The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-16
All AND MISCELLANEOUS
,:... Tournament-AWsro VI

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City. -
' .r..rnameus,-Award Of Premiums.
n, 1' L 3 O'Clock, the Fair Ground was
.n.ed with people-some in buss'es-
'n,O. s in wagons, and multitude on FOOT
SOM '.,s, to sec the sport. For more than
All '" the majority of them had been
a m a toward to the Ladies' Tournament
lo 100. ~ interest that is seldom excited by
ssI so.u,.rian performances Of the other SEX
the sq rsII thew nigh. be interested, for an
. sra Of beauty and skill which maas .aen me-
' " palpitate, had entered the lists and
. .' prepared for the contest
ms ;nj.s, chosen by the young men to
, 10, the prizes, were Gen: Es1ABRook ),
a, " r. MoonE, and R. ". FuRSAs' OF
H .sa p,ornv;lle advertiser, all of Nebraska
Wv a. o'clock the riding commenced' the
,.dis, taking the track, one at IT. time &C.
'au'' BY their cavaliers. The names
~ ,bs fair eques,rians, were Mrs. COUCH
Mr,, ALDEN, Mis-, J0sErHrsE blccs' Mrs
W., Mis-, Any WH'rE, Mrs. A'L10S'
w. poa,xsos and Miss DELLA JACKSON
w., mo,t of the riding was excellent, is
Ina" .-..I,v conceded, and tina: the FIRST prize
m, Justly awarded, We think no one dis
..o, RI, there seems to be great DIVER
.;,r NJ opiuion as to who should have taken
the second. This is to BIO expected, for
,ne,s there is marked superiority of some
mn. it is a very difficult and delicate task
for the Judges to sum up the excel!encles Of
sach rider and make an award to suit th'
generality. On the whole, we have never seer
better riding, and if saddle had beer
awarded to each one Of the fair contestants
;,would have pleased US much. Miss ANY
WHITE took the first prize, and Mrs. M. w
ROBINSON took the second.
The saddles awarded, were made in this
city, by E: KsABE and J. B. LEWIS, "nc
were magnificent specimens OF workmanship
Mr.. LEWIS saddle took the first premium n
the Fair, but Miss WHITE, not agreeing with
the committee, chose KNABE's IN preference
TO it. This last circumstance deceived many
Of the spectators, who very naturally sup,
posed that the premium saddle was the frs
prize. One noticeable feature OF the occa-
sion, WAS the sobricty and good order whct
prevailed. We did not see n drunken mar
on the ground, nor single quarrel. Attel
the saddles we're awarded, the victors rod'
on them once or twice around the ring, t
christen them, and then the company dis
persed, to discusss, around their fresides
the merits of the days riding--femal
equcstrianship in general, and the award O
the prizes, in particular.
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The Dance.
The Fair on Thursday last would hav
been incomplete without the finishing touc|
which our young folks are prone to give t.
NIL public aAairs-namely, a Social Dane
in the evening. 1t takes GEORGE" TO at
tend to these matters Alright; and, not salts
fed with the honors so ably won as Marsha
of the day, he gained himself new credit b
the quiet and orderly management of a
pleasant party as We ever attended. W
are no danccr-indecd, like DANIEL WEE
SER, we never had the ability to learn tn
art, but it is impossible not to enjoy one
self, when all around seem SO happy. O
the evening in question, as on all such oc
caaon. we allowed our "better half" to d
the dancing for us both, while VIC recounte
our adventures in the Salt River country t
knot Of friends in the corner. But occa
sional gIances over the Hall showed US tina
all was going on
Merry a marriage bell"
and at seasonable, moral-reform hour
We left the company still chasing
tho glowing hours with ey ng feet"