Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-08
y Day Given Over to Sports-Large
Crowds of People Attend the
Festivities at
The Capital City-Base Ball, Horse
Racing and Pleasurable En-
joyments the
Order of the Day-A Dance Given at
Night by the Bismarck Base
Ball Association,
The Day,

The Day.
Yes, we had a Fourth of July, and
such a Fonrth, too. There seemed,
throughout the entire state, to be a de-
sire to celebrate this years Fourth and
Bismarck, with Burleigh county was no
exception to the general feeling of patri.
otism. The committee labored long and
assiduously to arrange for the day and
it's program. They are deserving of
great credit, and the successful termina-
ton of the days sports showed that
their efforts had not been vain.
Early in the morning, the "kids," we're
unable to sleep longer, because of the ex-
element attendant upon the occasion.
They we're up long before the sun, and
with fire crackers and other noise-pro-
ducing articles used on such occasions,
made the morning .hideous for those
more sober of the citizens who desiredto
prepare for the day with a good, sound
slumber. At daylight the boarse BOOM
ing of a cannon announced the advent of
the celebration.
THE PATRIOTIC CITIZEN
awoke, and hailed the day with a feeling
of gladness; the small boy awoke, and,
dressing hurriedly, made for the fire.
works, of which he had dreamed during
the previous night, and the pessimist
awoke, groaned, lazily, and wished such
occasions could be relegated to the dim
shades of a departed world. But the
patriotic and the youthful we're in the de-
cided majority, and the noise of fire
crackers and the explosions of a terror
inspiring volume of tone, bespoke the
feeling of general joy. Along the bust
ness streets, and throughout the resi-
dence portion of the city, flags we're fly
ing; the colored banners waving, and the
houses covered with bunting and gayly
colored decorating material of descrip-
ton impossible. The goddess of the
weather seemed to smile upon the efforts
of the committee, with bewildering
sweetness. Gracious indeed was she, and
her donation to the occasion was a fault
less day, delightfully."- pleasant. In the
forenoon occurred
H BALI GAME
between Bismarck and Menoken, a full
and complete description of which is to
be found elsewhere. After the game,
group after group wendell their ways
into the different refreshment stands, to
be found, and cooled their interior selves
with ice cream, soda water, and other
such preparations. At about 2 o'clock,
there wal a general exodus from the city
to the race course, and at the time Of
the opening of the races a crowd of i'm
mense proportions had assembled.
There occurred nothing at the track to
mar, by one jot or title, the pleasure of
the day. No brawls OF quarrels, were
noticed, and the large man, with the
heavy jewelry, who says many things
with his mouth, and who is ever present
omnipotent, omniscient and all-wise, was
conspicuously absent. There were one
or two accidents, but they we're such as
always occur
THE RACES.
A description of each race is useless,
and cannot be attempted; they were
all hotly contested, and when, on the
home stretch, the whips where piled, the
noble animals responded bravely. On
and on they came, and cries of cts the
bay mo, it's the black" "the pony's
ahead" an9 "neck and neck" were heard
The cheers, and yells we're deafenine
and the excitement intense.
The free-for-all trot was o by
"Goldore," owned by H. G. Kline, il
2:5313; with Robert, J. J. Harcourt
second; and George, o. J. Warner
third; the green trot was a good one
first money being taken by Dick, G. E
Wentworth, with Dexter, D.. Mclean
second; and Fly, A. Logan, third; tn
best time, 3:O9. Braithwaite's horse
Kitty Bess, having been withdrawn.
Next came the colt trot, which was VOL
by Robert, J. J. Harcourt; with Fly, A
Logan, second. In the free-for-all hors'
race, quite a number of horses were en-
tered, and Billy Knox took in the frs
prize in $685., Bay Billy, JET Ma
second. The first heat in this was a dea'
heat between Billy Knox and Bay Billy
but Billy Knox won the next two heats
In the free-for-all pony race, Banty
Geo. Upright, took first money. an
Black Bess, s. B. French, second; time
$50. The boys pony race came mex
and in this, Bess, Russ Bolton, was first
Gopher, Theodore Taylor, second an
Johnny, Sam Galloway, third. +
THE SLOW RACE
was laughable, indeed, and was wo
by COMFY OLeary, Dan McLean's mul
proving himself slow enough to tax
second money, and O'Connor's horse
third.