National Republican., 1880-10-15
THE TOURNAMENT.
Ninth Day OF the Fair-Tho Programme q
the RunnlnE Races.

the assertion that q tourney Is preferred to {
trot. Seats in the grand stand were at pre-
MUM, and the balconies of the other build
Jugs were packed with ladies and childron
who appeared deeply interested in the sport
rhc riding did not begin until artor o'clock
aud the idle time was utilized IN inspecting tho
main and machinery buildings. In tho former
| The exhibit of curi1sites and Japanese good.
! by Mr. Brown of Philadelphia attracted th,
most attention, u very creditabe display being
made. In the awards Of yesterday Mr.. Brown
| received two silvcIuud ono brOnz, medals, the
only premiums offered in his class The dough
mixer and patent irons Of Sparrow & Noble
| were the sourc1 Of considerable interest to the
ladies. who 1pCked around the stand to listen
| to their merits rs set forth by Mr.. Frank
| Chadwick, the agent.
| In the fine arts department painting of
Beatrice, by Master S. Il. Mahan of this city,
| was the subject of considerable favorable crit
| icism, as q result of which Baltimore mcr-
chant secured IL for his art gallery, paying q
| handsome price for 1t. Tho artist had ncvcr
taken lesson IN drawing. and by judges his
| first venture was pronounced marvellous. In
| Machinery hall u large crowd continually sur
rounded the incubator, the workings OF which
were carefully explained. To-day number
of eggs will be Matched out at noon. The fol.
| lowing awards were made yesterday:
Unenumerated articles--Komp & Burton,
bronze medal for best manure sprcader; Slitcr
& Merryman, brouzc modal for steam corn
and cob crushor; =. G. Palmer, bottled mineral
water, beer and ale, silver and bronze medals;
Henry Wahly, scroll work, clock.caSe, bronz
medal G.. I. Dunlop, two horse steel beam
pOw aud wind engine, bronze medal, aud A.
| Farquhar, best wagon jack, diploma.
| Fine art by amateurs--Best crayOn portrait,
MIS-. $. p Barnes; do. landscape (oiD, Miss
Emma j. Smith; do. water color, ID. w. Gill;
do. carving IN wood Henry Searlc do. collec.
tion colored photographs, Miss NJ. L. Warde;
do. plain, G. NJ. Bell; do. gold lettering on
glass, w. J. locke; do. ornamental pcnman.
ship, J, o, +. Mccarthy, and do. pen drawing,
| Miss Rosa Wallis.
| Agricultural mplements--Best horse pitch
| fork, iour-hOrse wagon, running gear and OK
yoke, J. A. Baker; do. cider mill aud four.
horse wagon, G.. II. Dunlop; do. twohorse team
wagon, iron axle, Slifor, Merryman & Co.;
do. wagon, thimble skcin, d. w. Magrath; do
subsoil plow, A. Farqnhar and do wooden
pump, corn shcller, grass scy hes, grain era
! die, lawn. moving machine (hand) and wire
| fencing, E. Whitman, Sons & Co.
| In the tournament there were twenty.six
contestants, VINO, with their respective scores,
were as follows:
l.. b. Pattc, Virginia, 2. ?, o-4; D. NJ. Hog.
land, North Carolina, /, 3, O-i; T. l. Casper,
South Carolina, /, ., Ia; Q. i. Wright, Mary
land, 3, 3, 3-0; j. 4. Paine, Delaware, 3, 3, 3
| o; N. Jarboe, Kentucky, l, 0, O-l; q. Jarbus
Pennsylvania, ., ., &c; II. Orluc, New YOrl,
| /, ?, 2-5; L. G. Grillin, Louisiana, l, 3, 81;
w. Griilin, Maine, 0, =. 2-4; @. White, District
of ofColumbia ., ., Is; J. f. Fisher, New Jersey
/, /, 1-3; j. Oliver, Colorado, !, 0, OIL; A.
