The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
PRIN NCETON'S FOURTH.
over Four Thousand People
Spent the Day Pleasantly
at the Fair Grounds.
Creditable Street Parade, Fine
Racing Program and Good
Display ofFireworks

haclnE Program and Good
Display Of Fireworks
No Disorder, and no Accidents
Occurred to Mar the Fes-
tivities of the Day.
u is safe to say that at least four
Thousand people celebrated the one
hundred and sixteenth anniversary of
the declaration of independence on the
Princeton Fair Grounds last Monday,
OF that number not more than one
twentieth of them were strangers; the
other nineteen-twentieths were Prince
tonlans and their neighbors from the
surrounding country. Long before
sunrise the usual Fourth of July racket
on the streets effectually banished sleep
from the eyes of the denizens of the
village, and the patriotic small boy was
roundly cursed in more than one house
hold. At an early hour people from
the country attired in holiday apparel
began to flock into town, and by A.
M. the streets presented lively ap-
pearance. Promptly at A. M. the
parade, headed by the Princeton brass
band and Ross jones' fife and drum
corps, started from Fairs barn. There
were several nice floates in the pro-
cession and some outlandish ones got
ten up specially for the occasion. The
costumes of the mounted ragamuffins
were decidedly unique. The exercises
at the Fair Grounds, which consisted
mainly of vocal and instrumental music,
were brief but were enjoyed by all
within hearing distance. The base
ball game was called at IL o'clock, and
the proud Crescents, of Minneapolis,
were downed by the home team for the
third time by a score of II to IS. It
was too easy victory for the Prince
tonians. The refreshment stands, the
cane fakirs, the wheel of fortune, the
merry-go-round and the dancing pavil-
ian were all liberally patronized. The
display of fireworks in the evening un-
der the management of G. T. Johnson
was good, much better than most peo-
pie had reason to expect. Dancing
was kept up at the pavilion until day
light on Tuesday morning. There was
no drunkenness, no disorder, and not a
single accident occurred to mar the
festivities of the day. There was little
grumbling over the small admission fee
charged at the gate. Counting the
ST shortage on the special train, the
receipts about balanced the expendi-
lures. The special train was arranged
for too late to properly advertise that
it would run between Anoka and Mil
aca. Such mistake will be guarded
against in the future. All purses were
promptly paid. Take it all in all it
was the most successful Fourth of July
celebration ever held in Princeton.
! THE RACES.
The feature of the day was the races.
Horses from Minneapolis, Anoka and
Elk River as we'll as feet-footed Prince
ton nags competed for the liberal
purses offered. The starters and judges
&c. Fl. Rines, j. T. D. Sadley and
VIM. Cordiner-performed their duties
in a satisfactory manner and there was
MO fault-fnding. Subjoined is the re-
port in detail.
2.30 class. Rip-rap owned by Geo.
Pierce, and Leo owned by Hen. Web
ster, entered. 1st mile heat, Rip-rap
winner by half length. Time, 2.541.
End heat, Leo ahead two lengths.
Time 2.54a. 3rd heat, Leo winner by
half a length. Purses S35 to Leo; SIS
to Rip-rap.
Pony race. mile heats. Horses
entered: Daisy, by A. Orr; Smut, by
Geo. H. Webster; Dolly, by Heath.
1st heat, Smut winner. Time SO;
Daisy second, four lengths behind;
Dolly six lengths in the rear. End
heat, Smut winner. Time SO; Daisy
two lengths behind; Dolly distanced.
Purses: 1875, $l5 and $40.
Three year olds, mile heats. En-
tered, Ben Harrison, by J. Ives; Thos.
Jefferson, by A. Orr. 1st heat, Ben
Harrison winner. Time, 1.54. Thos.
Jefferson seven lengths behind. End
heat, Ben. Harrison winner. Time,
LAO. Thos. Jefferson eight lengths be-
hind. Purses, S15 and $40.
Three minute race, mile heats.
Horses entered: Prince, by Dune Nc
Cuaig; Prince Albert, by J. Ives;
Bismarck, by F. Hildreth; after first
heat Prince was withdrawn. 1st heat,
Bismarck winner. Time, 3.O1. Prince
A IL