Daily Republican., 1884-08-27
EmyD DAY OF THE FEST.
,xnaNCE NOrAs LARGE
SnnxnAy-WHEELBAR-
W. svs FACES, GAMES, ETC.

row RACEs, GAM-''
..rdapce at the Volksfest at
,'sr park yesterday was not as
ta,.,a ,ba, Of the FIRST day, but those
r. there spent their money very
s',r .uS in consequence the receipts
.i,s s.s larre. The attendance TO-
sIi XIII no doubtbe large, As 1t Is the
n, d dsy, and an interesting program
~ ~ "a arranged. The main features
..,day', amusements were the
s.se exercises by the Pbiladel'
'S' rarus iemeinde, the performers
william Haar, Otto Gundlach,
\, Rsrker and Henry Schmidt, led
~, Instructor II. G. +. Stahl.
!. Nh hopor Of being the best gym
am,be party was awarded to Mr..
~, y The Eagle prize shooting
u ~ which is novel sport, was
y, watched by a large crowd of
s,nrs Those who took part In
rs,ciss we're Charles Yetter,
,,srk ". Heiss, Joseph Stoeckle,
Sbea, Barney McVey, Peter
~ A. Wilhelm, Anton Hauber,
s,rrkler, Of Philadelphia, and
a The target consists of q large
,nss.urng about four feet from
napof his wings in his beak be
r,is wreath, and in bis talons he
ii an arrow and olive branch, the
,be.ng made up in such q man.
IA, pieces Of the bird, when
4 hiry San he easily knocked
The weapons used by the contes-
a we're bow guns with metal point
wpvs The following prizes were
,d.
Nd, q 70 the ono who shoots off the
.econd, IS Tor the wreath third ,
d hrthe arrow fourth, 81 for the
|, bnnch fifth and sixth, tl.50 for
yins seventh, 81 for the tail !;
feather kDoeked out % cents, or
n nslots,
b. only p,les won yesterday were
third and fourth by Charles Yetter
Frederick ". llsiss respectively.
;entenen made several close
!. af the wreath, but could not
tshtowu Tie shooting will be con.
ssl today
BE st men race was another nov
aud those who v ituessed it were
ruIsel with aughter, especially af-
all lel,, wien the corpulent Tel.
,nGurd 70 the starting point all
sahd Blowing.
h nr,l' pants yesterday were An
HsuOer, Charles ietter, II. NUn-
lNlor and j. p T. Fuekel.
b lfsl heat was a tie between Yet
i1l HauOeI, who tried it again. In
Nj heat letier was on the lead,
FAen bear ,h7 finish Hauber yelled
Hold ip, ietter," when the
Eisckeued lis pace and Hauber
s4sd fetter claimed a foul, aud
sIswi., be repeated to-day, when
"a Lev contestants will enter.
iAe.barriw race and othersports
2s via the games participated In
ashoo children, will be among
lG''as OF to'day's amusenents.
taliack "a being PIT in good con.
LAhlHe coming State fair, and In
ISiaacr Ill,e mum Der of flyers
lGvtn around the course during
Ht'lOon, attracting considerable
ea,n.
sas the number were +. Wagner
driven By John Hagan, JOhn n
'sfie' drlren by his owner, and
s'ro,ter, Joseph Stoeckle, Jas
Al! William II. Carroll and 9th
'~h driving around.
negro rGinstrela, a speciality o
"a! gave an excellent entertain
= ~ 'le afternoon and evening, be
sa'st crowd Of spectators, who en-
we esport Immensely. Ths Firs
.-el' baLd rendered exec! lent mi,
,~vusaoR' the day, AID R.ybold'
'Ndal llinished the music for tbos
'Fa' ',.r time III tripping the ligh
Iy' 4@t hylng circus, the whee
,H' 1'4ls' shooting gallery, s,rikin,
.u' e,t We're all literally pa
sN' hi Croz.er, with his ward /,
S'''"'ed considerable atlen
4ls ti4 afternoon Mr.. Crozie
@ %' patriotic speech, and appeale,
,'s 1' HSs',''aaee Of the Assem- blage /,
Tst T"V' Us orphan boy.
III JT'l' vines were kept up until /
,,,',' va '"'' i1gat, and III, best of orde
,s,, ,, "'lg the day, only one o
,.a'lIh''ces being created. whicl
..Ia,, rnaP = qle.4ed by the police
,,.s ,1I' = sats, under the care o
MY, ' rOriy,of the Arnoux Electri
,ian!' fia,!' "'fEed mnch better Lar
rs s,s. ,oaN IN Monday evening. an,
Nd IOui''' we're brilliantly iIiuIni
i. o'' oi prominent eentleme
Iti,s 'S-i: Io.day TO witness m
'atp ''' 'es' VIII close thi