The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-22
THE CHAMPION FOR 1896.
The Goat Bullet Carries Off
the Palm.
A GALA DAY AT FOREST PARK.
The posrs Cbiidren's Day-Racin. aud
Romptng-Toys Gai"rc-Peop'c IN
Multiiudes-fienty OF Fun.

day at Forest Park. All the chums were
there and they brought thc.f mothers,
their fathers. their D,g sisters and big
molners. their cousins and hunts. goats
aud dogs. and all Joined together In one
grand festival. the d.gsc. and only pu.-
pose beng TO provide pleasure for the
kids.
And the KIDS had 1t. II ever a lot OF
boys and gsris enjoyed themselves 1t was
yesterday at Forest lark. The Goat Edl-
tor had not oy.-gdrawn the affair at u.l
At his many ieSers TO MS churns, and .hcs
reaiEed to the iml extent the aaucipa-
tons OF the days outing
The crowd began to gather at the park
early. Eddie Ellis. the superintendent OF
the Hous;on Cliy Street Railway com
r4ny. is a friend to AL The chuns. lie
likes children and " hen lie heard tie goat
celebration would t< he'd at Forest PARK
he began 10 make arrangements for cars
enough. These cars left the Cotton EN-
change corner every Two !n!nup's a. day
and late laSt !ign.. The boys "lth their
goats ana thor dogs ana siy-.r wagons
and other instruments Of plea sure. ~sat
out u the box cars carly, I'D were iot-
lowed a : Intervals OF every Two minutes
by more boys md lois OF grown i-op!s,
The kids wcat out 20 l-ite eyc! i!Ine
and he grown people we;'t TO help iheil'
Forest park never ned - rarN i.Op.c
out there s.nce sIr. Coomis made "a i
PARK OUT OF i wilderness, They just kept
coming. and kept coming until Tue Place
"as fun. and VI ali lie s % ines. ms
occasion mas never been eqUa.led IA iious-
ton The goet eisiof 1ees prepared for
them All Et- hai balloons tHl picture
books ana spinning iops Ana le.s4oa K
feathers and axes and cand.es ana toys
aaa everything that Il I'D ixss, aud every
Nd eot v:.a some o. Them 80, no. .tsll
II wa f1r. 20 So. mem 90 ,he'n.
Bob i .a< hao lot Of tickets taa'
were good Tor pres. a1d; tliss huy- Naf.s>i
them. He ,ried 20 n.4e and .hey found
hun, ElI they got IN. tlcAc's Bob sot
roi..si sl tis DIR. justin Waite wes 700
smart lie had III" balloons last Year
Nance's IN, ara tore 8. DOWN and pug
Justin psldev r. III atc-rri ei..lr of them
this y-,af. t'r.si koeulg v'ts tncse and
n. had snap Ha "1s ii-l..s ne room
where Tie pr rs w-t- ~, gay. tnev. oGt
10 those who nal .uk.-s. TIE boys
coulan ss - nm and NJ h.rsman
thsre, and MS wiz, came w!;h nm
They reipt-e ;he goat -eiifr gtt e.=iy'-
thing r--ady .asi ws-k and ;ny N,s1; oAt
thor, 30 asl; nn,sa 4 ". " izersuai.
sic'I4 a one window al. day ,oAs ard
gaze H@ b lera- good ,hinss S1e taaaed
wsoie 10. u .s.ags She must have been
aNfA t-reI 41z- usut s-ueH 4..t
through he etams al! IKE sir- hfrg
ipan s.- Ease everyone cf ti-n spI.A-
,E-eg .A'si asT iers IL f.as Goa.
of and "crkel al 3as III. was grand
iirsze ~ bu'or. He was busy psrf IT
he ssne ss"pins jim Iroes, lpso ~
H. boys .now Ar lrve', Ii" IS o.. ..
harinT god I'M, C,eorwe Laisrl1A
Has 1'As- o;is 80 Yas inA as lp WIN
tn frn George "a IN '~o ia ses =
Ifs oae a1 bl.te ons, aai DR. help,-i
gi4r CIT ps,z--. f,sE hfl t.-a Is nj
H.ipl-y hin nHhil- Aua Hon I.gA.t
harl 20 H. bad lot II an ik ai.
