Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
GAY TIME In CLARKE
The Third Annual Contest Of the Tour
naneat Association.
SPLENDID
RIDING.
SOME
Running Raccs-The Rail and the
speec!cs-The Queen and Her
Maids of HOnor-An Elegant Enter
nment-Sensatlon.


BERRYvILLE. VA. September L.
speciai.)-The third annual tournament
Of the Berryville Tournament Association
took place here Wednesday at the
grounds Of the Shenandoah Driving Park.
and was more successful in every re-
spect than either OF the two given in
previous years.
The arrival OF the Friendship Band,
OF Winchester, which furnished the mu-
sic for the OCCASION was the COM
mercement OF the days festivities. and
from that hour until the orchestra
sounded the farewell notes OF Home.
Sweet Home" at the ball tonight gayety
roigned supreme in the town.
The parade. consisting OF the Judges.
nnarshals. and knights. headed by the
band, formed on Main street at II o'clock,
and marched 10 the grounds OF the She
nandoah Driving Park. where the riding
commenced at 1 O'Clock. promptly. The
Judges were Messcs. G. NJ. Brown, i.
n. Ca.tlenran. and Robert Hard.sty. and
the marshals Nessrs. H. ". Baker and
Thomas j. Russell. The charge to the
knights was delivered by MIR. William
A. Radford, our County Treasurer. whose
words were chaste, eloquent, and
INSPIRING There were twenty-six en-
tries, among them knights from Clarke,
Frederick. Warren, and Fauquier coun-
ties, and the riding was pronounced by
competent judges the finest ever seen
in this section. In riding off the ties so
close were the contests that the size OF
b.d a. q
the size OF lingering before they were
decided.
The. successful knights In the order
named were: MessTs. - Duval, -
Morgan, Mac. Clsgett. - Steck. -
Rinksr, and Lew. Allen. TO whom were
awarded the prizes ridden for, consist
ing Of, first. set Of single birmingham
ness: second. bride and martingale;
third, ridlng-whips and spurs; fourth,
open driving-bridle. and fifth, driving
whip.
RUNNING RACE.
After the tournament was over there
was a half-nile running-race, partici-
patei In by nine OF the horses ridden
by the knights. II was won by Lew.
Amen. on his mare. Daisy Bell. There
IVES also a one-ouarter-mllo dash. be-
tween horses ridden by Mac. Clagett and
II. L. d. Lewis, which was won by the
former.
The coronation address and ball took
nIace Mt Winston Hall ut night. william
J.. Wilson. Jr., son OF Hon. william
l.. Wilson. United States Postmaster
General, delivered the address. imme-
diately following which the coronation
occurred. Miss Lucy Gold was crowned
Queen Of Lows and Beauty. and her
maid. Of honor were Misses OBrien, Mel
OF whom looked lovely in their corona
ton dresses.
Following the dancing OF the royal set,
the floor was cleared for general dane
Ing. which was kept up with the
exception Of an intsrnission at 10 o'clock
for the serving Of supper until nearly
daylight.
Among the devptess TO Terpsichore pres
ent your correspondent noticed Messrs.
Pierce. Font Alexander. and John Ken
redv. and Miss Pierce. OF Charlestown;
Miss Guest. of Annapolis; Mrs. Baker.
Mrs. Kennedy, and Messrs. Worthing-
ton; Holmes Conrad. Jr.. and Krebs, OF
winchester: Messrs. Charles Carson, and
Downing. Of Front Royal: Misses Bessie
Tilford, Bessie Nightingale, and Netue
Griffith. and iMe-sr-. BaileH George
Nightingale. Of Washington; Miss Re-
becca Dangerfeld and brother, OF Alex
andrin; and Charles Skinker, Of Rich
| mond.
emit Misses Gretta, Rosalie, and An
ME p. Mccormick; Fannie Burwell. Bet
| tie Rice. Nellie and Mary F. Page; Ida
| and Eiolse Glover; Jennie Stevens, Bes-
| sic Lee Crow ;O'Bren. Mary, and Lucy
| Gold; Stella Richardson; Mossle and
! Mamie White; Mary. Eliza and Mamie
| fippett; Alice CIsgett: Amy and Lucy
| Denhl: and Mrs.. Ben. Rely. and Messrs
Leo. and Rotterdam wheat; Mae. and
| Thomas C1agett: Gwin and Samuel Har-
rison: Nat. Burwell, George Jones, Lew.
Allen. Harry Warden. Tom Hardesty,
William Haigh, John p. Neil. Tallfefro
| Melton. duncan Bradley. Maurice Castle
man. c. NJ. Brown, and Hugh McCor-
! mick.
A HANDSOME ENTERTAINMENT.
One OF the handsonest entertainments
| given during the summer was a dance -
"Mansreh," on Monday night. by the
! Misses Uardssty, daughters OF Mt.
Charles r, Herdesty. In addition TO
the guests from the county many from
A distance enjoyed the hospitality of the
hoste,ses Of the evening
Miss Gertrude Clarke gave very plea
| SAINT card-pnTty at the residence OF Mt.
| r. r. Smith on Wednesday evening.
1
| CURE, and Messrs. Blackburn Smith,
| William Campbell. and Or. Pearson.
County Court, Judge Il. III. Lee pre-
! siding. began on Tuesday. The special
| Grand Jury summoned for this term
| found an Indictment against Edward
jackson (colored) for breaking into the
! residence Of Mr.. a. i. Bevan and steal
ing a watch and chain and other Valu-
| able articles therefrom.
| Charles w. Brabham. who was con-
victed at the August term Of resisting
| an officer. md sentenced TO thirty days
| in TAIL. after an Intellectual attempt TO
| Get a new trial from both the Circuit
| Court and the Court of Appeals, sur
| rendered himself 70 the court, and was
! committed 10 jail as sentenced. After
the auditing OF sundry accounts the
| court adjourned.
George Marpole, young white man.
| created quite an excitement in town on
| Monday by announcing on the streets
| that in passing through MT. Haigh
| woods near Gaylord, he had discovered
! the body OF n dead negro bearing EVIL
| dences Of having been murdered; that the
| man had been so long dead. that the
brdy was in an advanced state Of deconS'
poeition and the birds Of prey were feed
ing on it. After closely questioning the
man. who insisted upon the truth OF his
statement Sheriff !. X. Briggs, accom-
penied by several others taking young
| Marpole with them. went TO the woods
referred TO. but after a thorough search
failed 20 find any sign Of the dead body.
Marpole still insists that be found the
body IN the condition described, but
as no evidence OF its presence anywhere
| In the woods has yet been found the
| public Is forced 10 the conclusion either
| TINT Narpole was laboring under a delu-