The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-10-24
Fifth Day.

Fifth Day.
At the regular hour the gates were thrown
open and the immense throng from the city
soon lined the inside Of the grounds. Not
wIthstanding the departure of many hun
dreds, by rail and other conveyances, still
the Fair Grounds presented full tide Of
eager and anxious spectators. First upon
the roll was the
Tournament.
The prize in this contest Of horsemanship,
was won by Mr.. james I. Moore. He now
straddles one OF the finest saddles Of i'm
ported OF home make, ever covered that
horses back In this region.
According to an announcement the pre-
yious day, the orator for the closing cere.
monies,
Gen. sui Ross,
was ushered into the presence OF densely
packed ampitheatre, and delivered one OF
his pointed speeches for which he Is noted.
a.ssss..- AFTERNOON.
The mornings performances being closed,
everybody took themselves to the dinner
places, aud were prepared in short order
for the programme Of the evening. The
first announcement from the grand stand
was the ...I.
Foot hacs
between A. ID. Putnam aud Fritz CARRIER,
half mile, nreman's hat and belt the prize.
The contestants did not delay long In get
ting of, for the reason that dinner was over,
everybody felt good and eager for the fray
consequently time was peremptorially called
Oh the young gentlemen, who promptly re
sponded, dressed In feet foot regalia, aud
turned loose In good order. On the first
quarter II was about nip and tuck, or In
horse parlance, nose and nose. Further on,
say about half way the second quarter.
Fritz let himself out and showed what he
had been training for, and came under the
string sixty yards IN advance OF his compel.
itor, making the Aalf mile In 2:37.
The great sixty mile race was next called.
Only one entree was booked. Sixty miles
In three hours was too heavy battle for
amateurs to contend against. An old trooper
in the saddle was found In the person Of Mr.
dent of the Bosque country, young man Of
about twenty years, medium s. allure, weigh
ing about 140 pounds. Volunteer horses
were put upon the ground and changes
made on every mile. The feat was accom-
plished in $50, beating the Associations
time three hours just eleven minutes. Al
the start of some small be''ers came briskly
TO the front and offered small wagers that
the yonng man would never be able to
take In the Associations $50 purse. But u
few heats had been gone when his oppo-
nents were quite willing to go no farther In
the business. On the 43d mile stimulants
began to be administered, which was kept
up the balance OF the time. And amid the
cheers and words Of kindly encouragement
from all who must be his friends, and the
assistance in dismounting and mounting he
| made brave dashes for the accomplishment
Of feat Of great endurance and tirmness
Immediately after the victory an outside
purse OF fifty dollars was collected and pre-
scented to Mr. Ford. As he was escorted
down the neutral ground, the proprietor Of
the Bohemian Glass Blowing establishment
volunteered one-half the proceeds of al
mission to Mr.. Ford, as long as he chose to
remain at the entrance. Altogether his
days earnings was a handsome sum, but
none too much for the severity of the test.
The BABY SHOW
embraced five entries, including both sexes
| The blue ribbon was wound about the neck
Of Mrs. James Tinsley's Ave months ole
boy. He was wonderfully large and hand
some enough for all the msrragable younl
ladies to dip At his sweet little lips.
A silver dish for the best saddle pom,
under fourteen hands high, was awarded
Mr.. Penn Parker, OF Marlin, over five con
testsnts.
| There were Ave entries for the hest boz
rider under twelve years old, premium
saddle awarded to Master iona Jones, o
Waco.
This closed the second annual exhibition
OF the Agricultural and Industrial Associa
tion OF Waco, and when we consider that l
was only the second exhibition, II may b'
written down magnificent success. Tn
display OF line stock, was by far the hes
ever made lin the State. In the Art Depart
meni the display was noteably good, We
are sorry however to say that other depart
meuts, especially the implement display
was not! good, The collection of agricul
turai products, which though small, was eS
cellent in very many respects,
The results after everything is considered
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