BROOKLYN PAEK COMMISSIONERS. 



A number of organizations of botli sexes have been assigned 

 suitable grounds for practice and exercise, and the development 

 of skill has been considerable. On the 13th, 14th, and loth of 

 July, the National Archery Association of the United States 

 held its annual tournament. The parade ground was assigned 

 for the purpose, and such facilities extended to the archers and 

 their friends, consistent with the regulations, as were calculated 

 to make the event one of pleasant remembrance. Archers from 

 all parts of the country were present. The exhibition was both 

 novel and entertaining, and during its progress attracted many 

 visitors. 



The popularity of this tournament resulted in securing for the 

 organizations engaged in it the use of park grounds in another 

 city which had previously been denied them. 



Throughout the summer the provisions which it has been our 

 custom to make for picnicking in the west woods were amply 

 availed of by the public, and many thousand young people from 

 various church and school organizations obtained, without 

 appreciable cost, the enjoyments which the Park affords for 

 such purposes. 



The accommodations and general pleasure secured there- 

 from, as compared with other resorts which may be visited at 

 greater expense, sacrifice of time, inconvenience, and often 

 danger, make our picnic grounds a most attractive feature of the 

 Park. 



The Saturday concert season opened on June 25, and closed 

 on September 17. The music was furnished by the Twenty- 

 third Eegiment Band, under the leadership of Professor Eben . 

 The music was acceptable, and afforded pleasure to thousands of 

 our citizens to whom it and other attractions of the Park were 

 a sufficient recreation. 



The boating and the sailing of miniature yachts and other 

 resources for pleasure, suffered no detriment in the public 

 interest, while the carriage service to visitors needed facilities 

 for obtaining cheap and comprehensive views of all the land- 

 scape and other attractions. 



