Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-27
THE SECOND DAY


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THE SECOND DAY
Was another OF preparation chiefly.
It dawned somewhat threatening, but
soon faired off and the weather so far
is all that could be desired, though he
dust stirred up by so much commo tion.
is almost sutfocatiDg. at times, and Q
good shower of rain at an opporfune
period, would be very acceptable on
that account.
Immediately upon setting foot on
the grounds, the CHRoN1CLE's repre-
| sentative found himself encircied on
all sides by a host of warm friends
who greeted him with open arms, and
appt ar ed to vie with each other in rem
deriug him attention and assistance.
The worthy and wide-awake Presi~
dent, Hon. W.. 8. Fowler, we found
with his hands full looking after after
affairs. and rig ht we'll did he perform
his part. And then. there was, as q
matter Of course. the genial land wholes
souled Col. III. b. Yearwood, mounted
upon his dashing and symmetrical
sized as General perinten1ent, a
position whicn few men Can fill as
does Col. Year " God. he is u Necessity
to success. He and President Fowler
had lnaugurated special arrange
ment for the accommodation of press
represen tatives. anu They may rest as.
stirred lt is appreciated.
Among others of the prominent
meu of the Association we desire TO
mention especially the kind treatment
of our large-hearted friend, Capt. r.
K. Robins, n, the Unlimited and geh.
eroas hospitality of whose home we
had the good fortune to suare. Brown
low, Smith, Esq., tue popular hotel
keeper vi NauIsonvllle, We fouDd on
the premises, ss1iatiDg the hundreds
OF hungry PERSONS, with q great
abundance of all the substanIiaIs of
,Ite that Gould be WISHED for, aud in
that excellent style for whieh the ex-
perlenced caterer that he l., Is Noted.
AT an early hour the grounds
began to De throrged with
much larger ATTENDANCE than the
Gay before, aud they Kept coming
at dsy. The Secretary = Ohce
Was a perfect jam slt HE. time, aud
The efficient anu Ubnging Secretary,
Mr.. J. A. Boyle, toe 9 lner with two
assistauIs, Messrs. II. 4. z, Horton
and viii. Henderson, were Kept as
ousy ss beer, taking entries, etc. 1t
Was mpOssIb arrive at The num-
Der Of entries, bnt The Secretary say .
the list Is more than double that uf any
previous yesr. The articles placed Oh
exnlbttiOn we're arranged IN The build
kk,a F.,n
There were certninly some fine sp. ci-
mems III all departments, but, al the
present writing, many more entries
ais To be made, and We reserve pariic-
uiarizat,ans for this next.
The fist event OF noe afternoon
was the arrival of The Mt. V-rd brass
baud, on the grsuDds, attracting all
attention. They came to furnish t,,e
music during the remainder OF the ex-
uIuIiIuu, aud eDIiveued the moboiony
with some pleasing strains during the
7fIernUOu.
THE FLOWING MATCH,
About 2 p M, attracted a large
crowd aud much attention., 1t being u
uOtiy contested match betwe the
day, the Oliver Chilled Piow, and the l
Gale Quilted Pillow, Tue Gale wac /
represented on the grounds 10y Mfr s.
D. Wester, of The firm of Nixon &
Wester. of Chattanooga, agents. It " As
Oi ted, however, by Mir. }. Bow
mn general Southern agent, AID
DRAM Dy Mr.. Sam. Burns team of
mules. The Oliver was reptssuted by
Messrs. Owen d Young, of, Sweet
water, and was driven with the team
uf Thomas Yesrwood, E O., and
operated by his son, Forest Yearwood.
After a thorough and lengthy test. the
premium offered for the best turning
piow was awarded to the Gale. 9s51-
SPEED RING. : = - : - go
At three O'Clock the crowd
was summoned by the announces.
ephvening strains from the baud, 10 tn -
| speed ring, to witness the Interesting
contests there. TIE Judges chosen
| were Messrs. w. P. Chambers, r. K.
| honDson and J. r Jones.
For he mile dash, three year o!ds,
for pure of $25, there were two an-
| r'es-E g Sylvester and J. 81. Car
% ehael. Won by Sylvester.
Fastest trotter. SIS premium, Rob.
ert Wear. w. B Howard. J. NJ II, a.
sell aud B B Hunt entered. Won
hy Wears gray
Saddle b. rse race, mile heet. for q SIS
cup. three entrie--Jack Hall, Cam
Black and Will Dyer. Won oy Dyer.
Mule race, for SIS cup, three entries
j. T. Edward. Ball Jones and Jim
Ives Won by Edwards.
This closed he ocular races fer this
day. Il Is a significant fact that all
the three winners ia the above horse
races ara OF the Fetmet stock, which
10 being Introduced sd thoroughly aud
successfully in this section by Col.
Ye+rwOod. Bod will tell.
After the races the crowd dispersed,
to Re, urn Thursday. when the exhi6i-
-tion Ia expected to begin in earnest,
aud more interesting details will be OBJ
Iainable.