The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-26
rouRN1MExr At BRooK1 IN.
THE FIRST TILT EVER BEHELD AT THE
NORTH.
Greeley's spiteful Comments.

been introduced into Brooklyn, anu the pros
pect is that the sport will become very popular
throughout that section. The stad Journal of
Commerce finds space In Its editorial columns
afor an earnest commendation Of the tilting
which was announced to take place at Pros
pect Park Fair Grounds last Saturday. Refer
ring to Southern tournaments, 1t says:
There is no part of the United States where
skiful horsemen more abound, nor where po-
likeness and tenderness to women are more
widely inculcated than In the South. Whether
| the mimic sports Of the tournament are the re-
suit or the cause of these facts, 1t Is not worth
while to inquire. The tournament is natural
institution of the South as much as baseball Is
of the North, or cricket Of England; and 1t is
only provincial and narrow-minded Jealousy
that could lead people of other sections to carl
cature and decry 1t. Since the war eques-
| trianiam in the North is generally becoming
! one of the lost arts again to the mass OF young
men. Now, if the Brooklyn tournament can
do anything towards popularizing 1t, that eXhi-
btion Is highly worthy OF encouragement. we
are, therefore, perfectly serious and In earnest
when we express the hope that the day will be
| fine, the riding bold and brilliant, the con-
course of lookers-on numerous, that the best
| Beauty may wear her blushing honors with
sweet dignity that will command the allegiance
of all hearts.
THE CONTEST.
The New York Sunday papers have iull ac-
counts of the tournament on Saturday. We
copy the following from the Herald:
There were fifteen contestants for the hon
ors Of the day, and were proclaimed anu
known on the ground as iolio"s; uiso. himgnI OF
land, A. Brockenbrough; Knight of Prospect
Park, w. G. Bailey; Knight Of the Old Domin-
ion, DIR. c. A. Fox; Knight Of Shannondale,
Eddie Gallagher; Knight Of Hereford, r. H.
Hereford; Knight Of. Alabama, j. j. Harrison:
Knight ofMarlboro' ". A. Jarboe; knight OF
the Blue Ridge, J. N Gallagher; Knight to OF
ming. j. Ridgeley McBair; Knight Of the
Highlands, Theodore Moiser. Jr.; Knight Of
MARYLAND, w. Marshall: Knight OF New York
City, s. P. Maury; Knight OF the Black Plume,
James w. Walsh.
Previous to the commencement OF the tour
nament," Mayor Kalbfeisch poked his jolly
nose over the race-track and said he had pleas.
ure In introducing Colonel A. II. Dawson, and
retired smiling. Colonel Dawson then made a
speech welcoming the Southern knights and
| glOrying over the prospect of the revival OF
The noble sport of tiltlng Then the knights,
tdressed in all the colors Of the rainbow, march
| ed pass in review, an obese German blew a
blast from trumpet, the fiery steeds snorted
in chorus, the crowd cried Bully. ana d ihe Ns
skill. Shortly after o'clock the fitting COM
nenced and continued without intermisson
until halcpast S o'clock. With varying sue
cess the Knights contended, and finally declar-
alton was made that the Knight OF Shannon
dale, Eddie Gallagher, had won the first prize;
horse; the Knight OF Westmoreland, A;
| Brockenbrough, the second prize. gold
watch, and the Knight OF Alabama, the thlra
prize, shirt studs.
There could not have been less than three
| thousand persons present during the day, in
| Guiding many ladies, and the general verdict
was that the tournament was most enjoyable
affair, and O very welcome substitute Tor dull
trotting matches and other equally unlnterest-
| ing outdoor sports.
sscHrvALRY AND SHIRT STUDS"
Under this head the New York Tribune
pokes fun numerically at the whole affair. It
says:
If II were not absurd for mere newspaper
| writer to question the discretion of live
| knight, we should be tempted to ask whether
| the fifteen gentlemen In fancy clothes who
have been exhibiting themselves in Brooklyn
as amateur circus riders do not copy the rue[ui
cavalier who crowned his head with tne par
| hers basin rather than the doughty champions
who used TO smash skulls with real battle axes.
The sport Uf fitting at ring, while it is nei-
| ther so manly as hurdle race, nor so useful
| as & target excursion, Is doubtless very
pretty came in its way-better in many re-
spects than baseball, cleaner than qnoits, and
exempt from emotional dangers which beset
croquet. We do not see the connection be-
| tween doing battle In defence OF the innocent,
| and catching little iron circlet on the point
of q make-belieVe lance; but the colonel who
presided over the Brooklyn tourney ap-
parently sees it. for he addressed the motley
| heroes In a strain OF hlgh-toned eXh0rtation
such as Don Quxote used to employ for the
edfication of his gallant squire. "Sir Knights, >
said the colonel, ''the institution you propose
| to revive is over thirteen centuries old. 1t was
ushered into existence by the expressions Of
those dark ages in the past in which the light
of civilization began to struggle into the por-
| tails 6f the breast, but had not yet reached the
| temples OF the Intellect Alter which eXhib-
tlon of eloquence on stilts. and declaration
that the proClivity OF tournaments as now con-
dncted il to .sa,igment the dignity of human
nature and the sum Of human happiness" the
ring was hung up, and the Sir Knights went
for 1t.
We renret that the dignity of human nature
| did not suggest to the dashing horSemen the
| propriety of appearing in the ordinary cos
| tune of Christian gentlemen, and avoiding the
somewhat incongruous mixture OF masquerade
| csS'S
| pantaloons, which contributed so much to
render the spectacle snowy if not picturesque.
| It is small matter, perhaps, but 1t would also
have been a satisfaction to common minds if
Eddie Gallagher, instead Of calling himself the
Knirht of Shannondale, had been content with
the respectable patronymic by which ne Is
known in his fathers printing office; and If the
knight of the Black Plume had either adopted
| a1ess romantic title, or concealed The humber
appellation of Jim Walsh, by which he Is known
at home. Sir Brockenbrough sounds well
enough, perhaps; but Sir Jarboe won't do at
| all. and ssSr Dr. C.. A. Fox" would have driven
Froissart crazy.
The first prize of the lists was fine mare;
the second and third prizes were gold watches:
| the fourthbri1e- shade Of Ivauhoe and CGur
1 de Lion was pair Of shirt studs. We should
not omit to add that the winner OF the mare
has also the privilege OF placing the crown OF
beauty tomorrow upon the "head OF her whom
he esteems beyond all other women" Any
body, therefore, who may be curious upon the
subject of Sir Eddie Gallagher's affections, will
have an excellent opportunity OF acquiring
valuable knowledge without the risk of asking
| impairment questions. Probably the dignity
OF human nature will not be materially ad-
vanced by the ceremony, but that Sir Eddie'a
choice will illustrate 1.-The prOclivity OF tourna-
ments to augment the sum of human happi-
ness" there can be no manner Of doubt.