Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-11-14

the hest saddle mars ON the etounHs' -"
praise is due to the manner in which she
MAS rode BY Erasmus Witt, son Of Hon
A. J. Wiz, displaying her wonderful pow
eys Of speed aud motion to the essl Aa,ses
tage. We hear that most Of the pfsm'u"
mares and horses viii be exhibited vac
Collin Fair on the 18th inst Il would oe
impossible to do justice 70 every Que "ho
entered his horses, in the course 81 the falr'
We can only give general summary Of
the Whole. I.uians bay horse, Johhson's
GRAY Ragle and Ilunnients bay hoassur
Tonson, were all elegant horses and cal ABLE
Of taking premiums in any country, TN
the evening Of the Sd day, three ladies el-
esaatly mounted, eGiered the eguesirieIne
Rins, Amer the GOsi fsultless hOrseman-
ship Imaginable, the premium Was awarded
to Miss S, J, W, Sheppard and the eeriln'
cate TO Mrs, e. N. obenohain. We learn
that AN elegant Photograph Of the Fair
Grounds, taken white the ladies were In
the ring, win be presented to each Of The
ladies. This will be u very proper anu
delicate test Of appreciation by the plFee-
tory,
The Fourth my
Was no less interesting than tho others,
for the variety and quality Of the bloOded
stock on exhibition. We cannot begin TO
enumerate the fine horses shown to-day
Jones Green, Pleas Taylor, NJ. +, EVeris,
T. c. Hawpe, John Penn, y. q, Bledsoe,
Rudd and many others, had horses good
enough for Prince TO ride, To-day, there
was some splendid driving by Messrs' Ro-
rick, Gray, and others, and all together,
the fourth day of the fair was as interest
ing as any,
The Efh Day.
The principal features of this day we're
the Buggy driving and the Equcstrienne
Ring for the ladies. The fair contestants
on this occasion, were only two. aeeompa-
nied by two elegant gentlemen as well as
very graceful horsemen. Mrs. c. Oben-
chain. and. Miss Fanny Palmer entered
the ring at spirited gait and soon put
ting their horses to full speed, fairly dis
tanced their ACCOMPANYING cavaliers, re-
minding one of the Kalmuck Tartars race
for wife. Both OF the ladies rode with
matchless grace and skill, and il was hard
for the judges TO determine which Of the
two really excelled. II was finally decided
in giving the premium to Miss Palmer and
the certificate to Mrs. 0benchain.
The Equestrian ring for boys was one Of
the most exciting and interesting of all the
performances. These little TEXANS, will
one day do good service for their country,
for they are now better horsemen than one
half of tho men of other States.
The Fair closed this evening with tho
best of feeling on all sides, having contin-
uod for five days in full blast, without any
abatement of interest either on the part of
the spectators or those interested. No in
toxicated or disorderly person was seen on
the grounds during the whole five days,
and with Col. J. NJ. Crockett and A. c. Hal
leck, on the Stand, I. C. Hawpe, A. J. Witt
W. II. Hord &c. in the ring, we venture to
say, that no County in this State or of any
other could boast of better officers, or more
careful and attentive gentlemen in every
thing that pertained to their duties. There
was an entire obscnce of all sclfshncss, and
Already ncquiesccnce, on all sides, in the
decisions of the Judges; and fewer conire-
temps than are usual on snch OCCASIONS
The Fair was most glorious success. For
the particulars we refer our readers to the
list of premiums.
The Tournament and Queens Ball.
An immense crowd of gentlemen and la
dies, equestrians and pedestrians, proceed
ed from the Fair to the Tournament
Grounds. number of knights with
poised lance and flashing eyes were ready
at the call of the Herald g to charge" upon
the defenseless ring that hung suspended
over the level track on which the gallant
Knights were to ride. We have forgotten
the names of the various gentlemen who
rode, as well MS their sol disant ,lommes de
guerre. The crowd was SO great and SO
eager to witnesa the fitting for the ring,
that we left long before the decisions were
made. We however, saw some gallant rid=
ing by Knights Bonner, Peak, Collins,
Hines of Ellis, Lenard, Record and others.
The honors of the Tourney were closely con-
tested, and as the parties were to meet at
the Queens Ball that night we came home