Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-07-05
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Magnificent Celebration in the His
tOric Capital of Historic
New Mexico.
Patriotic Exercises in the Plaza~-Tour-
nament Races Base Ball-Beauti-
full Display of Fireworks
Concerts.

Thursday, July 4, 1895, will long be re-
membered by all those who participated
in the pleasures of the celebration and
firemen's tournament in Santa Fe. The
weather was of the ideal variety, which
the people of most places dream of and
Santa Feans realize. The sky was cloud
less except for occasional hecks Of tleecy
clouds. No wind blew nor dust flew. The
temperature was just golden mean be-
tween hot and cold. FAIR Santa Fe was
in holiday attire, with the stars and
stripes huttering everywhere, and her
hospitable people acting as COM
mittee of the whole to greet and welcome
the many visitors within her wide open
gates.
The procession formed about 8 o'clock,
and, under the leadership of Prof. Perez
band and military escort marched to A.,
T. & s. +. station to meet the excursion
train from Albuquerque. The excursion
fulfilled to the letter the promise of Mr..
W. I. McCreight, president and father of
the New Mexico Association of Volunteer
Fire companies, under whose intelligent
and energetic supervision it was organ
lied and conducted. 1t consisted of five
heavily loaded passenger coaches, and
brought the LIST regimenta' band, fifty
members of company g. 1st New Mexico
militia, and about 400 more lively dele
gates from the Duke city. The regular
train, which came in soon after, also
brought another special coach load Of
visitors, chiefly from Albuquerque.
At the station the procession reformed,
with the Albuquerque band and militia
men occupying the places of honor, aud
marched to the plaza, where appropriate
Independence day exercises took place.
Mr.. r. Z. Twitchell most effectively read
W. H. Pope delivered an Grafton that
fully sustained his reputation as public
speaker who knows how to say the right
thing at the right time. He was listened
to with close attention and frequently in
terrupted with applause. Both the AL
buquerque and the local bands discoursed
patriotic music during the exercises. At
this hour it is estimated that fully 1900
visitors from Albuquerque, Las Vegas,
Cerriles, Espanola and other places were
in the city.
Appended are the tournament events
of Wednesday afternoon and yesterday in
detail:
EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY.
The first prize of $75 in the dry test
was won by the Albuquerque running
team in twenty eight seconds. The time
of the Santa Fe team was thirty nine
seconds. The run of both teams was
good, but the coupling was slow. Albu-
q uerque lost two seconds, and, owing to
the fact that the Santa Fe coupler slipped
and fell, the latter team lost eleven sec
onds.
The ladder climbing contest resulted as
follows: Isherwood, Albuquerque, 6 1-5
seconds; Lowitzki, Santa Fe, g. seconds;
Freeman, of Albuquerque, 6 3-5 seconds.
The time keepers in both contests were
William Bell, W. P. Cunningham and P.
B. Otero.
The foot race, 200 yards straightaway,
was won by Fulton, of Albuquerque, in
81 seconds; with Granger, of Albuquer-
que second; DR.. Chamberlain, of Albu-
querque, j. X. Martin, of Las Vegas, and
W. H. Kerr, of Santa Fe, judges.
EVENTS OF YESTERDAY.
In the fve-mile bicycle race, at pm,
start and finish at Firemens hall, eight
entered and three finished. 1t was unani-
mously pronounced pretty race by the
spectators. 1t was won by William
Novel;, with Arthur Hudson second and
A. Biermann third. Nowell's time was
twenty minutes. The prizes will be paid
in merchandise, as cash purses are
contrary to the rules Of the league.
The wet test and championship was
awarded to the Albuquerque team, which
was credited with making the run and
getting water through the hose in twenty
nine seconds. The Santa Fe team made
a beautiful run and began throwing water
in thirty seconds. The Las Vegas team
made fine run, but it's hose refused prop
erly to unreel. The same time-keepers
as above ofliciated, and Jeweler Spitz,
who kept time with $500 stop-watch,
insists that Albuquerque really lost this
race by one second and a quarter.
The hose coupling contest was won by
with Las Vegas second.
FOOT RACE INCIDENT.
Davis represented Las Vegas, Price,
Santa Fe, and West, Albuquerque, in the
lOO-yard foot race, open only to firamen.
The runners reached the goal in the order
above given. Davis time was reported
at 10 % seconds.
This race was clearly thrown and was
the only unpleasant and discreditable fea-
ture of the tournament. Ii it had been
fair, Price would have come In first, West
alias Fulton, second, and Davis, third.
This is now conceded.
1T appears that Price, who has faith
fully trained the Santa Fe running team,
was really sent to this city by certain AL
buquerque sports, who we'll knew that he
could outrun anyone in the territory, for
the purpose of putting up job on Santa
Fe. He was to show in advance what he
could do, cap all the bets he could on
himself and then let West win. It was a
nice scheme, but it didn't work. After
coming to Santa Fe, and receiving excel
lent treatment from the people he was