The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-06-01
SPEAKING LIKENESS.

Last week Richmond opened bel
hospitable doors to a stream of visitors
from our neighboring cities, who had
come to witness and take part in the
Fifth Annual Meeting of the Blue Grass
Tournament.
The tournament met last year al
Harrodsburg with Prof. Bell, who was
the founder of the movement.
At first it was only a declamatory
contest but now has been extended to
every branch of school work and ath-
letics, and has become of great good
and importance TO the schools which
are 10 it and is eagerly looked forward
to each year. Last year Prof. Hough
invited the Tournament to meet with
him, and although his place is now
filled by another, he could have made
it no more a success than did the pres
ent principal, Prof. Clark.
Richmond has never been surpassed
for hospitality and good cheer, and
when our visitors began to come in the
town was theirs and the latchstring
was on the outside. The people OF
Richmond all did their best to give the
guests such pleasant time that they
would always remember the year when
the Tournament met here. Numbers
of patrons of the school sent their pri-
vate carriages to convey the visiting
pupils and teachers to the houses as
signed TO them while ''free bus" in
the form of a large wagonett ran to
and from school building to campus or
where ever there was any attraction.
DR.. Blanton kindly offered the use of
the college and athletic grounds and a
base ball game was arranged between
the University team ana the Lexington
Athletics for the entertainment of the
visitors. The guests poured in on
Thursday, and thronged the Caldwell
High School building, and were as
signed to their homes. Some of the
delegations were very large, that from
Winchester numbering almost a hun
dred, while Paris and Harrodsburg
each sent large number. Cynthiana
and somerset sent smaller delegation.
But Richmond entertained the $50 visi-
tors and yet there was room.
RACF pATJ
Thursday afternoon the G. us de-
feated the Lexington Athletic Club for
the entertainment Of the schools and
to redeem her own defeat at the hands
of the same team one week before.
MUSIC.
On Thursday evening came the musi-
cal exhibition held in the University
chapel. The first event was for the
best chorus, and vase closely contested
by Winchester, Paris and Richmond.
The prize, $40 worth of books, was won
by the Winchester chorus, which rem
dered, ''The New Columbia"
The second contest was for the best
vocal duet, contested by Richmond,
Harrodsburg and Winchester. Misses
Willie Traynor and Nell Mershon won
the prize, gold medal offered by Joe
Guinchigliani.
The next was the contest for best
piano solo. Paris, Winchester and
Richmond were represented, and Miss
Josie Brown, of Winchester, won the
gold medal offered by Biggerstaff &
Oldham, of this city.
The contest for vocal solo was entered
by Richmond, Paris, Harrodsburg and
Winchester Miss Mary Trsynor, of
Richmond. won the medal, given by E.
Deatherage & Co.
Winchester and Richmond competed
for the best vocal quartette and Rich
mond, composed of Misses Traynor
Mershon, Scrivener and Wilmott won
the prize.
Misses Hill and Edwards, of Paris,
played piano duet. their challenge in
this not having been accepted by any of
the other schools. Their playing was
highly appreciated by the audience
The judges of the musical contests were
Mrs. Gowan. Lancaster; Mrs Nealms,
and Miss Roote, of Lexington.
Friday morning at the school build
ing contests were carried on behind
closed doors and their winners were
announced that evening by Prof. Clark,
after the Declamatory contest The
work Of our High School pupils, as dis.