The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-03
THE RACES.

| was soon thronged with the ladies, whose mum
bers had greatly increased towards the after
noon, and all impatiently awaited the start
which was to take place ut the grand stand, abou,
| quarter Of mile of.
There were but two horses entered for the
race-Mr. T. q. Remson's bay stallion "Eno1ee,' y
and "Little Arthur bay horse, Belonging to Mr.
Il. Horace.
At the tap Of the drum they were of, Little
Arthur having the inside track and slight ad
VANTAGE In the start BE Kept the lead In fine style
all the way, the stallion making strong burst on
the half mile stretch, but to no purpose, and
came In about length and half ahead win.
uinc the first heat, and making the mile In l
minute 5sIa seconds.
During the interval allowed, both horses had
strong friends but the impression was that the
stallion had easy work ahead. The horses came
up at the sound OF the drum, Little Arthur look
ing the worse fcr his run, and, after several In.
efectua,. attempts, succeeded In making start
Little Arthur again having the inside track. and
| gaining q small advantage In the jump. After ar
exciting contest, Id which the horses kept vel
together around :.ine coarse, the Stallion forged
ahead In the home stretch, and SSaHn the SECOND
heat by four lengths, making the mile In mid
| 50 sec.
protest was here put in by the rider Of Little
| Arthur against his opponent for foul riding, bu,
| was disallowed By the judges, and, when the
| drum beat for the third heat Little Arthur had
been withdrawn. Euoree galoped around the
course, and won the best two out OF three.
The end OF the race was signal for the crowd
TO dlsband, and all streamed towards the rair
building. Ascrub race was attempted between q
mule and horse, but as both subsidized into a
walk at the half.mile post, the rice was not de-
clded. Az the evening came on the grand hall
was densely crowded, and with the boom Of ma
chinery and the sound OF hundreds or voices In
our ears, we left the grounds, congratulatiug the
Institute on the successful termination OF the
second day OF their great fair.
Field Sports.
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
At 2:so P. NJ, trotIing match In harness.
John R. Long enters his horse Little MACK.
F.F. Chapeau enters his horse Governor.
D. A Short enters his bay col: -.
At4P. NJ, a pacing race.
J. N. Long enters his chestnut horse Wade
Hampton.
J. W. Crawford enters bis sorrel mare Lady
Emma.
At4 o'clock P. N. sack race, which Is expect.
ed to be one OF the most amusing features Of the
fair.
A Tournament q Fixed Fact.
PRELIMINARY hsETryG OF THE KNIGHTS.
number Of gentlemen interested In the pro-
posed tournament met at the Board OF Trade
Rooms last evening, and, after some discussion
upon the best plan OF action, the meeting was or
ganIzed By calling DR.. T. F. Chupctn to the chair.
Twenty one names were entered, though, with
but one or two exceptions, no costumes or charac-
ters were decided on, and this matter was left to
be finally arranged OF IN adjourned meeting to
be held at the same place tonight.
It was decided to meet at the Battery at 9
O'Clock Oh Friday morning. The Knights would
then form In double column, and, preceded by n
buger and herald, march up Meeting street to
asel, through Hasel to King, up King to Line,
through Line to Rutledge, and thence to the field
or contest at the Race Course. On arriving at the
ground, the column will be halted as near the for
building as possible, when the roll Will be called
BY the herald. The column will then proceed 10 the
field Of contest, where the herald Will ride out
about midway and call the name OF the knight
before he rides. The riding will commence at II
O'Clock precisely. The track will be marked by
the Gags OF the knights and be guarded by the
courers, who will keep the crowd back.
The three prizes, consisting Of fine $500 horse,
a magnificent saddle and set Of single harness
will be awarded as follows: The first prize to the
knight who will take the greatest number OF
rings consecutlvely, each ring to count when
two rings are taken consecutively, but II one be
missed the second ring to count only l.
The second prize will be awarded to the knight
WHO ranks next in the number OF rings taken, to
be judged as in the first case.
The third prize Will be given to the knight VINO
eXcels In horsemanshp to be decided by jump
ing ditch, hedge and bar, or by other tests, as
the Judges may hereafter determine.
At the meeting tonight bugler, herald, TWO
couriers, judges and speaker Will be appointea'
and all arrangements perfected that will tend to
make this tournament an event to be long re-
membered. Young Charleston Is fully alive to
the excitement OF the occasion, and many OF the
older and more sedate members OF the commune
ty are taking to equestrian performances Win
vim that would do credit to their juniors. 1t must
not be forgotten that the successful knight has
the privilege OF crowning the Queen OF Love and
Beauty, and each cavller should have Ills indivi-
dual lady love on the ground ready to receive the
reward Of his prowess.
The gallows has been erected, the lancers pre-
pared. and many OF the knights have been prac
tcing for some days. Others have Placed more
reliance In luck, and will stare fate boldly in the
rou-op roI n
their skill 1t remains to be seen which ofthese
plans will Insure victory.
NOTICE TO ExHIBroRs.-All articles now
sent for exhibition will be received at the fall
grounds, but no more entries can be made tc
comnate Tor the premiums offered, asthe books