The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-10-08
Grand Tournament at woodlandwood.

Grand tournament at Woodlandwood.
The grand tournament at Woodland.
wood, the estate of Alexander D. Brown,
Esq, in Baltimore county, came off We'd
nesday, and according to the Baltimore
SIN, was one of the handsomest affairs of
the kind ever witnessed in that section.
At the hour appointed twenty Sir
Knights appeared, all mounted on chargers
of high metal and all eager for the contest.
They were addressed in eloquent terms by
N. j Watkins, Esq, of Towsontown.
The races then com menced, the first of
which was for a half mile, (the length of
the track,) and two best of three heats.
Two horses only appeared for the race when
Robert Gilmore A. H. Stump, VIM. Young
and Alexander D. Brown, Esqs, took their
places on the stand as judges. George
Brown then rode up the brown mare Elaine
and DR.. Harry Woodville the bay gelding
Longstreet. Both horses were in fine con-
dition, but it was evident the mare was
the favorite.
At the word of command the horses
started. Longstreet pressed for the score,
but the mare shot ahead and held dis
lance of several lengths to the score. On
the second heat both horses started well,
and the mare again took the lead, but at
the close of the first quarter Longstreet
closed the gap, and coming home, he took
the lead for short distance, when the
mare gathered herself and again took the
| lead by about two feet. For this race Mr..
full saddle.
The jousting of the knights was the next
in order, and the greatest anxiety was evil
fha ~ 81 10 h.
deeper interest in this than any other of
the pleasures of the day. At the sound of
the bugle the following knights, mounted
and with lances, appeared: Knight of
Stoneton, w. H. G. Stump; Knight of
Prestevold, S. B. Coale; Knight of Lystra,
Charles B. Rogers; Knight of Malta, r. M.
Howard; Knight of Sans Souci, w. Fell
johnson Knight of Loeb Laven, Marshall
B. Johnson; Knight of the Manor, Joshua
H. Cockey; Knight of Arcat, DR.. H. Wood
vile; Knight Of the Forest, George III.
Elder; Knight of Bella Vista, Hamilton
Cuttings; Knight of the White Settle
ments, James L. Clark Knight of Patux-
ant, DR.. H. L. Naylor; Knight of Avalon,
Willie Gilmor; Knight of Woodlawn, DR..
@. A Rutledge; Knight of Linganore, DR..
II. II. Hopkins; Knight of the Cliffs,
Charles E. Grogan, and Knight the Oaks,
| George Brown.
On the first Gilt the riding was excellent,
and as all were required to make the one
hundred yards, the distance fixed upon,
within nine seconds, none failed to meet
that requirement, though all did not take
the ring. The successful filters were the
knights of Stoneton, Malta, Sans Souci,
Manor, Bella Vista, Woodlawn, Linganore
and Oaks; in the second tilt Knights of
Lystra, Sans Souci, Manor, Bella Vista and
Woodlawn took the ring, and in the third
tilt, Knights of Sans Souci, Loeb Laven,
Manor, Bella Vista, White Settlements,
| Woodlawn and Cliffs were the only knights
who took the ring.
Three times having been run those who
had not been successful in each tilt with
drew, and the contest was left to the
| knights of Sans Souci, Manor, Woodlawn,
and Bella VISTA all of whom ran their tilts,
and in the third the Knight of Sans Souci
having failed, gave up the contest to the
knights of Woodlawn, Manor and Bella
Vista, who ran six tits, and in the sixth
| Woodlawn withdrew. The knights of
Bella Vista and of the Manor then had the
field, and the greatest excitement prevailed.
Both were fine riders, and neither had
failed to take the ring, and it was supposed
that only the exhaustion of horse flesh
would decide the contest.
! They ran seven tits, and in the last the
Knight of the Manor missed the ring.
Here the greatest excitement prevailed, as
anxiety might have unnerved the Knight
of Bella Vista, but with the same unerring
aim he poised his lance, and again the ring
was in his possession. A shout for the vic
tor rent the air, and the waving of hand
kerchiefs gave evidence of the qualification
of the fair ones who had witnessed the con-
test.
The knights upon whom devolved the
duty of selecting the Queen of Beauty and
the Maids of Honor were the Knight of
Bella Vista, the victor, and the knights of
the Manor, of Woodlawn and Sans Souci,
who selected as the Queen of Love and
Beauty and Maids of Honor the following
ladies Miss Sallie White as Queen, and
Misses Susie Lee, Annie Williams and Nan
ME d. Smith.
The fitting was followed by a sweepstake
race, in which all who desired were per-
mitted to participate. This was for amile
dash, q number of horses being entered for
| it; and in the trial of speed, Mr.. VIM. +.
Johnson's sorrel gelding Gibraltar came
out foremost.
A hurdle race then took place, the hur-
dies being three in number, composed of
pickets one foot high and evergreens three
| feet high All the horses cleared the hur-
| dies handsomely, Mr.. Willie Gilmor's bay
gelding Rock winning the race only by a
| head.
After tie hurdle race, Mr.. George s.
| Brown. with four in hand drove I'D to the