Cornwcll, Texas ., l, 0-3; B. Oliver, Indiana
| 0, ., "a; f. Magrudor, Georgia, 9, 2, &c; J. j.
Kemp, Connecticut, o, lcfu &. c. Pearce, Cali
| fornia, 3, g. 2-S; II. II. Freeman, Montana g.
| >, 0-5 j. II. Stuart, Tennessee. l, 0, 0--1;
b. Otterbach, Vermont. 3, ., 27; w. c. john
son, Ohio, 0, !, l,2-3; p, A. Scagss, Kansas, 3 .,
| 2-7; w. II. Palmer, Michigan, l, 0, 0-l; q
w. Stuart, West Virginia, 3, ?, 81; w. e.
Brown, Mississippi 3, ?, 1-G.
| Tho knights Of Maryland and Delaware tied
for the first prize, but in riding Off The
former won, taking three rings to his oppo
ncnts two. The third przo was awarded tC
tho Knight of California, and four knight.
tied for the fourth aud itth prizes In riding
of tho knights of Louisiana and Kansas were
successful. The knights were then called in
| front of the grand stand and the prizes
awarded by Judge IL. IL. Blackburn to the
following successful contestants: G. l., Wright,
Maryland, gold watch; J. 7. Pierce, Delaware,
saddle G. q. Pearce, California bride; Il. p.
Griffin, Louisiana, spurs, and Z. a. Scagg5,
Kansas, riding whip. The judges for the
tournament were Mcssrs. Caleb Churchman,
n, w. helly, IL H. DllChbulIl, IL iItIo-
kcll and Charles White. A visit to the stables
last evening showed that they are filled with
runners, prominent among which are Gov
ernor Hampton, MurChiOness, New York
Weekly, Natalie, Eunice, Democrat, Dali
galsian, Lucky Hit, Baltimore, jr, Alroy, Rev.
enue, Wrangler, BIucher and British Lion.
A dispatch was received from Jerome park
yesterday stating that the stables of Acker-
man & Co., William Mulkoy and the DAILY
Brothers had been shipped to this city and
would arrive to-day. From the programme
of to-day it will be seen that good sport is in
prospect, as all tho purses will have lively
field of starters. There will be three races, MS
| follows:
First race, three quarter mile dash, purse
$3.50; 800 to first and $50 to socond-DalgaI.
sian, lis pounds; owner, IL. GaiTney. Alroy,
l1S pounds; owner, Mr., Norton. Baltimore,
| ir., lii pounds; owner S. Cox, jr. March
ioneSs, 105 pounds; owner, A. Burnham.
Wrangler l05 pounds owner, O. b. Harring
ton.
Second race, one.mile, purse $780, $3.50 to
first and $50 to second-Democrat, 95 pounds;
owner, IL. Gaffncy. Baltimore, jr., ia pounds;
owner, $. Cox jr. New York Weekly, III
pounds; owner, r. IL. Duffy. Lucky Hit, l05
pounds; ownor c. w. Talbot.
Third race, one.half mile, purse 800; $50
to first aud S25 to second-Wranglor, l05
pounds; owner, c. B. Harrington. Marchioness,
lVp pouuuS ONubii u, puIhhulh' h'ioS,
ll5 pounds owner, Mr.. Norton. Revenue, lls
pounds; owner @. y, Rcdding Ddlgaisian,
ll5 pounds; owner, III. Gaifney.
Pools sold at the National hotel last even.
ing a5 follows: Three.qusrters mile dash
Marchionoss, S25; Dalgaisian, S20 WraDger,
50; Baltimore jr., So, aud Alroy, 50. one
mile dash-New York Weekly, $23; democrat,
$50, aud the field Baltimore, jr., and Lucky
Hit, Sll. HaIf-mlo ddsh-Marchiones aud
Dalgaisan S2J. aud neld-WrangleT AlrOy
aud Reyeuue-SS.