Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-07-07
AT THE LAKE.
4 Lively Celebration at that Point
and a System of Entertainment
that Can't be Beaten.

| tGssl tdI DE- Beaten.
| The day Of all days with the
American people was handled wei
by the people Of Glenbrook, whc
| long ago established themselves
as Pat lots Of the first water.
About ) o clock on the morning
OF the Fourth the jolly mountain
| GERS turned out to drink in The
July atmosphere and prepare for .
grand whoop-up The steamer
got up steam, and pleasure par
ties glided from one point to an
| other, singing and getting quite
say as the morning. wore away
Fishing parties were formed,
and Tahoe lest some of her popu-
lar leviathans. some fifty pounds
of fish being caught Most of the
forenoon was con umed by pleas
ures of a varied sort, interviewed
with q boat race, in which Dan
Cameron took the palm. This
event was followed by a tub race,
but no one seemed able to get in
the Internal things, which appeared
to be endowed with the de!ilium
triangles. This was finally given
up, and Cameron rode single
log to the end of the wharf and
back, assisted by a keg of nails
which he had stuck in his boots to
keep from slipping.
After lunch the young ladies
and Their escorts took themselves
away to the pine grove adjoining
the residence of u. l.. Bliss, where
the games were held.
THE PROGRAMME.
Glass ball shooting started the
ball, but considerable bad shooting
was done. Carson finally con-
quered and Zenis Pratt hauled in
the first prize, with Frank Oliver
second.
The 75-yard foot race had three
entries, Geo. Cowing, Ned Quill
and Will Davis. They started for
blood and ran pretty close until
the finish was neared, when Davis
and Quill took the lead and passed
the rope with Davis about four
inches in advance
\ little time was lost here look
ing up men to enter the Sa TX race
and none could be found, which |
made it necessary to commence
with the jumping. The running
high jump entries appeared, con-
sisting OF Frank Oliver, John /
Allen, Will Davis and Bob Davis
Allen and Bob Davis were not in
il to any large extent, leaving Oil
yer and Will Davis to work off the
deal. Davis raised the stick to
fvs feet, winning first prize, with
Oliver second.
Pole vaulting was the next in
Adam Hardy, Geo. Cow
ing and VIII Davis and Bob Davis
at the scratch.
Bob Davis and Cowing went out
early in the game With great haste
and Hardy, who at one time was
he boss Of them all, was left in
he field with Viii Davis. Both
men jumped well until fee was
cached. when Hardy failed, leav
ng VIII in possession of FIRST
orize. The event of the dav.
which nearly terminated in the
DOWNFALL Of the married men was
he tug Of war between the Bene
lets and single boys. Some !
wenty men on each side grabbed
he rope and strained to their .
asst muscle to demonstrate their
advantages in the line ofstreE 9Th.
The columns swayed too and fro
and blessing rnder the
strain. Slowly the married men
slipped away AMI lost their foot
ng, as tie yells Il delight from
he younger contingent rent the
III. The game was nearly finished
md the youths were pulling the
Did ducks over the line. In an
other minute the victory would
have been complete, but d. L.
Bliss hoped over the fence with
a paterfamilias or two at his back.