room.
eu' on 'he RAGS track Was the n's.,. ),
crowd Ihn boys AMI ihs'r gDa;a rad 'htir
Nj Palmer dra Ag noa ~ ".r ana
ti.nArpl Bchard Ccrk~ ana Fl4ie f.ark-
son ala Nj srifegas.. ani Mr faif-
man, ard i-ons Swoie wer~ r8if.Hg tte
raers Mr. br ga- "ns Grand 1iirrar
Of ihe raa.s ne rad - eoci t'fue lle
was hoss Of ine' Ior' q d ana fr N9t
all the Other 'i.su work cg Hn!s Tim
and NJ mad 'ii.n work toe l's Krs'i.
was grand goat sfa'for f. knlrft b.
II ony one ~ho knpVs now ~ hoa ti4e
k- ~ gehat taa' fe h1ra - IN as 10
loud you can hear II all over Fores. park.
,,.ni "N.a i'r. kniFh ni.N~ lf e1" eeats
kts9w What IL fn'~r- +, lro'esl he log
kn.sht mad soine -..ret inrs'fare To- tally
tfrronFh ne hrrn 70 mo pcat's iAfrY
ans he hi9g'd No goats went Down ,Ae
fsseqr. 'vers body ralia hru Hora q.
was thnre. iic ,s 1ornm.reill ascHi ar
the spr'herH i'acl.lo. md DE ~ hia r,if g.
road 90 yesterday ard went o4t 10 ha.a
tir KIDS II" Kept track af m. s. nnars
AMI mad. report 20 he l'oa HI. hnl
whole io' Of fun. lie dla nr. mink IT
/ Il M, all The BOYS did
Ai.yni o'c.ech I1d l1upree came out TO
/ So, the run. III brought 3f-b or 40 inarhles
I for IN k'ls WEE Thomas cam. wi,h
! him 70 carry he marbles. and after ihey
4 pui them Ia work Ed T., a lot Of II Sal.
ICONS. and the Goat t.diipr sof "a lot and
;. they went or o. give mem 10 ~ kids
/ away from them both. The Goat Fdi, D
i th9usn' =. . W. .pninng ~ {, Job og l.d
Kids put up The JOB on both Of them.
They mnie I'D and tho Goat Editor pc
down 4, the dua,. ana they took every.
! thing they had, II was a whole LOT OF
/ The best fun was a little lil.r when q eli
You know hn Is briRadier general in m,
j Texas soldier orran1aison, and a 'iign.
4 md pretty braid on his. clothes when h,
i goe;., 10 "A nilitaty messing, lie s. I'm,
s ppe,,y sa am ra ary Iise;as apr ooo
wa,si.d 70 &c, come balloons and CAKE
S y"h th"Es re 70 sys e sanT to s s
HsF'aa 10, . * ss '0R 49, WI" sns mn HIN
cu,nl,ed by hat big, charge that sis hun
dred men made q long tiInc ago 81
ra n"I sto psca rf ry called H. vay
pcith. and ever ffnce then the big writer
have been p9,t'l9s p@eify MI Y Nh, the sg,s
n Inc h,is did 10 General Cooke. They 10"
every bnlloon nnd cake he had. and i,
cause he did NOT have more they rolf
b him all abo1i, IN The 'lr'i. + WAS Who
- idt of fun. and the ladies all saw II. Thu
II was uhnt made General Cooke fc
Ri ashamed He IL awful particular when i
r. IL about the ladcs and likes 70 throw h
shoulders back and look diepified Ike
b. s,,rc enough eold+sr that fights, bat Il
IL Kids took all the stnrch out Of ltim
Jim STANLEY was there WIN ny i,1rke,
q filled With souvenir programmes u ma
Il picture of Dnrwnrd BAILEY and Bll,
Ri on The frst page, and inside II VI
q all about the goat rnres and WHOM the
X started. and abou' lburwnrd and iila'
X I,iil going to Puttshirr- y had Z, who
& lot OF advert semeirA in,sldc. and on on
4 nQ,s II had picture of Phil Holmes. WI
N wsis once as pure as the beautiful sno,,
FL hut who IL nov a hoielclcrk over AZ NJ
u I.awlor'a hotel I'm got out "a nice M