Daily Republican., 1886-07-06
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vefsary of American f1depengeUcp a.,
from the time the sun rose. ID "a
ip'ainly evident thaJ Young Amerio
was determined, twithstautflug tn
Ordinances Of Council, and the uf,.'a
nation OF the Mayor, TO celebra.s III
lay IN the fullest manner, az the ez
ploslon OF the festive cracker was hear,
on every hand, while occasionally tn
heavier Doomot the large crackers wae,
rem inoer OF the days when the rattle n
huskets and rifle was broken by the
heavy tones CT artillery. Patriotism
seemed TO have blinded the poljce. anf
erected their bearir e to such an exten
mat no effort was made TO Iestr,iu n
curb the boys. y
| IL would. however, have taken A M
l 'lce iorce as large as that of Ph;lad eli
pnia 10 enforce the law, aud as ever,
year more clearly demonstrates that /
10 I'm possible to enforce the o-dinanc,
on Inc Fourth, it might be well befor,
ahother year rolls around to amend !
so that on that day it will not apnlv
| nut let 1t he strictly enforced on al
Gays previous to and after the Fourth
While hundreds OF boys were eniovin,
themselves In all parts of the CITY via
tnelr hfe cracE ers and other explosives
hundreds OF persons wers vending thei,
way TO the steamb boat wharves and rail
road stations, intent on spending III,
day at some one of The many resort,
within easy reach of this city or with
friends, and by 10 O'Clock il was esti-
mated that about 20 900 persons or
neari y one half the entire population
had left the city.
The steamers Wilno;po+o, -
brandywine made five trips between
this city and Philadelphia, and were
crowded each trip. 1t is estim ated that
these two boats carried during the dav.
not less than 1000 passenR era, and
nearly 1000 tickets were sold for differ
en- points at the P w. & B. r r
Station. About 900 persons bonpht
tickets over the W. ~ N. Il. R. 900 of
which were for Cape NAV, and over
6o0 passengers were carried on The r..
& 2. Il. r. mo a.
st. Mary's T. A. B. Pioneer Corns
had an excursion to Mt. Cuba, the Reh.
man Library Association and 81 Panps
Oathollc Sunday school 10 BIRMINGHAM
Park, while the Ancient order of HI
bern ians had picnic at Schnetzen
PdrB, and the Wilmington Turnue.
IL
There were very few drunken man m
the streets, and but little disorder. The
stores and places of business were
generally Closed. and notwithstanding
the great number of fireworks used
there were but two alarms of fire onlv
one of which was caased by the shoot
ing OF crackers. Neither were there any
serious accidents, a1d the fact that
Travelled on cars or boats shows ne
careful manner in which these conyrv-
sDces are managed.
Ine races at Hazal Dell Park vestar
day afternoon attracted about 3, 900 ner-
sons, and considerable Interest wac
manifested Excellent order was main
talhed, and nothing occurred to mar the
pleasure OF those who attended excent.
toe loug waits, which were uhavuid-
able,
The first race was Of the 3 30 c,ass
anu tie following Ave horses starfed
moille 8, Clmarfon, Sadie d. Mike and
George After the usual scorieg a start
was made with Molhe s. at the n5Ie,
but Cimarr0n gained on her and came
in ahead in . 81, with Mollie s. fo}]1w :
ing close. Tee second heat and the race
was won by Cimarron in . IS with
Mike second.
The next race was FOR the 3 minute
ciass and had three starters lIa May,
broWn Tom aud Frank. The first heat
was easily won By Frank in 257i5,
with Brown Tom second The next
heat was the same, with Frank winning
he heat and race il 2tS
There were thres starters in the Q sol
class as fellows Kafe, Prince and
kriss. The latter haI the lead from the
first aud won the heat IL 2 40. He took
the lead again in the second heat, sud
1t promised to be a repetition of the rsi
until he reached the last quarter. whea
lie dropped shoe n hch CAUSED him foi
break badly ana Kate took the lead
winning the heat IN 243l The next
heat was syon by Kriss in 34a,, with
Kate second and PriLcs following close.
kriss also won the fourth heat, coming
in ahead in , 42s. with Kate close be-
hind lin, anu Prince third.
The following four horses stsrted in
the free. for. sll Black Flank, Lille 8.
Annie V. and Ben A long time was
spent in scoring, and when at last the
word TO go was given it was evident
that the contest was between Lille 8.
and Ben, and during the heat they
were part of the time almost side by
side. On the last quarter Ben pushed
ahead, and won the heat in 2 50, with
Lille end and Frank third. TbeI
aud third heats were also won
by Ben in 2.4l and Is respectively.
SUMMARY.
$50 class, best tTo in three.
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