The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS.
Some Novel Athletic Features
Arranged for the
Carnival.
QUEEN EMMA's CORONATION.
The Pretty Ceremony VIII Open the
Three Days Festivities on
Thursday Morning.

HEALDSBURG, CAL, May 12.-The
Healdsburg floral festival, baby show and
riding tournament will be success! If any
doubt was entertained as to this, it has
been swept away in the past few days by
the enthusiasm that is being shown on all
sides.
1t will not be Healdsburg show. 1t
will be Sonoma County flower festival,
held in Healdsbufg, one of the most soidly
prosperous townslin the interior.
On Thursday morning the fiesta will
form ally open with the crowning of the
queen at IL o'clock. The ceremony attend
ing the coronation will occupy about an
hours time. At P. NJ. the first of the con-
tests will be commemorate 400-yard
bicycle race, open to local riders only. Two
elegant prizes will be awarded first and
second men. Other events will be: A half
mile bicycle race for local riders; a half
mile bicycle race, free for all, in which
many of the fastest riders in Sonoma and
adjoining counties have entered; 100
yard footrace for substantial prize, and
an SO-yard dash.
Perhaps one of the most exciting con-
tests of the afternoon will be a mile foot
race, in which several speedy sprinters will
try for the valuable prize offered the win
ner. A hurdle race of 100 yards, 50-yard
barrel race, and an S0-yard race for fat men
will conclude the days outdoor sports. In
all the contests the amusement committee
has first and second prizes worth COM
peting for.
In the evening at the Pavilion rare lit
erary and musical programme will be rem
dered.
On Friday morning the big parade will
take place. starting at IL o'clock. Grand
Marshal Norton and his aids will have
their hands full arranging the details, but
the pageant will move on schedule time.
At 2 p. M. the Knighthood tournament
begins. Ten of Sonoma's most skillful
horsemen will enter the contest and the
tournament promises to be the feature in
the amusement line. The course will be
on Center street, and every precaution is
being taken to inclose it in such way as
to insure the safety of the spectators. A
pony race, in which eight of Captain Char
ley's Solyano Indians will ride, will fol-
low and then a tug-of-war between teams
of the married and single men of Sonoma
County will take place.
The days festivities will close at the
Midwinter Quintette of San Francisco,
Mrs. Anita de Fitch Grant and other local
talent will participate.
The last days fete will fittingly end the
festival. After the rush of horses in the
tournament, the dainty ceremony of
crowning the queen, the whirr of the BIZ
cycles, the crash of pianos and the sounds
of voices singing night and day, will come
the battle of flowers. This will be held on
Saturday forenoon with 200 children as
contestants.
In the afternoon the baseball enthusiasts
will have chance to crafty their desire
for the pabulum they love, for match
will be played between the local nine and
the Santa Rosa club.
The three days fiesta will close at the
theater Saturday night, when the "Good-
night Drill" by sixty little girls will con-
clude an evenings entertainment of music,
recitations and tableaux.