The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

ing matched and so the game proceeded to
finish. c. NJ. Crane and 81 II. Evans carried
off the honors an the hats. These two gen.
tlemen have long been the terror of the ring in
Garrettsville where in times past they made
daily practice of slaughtering the foolish vic.
tins who had the temerity to enter against
them. Even '-Uncle Billy Goodsell,' of that
famous quoit pitching town. was not in it.
During the game of ball between Edinburgh
and Ravenna, Alexander Lowrie, who with the
crowd of spectators had pushed up to an unsafe
proximity to the batters, rec ived " foul ball''
square on the nose At first it was thought his
nose was broken but this was subsequently de
MED. 1t was terrib blow, at all events.
A little girl was also struck in the face. but
we did not learn of any serious injury resulting
The funniest thing on the program was the
Tub Race. in which there were nine starters.
OF course everybody said Diogonese and his
tub" 1t was a natural similitude, but if Diog-
onese did not take more comfort in his classic
eask than the most of his Brady Lake emulators
we are not much inclined to commiserate the
old fellow in his self imposed ostracism. The
capsizings and collisions, founderings and
duckings, were enjoyed by the spectators. who
cheered the luckless voyageurs quite as heartily
as the few who were more successful lin man
aging the novel sea craft 1t is said that the
winner. W. j Nichols, of Freedom. had prac-
ticed in his fathers COW pond, and that one or
two others had familiarized themselves with
the " fine points, in a similar manner. At all
events Nichols was a leader from the start
making the trip without a break. He was
closely followed by Herman Jones of this place,
who got entangled in the weeds and was thrown
back to second place. Briggs oakley, also oi
| Ravenna, captured third.
In the Farmers Foot Race there were seven
starters and the prizes were awarded as fol
| lows: michael Finch 1st; Frank Myers and:
| Nj Fink 3rd.
The contestants in the Merchants Egg Race
! were w F. Judson Geo. Baker. F. P. Chap.
man, A. R. Davis, A L. Smith, F. c. Park. c
| "a Beckley, M Cewell. G H. Smith. B. NJ
Madoie Great merrlment was made in this
race by misunderstanding among the con
testants. some thinking it was a walking in
stead of running race 1t certainly was very
comical to see those in the rear of the runners
religiousy watching their eggs long after the
race was over j, q. Beatty was judge. anC
aw arded first prize to Judson. and second t.
| Baker.
Mrs II F. NTH carried off the prize for th'
best score made at the shooting gallery. Mrs
Maria McCIosky, of Cleveland. being her closes
competitor
Thus ended the program Of sports, but not tn
pleas ures of the day The dancing pavilion
was the mecca Ior scores of the "nimble trip
pers," whose steps kept time to music
chime,'' In many & round OF terpsichoreal
gayity. great company of merry reveler
stayed until the last train. at l2 30. and wer
heartily sorry when the hour for home arrived
The music was by Bowman McAfee's or
chesLra.
Like Chan Ying's huge frecracker, the da
was lively an / brilliant, but tco short lived
! its glories. But e, erybody enjoyed them 10 til
full while they lasted. and the second anLua
! outing was splendid success. We did nc
hear single complaint from anyone durin
the day and have heard of none since. Th
accidents which we have mentioned were th
only unpleasant features. and such misfortune
are likely to happen on any similar occasion
That these grand social commingiings may bt
come a fixture OF each succeeding year. IS "
are su e, the desire of all who were there.