Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13

the special premium Of fine bride.
worth $3.50, offered by J. l.. Lloyd &
/ Co., and another special premium of
S2j offered by Mr.. Watkins forthe best
colt from his stallion.
w. Il. Lones took the premium for
the "a best colt
Mr.. n. 7. henson was awarded the
| premium for the best brood mare, and
I also the "sweepstake' premium for the
best mare on the grounds.
/ He also took "a premium for the 2d
best colt.
THE TOURNAMENT.
/ Shortly after IL o'clock large crowd
I repaired To the arcnp To witness
/ the grand riding aud ieaping
tournament for the special
/ premium of S2j of, red for the best
rider in that department.
The Judges for the occasion were
Gen. w. w. kirkland, Lieut. A. II.
Nave and Dr. Lyon, the following
/ knights contestiug: No. |, VIII. Gro
2ier; . Willie Williams; 3, Jo. Ma
bry /, VIII. Mabry ,, Sam, Walker;
/ 6, VIII. Craig; = Caulkins: $, Nat.
/ FulkersOu.
After some excellent riding by all
! parties Will. Mabry was declared the
successful Knight, amid the cheers of
the audience.
accident during the riding, Will.
Craig'N horse dying the track
with him at one of the
openings and running into Professor
Buffers carriage, i'm which he had his
family, but, fortunately, there was no
one seriously hurt.
BUCKET TOURNAMENT
The Bucket Tournament for the S25
cash prize offered by Capt. Jacques, was
next announced, and Crozier, Will
liams, Craig, Walker and Jim Kirk
patrick, entered as contestants, all
mounted on mules. After riding all
around several times and some of them
knocking over the bucket of water and
restoring the contents, it was discOv-
cred that Craig and Walker We're tied,
when they proposed tn run a fool
race arOuud the track to decide it,
which resulted in favor of Walker, and
he was pronounced the victor.
LADIES RIDING CONTEST.
The crowd then repaired to the
b speed. ring to witness the ladies' riding
Col. Nose White, Mai. Edwin Henry
, and 10. Matthews were selected as
/. judges, and the following entered n.
contestants:
Miss Mamie aud Miss Lulu Barnes
Miss Ferris, Miss Mary McClung, Mrs
, j. j. Armstrong, of Knox county, and
Miss Mckinney, of Rogersville.
} First was the contest for the $40 casl
premium offered by Barnes ~ Sim
f monds for the best lady rider, which
: was decided i'm favor of Hiss Ferris.
Next was the riding for the LloyC
= prize, an elegant lady's saddle wortl
= $50, offered for the most graceful rider
, which was awarded to Miss Mary Nc
5 Chung. The riding was all very fine
/ indeed, and it was very difficult Coi
/ the Judges to decide.
Next on the programme was tn,
, boy riding for the special prize of 50
# Only two entries, McAdoo Craig ant
0 Walter Seates. After the riding tn
;. Judges announced that tue decision
would be reserved till the next fair.
The trotting race, postponed from
" Thursday, was next called, and Rolf
i Saunders blanche Gold Dustn EN-
|, tered, who won the race, there beini
/ no other entries. Time, 3.32.
BASE BALL MATCH.
The base ball match for the priz
came oiron the grounds yesterday, be
J. tween the Riversides and pickle,
i nine, e, w. Richards, Umpire.
RIVERsIDEs,
n Jones, w, c.; Jones, F., p; Scales
: N, b.; McClung. f., b.; DeGraffen
. reid, 3 b.; Henderson, j., SIS; Rose
D., rss.; Henderson, w, If; BaX
ter, C f.; Hays, rf
II. II. FULLER, Scorer.
+ PICKED NINE
= Butler, c.: Cooper, p; Coldwell
=, l b.; Reeder, b., Branum, 3 b.; Jour
: dan, s.; Rountree, g.. BranneI
I | f., Morley, C f.; McCaflerey, #.
/ J. A. SWAN, Scorer.
: The game resulted in favor of tn
: Riversides, by a score of 40 to a. ant
. they were awarded the prize.
We were furnished the full score b.
the scorer, Mr.. Fuller, but for the wan
of space can not publish it.
> FIFTH DAY.
e Yesterday the weather could no
I have been better for Fair, and it wa
e hoped that the attendance would b
5 very large, but the expectations of tn
t managers and friends of the Fair wer
e doomed to disappointment in this re
spect, and we can not help but beiev
that the taking away Of articles earl.
in the morning had much to do witt
d keeping the people away from tn
C grounds. As we were going out, W
5 met a number Of wagons loaded witt
articles which had been on exhibition
h and we predicted then that this wOul
have bad effect on the attendance
o Yet there was a pretty fair attendance
several hundred on the grounds, AM
t we presume all enjoyed themselves,
READING.
The FIRST on the programme was tn
e reading for the Gilbert prize, and Mis-
n Mary Pearson Moses entered for tn
2. contest. She read very beautifully
and, no one else appearing, she wa
awarded the prize, which she doubt
l. less would have taken had there beer
- a contest.
o WALKING CONTEST.
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