The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
The Finest Racing Record Ever
Furnished for q Free
Occasion.
Poor Old jefferson City Beaten
With Her Own Umpire
by the Sedalia's.
The Grand Finale a Blaze of
PyrOtechnical Beauty and
Grandeur.
How the Day Was Celebrated by
Patriots Elsewhere In
America.

YESTERDAY was gala day Yriif8heSSsse al
liza, and to say tiia. IL was -.
epioyed by every one would be put
feeble way to express the exnberanc'
of innocent hilarity that seemed Q
nervade the whole community, col
iectively and individually, and 10 IN
plant itself in the heart of all ne
many visitors. With the hrst pee
Of day the discharge of firearms AM
other explosives betokened ths
all were alive to the fact that &c
national holiday, so dear to eve
American heart, had once agaPime
volyed around upon the axis ID when
perpetualIy moving wheels eastern
Aurora peeped up oveDh acres of
horizon her gaze fell devices lining
bunting and patrg house and store
every sire. t, dw before 9 a. m. the
in the city. "a scene of activity
stroas pres such as cannot be de.
\ and spl%ords. From every win
\ scribefurret Heated flags and ban.
III dow I'd, white and blue, mingled
i nepery conceivable device of the
II W5tive art appropriate to the day,
II {he streets were thronged with
Ple dressed in gay holiday attire,
nose smiling, genial faces said plain
<r than words that they meant to be
happy and thankful because they had
reason to be so. At $50 the Sedalia
Silver Comet baud appeared at the
corner of Third and Ohio, and after
playing few patriotic airs took the
cars TO the Sedalia park, where already
quite a throng had collected, and
where, tn 4nks to Superintendent Dow
Ter, had been prepared one of the
grandest treats in the shape of an
elegant and cozy retreat for pleasure
seekers that it is possible for nature
and art to produce all over the
vast park were streamers and flags,
booths and refreshment stands, Sc
cluded arbors and shady walks, where
one could wander all day without
wearying of the ever varied beauty
OF the scene, while the drives, the |
race course and the grand-stands pre-
sented perfect order and neatness un-
surpassed. The forenoon was mainly |
spent in enjoying all the splendors of
the situation and listening to the
sweet melody of the band, which
seems on every repetition to gain new
sweetness, although each time it is so
perfect that Improvement seems i'm
possible.
At noon, however, all the stores in
town closed their doors, and immedi-
ately after dinner the throngs about
the park began to assume the semb-
lance OF compact moving mass
of humanity which packed the grand
stand, walks, arbory and booths to
their fullest capacity, and the private
arbors assumed the appearance of
drawing rooms filled to OVERLOOKING
with merry faces and laughing voices.
The main attraction, however,
seemed to be the grand stand where
the masses gathered and waited in ex-
Pectancy the fulfillment of the elabo-
rate programme of the day. They
had not long to wait however, until
the performance began. Tue first en-.
being
The Ten Mile Race.
1t had been whispered around that .
this would not take place, owing to the :
fact that the SO called champion rid. !
ers, from St. Louis and Kansas CITY.
Messrs Potts and Scott, had at the
asst moment undertaken to play a
little sharpness upon the managers bv '
elegraphing that they would not t
come unless the price agreed upon '
vas advanced to 500 more. Can't +
I'd Stevens, however, is not so reasily r
% be blufed and has more than once '
proven bis ability to keep the upper b
hand of strikers. so he simply tele- '
,raphed back "oome or stay as YOU 1
please" and Quietly proceeded to Sc v
,ure Sedalia talent to carry out his v
designs. Accordingly at the proper P
lour the ten mile race was announced c
s on and Messrs. VIM. Sheets and b
Nm. Neighberg made their bow to G
ne audience, arrayed in hand
ome J-ckey suits, Dir. Sheets
. blue and white suit of silk s