New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-20
A GREAT EXHIBITION DAY.

STATE DAYS AND THE TOURNAMENT.
ADMISSIONS REACmSG 17J,0OO-EEcEPuoNs By
TIE GOVERNORS OF MARYLAND AID DELAWARE
10000 PEOPLE ON GEORGES HILL-DEiAWARE
wis, TuE TOURNAMENT PRIZE.
'rRoN TIE REGULAR coEHE-roSDlNT OF rIiE rRIBUNE.I
PHILADELPHIA, oct. 19.-Dclaware and Mary
land Day attracted larger throng to the Exhibition
than any prey ous occasion except pennsylvania D'f'
The att, uIancc has not been reported yet, but by
o'clock the turustc- had registered liil7l visitors and
the later entrances probably brought the total close upon
~ 600 Numerous trains. crowded with eXcur,ousts,
arrived from Wilmington, Baltimore, and Washington,
and the bluty OF the weather caused the throus to bt
lncrc eel Iy thousands ~ people nom Philadelphia ana
tho nrisuburiug country. one OF the Baltimore
trains. arriving az daybrcnk, brought tao First
Brgads OF Maryland National Guards, con
s,ting 81 the 9TH and Gth Regiments. In The
forenoon GOV. Carroll arrived. accompanied by "A mill
tar s;lI u uniform. GOV. Cochrauc Of Delaware also
came with hs stln and party OF state officials with Hn
escort Of Wilmington troops. President HaNl'y % th"
Centennial Commission and Chairman John Welsh Of tn
Board ~ Finance received the distinguished 'l'li"is ~
tLe entrance 90 TIE grounds. Al oHti'u 900 Maryland
was delivered AZ the Headquarters Building ~ that
state Dos g. Vs. L. FIndlay Of Baltimore. anl Gov Car
roll hc.d crowded reception A. the Delaware Build
ins Gov Cochrnue received the throns OF guests and ihr
Grafton was delivered b. the Hon. ". g. Whitley Both
buildings pretuly decorated with h1ss and bright
dup"D.
Aver, novel event 10 most visitors and that at
a.f,d lar more notice than oratious or pdrades was
,. tournament n sport very popular IN the south bat
v.b.IIy fIuftnl.itr north Of Mason aud DNnu~ iur.
Ib, msft. Who entered the lists uil not tut ai 'tn
other bat ran small rings suspended rom hr'H""NN'
and tried Go bear them oil un tbt rId' oi u'l' 'u''
Tb, game rgurr- good h0r,cngu-hlp, Keen eve anu
.trady hand, Tor thr ring must bt Ih'H
by the rider when hs horse r. gong 10 the i"p
~ Die speed, aud Dc has bhfs lH'' -
rauturiu get h, lance IN pos "n before ne l's
90 "a second arch. aud then % third To VIM pi' ne
must carry Oh the three ruS@ TIE crown l"at at''
Urt to tr the tournament Was the most Interesting Pdl
of thr spectacle. There must have b,rh hl l'ts '"'
f,.,nl. h,rrI upuu the slope ~ George iillL Sol
were -u,sc,,fi not for tho IuFs were 700 -a 10 o
visible except to those close ai h1l 80 the sEil 10 wv
pluucd hor-rmrn on their spirited animals ""S""h VI"
der the arches. 1871 I'm,
a yer, large number who wished - C"np,ie-"N,r w
II /. .td Thry numbered II, and 10 Of them selected
each one 81 the original states 10 lepc-rhl "nt uno
clampHucd the Union and Ia" olhtl tho 'u'',.''1S
I,,r name. were: H. Crozicr. Ncwllampshlrr; l.. H.
Mcfarland, jr Ml.SachnsrtJ'i ",,l,nln - ~ ,ii," '
Connecticut; George '. bacon, SEW l"lh ,,,, -
klur Delaware; Il. W. Hereford, Mai5hnd L. !;
gallagher. Virginia; j. VI Hardy, Horth 'ar"iIna +.
nelson Jarboc. South Carolina; e. A. tok, Htu, ,
Charlcs White ir; the Centennial, ana y IS sun III,
Union. Three four appeared III gay, .o,'''i,, -
velvet ana un,cl' ana wore = n.''1 t t,'s f be
nothing particularly mighty about Tue 'oS'u's "i
other. rl cent their -i-hrs and plumcd mats huhu'
of herald. and marshll- added cclat 10 the PrrIo,o
ly gallopug about iu a frantic fashion pcloIc tly1
h.oI,'irS uf tha tItug and rscOrug the succcSSlui
knights to the judges stand IttlMird ~ t,,
sut oi MARYLAND was chief Marshal. Each KNIGHT ian
tbrec courses Tile Delaware knight Mr. hlnc' looh lo
first prizn securing eight rings out OF nine lhe 'th,
NAL knight, Mr. White, won the stc1hu pI'.' -
no south Cgrnlun's representative the fourth Inc
three aforementioned knights edch TOOK 9lA ilSS ,i
three first tilts and On another ti LOON ~ vr,l"nd
IN The order gwen MI h'loloi" VI ' ~
gained the NTH prlLc.