The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-13


number of visitors to the grand and
other stands. Tue frst race was milo
heats. $3.50; second horse 10 receive
$75. The following is the summary:
Prussan I, /; Flower Girl 2, /, q;
Mollie Darling 8, 2, 3-time 1.46X;
1.45R; |. 46.
The trotting match was broken
heats. and will be decided to-day, at
IL O'Clock. Patterson won the first
and Basil Duke the second.
The ruco for the two. .year.old fllies
comes of to. day, at O'Clock. There
will bs other racing.
The FAIR To-day closes the exhi-
bitiop. and then the buildings and the
grounds will have another twelve
months rest. There was the largest
crowd in attendance yesterday of any
day since the opening. The commit
tees completed their examinations and
this morning we present portion of
the awards.
In our pcrcgrinations, yesterday, we
encountered number of articles
worthy Of mention, among them The
pnten. seif-fastening tie. exhibited by
alcssrs NJ Goldsmith & Son, Of
Charleston which has been awarded
serrra! prrminms at other fairs. The
model IRON supports for the Piedmont
factory ut Grcenvillr, being cast by
MIR. Georgu Shi, Ids. ARE decided im-
provrmcot ON the old style. The cot
ton gins manufactured by Mr.. +. Nor
rls were generally admired. The kn
Aiux corn grown by MIR. J. p. Elkins,
OF Aston, IL curiosity as great as one
of the masked terribles would be
seven or eight cars to stalk. Mayor
Alexandet's collection of iron furni-
ture was greatly admired-it consists
of chairs, table and lounges, are tho
haudiwork of Mr.. L. Nj. Hafller, and
the transfer pictures on the table are
skillfully done. His 800 pound bell
for the town Of Sumter has sweet
sound. There are many other
articles we'll worthy Of notice, but
spuce forbids.
The WATKINS TROUPE LAST NIGHT.
Mr.. Watkins Trodden Down." last
night brought out another full house,
us tho rendition of this play is always
acceptable to Columbia audience, and
We have commended it 80 frequently
as tu render further notice of it un-
necessary. Tonight, they give us
Rip Eau WiEkle. a contemporary
thus speaks Of Harry Watkins in this
character:
"Our citizens, last evening, had an
opportunity of seeing Mr.. Watkins in
character new to him, Rip Van
Winkle. No doubt many of those
present, who had seen Mr.. Jefferson
in the part. visited the Opera House
with their minds prejudiced by first
Impressions; ibut. having seen Harry
Watkins in almost every conceivable
character, we had no fear of the result,
and the sequel proved our confidence
to have been we'll placed. We believed
that the man who could present two
such widely different characters as
Fergus MCCARTHY and Jocko with snch
consum mate skill, could easily grasp
Rip, character not at all compa rable
to the Mccarthy. Mr.. Watkins gained
a grand success, for it was won from a
doubling audience"
THE CHOICE We noticed on exhi-
bition ut the Fair Grounds display
of busgies aud wagons that are cre-
ditabie to the trade in South Carol M.
MIR, John ASncw exhibited two extern
sion bnggies and two no-top double
seated bnGgies, besides three of the
celebrated Millburn wagons, which
attracted general attention. and are
entitled to the most favorable compari-
son With any vehicle of their class to
be found in the Columbia market.
We aavie visitors to the city to call
Mt the mauufactory, corner of Sumter
aud Washington streets, and inspect
the handiwork of home mechanics.
SLIGHTLY MIsTAKEN.-The Wash.
ington correspondent OF the New York
Herald is not always correct in his
statements. as the following will show.
Lee was not elected, although he made
good run. Rainey does not repre-
sent the Columbia District, nor was he
instrumental in securing Lees fur
Tough:
"Perhaps the most remarkable Incl.