Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-07-11

with all the world, but a peace spring
ing more from fear than affection. A
nation can never curry favor; it mus
command respect.
When a few years ago, we were in the
throes of life and death, when in,erna.
strife and civil war seemed destined co
subvert and overthrow the fon.cst hopes
of liberty, the premier of Englan- i'll Ike
house of commons remarked: 'TTiac G;s-
united States of America; the bubble hos
burst" Let is so conduct ourselves that
there shall not be the faintest suspicion
on which to found a repetition of those
harsh and grating words. Treasurins
the memories of the past, let us be guild
ed by its Cheering admonitions and its
ominous warnings" Let us be true to
ourselves; true to those who shall follow,
as they were true to us who have gone
before; true to the precedents and
principles, forms and institutions, OF
government that have proven so beneti-
cial in the past. And we MAY proudly
boast that long after the thrones OF Eu-
rope shall have crumbled away, and
crowned heads and crowns decayed;
long after the"traveler shall have paused,
in the midst of a vast solitude, on the
broken arches of London bridge, to
sketch the ruins of st. Paul's," this gov
ernment Of the people, blythe people, and
for the people. shall flourish in undimin-
ished vigor, and go on ''prospering and
to prosper
MI. Noyes' address commanded the
closest attention and the speaker was
frequently applauded. Three rousing
cheers and a tiger for "The Old Flag
closed the ceremonies, and the crowd
dispersed for refreshments.
IL RACES.
After dinner an immense throng Of
people, estimated at fully 1000 persons,
gathered at the race track to witness the
contest between the flyers. The first
was a trotting race between S. NJ. Dodd's
Nellie Garbutt and Allen Mettler's Lone
Rock, m mile heats, best two in three,
for a purse of 500. Nellie was the
~favorite in the pools, but several even
bets were made. The mare handled her.
self beautifully, but Lone Rock had
numerous admirers on account of his
muscular appearance, and there were
many who wanted to see him go for his
first public trial of speed. Nellie won
the first heat in 3:l4a, neither horse
being pushed. In the second heat there
was better work and a close contest, Mel
lie winning in $40, with Lone Rock Just
half u second behind. The last quarter
disclosed good metal in both animals,
Lone Rock pushing the mare to her best
gait, and making the heat intensely in
teresting.
There were three entries in the rum
ming race-Visie, a Moose river animal;
Wild Bill, known as the Ely horse; and
Patsy Parker. a Devils Lake steed. Par
ker took the first heat in l:57, Visie sec.
ond, half a second behind. AS the
horses came in, Visie pushing Parker to
his utmost, the vast crowd stood up and
yelled like mad. Wild Bill won the Sec
ond heat in 1856. Visie second and Par
ker iooling alon. as a third. The next
heat was "fos blood," Parker winning
both heat and race in l:564a, Visie get
ting second money and Wild Bill third.
Now came the pony race, with eight
entries-Mr. Howard's Blue Dog from
Lakota; French Joe's Kitty from the
Turtle mountain region; Arthur Leach's
Sis; McHenry's Minnie F.; Grey G. from
the mountain region; Parson Stuart's
Bay Billy and two others. Kitty took
the heat in $50, Sis second and Blue Dog
third. The latter horse was heavily
backed by Lakotians and several per-
sons in this city, and the loss of the heat
did not deter them from putting up the
stuff" Kitty took the second heat also
in the same time she won the first, and
took the first money. Sis got second
money and Grey G. third.
An impromptu mule race followed,
with four entries. Mr.. Harris black
mule won in l:20, half mile dash, taking
the first money, 81, and Mr.. Dailey's
mule took the So offered as second
money. One OF the mules entered ran
off the track and colliJed with a wagon
and team, impaling himself upon the
pole Of the wagon, breaking several ribs.
The recovery of the animal is doubtful.
Aside from this accident. the mule race
was the most amusing performance on
the track.
An S0-rod race between Dave Nc
Canna's bay mare and a Grand Harbor
horse was won by the former, the purse
being $40.
This closed the horse racing and most
Of the people did not stop to witness
the minor games, which were very in
teresting. Following is the record of
those games:
One hundred yard foot race, lst,
George Elmslie, So; I'd. W. Feightner, So.
Hurdle race, LIST, George Elmslie. 49,;
I'd, j. Beatty, 81.
Standing long jump, lst, w. Feight-
ner, 50; Cd, George Elmslie, 50.
Running long jump, lst, George
E!mslie, SO; I'd, J. Beatty, 50.
Running hop, step and jump, LIST,
George Elmslie, 50; I'd, J. Beatty, 50.