The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-13

ing race ever ridden ON any ra,' course. in
an even iorty-six minutes. IL vas inpo>-
sible &" stop the animals, AMI Miss Stili
who thought she had Yet -nother ''a'f-
mile To ride, kept going 1t =, breakncck
Slee.l. passing her rival. amid Tremendous
cheering from her Kansas friends. wh"did
noi know the true situation and Were GER
tain
THEIR rAvOEIrE WAS THE WINNER.
~ the conclusion the widest excite
meni prevailed. and the crowd kept call
ing i"r the time AMI the result. many oi
them still thinking that the Kansas
girl WAS the victor. The judges
announced that they would Civ.
their decision shortly, bat OF
comparing notes with the starters j, was
a>certained that difference ri onc-hali
mile existed, the latter's tally showin. up
hut nineteen and nnc-hali miles traverse.i
which would have given the race To Miss
Still.
Ii YOU could call it confusion AMI ex-
citement before,
PANDEMONIrM WORLD HAVE BEEN \ Goop
for expressing the situation NJ that stage
The crowd was perfectly wild and refused
To be quieted. The judges. however, com
pared notes with the reporters Of the Nan
sas City and I@avcnwOrrh papers, all u;
whom had twenty miles scored up, AMI al
ter some little delay announced that Miss
Archer was the winner i'm the
unprecedented time "f forty->ix
minutes. Then il was the Mis-
sonrians turn To- yell. and they did i, with
Il will. giving vent To their feelings in
PROLONGED CHEERS.
U course the people VINO had backed
the Kansas girl were exceedingly wr",hy
especially 81 was the father of Miss Still,
who denounced the awarding oi the race t..
Miss Archer as Il gross Outrage.
lie WAS fairly beside himself with rag.
and no doubt said many things which h.
will regret to-day. He mounted the r.
por,cr>' stand and attempted I" make 81
speech. in which h. expressed himself in
language that would have remained un-
said had he not been
BOILING OVER WITH ANGER
ut the defeat OF his daughter.
Capt. Ed. Stevens. of this city, then al
dressed the people, and crowned himself
with glory in the few words ne uttered.
NE SPOKE HIGHLY OF Mss STILL
~ an equestrienne, and said he would hav,
preferred that Miss Archer should have
lost the race than that there should have
been any dispute. The place to RICH, the
the error, ii there hal been anv. Was ~
, the Sedalia exposition, On Tuesday, thu.
, 10Th III September, when the youns iadie,
would again appear in public as rivals
His remarks were cheered Justify, and j,
was evident that the Pettis county girl had
made many friends among strangers hy
HER LApYILKE DEPOErMENT.
1t is generally conceded tina, Miss Still
, is the most graceful rider. and had i, not
been for the blun.ler made in >uppO>ing
that another half mile was to he run. she
would undoubtedly have won the race
As il Is, both will put forth renewed rf-
forts tor the contest in this city. AMI the
result will he looked forward to with
NOT 4 LITTLE INTEREST.
After the excitement had subsidized. the
Young ladies were taken in charge by
their friends and escorted to their hotels
. .uISS NI'sWI Iu tuts
morning in company with Mr.. Newt,
douglass and family, and will practice a,
the park daily until the 10Th inst.
The time made in this race is the best
, on record. Previous to this Mis- Pinneo
OF Colorado. headed the list, With twenty
miles in tiiiy-sevcn minutes.
The last edition Of the Kansas City Star
of yesterday had the following special
from Bismarck Grove:
THE ''SrARS" SAY
The twenty mile race Wis won BY Mis-.
Nellie Archer. in ior,y-Six minutes, BY
hall . length-a wonderful ieat 4 die.
agreement, occurred between the jndgc.
and scorers, but the judges were inf1ex.
ible. Capt. Stevens spoke for Miss Archer
and Mr. Still iOr his daughter. but the
crowd supported Still The wil,le>, ex-
element prevailed. All the reporters
scores showed that Miss Archer won
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb !. 1880
know hop Filters will bear rccommen-
dation honestly. All who Use them confer
upon them the highes, encomiums. and
give them credit for making cures--all
the proprictors claim for them. have
kept them since they were first ofiere,! IL
the public. They took high rank iron,