Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Fourth at WatertOWrl.


The ninety eighth anniversary OF oar Ma
sioEa1 independence WAS passed in Wa
/ tert9wn IN d manner that will NOT soon be
ef2'ced from the memories of the oldest in
ba6itants and especially can never be forgot
ten by those who participates in the pleas
! urea q ihe day. Insjoad of celebration
att.r The old ordsr Of tbings the principal
festivities Of The day were absorbed in The
/ ofier d exercises laid out for The dedication
81 lie New DFiyin. Park Of the WATERFOWL
Association. AT 81 ca@ly ilo ur in The morn
sng our streets were already alive with Pso-
pie giving an almost a5syluto promise Of %
large concoursa as The driving Park az the
race course seemed to be the protective
poia! Of everybody. OF course the aoys en-
the streets with the cid Of pistols guns,
! drc-erackcrs. tofpedoes and projectlIcs,
made the sir souorous With patriotic sounds
and gave uumistakable signs OF their Young
Americanism. "A very oredita0le Firemen's
parade took place in tRe forenoon. The
, members Of the Waterfowl Fire Depart
I ment turned cut ia full force aud marched
through our principal streets headed by
Prof. Mii!ers WATERFOWL Band.
The scene al the Driving PAX presea ted
q gala appearance aud the excitement was
kept up 10 the highest pitch from Tie begin
| ming of the exercises 10 the close Of the
days proceedings. The Park was well At
ted up with q view to the comfort and
pleasure Of spectators, and the vast thr0ng
present seemed to enjoy themselves TO the
almost extent. On the grounds not sin
sic unpleasant thing happened, every thing
being conducted with the greatest precision
and order. The crowd at the Driving Park
is Garously estimated al from 5000 to s.
600 people Certainly very nattering a.
tendance on the inauguration Gay of the
new Park. TIE track was in splendid con-
dition and received warm eneomiums
from the horsemen present for It's smooth
aess and reliability, ali pronounciog it The
best half mile track in the entire state.
! The officers ofthe WATERFOWL Driving Park
| Association are deserving o. the highest
credit for The very successful manner in
which The entire programme was carried
out. Their ability to conduct such affairs in
future cannot be questioned after their
GLORIOUS fourth record. The following is
the full programme of racing that took
place at The Driving Park
! The first race was for horses that had
never trotted for money, best in 3. Purse
$500.
Cbay Clifford enters Nellie Hickey; J.
Linden enters Gen. Grant S. Demeri, en-
tiers Black Pete; L. O'Conner enters Kitty
Nellie Hickey took the first two heats
ana the purse Time 1915 and 3:06.
/ The next 5a5 {. Trial between horses that
| had nevcg trottej ia less than minutes.
Best 2 in 3. Purse $l00
T.. f. Jennings enters Bay Charlie u.
3. Fay enters Fly; David johnson enters
Ben. Bolt ..
Bay Charlie took FIRST 40 heats and the
purse Time 2:54 ana 500
Next cams q contest between horses that
had never beaten 2:40. Best in 3. Purse
$780,
G. ". Bigalow enters Captaia Jack; D.
Johnson enters White Stocking; VIM.
Benson enters Billy Benson.
! White Stocking took the first and sec
ond heats and the purse Time, Isl and
z:43
! Then came ! running race, one mile heats
best two in three for a purse Of $50
+. j. Smith enters Tornado; Barney
Gardner enters Barney
/ Tornado was the winner ia two straigh
heats. 1imc, 2:l2 and 3:l5. The horses
were not evenly matched, however, and
Tornado had 10 occasion TO 90 his best.
He had opportunity to display lin
sci to better advantage in the next trial,
which was running race, half mile heats,
best two in three, for a purse Of 5O.Y
Z. J. Smith enters Tornado; VIM Doug
| las enters Rebel Hank Reuben Fuller en-
ters Fanny Essler.
| Fanny took the first heas in 81 seconds,
bat Tornado took the purse, winning the
last two heats Time IS and S. seconds.
scrub race, trottlng, for citizens
purse of$25 came next, best Two in three,
fo2 one mile.
~ >A@ttAL&hthS> StAt%3o 3Attl OdI4G 1Idy ~
Johnson enters ice Gentle
THE race was won by Joe Gentle, who
took the first two heats. Time, 3:05 and
500. TAe race was highly excl ting one
from its closeness.
| Following this came foot race, a half
mile, free to ALL for a purse OF $40, offered
by J. Il. Sleeper, which afforded the crowd
much amusement. Thirteen entries were
made. Frank Rose took first money, and
Hugh Karr took the secbnd Time, 8: so.
This was supplemented by another race
OF the same character and q purse OF like
amount There were fourteen entries, but
six only Of the contestants made the entire
round. First money was won by Sol. Da-
Wis, the second By Frank Barno1.
! This closed the days performances, and
the general verdict Of all who were present
is that the day was agreeably spent.
senai-Amnuai Report
Of the Bank of Watertewn, Monday July
6, 1874: