Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-24

good results. Only one record was
broken but that was an important one.
q. G. Bald and G. NJ. Murphy made q
paced mile In / :55 10 coming out tie.
This lowers the best previous record
three seconds.
In the evening the grand allegorical
pageant Of the Slaves Of the Silver Ser
pent took place and was fitting climax
to the festival season.
It was a brilliant spectacle that was
presented. 1t was more profuse than
many believed could have been possible
with the short time allowed to prepare,
but the Slaves Of the Serpent rose equal
to what was desired by the most enthu-
siastic and presented float after float
Of allegorical pictures, all original and
peculiar to Colorado, which should mako
the pageant Of future years equal to any
In the carnivals OF Eastern cities.
There were thirteen floats in the pa
rade. -Four Of these were given over to
the King of the Silver Serpent and his
encourage and the other nine told the
story OF Colorado. The serpent was
prominent in the allegory. 1t surround
ed his majesty In every conceivable
form, and made the scene the more
weird and applicable. The serpent was
the inspiration for the display. The
slaves worshiped the serpent with the
devotion of the heathens to their gods
and made the same offerings at the SER
pent's shrine.
The king in his gay chariot, surround
ed by brilliant equipage of knights and
courlers, led the procession. A great
Tyre was his throne, and It brought into
subsection the serpents of all the earth.
His majesty's den OF slaves followed the
royal chariot and maidens stood around
them and lulled them to peace. The
high charmer and the chiefs of the
kings ordnance completed the kings
equipage. The last was chariot of fire
with demons and spirits surrounding the
chief, and the King of the Silver Ser
pent's first appearance was vivid and
striking enough to make the people be-
gin to wish that he would soon appear
again.
OF great interest were the historical
floats. The purchase Of Louisiana, which
made this territory part of the United
States, was the first, and the first
glimpse Of Colorado was made under
pleasing conditions. The float was of a
brilliant character and the Characters
tics of the pricipal sections of the terri
tory embraced were uniquely set forth.
The Cradle of Colorado. watched over
by group of beautiful women in
sparkling raiments, introduced the min
ing era, as the cradle was a mining era
die, and following this came the intro
duction to the West Of the great civil
izer, the American cowboy.
Two magnificent floats represented sill
yer and gold, respectively. They were
Of the most elaborate design and fully
set forth the Importance of the two
precious metals to the state. Irrigation
had also two floats, one setting forth the
opening Of irrigation, and the other the
result in golden wheat fields and de-
licious fruits.
The last of all, and the one on which
the most attention had been given, as
was to be expected, was prosperity, in
which everything was overfiowing. Gold
and silver lay at the feet OF the god
desses of plenty, and their laps were
filled with the best of the earth.
At the Brown Palace hotel. after tho
of the Silver Serpent had been finished.
the people came in great crowds to wit
ness the closing festivities of the carni-
val, and to see the mighty king. They
filled the hotel corridor and occupied all
the galleries so that long before the
splendid royal pageant entered the build
ing there were nine great layers of peo-
pie filling the building and waiting.
1t was $50 o'clock when the
royal procession filed into the hotel
There came first the king, escorted by an
humble member Of the reception COM
mittee, and following them the Slaves of
the Silver Serpent In magnificent cos
tunes, all masked as became their mys-
terious character.
The lights glittered and were reflected
from their brilliant garments, there was
a murmur and round of applause from
the multitude and then the king was es-
corted up the steps toward the throne.
There he met his queen, who came down
from the second floor of the hotel and
gave her hand for him to kiss. The
royal sovereigns then took their chairs
and the Slaves grouped themselves
| around them in a gorgeous group to
await the passing of the populace. Az
ter the reception came ball, in every
way magnificent. This was the finale.
Then everybody started home. 1t was
estimated that 10000 people tried to
board the cars-and some of them got
left. The crowd at the depot was i'm
mense. The roads ran. sixteen specials.
but these could not carry all who wanted
to go.