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rescued by police, 9 fell in fountain in Carroll Park and were 

 rescued by police, 20 found sick iu Prospect Park and removed 

 to home or hospital, 9 in Washington Park and 1 in Carroll 

 Park. 



There were 20 lost children restored to parents in Prospect 

 Park and 2 in Washington Park. Three demented persons 

 were restored to their homes, 1 abandoned infant sent to City 

 Nurse, 5 lost horses and wagons restored to owners, 22 runaway 

 horses, with wagons attached, were caught by police, who thus 

 saved life and property ; 57 ambulance calls were sent out for 

 the relief of sick and injured. There were two suicides, one by 

 drowning and one by firearms. 



There were 10,859,898 visitors during the year. There were 

 2,694,825 on Sundays, 1,822,070 on concert days. The largest 

 number of visitors was on Sunday, Juue 10th, numbering on 

 that day 207,704. The average number of bicycles passing 

 through the Park in pleasant weather averaged 2,000 per day. 

 In January there were 77,035 carriages, 5,384 equestrians, 387,- 

 756 pedestrians, 16,341 sleighs. In February, 50,465 carriages, 

 2,379 equestrians, 377,128 pedestrians and 43,361 sleighs. In 

 March, 93,329 carriages, 3,778 equestrians, 421,711 pedestrains 

 and 230 sleighs. In April, 134,120 carriages, 9,568 equestrians, 

 646,995 pedestrians. In May, 136,975 carriages, 15,545 eques- 

 trians, 702,055 pedestrians. In June, 166,169 carriages, 11,134 

 equestrians, 1,026,245 pedestrians. In July, 246,378 carriages, 

 10,624 equestrians, 1,753,545 pedestrians. In August, 168,711 

 carriages, 8,623 equestrians, 973,973 pedestrians. In September, 

 130,477 carriages, 7,776 equestrians, 747,844 pedestrians. In 

 October, 167,668 carriages, 9,160 equestrians, 741,027 pedes- 

 trians. In November, 134,017 carriages, 14,061 equestrians, 

 569,030 pedestrians. In December, 141,624 carriages, 8,170 

 equestrians, 667,668 pedestrians and 28,209 sleighs, making a 

 total of 1,646,968 carriages, 109,812 equestrians, 9,014,977 

 pedestrians, 88,141 sleighs. 



