, 1865-09-07

"Tse gwin' to win this raees and crown do
queen oh 1ub and beauty, shu.n The real
ring was two inches in diamoter. :
A little before three o'clock the orderof
the day .was read, and the judges, Mcssra.
Charles A. Gray and Wm- Ch;nn. took their
places on either side Of the track. The order
or the day wns rs follows: " The Knights
will come ont when threanumbers are called
and at the sound Of the bugle they will start.
II the Judge do not raise his hand they are
all right; but If he do, they must consider
that their ride Is Of no effect. If the judge
shall tell you to conn on faster with bis
handkerchief, you must mend your speed :;
and when sou reach the stand, II his hands
are down you may know that you arc MI
right. II you are called out three times In
succession you will not be permitted to ride
any more, unless you can give satisfactory e1-
the judge may let Jon ride, to sec If 1t Is your
The INT commenced at three O'Clock, aud
the KNIGHTS ran three timea each. The scoro
was rs follows:
Knishi oi Chester, Benj Stewart.
KnlGht Of Liberty, A. TaYlor.
Knight ol Ale1andEia T q. Robinson.---.-....s9 9
knight Of Rob Roy, VIM. Calston..
knight Of Richmond. l. Carter
knight Of Jersey, r. u. dray............-.......1
Eercra1 other knights, whose names we do
not mention, rode, bnt did not tako the ring
On the TIC between the Knight Of Arabia and
the Knight Of Gloster, after two trials the re-.
suit was In favor Of tho former, who took md
carried the ring, while his opponent took but
lost It. The Knight of Arabla is Of French
descent, has lived ten years in Paris, speaks
French like q native, md is an excellent per.
Naj. Gen. Briggs. The knight Of Gloster, Il
not an Indian, ought to be one, for he rides
like centaur. The ride between tho four
other Ties resulted in fayor OF Lewis Carter,
Inc Knight Of Richmond, and William Cal
ston, tho Knight Of Rob Roy: :.
The contest over, The knights formed in
line In front Of the stand, and the successful
knights dismounted and formed in front orthe
mounted line. Tue result Of the tournament
was then read, and
The knight Of Arabia, Lewis johnson, Sc
lected Miss Visginia Lewis for Queen Of Love
and Beauty. -.-,
selected Miss Carrie. DoDans for First Maid oi
A91Sei qSs knight of Richmond, Lewis Carter, SC.
1ected Miss Lizzie Douglass for Second Maid
Of Honor.
The Knight Of Rob Roy, William Calston,
selected Miss Catharine Jones as Third Maid
The fortunate tair ones stepped from the
stand, and were escorted by thelr knights to
the dinner table, where IN excellent collation.
was spread. The ceremony Of the coronation
was postponed to the hour Of assembling at
the ball, which took place al nine o'clock
No dlssa,i "a ton q expressed by any, eE
cept nm individual who thought there oughl
to be fourth mnid of honor, but the qucs
tion was settled uy very astutc gentleman d
color, who said; :; " If dere Is gwine to be any
dispute about desc matters dey must be refer
red to de Freedman's Bureau." Anothe,
young eprout Of chiyalry objected to the re-
| cord becauEe he understood the winner vast
be the best two in three ont Of flge runs
| Said another, " Suppose one man gets the
| whole i've ~ which was quickly answered BY
another, "Dcn he would be two and three
both,n and the critical individual was essen.
| tally submerged. The whole thing passed
| Of very well, but as We lett there was q
strong prospect of scrimmage. The losers
| made up match among themselves. Thret
or four commenced to run, and were inter
rupted By others, who also desired to run
Tie result was TINT one party placed thcil
horses across the track and opposed the pas
sagc Of the knights who attempted TO ride vi
the ring. The last We saw Of this ''slde shoW'
was one man t,nhorsed and q large cloud 0
dust, which seemed to result from pugllstl'
contest.
Altogether the scenc was very amusing, ant
most capital Illustration Of the effect O
the emancipation proclamation. The 4'ch1ys'
don't like Il much, but l suspect they vii
have to stand II. J. a. W.