San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-05
OUR NATION REJOICED..
OUR 116UH ANNIVERSARY NOT
FORGOTTEN.
Celebrated Ia An Ways BY AL
Classes And All Enjoyed
Themselves.

!
FourthS should be, clear and hot as the
season called for. Very few people can
remember when it was "a cold day in
| July" that the fourth came on.
Notwithstanding the oppressive heat,
which drove good many people out of
town, the Stay-at-homeS enjoyed them
selves either with Sangaree or inlepS at
home, with book and fan, a game of
dominOS, billiards, or in other ways, or by
| driving ana seeing how others enjoyed
| themselves, or by taking in the various
garden attractions. There were no acct
| dents or serious disturbances, very little
in the pyrotechnic line, but lots at the
mass meeting.
AT FORT. SAM HOUSTON.
| The soldier boys, when it comes to
/ celebrating. are always in it.s Yesterday
| they were more than in it. They were at
it from early in the morning until late at
night. The celebration opened at 6 a. m.
| by the band diScoursing many national
| airs. At pa. m. the base ball game be-
| tween the mounted men and the infantry
| was called and holly contested until the
| close. The infantry men proved to be the
| best ball players, for at the end the score
stood 10 to 6 in favor of them. AT twelve
| o'clock the national salute was fired and
| they all went to dinner.
| At one O'Clock the field sports began
| and lasted for five hours or more. These
were participated in by the men with
| great zest and enthusiasm. Some per-
| formed excellent work. The following is
the result Of the different exhibitions on
| the program:
| One hundred yard dash, seven entries
| Herzog, E Co., first, IN IL seconds, win
ming $40 prize; Blagg, c Co., second, win
| ming IS prize.
| One mile run, tour entries-Morten, E
| CO., first in minutes, winning SO prize;
| Green, Z Co.. second, winning s. prize.
One mile heel and toe, three entries
| Kavanaugh, L Co., f'stin minutes and
| seconds, winning $40 prize; Doerschel,
| Co., second. winning IS prize.
| Hop, and jump, running start, seven
| entrieS-HeTZog, Co., 30 feet IL inches,
| winning s. prize: Whitley, l. Co., second,
| winning second prize of 50
Hurdle race of l20 yards, eight entries
HerzOg, E Co., first in IT seconds, winning
| first prize of $40: Smith, c Co., second,
| winning prize OF s..
Heavy marching order race, once
around the parade ground, twenty one
entrieS-Morton, Z Co., 5 minutes and Is
| SeCOUuS, "luHIUR SlO, cdulOluJ ~ NiOOp,
second, winning IS.
Standing broad Jump, five entrleS-Ryan,
+ Co., 10 feet ) inches, winning s. prize.
| Running broad jump, eleven entries
Whitley, E Co., II feet 10 inches, winning
s. prize.
Running artillery wheel 300 yards, six
entries-Murphy, battery. first, winning
prize of $40; Fox, battery, second, winning
| prize Of s..
| Putting the shot of sixteen pounds with
following, three entries-Ryan f c., A it,
| 6 inches, winning $40: Kavanaugh + Co.,
| second. winning s..
Throwing the hammer of sixteen
| pounds in six-fOot circle, six entries
| Ryan, Co. IS feet inches, winning
| prize of $40; O'Connor, f Co., second,
| winning prize of s..
| Sling the fifty-Six pound weight with
| follow, six entrieS-Ryan, f Co., q feet
inches, winning $40; MaXey, f Co., sec
| ond, winning s..
Race three times around the parade
ground, distance OF two and one-hal1
/ miles. nine entreS-POnchO (Rubber
| BlanketD, & Co., II minutes, winning 500:
| Clark, ID troop, Ia minutes 10 SECONDS,
winning SO, and Green E Co., third, win
ming 81.
Standing high jump, two entries
| Whitley, f Co, feet inches winning
| prize of S..
1
hun. f Co.. I feet 9 inches, winning IS
| prize.
Hitch and kick. two entres-Ryan, F
Co.. 7 feet 10 inches, winning s. prize.
Standing high kick, three entries
| Smith, + Co., : feet, winning S..
Pole vault, five entries-Haynes, battery,
| 8 feet inches, winning IS.
Throwing baseball. seven entries-Kerr.
Of the battery, threw it distance of 29O
feet, inches, winning s..
Cigar race, fourteen entFieS-kellogg,
ID troop, winning s. and box of cigars;
Prescott d troop. second, looking glass.
Three-egged race, three entries
Whitley and Herzog. Co., first winning
prize Of S., and merchandise to the value
of So
Two hundred and twenty yards dash.
nine entries-Herzog. f Co.. first, win
ming $40; Blagg, c Co., second, winning
S.
Tug of war between sixteen infantry
troops and sixteen mounted men was won
by mounted.
Sack race, seven entrtes-Poncbo first,
Wheelbarrow race, won by Neuman Of
the band, s..
Water race, carrying bucket of water
on head 80 yards and back in one minute,
one having most water in bucket, win
ming, Poncho, Co., winning IS.
Hop race. so yards, Whitley, Co.,
winning s..
Egg race, 100 yards, POncho, G Co., win
ming s..
Climbing greasy pole, prize $40, divided
between three men.
Catching greasy pig. prize IS, and the
pig won by Sweeny, of the battery.
The crowd was immense, in buggieS,
standing and seated on the galleries and |
under tents conveniently and thought |
fully arranged by the men for their guests. |
The success of the entertainment was |
largely due to SergeantS Holman, DOlph, |
Cannon, Endres and Mcleod, who com |