The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-30
THE STOCK SHOW.
The Blgbyrilie Country Does Itself
Proud.
Fine Stock GaIore-SpIendid Dinner
HOspitabIe PEOPLE and a Grand
Time Generally.

tented ana klSaShnt GTOWQ; 4 EOO0ly
e array OF i've stock, resoy for the
"blue or red, aud last of ali 8
whoie-souled hospitable people who
know how To get up n good dinner and
feed u crowd of two Thousand people
without hitch and in genuine Gid
time Southern hospitality, then the
trip becomes absolutely pleasant and
full OF goOdly memories.
The Bigbyville aud Broadview
countries of Maury, tave q great
number of well-bred lforses-as vel.
rs peOple-and for several years, u
little beyond Bigbyville in the grove
Of Mr.. Waller, who is one OF the
Joint owners OF Prince Pulaski, Jr.,
the sire of Ella Brown 2:l5A they
have gathercG yearly To give preIni-
uHs To the best cults aud horses, and
pass u peasant, friendly day OF social
! Intercourse. And las. Saturday was
on- OF their best shows.
Fully two Thousand people from
| Maury aud adjacent counties were
! present, and the swinging limbs OF
the surrounding uOaks an,i wide
| spreading beechesp were attached la
! the halter end of more mares, horses
anu colts Than We have ever seen in
the woods before. The Tom Halls
were there ana the Pilots and the
! Ji1o
aud hundreds OF others that were
i''fast horses" besides large sprink-
! ling OF that long cared variety which
| boasts "neither pride of ancestry nor
| hope of pUsterlIy," - shakespeare, i'll
| his Romeo. AMI Juliet SO strikiuglS
says. But let that pass. 80. .-. RI.
The exercises were opened by
| Ring Master Scott, early in the day
in large rop.d-otf" and pretty
"Blue-grass-pIot,D Of an acre or two
AMI big enough tU ALLOW all the stock
to shUwUtf Lheirsrespective gAIts and
manner of going. President John
Alexander and Secretary Jonas Amis
were also pFeseLL and every thing
ran in, OktfeF aud without y hitc4T.
At half I,ast Twelve all went to dinner,
which was spread cut Under the big
trees and etjO5 edto the fullest extent.
AT these annual shows-the people OF
this section take ~ much pride in
having y good dinner to ask their
friends to, As they 90 in seeing that
their live Stock goin the pink of con-
ditiOD. The lambs and tender shOxts,
the chickens and ducks, and often y
dozen tender squire Is to each basket,
arr all killed aud nicely cooked the
day befOre-to these add the lightesI
OF white-bread, the daiutiest turned
variety, all kinds of jellies, sweet and
sour pickles, salads, and cakes OF all
kinds from the dAintiest white TO the
blue red and orange" Of the Jelly,
chocolate and ending with Ii key of
sparkling twenty-fOur hour old cider,
aud half dOZeu water melons pulled
from the vines in the morning dew
and before the sun a. up-and last
but not least, all Prr-lded over and
graced by elegant whole sOuled ladies
and pretty girls, made a scene and
u meal compared 10 which no doubt
DelmOnicO'5 electric-lighted crowd
in hot New York would give up !
their summer swell dinings to enjoy
once. For such meal is the writer
Indebted to the Messrs. Goodrum and
their ladies and families.
The pleasures of the day were in
terrupted about 3 O'Clock by q hard
rain, which forced many to leave
when they saw the cloud arise, 9TH |
ers staying and taking to shelter. !
This rain necessarily broke up the |
finishing part OF the STOCK show de- |
pArtment, but it WAS nearly time for
all to go, Anywsy, and the crowd wss
soon homewArd bound in good hui |
NOR, even if little damp.
The following premiums were |
awarded up to 3 O'Clock, and the |
President and other officers OF the |
association beg 10 say that they were !
sorry circumstances were such that |
the program could not be finished. |
The Mule Ring.-Bsst aged mules: |
Premium, w. 5. Orr; certificate, J. |
I. DiltehSy; Judges, DR.. }. I. Akin, |
b. s. Thomas and Alex McDonafd. |
Best , earling mule: Premium to o.
A. Wright; Judges, same as above. |
ID r. L. De- /
CAllie Scott; certificate to J. w. Per- !
ry; same Judges. -
Special premium by a. 3. Walker, |
for the get OF Thomas Hendricks"
Premium to Milton Scott; certifi- |
cate to Callie Scott. Judges, s. p.
Perry, Jasper Horne, and J. S.
Wright. -ls..
Two-YEAR OLD JACKs.-Premium |
to A. b. Walkers jack; certificate to /
Chas. A. Wright's. 81. Judges, Jas.
Howard. a. w. Mcdonald, and JAS
per Horne. -. .-,Ey ... -
Special premium by T. b. McCand-
Whale" Premium awarded to A. B. |
Moore; certificate to J. w. Perry. !
Judges ED, .Neeley, Jasper Horne
and A: w. ,McDonafd: ''-'''1s - Il
TEARLTNG NNEfs.-Premium to
c. L. GidcOmbi Judges same as
above. 49, ..sF co !l-f = .---t fz-s IRE. /
Get of Steel Hal. Premium to ]. |
d. Estes. zlo-. Y ,r..T l- 1--..rE
O. AGED STALLIONss=-Premiu to A. |
b. Walker; !: certificate to same;
Judges John Gilbreth, Ed Harris and
]. Ii. Bryant. - - = 8 =
ThREE-SEAR-oLD sTALLIONs.-P
MUM to L. NJ. Hobbs; -certffcate to
J. Il. Shields. Judges, NJ. b. T0nf4in-
son, ED. Harris and j. e. Wright
. T'w0-YEAR-0EDfo STALEIONss=-Pre- !
MUM to Ed Phelps; certificate to-
D. WaJennings. Judges, No b. Tom /
ris.., 1900 - =. -.
4 Sucking STALLIONS.-Premiu /
to Earnest Scott; certificate to J.. r. /
Judges; same as above.
SPeciSF PremiGnl't to A. B. OWaIkef,
for the get OfiBedfoFd Snow HeeI.f -
{ PremIunILto Luther Lee, certificate
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