Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-22
THE GREENEVlLLE FAIR.
The Third and Last Day A Grand
Success.
Special Correspondence Knoxville Chronicle

Special Correspondence Knoxville Chronicle
GREENEvILLE, Sept. IL, 1875.
Last night fine shower fell, laying |
the dust, and had IL not rained to-day /
it would not have been better. But Mt |
an early hour this morning it COM
menced raining and continued a light,
DRILLING rain until about 8 o'clock !
Yet this did not seem to interfere with
the Greene county people, whatever,
for they commenced pouring in from
every direction in wagons, horse back
and on foot, in squads and singly, until
every street leading into the city and
towards the fair grounds seemed per-
fectly alive with human beings. Every
vehicle in the city and neighborhood
had all it could do, and by the time /
reached the grounds things looked
lively. was never so agreeably sur
prised in my life. had no idea that
half the people present would venture
out on such day. 1t was not only
the country people, but the fair ladies
of Greeneville, and there is a host of
them, TUNED out en- mdsse, it seemed,
and the building was crowded to its
utmost capacity by them, as the rain
kept them mostly in the house. The
dust, Of course, was laid, but in its
stead was mud, yet that could not
have interfered much had it only been
fair overhead. 1t stopped raining
about 10 o'clock, then people fairly
poured into the grounds, and the least
estimate we have heard of the crowd
was 5000. ........
In the building number OF addi.
tional articles had been entered, but we
could not learn by whom. We over
looked to mention some work of Mr..
Isaac o. Harrell, jeweler, of this place,
which deserved to be noticed. He eX-
hibited hair guard and fine gold
ring of his make, which attracted gen
eral attention, and took premium,
also, rifle gun, which proved him to
be quite a genius.
SHOW RING.
Some fine stock was exhibited in the
ring this morning, and the following
premiums were awarded:
! Best pair of mules in harness-Mr,
| A. n. Shown, of Rheatown.
Best aged mule, Il. X. Cox.
Best two year old mule, James Snow,
Best one year old mule, /. n. Ear
nest. r.,....-.. .,.,...,.
| Best mule colt, Daniel Kennedy
| Best aged bull, premium 10 b. +.
Earnest, and two premiums To +.
Link.
Bull aud heifer calf, James Allen.
Best cav, w. b. Jones,
SPEED RING.
The rrotting match was the next
/ thing an the programme, and two en-
| tries were made. -- SusOug and
Reubeu Caldwell. Mr.. Caldwells
horse took the premium, making il in
4 minutes to the Susong horse in 4:2S.
Boys riding was next, but there was
not much of show made in that de-
| partment
LADIES' RIDING.
There were three entries among the
ladies for the championship and $50
! greenback rs the most graceful rider
They were as follows: Miss Laura
| Link, Mrs. -- Harris, Miss Mamie
Remine.
The contest was very close one, all
. TIE ldNlNo llulllA "tll bAN ~ SUM bb-
came apparent that the real contest
was between Miss Link and Miss Re
mine. Miss l.. had by far the advant-
age in steeds, Miss r. IS being a rough
riding animal. She however present.
ed a very graceful appearance, as also
did Miss L., and the committee seemed
to have some difficulty in making up
their minds, judging from the way
they took tickets out of hat. They
had to draw lots, when it fell to Miss
Link, and she carried the blue ribbon
around her arm and the cash in her
hands.
We suppose everybody was satisfied
about the decision. The committee
making the award consisted of Messrs
r. G.. Netherland, James Carr DR..
Marshall, w. r. Smith, and Chas. c..
Rankin.
The next in order was the
TOURNAMENT RIDING,
and about 2:30 the knights made their
appearance again in spring wagon,
, headed by the Greenevllle Brass
Band, aud being drawn up in front of
the stand, after some choice music by
the band, A. II. Pettibone, Esq, de-
livered the Knightly charge in his
, usual eloquent style, and the Knights
prepared for the contest. Although all
of the knights were present, only six
contested for the hOnors, and they
did their duty nobly. 1t had COM
menced raining again by this time,
but this did not deter them in the least,
and we felt that the successful Knight
should not only have the privilege of
crowning his fair choice asQueen of the
: occasion, but also crown her with a
new name, for never did gallant
/ knights contest under more adverse
! circumstances for the smiles and APP
/ proval of fair ladies. The following is
} list of the knights contesting and
: the number of rings taken by each:
: James Harmon, ......,....,...."........ Ii
{ Edward Link, ','..'.'., ...''''' ,'''..,. III
George Murphy "...........'''',.... III
/ David Wllds, Jr..........'..'.'.''. ~
: Robert FitZgerald............., IL
% r, G. Richards......... .,...." .......... I
. Mr.. James Harmon was awarded the
first honor of browning the Queen.
The four Knights who tied on the
first run entered for the next honOrs
, with the following result:
Robert Fitzgerald, I'd honor David
| Wildg ir I'd honor. and George Muir.