry H. Of
tens, whose guests the members of the
4 association were. The prizes were
awarded as follows; los crabs, first
prize, F. Austermiller, fishing tackel
and reel; second prize, Joseph ".
Koehler, 81 crabs, first cup; third prize,
Miss Sarah Walls, 45 crabs, second cup;
other scores were F. Gundlach 80 crabs,
Q. Lever 81, Mr.. Bernhard Is, Mr..
Obone 8, III. Adams 80. William
Sturma %, MI. Newlauer 80. Joseph
/ A. Koehler received the BOBBY prize of
a chinese baby for catching one crab
with no pincers and two legs. MI. OF
tens was in receipt Of a letter from the
secretary of the association which
thanked him for his untiring and zeal
Gus efforts in giving the members such
a pleasant outing and expressing the
wish that there be many more such out
ings in the years to come. After the
excursionists had enjoyed the grabbing
and yacht club comforts, many o fthem
went bathing or strolled on the board
walk, returning home later in the eve
ming.
The North Wildwood Yacht club has
arranged for a most interesting racing
event at the club or Monday afternoon,
July 9Th, when the secret time races
will be pulled off. These races are a
new movement in yacht club circles
and do much to simplify yacht racing
without the technical terrors of displace-
ment racing such as is now in voguein
the association races Slong the coast
and in the Delaware river. or course
while they do not pretend to give the
boats the best showing 1t gives, at the
same time, the element of excitement
which is so necessary to racing of any
description. These boats are largely
for home boats, and all boats of Five
Mile Beach and neighboring resorts are
invited to enter the contest, as there is
no entrance fee needed and no entry
blanks to fill out. The races are to start
at about 2 o'clock. There are a num-
Der OF prizes which'include four cups,
marine paint and other prizes. The
club will have open house on Monday,
the 9Th, and the members and their
friends and visitors will be cordially
welcomed. There will be dancing in
the afternoon and evening to the melo-
dious music of a new victrola which
has just been purchased by the club, as
well as piano music for those who de-
sire to play for their friends. The
Wild wood Yacht club as is well known
has a splendid dance floor on its second
deck and cool, commodious verandas
for viewing the races on Ottens Canal
and Grassy Sound.
Another event which is Of prime i'm
portsnce for the races on Monday will
be the appearance OF Miss Gertrude
Palmer, the daughter of Neptune. who
lives at North Wildwood and who does
stunts with her sea plane while lowed
behind boats. This event will be we'll
worth seeing and will be performed
along Ottens Canal and Grassy Sound.
Miss Palmer recently entertained a
number Of visitors at the Wild wood
Yacht club with some of her thrilling
acts.
North Wildwood is pushed with it's
plans for the celebration on the Fourth