The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-26
THE PARK.
A GLORIOUS DAYS SPORT.
EVERYBODY AND HIS WIFE
OUT.
THE PREMIUMS AWARDED
THE FUN TO BIZ REPEATED
TO-DAY


anu the irlends Of the Park weIe in glori-
Gus spirits. Nearly everybody of good
taste in the city was ~ Il, a. the Park fair
and the managers tod = in roodly sum of
money.
The frs. thing on the programme was
the hni Of buggy horses and mares in
harnsss' and the. Rest wa, "s,yle, size
and endurance, - .peed desirable bu.
not requisite. 4 large number were en-.
tered, and Capt. Girle,t, Of Mound City.
and Messrs. Hudson, Charles AFTER, Mile.
Parker, ard Falls of this city. acted as
| ridges. After the hrrses entered had ex.
hioited their qualities, the judges selected
the following as the horsp smong which
tue Tour premiums Should be distributed :
Dhnhinss, Fosters. Smiths, Webs.
Thomas, Woodward'., Thorn,ons and
Gates. The premium Is wer. then awarded
AS follows
Dunn'nss first premium;
Fosters, second premium;
smiths, third premium
Nc"pH iouflh premium.
AL these sentlem en- At once gave their
premiums to the Par COMMITTEES.
Then came the psc,ng race, and thu
excitement ran high. liamlins mare and
warren horse we're entered, and when
time was called start finely for half
mile dash, hes, two in three. Hamlin's
gft, .haal L.
coming in in l;Jo. BE fore the second dash
was called the Hamlin m.re became
frightened and started to run dragging
negro man who had her in charge, and
who held her like hero, at least hun
dred yards. The negro was thrown un-
der the mare and the sulky passed
over hi. body. He WAS slightly in
iured. The mare WAS finally stopped
bu, not before she had broken the sulky
and cu. vide cash in one Of her hind
eG'. Mr.. Hsinln va. compelled to draw
her out OF the race, and the premium wa.
awarded TO Mr.. Warren, who imrned ate.
y TO asa congressional salary grab
phrase covered il into the Park treasury.
About this time Phil Howard, who was
riding Chief of Police McHales horse,
attempted the difTicul, feat of putting the
horse on dead run, and making him turn
suInu'ersault, the rider remaining on the
horses back. The experiment.
WAS not quite successful, and
the consequence was that both Phil and
| the morse fell. The horse rolled over
Phil fret and then PnU rolled over the
horse. Strange TO say, the horses neck Wa
not broken and Howard came up bloom
ing like the rose To-day he will re.st-
tempt the summsrsault experiment. Las.
night he had Billy Morris busy making
out neck insurance policies, and he is now
ready for any contingency.
Sarbin carried of the first premium for
the best draft mule, and Yocum the second !
and third premiums.
The first premium for the best matched |,
Powers, and the second TO Andrew Lohr. |
Mr.. Thornton, who is by rights first in |
command and deserves all the credit for |
thn successful affair, then adjourned the |
fair by proclamation made by Chief Mar
shsl Gossmsn, until to-day, when there !
will be all the fun anybody, even the |
mos, fastidious fun-lover, could desire.
But then the real enjoyment began. a
race, for half q mile dash, was made up be-
tween Hely's mare and Hunts horse.
They started finely, Hunts horse having
the inside, and ran, with Hunts horse
leading, until they reached the entrance !
gate, when Helys mare bolted the track |
and attempted To pass out through the |
gate. Luckily the rider stopped her be-
fore she reached the wire fence, hut as a |
matter of course she lost the race. An
other dash was agreed upon, and Hely's |
mare came out ahead making the half |
mile in IS! seconds.
The crowd then dispersed, with every
body satisfied with the days enjoyment.