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The following games occurred in the Park and on the Parade 

 Ground : 3,872 base-ball games ; 884 foot-ball games ; 336 

 cricket games ; 5 polo games ; 81 lacrosse games and 12,000 

 games of lawn tennis. 



There were 21 6 arrests during the year in the various parks : 

 118 in Prospect Park, 40 in Washington Park, 25 in City Park, 

 7 in Carroll Park, 3 in Tompkins Park, 11 on Ocean Parkway, 2 in 

 Winthrop Park and 1 on Coney Island Concourse. Of these 

 arrests, 70 were for violation of Park ordinances, 86 for intoxi- 

 cation, 4 for indecent exposure, 9 for reckless driving, 1 for 

 street fighting, 11 for disorderly conduct, 10 for vagrancy, 8 for lar- 

 ceny, 1 for suspicious conduct, 2 for felonious assault, 3 for sneak 

 thieving, 5 for assault, 2 for reckless bicycle riding, 2 for malicious 

 mischief, 1 for interfering with officer and 1 one for attempt- 

 ed suicide. 



The following parades occurred in and about the Park : May 

 25th, Brooklyn Sunday School Union Anniversary ; May 27th, 

 decoration of Lincoln Monument ; June 16th, Parade and In- 

 spection of Company F, 14th Eegiment, N. G. S. N. Y., Capt. 

 1ST. B. McBride commanding ; June 23d, drill and inspection of 

 Section Battalion, 13th Eegiment, K". G. S. N. Y., Major Lus- 

 comb commanding ; July 24th, drill and instruction of Com- 

 panies E and C, 14th Eegiment, N". G. S. £T. Y., in guard mount ; 

 October 20th, parade of the United German Singing Society, in 

 connection with the uuveiling of the Beethoven Bust. 



Saturday concerts, in Prospect Park, 15. First concert, June 

 16th ; last concert, September 29th. Washington Park, 15 ; first 

 concert, June 16th ; last concert, September 29th. Sunday con- 

 certs, in Prospect Park, 14; first concert, June 17th; last con- 

 cert, September 30th. In addition to the above, there were 

 two special concerts in Prospect Park, one on July 4th, and one 

 on Labor Day, September 3d. There were also two special 

 concerts in Winthrop Park, one on August 11th and the other 

 on August 25th. There were five special concerts in City Park, 



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