Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-06
How We Celebrated.
The Largest, Most Comprehen-
sive, and Most Enjoyable Gel
ebrationE EverHeld in Miles.
A Full Description of the Open
ing of the Miles City
Driving Park,
In Which we Were Assisted by
Hundreds of Visitors from
Glendive. Forsyth ana
Elsewhere.
OPENING OF THE DRIVING PARK.
A Big Crowd. Fine Races and Everybod,
Pleased.

A Big Crowd. Fine Races and Eve, ,ybody
Pleased.
The opening of the Miles City Driv-
ing Pork on the Fou th day OF July.
1880, Will long be remembered as one
of the most thoroughly enjoyable pub
lie occasions that figure In the history
of the town. There were many rea-
sons why this should be 80, the chief
est of which was that the promoters of
the Bs ,Ociation had with Nh audacity
almost unparalleled caused to be con.
structSd a mile track and necessary
adjuncls that would be pride to any
city If 1900 Inhabitants Ia the c0un-
try, and rs to the track itself. there are
very few better anywhere. The visi-
Tor who on the Fourth of July beheld
these improvements for the first time
must havs doubted the evidence Of his
reDses, for the &c, ne that met his
view (espe cially If he WAS late arri-
val on the groundsl was Que that
would indicate the proximity Of q
large and wealthy city. The grand
stand, with u cal acity of about 900
people, was crowued to its fullest ex-
tent with gaily dressed and fashion,
able looking suuieDce, the majority of
whom were ladies, the rich colOrs OF
their costumes giving a. u distance the
effect of an immense pasture Of
flowers. The male portion II the su.
dience seemed to have eff.rvesced and
dropping over the edges Of the stand
spread out upon the ground. where
talk was not rs cheap ss on the stand,
aud where money was continually
produced to back the assertions of
some earnest partisan. Though not ~
noticeable ~ on like occasions el-e-
where, the betting man wss on hand
and, to the extent OF bis lungs and
money, quite ~ voclferous aud persis.
tent hs usual; but there was compare
lively little betting done, owing prob
ally 20 the fact that 10 all the princi
al events the winners were conceded
to he sure, and as subsequent events
proved, this estimate was reasonably
correct.
The crowd that circulated around on
the ground was estimsted to be nearly
~ large as that on the stand, 30 that
there must have been from 1000 10
I, 200 people present, and be II said TO
tn. credit of Miles City, that with ,ne
exception scarcely worth mentioning.
there was nothing occurred to in any
way interfere with the universal good
feeling that prevailed. 1t was in fact
q model audience, bent ON enjoyment
but at all times obser sant of the cour-
tesy due to the ladies present.
IN THE MORNING.
The original program contemplated
q match game of base ball between
Fort Keogh and Miles City for purse
of S25 offered by the association and
silver championship cGp offered by
BsAinski Bros but owing to the sol
dier boys having been ordered into
the field, 1. was found to be impossible
to get up team to represent Ke0gh
and in order to al out this portion Of
the program, two teams were hastily
mace up from the town players.
Though there were very few specta-
tors, the boys played q very interest
Ing game, a. will he seen by the Ap-
pended score. The opposing teams
were % follows: