Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-07-05

lures pertaining to the grand stan
were far above the ordinary; tn
singing Of James G. Clark who wa
present, is known everywhere i,
this country as being unsurpassed
and to hear him sing 1.-THE Swor'
Of Bunker Hill" on the 4th Of Jul,
is worth going to some trouble for
The singing by chorus offs voice
under the direction of Mrs. Mallor,
was worthy Of special mention.
| AFTERNOON.
| Directly after dinner a brigade o
ragamuffins convulscd everybod,
for m hour, with all sorts Of out
landish actions, after which til,
throng resorted to the race-tracl
southeast Of town, where the glas.
ball shooting match and the more
athletic sports of the day were te
take place. The shooting match
came first. The following are the
names of the participants, and the
| score:
Ben Crum. :. ..OOlO11OOl111l11-1C
G. F. Mallahan 11l1O1OOllOl11l-11
W. Burr. .OOO1OO1ilO0111O-7
J. F. Cumlnins. 1OO1O11O11OOl1O-S
F. Putnam. ..11OOOOOO1 10000
Joe Coverdale.. .O1O111OO1O11l11-1O
II. Washburn.. 1110OOO1O1OOOl-6
Geo. Steckman. .OOO1111O11OOl11-9
Jack Coverdale. 5000 1OO11O1OlO-5
Mallahan took lst prize, IS; Ben
Crun and Joe Coycrdale divided
2nd prize, So, and Geo. Steckman
got Bird prize 81.
A match game Of base bali was
played between the Virginias from
the north part Of the county, and
the Elk Point club, in which the
Elk Point boys got everlastingly
scooped by q score of 80 to 8.
A foot race Of $50 yards was run
by Johnny McGraw, f. E. Collins,
and Dick Ste6bins, who came out
at the end Of the race and took the
stakes in the order mentioned above;
LIST, 81, End, %.
In the horse-race, half-mile, best
two in three, entries were made as
follows:
Ed Gray entered 8. g., futile a
6. M, Chas. Murtha b. g., Henry
Fleming g. g., Joe Smith 6. g., James
Ryan b. g. and A. Bovee g. m.
Ed. Gray's gray gelding took first
money, Chas. Murtha's bay gelding
took second, and Henry Fleming's
took third.
In the pony race there were four
entries, as follows:
Tom Dufrand entered roam pom y,
Geo. Sickle roam pony, Fred Fisk
cream pony, and Tuttle gray pony.
Tom Dufrand got frat money, Stick
lie second and futile third.
The above concluded the field
sports. In the evening occurred a
very creditable rope walking perfor-
nance by Banner Osborne, 16-year-
old son Of 4. ]. Osborne, Of this
place. A rope was stretched across
the street opposite the COURIER Of.
flee at the height of the second sto-
ry windows, and this young lad
seized his balancing pole and pass
ed back and forth upon it with all
the ease and grace Of an old practi-
toner, although he has not been
long practicing and it was his first
appearance in public.
Next came the most laushable
feature of the day--a rope-pull be-
tween ten men from within the cor
porate limits of Elk Point, and any
ten outsiders in the county. 10.
Yerter marshalled the outside ten,
who were principally from Jefferson,
and when the two crews finally got
down to business the Elk Point lot
proved too light for the Jefferson
gang, who got away with the "v' ap-
propriated for this sport.
The fireworks in the evening made
a fine display. while the bowery
dance was kept up lively during the
afternoon and till late at night.
Everything combined yesterday
to make our celebration a grand sue
cess. Elk Point has had many gals
days in her history, but more
complete one in every respect has
not been accorded her. So large q
crowd was perhaps, never within
our limits, and it is speaking well
Of the citizens Of Union county to
say that not a bit of disturbance of
any kind has come to our knowl.
edge and but one or two intoxicated
persons were noticed during the day.