The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-25
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San: some tins having ELAPSED since
my lAst writing, and having hzd some
very nice times since, l thought l would
inform you, aud our friends, the read
en Of your excellent paper. how NE are
progressing.
The 10th Of August, 1850. will be long
remembered by the .-boys'' Of Fort
Robinson and this post. from the num-
erons and interesting sports Of the day.
The BAbcock b. b. club having been
challenged 10 play . game with the
Andrus club Of Fort Robinson, was the
signal for % many pleasures. The
game was very exciting and interesting
a. well As being the cause Of much
mirth. The pitcher Of the Babcock's
lyour humble s~ervant) suffering from a
fractured knee, caused much laughter
when trying 10 get in some pretty work
in the inner field. IL Is said he re-
minded the many spectators OF the
lone legged ticket scalper" OF Chey-
enne, dancing 4 jig. Nevertheless, the
game was a good one, the score being
~ follows:
Andrus ........l 0040221 2-12
Rabcock .......2 311200l2 -l2
Time Of game, 9 hours and 10
minutes.
Umpire, Mr.. Geo. G~oettinger, COIL,
9Th cavalry.
After the game Of ball came the
climbing OF n ..greased pole" the prize
being n bag Of "Pium Duff" There
we're ten who tried and failed, and rs
the grease was pretty well rubbed on
by this time shergeant Sharp stepped
forward and after some hard work sue
ceeded In obtaining the prize, amid
much applause.
Next came the race, for n mile, be-
tween Uncle Bill Davis and Pat"
Payne, the latter winning by about two
| feet.
Time 9 hours and 81 minutes.
The price, rubber blanket.
Fourth was a ''pie eating'' match be-
tween "Dad" Parker and "Yank"
Sullivan, common sewed pies were
used land pretty well used tool, Dad"
won the match, the score standing:
Parker
But "Yank" says there was n foul
PIE slipped In ON him, IL containing an
extra stin lining and he thinks the
iaundress who made II was bribed.
The prize was two cans Of salmon.
Fifth was n potato picking' match
for go. Twelve contestants entered,
but handsome Geo. Goettinger carried
of the stakes.
Next came horse racing and slow
mule racing and n hurdle race which
was very lively and exciting and which
closed the outside sports OF the day.
The glee clubs Of both posts. after
taking position land something else
tool on the porch OF II. Co. quarters,
then gave some fine singing, opening
with
Drill is coming on.......By both clubs
When I can shoot my carbine clear
Wood
| On board the Omaha ....... Sullivan
Rig-a-jigjig, or the Charcoal man
Cassidy
The day 1 fought John Dwyer. .Kirlin
The nice Billy Goat 1900. Carroll
I swing n wooden hoof. ....... Lidstone
When I get married o, then. Madden
Oil dear Bunkie what a pain ! got
Miller
"The Sakey's done," 1.-THE Sakey's
DONE" was then played by Prof.
Cooper's brass band, after which all
hands repaired TO Martins grave, near
the post, where dancing commenced,
the music being furnished by the fam
our '~'Stinking Water" band, Prof.
Cooper, leader.
1 will omit the order Of dancing till
some other time. The dancing was
kept up uutil - p. m, when there was
an intermission, during which time the
numerous visitors were entertained by
our old friend, Sergeant Deary
(Brocky) L Co., 9th, who gave an ex-
cellent temperance lecture. After
which n keg Of ''mule shoes, (which the
Q. NJ. had kindly contributed, was
opened and freely partaken OF. &
Friend Nicholson then gave q few
selections on his lsplendid ACCORDION,
which he had lately imported from Hot
Springs, Ark. Sergeant "Dick" Tur-
pin then undertook to entertain the
boys with an old fashioned ''brenk
down" In which he N very successful
and did credit to the name by not
making q break ut all. After n rest Of
half an hour the entire party adjourned
TO the company mess hall, where q grand
table, which contained all the d~elicacies
| Of the season, was set. The principal
dish being Prof. Kirby's slack rabbit
stew" Among the presents received
were n case Of ''corks" from HanniHn
and Ryan, n box OF stuffed words from
Mr.. Spain, Of l. Co., q splendid ''pie"
from the Leader" Office, and n sack Of
"Bull's eyes" from Maj. Talbot, all Of
which were freely and ~joyously par.
taken Of by the company, after which
the dancing was again taken up and