The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Harkins, Miss Ida Fentress, Miss Bette
Neely Miss Fannie Gray, Miss Ella JOY,
Miss Fannie Wood Miss Lucy Wilkerson,
Sliss Maggie Wnkerson. Miss Emma Thorn
as, of Columbia, Miss Nareissie Butler, of
jackson, Mrs Jerome Hill, Miss Ophelia
Wood. and Miss Mary Jones; the following
named gentlemen were also upon the stage
AIr. W s Brooks, J. W. Tate, W Y. Robert
son, J. J. Dupuy, and Prof Mellens Of Fay
cite county. With the closing Of the concert
ended al that could be done en- the first day.
Early on the morning Of Saturday, the roads
were again througed- with persons on their
way to the tournament Crognds-it having
been announced the evening before that
fine Diamond Ring and prize Whip would
be contested for. BY eleven o'clock the am
phitheatre was again teemine with gentle
men and beautiful women. As soon as was
practicable the Marshal announced that
trial Of horsemanship would take place
prize, fine gold mounted riding whip, and
that a committee of young ladies should be
the judges and award the championship to
the knight who, in their judgement, should
be deemed the most graceful equestrian.
The following ladies were selected as the
judges: Miss Irene MeNeal; Miss Susan
Brown, Of jackson; Miss Maggie Dorion
Miss Matte Taylor, Miss Fannie Sour
lock, Of jackson; Miss SaIlie Pybass; Miss
Matte Hughes; Hiss Jennie Bowers. After
fair and impartial test the prize was be-
slowed upon Captain Tucker, of Memphis,
who IS, undoubtedly, the best horseman in
the South. Next in order came the feature
Of the day-the contest for the diamond ring.
For this there We're thirteen entries: Knight
of the Old Dominion, a. c. Brewer; knight
Of Douglas, Ed ~ Walker; knight of Mis-
fortune, Wm. McKie; knight Of Violet Jones,
Capt Tucker; knight of the Imprisoned
Chief, VIM Tatum; knight of the Southern
Cross, Alexander Swinebroad; knight Of
Ivanhoe, Joe Porter; knight of Billy Bow
legs, w. Hardaway; knight Of the Red
Plume, Austin statler knight of the Grey
Jacket, II. S Meachen; knight of the White
| Plume, \. B. Cross, Of Hardeman; knight
! of the Wild Horse, Ed. Blalock; Forrest
Knight Of the 7th Regiment, n Emmett
! Hughes. We suljoin the following as the
result Of the contest: Three tits, AIisfor-
tune, 3, 3, 3; Billy Bowlegs, 5, 3, 81 White
Plume, 3, 3, 3 Old Dominion ., 3, 3; Doug
las, 5, 3, ,; I7anhoe, 5, ., The others do
/ ing we'll Misfortune, Bowlegs and White
/ Blume tied Second contest-Misfortune
/ 8, 3, .; Bowlegs, ,, ,; White Plume, 3, 3, 3.
Misfortune and White Plume tied Third
contest-Misfortune, 5, >, 81 White Plume,
/ 3, 8, 3-winning by one ring, and making
an unprecedented run Of twenty-seveu in
/ nine tits. Miss Irene McNeal, OF Bolivar
was crowned Queen of Love and Beauty by
/ the knight Of the White Plume; Miss Sal
lie Black, first maid Of honor, by the knight
Of Misfortune; Miss Florence Jov, second
maid Of honor, by the Knight Of Billy Bow
legs; Miss Mary Jones, of Fayette, third
maid Of honor, by the Knight Of Douglas
Miss, Mary E. Harkins, Of Bolivar, fourth
maid Of honor. by the Knight of the Old
Dominion, he transferring the honor TO the
Knight of the Red Plume
The exercises of the day wound up with a
grand Masquerade, the prize being awarded
" to the man on the mule who represented
one Of Roddy ragged brigade.
Nothing which we have witnessed excel
led the tournament here when taken as
whole There was not the least objection tC
anything on the part Of tho Knights, and
the audience was all that could be desired
We cannot close this article, in justice tC
all concerned, without giving a list of the
! officers and their valuable assistants:
Judges-Gen'l William a. Jackson, O.
Jackson. Tenn. J. J. Polk, Of Hardeman
Q III Anderson, Esq, Of Hardeman; DR.
Jesse Burford, of Fayette Jno Lambert, o
Hardeman; and Jesse Blalock, of Harde
man.
Marsdazs-Col. N, T. Polk; Capt T. Il
Hancock; Jas g. Fleming; n Emmett
Hughes; Jno Lambert; Geo NJ Dugan; a
Foster Fleming; NJ r. Parrish
Guards-W W. MeCarley; Miles sed
bury; Jno. R Rufin Newt Clinton; Alex
Gilchrist; Mat Deaton.
Ring Hangers-Henry Powell; BilThomE
son; and Mr.. Castlebery
-llLJ ulSLill tlt5ilSlA EGEoO4lS Iron elOLOfd'
were in attendance. From every side come
} the gratifying intelligence that the BOLIVIA
tournament was THE grand affair Of the sea
son, and it is really pleasing to our citizen
! to know that all who attended say that
was a complete success. Anon we wi
speak Of the proceeds and give faithful az
count.
To our contemporaries we, in behalf Of tn
managers Of the tournament, tender thou
sand thanks for the kindly notices whic
they, from time to time, gave it in their res
pective Journals, and shall always hold oul
8 selves IN readiness to conform to any roques
that may be made of US.
The various gentlemen who assisted th
1 officers in ways too numerals to mentio
r will please consider that the thanks Of tn
= managers of tue tournament are due them