Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
HOW WE CELEBRATE
AVERY ORDERLY AND MOST eN'oY"-
BLEFOURTH.
y s,oyt with tho Powhatsn braves
interesting Cunning C"nfe't'-"''''
wicnbam's acknowledgements

| tr,ore.tinc Cunning C"ntes's-''''
u,a,,.m,s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rvosan ideal-.no, II wasn't anything Oh
A. t;,,d !. was a very pleasant Fourth az
far NJ the weather was conccrheu.
The ideal Fourth is ne hot a. oiazes, uu'
tho ator,n Of Friday night had cleareu .no
otn,oenbcre and yesterday refreshing
h.noze vas blowing. and the thermometer
.,h:ob ueually starts out on Independence
Adv 70 have high old time. had to con-
tent itself with becoming moderately en-
Unused. ,,..
~. roon business. save in refreshments,
bod been pretty generally suspended, ana
no Wholesale sections of the city we're as
deserted as they ere on Suhdays'
propLg IrAvE TIE CITY.
calculated that more Richmond peo-
,le we're out Of the city tor tho day tnnh
evcr before on Fourth. All the tiaihs
Iooy;nc town Friday night and Yesterday
,nc,ninc we're crowded. and 10 addition 10
tboea who went to the waterlng-p places anu
The sure.enough country thousah? y.
visited the various eXcurSioh-SIouHu' ii'
this immediate vicinity, .Lo
Conitoj Snuare AT 6 o'clock in the morning
bv a national salute. and forlorn Pc
cracker ,yas fred here and there through
o,,, no CITY during the day. but TINS was
oIout the extent Of noisy eXtuOera'loh III
Richmond proper. ,p.h.
At the shooting tournament mo IoHua-
tan-Club picnic, tho base-oali maIcnes,
.Le boat-race. &c. however, the peoplo
"ave themselves over to enjoyment and
great diversity Of amusements.
co1-NTRY VISITORS.
Asis always the case, our country frlendS
como to town IN goodly numbers ana ulh
a Great deal TO fiji the vacuum causeu %,
ne ontnour Of the city folks TO tho rural
Sietr,ofs On Broad street especlaliy'
s.~ance faces were very numerous, ana tho
observation-disclosures did q thriving trade;
The street-car travel was uuusuaiy
heavy. and the lines were taNcl 10 tuoit
utmost capacity from early moruir. uh'h
| late at night.
Powhatan Braves Have "FAhn 'i'"' ~
Acca.
Three hundred people more deterhiheu
- have n GOOD time never congrcgated LOT
| ma. nurpose than those who ATTENDED mo
| Powhatan-Club picnic yesterday ~ ires'-
! dent Belvin's farm. o;.,
II YEAS certainly an ENJOYABLE occason,
! o.+rihutoble without doubt to tho enorts OF
! the iudcfatigablo committee, VINO hHu Id
| bored to that end for weeks past. -.
The transportation ARRANGEMENTS "eIo
| admirable. Eight large covered wagons
We uecd for the purpose. he cIuD-rQoIn'
| Iiohth street between Broad and Narshal,
was the rendezvous. Here the lranspor!a-
| I'm COMMITTEE was on duty and supefln-
! tended the embarking of the plc-nlcKcfs'
! Assoou as "a wagon-lcad was secured IL was
! driven OH. thus avoiding tedious deiays.
! In several INST aDccs grim late WIS
braved by putting exactly thirteen l'eollio
| in a WAGON. Ih,s was the case Win tue
load of which the DISPATCH man was ..
part. 49,. 1900. d;d rc+
| breok down. the mules did not drop dead,
| the negro driver was not killed. anu tlle
entiro bakers dozen Of pleasure-see kcrs
returned to the city at nightIaI uhlh-
iuTed.
President Belvln's Acca farm is about
two miles and a halt from Richmond be-
| tween tho Broad-Street and hermitage
| roads.
The house is located in the midst OF a
beautiful grove Of shade-trees.
| II was mere that the picnic was held.
| Scattered around under the pleasant
! shade OF the trees were numerous tables
and chairs On the top Of each Of the TOT,
mcr was insinuatingly placed deck ol
cards.
morse table. from which was served the
| clarct, lemonade, punch, and beer. Ihe>e'
witl cigars. cheese, ana cTacKerS' were us
pelscd the entire day TO all corners.
THEY rLArED Music.
Ono Of the most entertaining features OF
euuSements provided 10y the committed
vs. the musical qUartette, consisting OF
| Mesers. BENJAMIN Lowry, guitar LaWar.
| Krouse. mandolin and OcGrna; Dayton
James. mandolin; and I. j. Bacon, drum
and banjo. Mr. BGcOn's imitation drum
practice was very hne
The footballs proved exceedingly ponu
| lar and afforded any amount oi fun. M
"rusbes" were often very spirited, ant
some IF the older Democrats surpassed
the Younger men by the agilty tney tSS
hibited m ch0sing and hunting" the ball
One Of the rushes IN particular was very
lively. and for several minute a dozen Oh
SO men held on TO each other withou
baseball was also participated in, a
were quoits and card games Of all kinds
most Of these latter, however, beng 10
tuc.of-war was tried in addition to tn
other sports, but proved little too mucl
like work.
Pistol and rifle practice was INDUCED IL
bv few. while still others amused them
selves by dumping" all upon whom the.
could Law hands. one Of tine most bulk,
victims of this sport was sheriff Gates
Mr. Samuel Page was sentenced 70 tn
same punishment, but was excused upol
his consenting to make speech. A well
! directed kick Of tho football ended III
Grafton.
BIo BARBECUE.
All O'Clock dinner was served on lon
tablo IN the grove. Comfortable seat
we're provided for about $50 people at tn
time. This was continued until all ma
been fed. Tho hot Brunswick stew wa
the pi,cs de resistance, and was greatly eu
ALLHNA WON THE RACE.
At4 o'clock in the afternoon most Of tn
picnic party repaired TO the Acca stoch
. farm haif-inile track. Just across tho roa
and about one-iourth OF mile from Ia
: house. where the races were TO be held.
The first contest was a trOtting race 10
. three-vears-olds. mile meats, best three Il
five. between Captain Ct. A. Wailacc's ba
+ mare Alleuna and Mr. 5. b. Nelson's ba
, mare :. \.
The Judges were Messrs J. NJ. Macon, j
J. English, and Harry Curtis. The purs
T | was $500.
Allenna was easy winner in the first hen
in $50.
In the second heat s. b. made a serie
Of breaks and was again beaten with ease
, Time 3 minutes.
/, :. T. struck himself during this hea
, and went lame. AT this she was withdraw
and the race was given to AlIenna.
I, good deal of money changed hands on til
! result.
,, Between the first and second heats Nj
! Belvn's Zilla Is, who won the two-yeal
a olds race at the EXposltion-Grounds TIN
! spring, trotted quarter OF mile for e1
> | hihItion in forty seconds.
When the race was over MI. Belyl
l carried the visitors in the stables an
showed them his blooded horses, OF whlc
he has large number.
FOOT RACES.
After this came the foot races for light
\ | weights. This was single dash of II
; Yards, a box of fine cigars to be given 81
. winner. There were five entries Messr
n A. NJ. Smith, L. f. Greer, ID. McMann,
I | X. Parrish, and DR.. W. 7. Oppenhlme
q Mr.. Smith won in thirteen seconds.
4 The race for heavy-weishts was declare
/ of. there beng no entries.