The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-08
o inspire you to put forth your bes,

| to inspire you to put forth your best
| eforts"
| With these admonftions the knights
retired to the end of the course and
made ready for the riding as each was
| called In turn. After preliminary ride
to get accustomed to the course, each
contestant was given three tits.
To make the contest more nearly equal
the contestants were divided into two
sets--one of so-called professional rid
| ers and the other of amateur riders.
| Only three tits were necessary to de-
eide tn supremacy among the profess
SIGNALS. Howard Stansbury, Knight of
| Mt. Eyre won, with nine rings to his
credit. The others in order were A. P.
McComas of Greenwood, with eight
rings; L E. Shepperd of st. ames with
seven, and Howard Patterson of Bright
side with six
Among the amateurs Eugene Hutch
ms, Knight OF Lindenhope, and E. J..
Donovan Of Eilarsly, tied for first place
with eight rings each. They tied again
with one ring apiece, when smaller
rings were ridden at, but the Knight Of
Lindenhope took three rings at the next
trial. while his opponent took but one.
Edgar Hutchins, knight Of Linden.
was third, with seven rings. W. W.
Gorsuch OF Retirement and Nicholas
Cocksg Of Manor, tied for fourth place
with six rings each The former carried
off one ring and the honors on the ride
off
The others in order were: Richard
Sparks, Knight of Atlanta, an dWilliam
Norris OF Locustdale, each with two
rings. and n. Raphell, who withdrew af-
ter the first round, when ne failed to
get a ring.
The judges Of the lists were H. T.
Pearce, John c. Howard, j. Miles Curry,
DR.. T. Ross Payne, Harry Gill Pocock.
Colonel Richard NJ. Howard was chief
marshal with c. Clinton Holmes as his
assistant and Charles Peace as time
keeper. Tom Cockey, George Wagner
and Grover Hutchfns Were heralds.
After the tourn ament came the crown
ing Of the queens and their honor maids.
The victorious knights rode to the dane
ing platform, short distance from the
course, where the coronation took place.
Two sets were formed for the royal
dancing by the queens, their attending
maids and the victors OF the tourna-
ment.
Wreaths of flowers crowned the
queens and maids. Mrs. T. NJ. Pearce
twined the wTeaths. She enjoys the dis
tinctton Of having been thrice crowned
queen IN a single season.
In the first set We're Mics Ada Green
OF Sweet Air, Nd, crowned queen by
Howard Stansbury; Miss Mamie O'Don-
ovan, first maid OF honor, crowned by
A p. McComas; Miss Edna Reach,
crowned second maid by Richard Sparks
who took the place of L. E. Sheppard,
and Miss Viola Blake. Of Baltimore,
crowned by Howard Patterson.
Miss Cora Ridgley was queen Of the
second set, so crowned by Eugene Hutch
ms, the victorious rider among the
amateurs. Miss Jennie Hutchins was
crowned first maid OF honor by e. j.
O'Donovan; Miss Maud Hutchins was
honored as second maid by Edgard
Hutchins. and Miss Little was crowned
by w. M. GoCsuch as third maid of hon
or.
To- thecomma ndsofa darby fiddler"
TO salute your partners heads pass
through" gents back again." the dan
GERS swung through the measures while
the admiIing crowd watched them. A
couple Of dances followed which only
whetted the appetites of those in at
tendance for more terpsichorean plea
sures. Then they dispersed only to re-
assemble in the evening and enjoy
dancing to their hearts content Big
lanterns shed their light over the plat
form, while far above the stars twinkled
and the music echoed over the silent
fields which surrounded the outdoor
dance