Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-02
THE KNIGHTLY TILT.
THOUSANDS WITNESSED STAFF
TorRN .MENr YESTERDAY.
TaE CORONATION BALL AT NIGHT.
Youth mad CbivnIry Of Virgin" ~
presented at the vast A""i'"
~,,o, Address Delivered by
Mr.. Jefferson Wallace.

The auspices Of tho old Dominion Tour
nament and Fair Association were enjoy
able features o. the civic carnival oe'ns
held IN Richmond this week BON were
witnessed by large crowds. and during
tho tournament enthusiasm was at Il
high pitch.
To-day the program me, as arranged i0f
carnival week ana rcarranged alter lhe
interference Of the elements. VIII 0on-
clude. with the Interstate tournament De-
ginning al noon. the races IN the amer
Noon and the grand fireworks display
AT night. The interstate tournament VIII
start promptly at y O'Clock and me races
will begin as soon as an OF the KING ms
have run their course. The fireworks us
play begins al O'Clock. ,...,,..
Tho trades parade yesterday ha' ".,y
attracted an OF tho residents OK the E'S
and tho thousands OF Ysncfs' tut ~
soon as the pageant had PASSED. oFet wy
et,.sfs tho vast crowds which lined me
,haroughfarcs began moving I'm The di-
,ection Of the Exposition-GrOunds, ana
whom at 2 O'Clock the tournament began
there were more than 1000 people on the
grounds ana The knights were literally
applauded.
THE BAG BALL
The tournament was concluded just be-
fore the sun sank below the western
horizon. and the large crowd Of specla-
tors returned 20 the city only for bilei
space however. as about O'Clock they
again began to flock westward, ana py
S.ge O'clock every available space OF seat
fny-room in the galleries Of the large au-
ditorium building. in which the corona
,ion ban took place. was filled, ana the
scots on the stage and around the space
set apart on the lower floor for the
dancers were occupied. There were prop
ably 1900 or more people in the DuiioiHs'
THE STATE TOURNAMENT
The tournament was. Of Course the fea-
ture OF the entertainment provided by
the Old Dominion Tournament and Far
Association. and while some Of the rioers
lacked practice or had unruly horses the
tnt. on the whole, was very good, ana
some xcoedingly clever riding was done
The day was clear, crisp, ana alto-
gether dolightiul-Just such DAY as
would have been selected for Out-Ol-dooI
snort could mankind have been gwen
the choice. Tie track at the Exposition
Grounds was somewhat heavy, but the
mud did not interfere with the horses or
their riders. and the tournament was.
perhaps, the largest ever given In Nir-
ginia.
The knights. most Of them expert
riders. were gayly capdrisOned I'm cos
tunes OF "ye olden times" and the
bright colors of their raiment added
much To the realism and effect Of the
tit There were altogether thrty-one
knights who participated IN the contest,
and Of this number three did not lose
a ring. The tilt was over a course Of
about one hundred yards. The three
poles were thrty-three and third yards
apart. and on each was hung one ring.
which each rider tried three times to
take. The prizes were:
IA rubber-tircd runabout, valued at
$50 800 horse Csteeple chaser; 5-$l5
In gold. and 5-Wreaths.
CHARGE TO THE KNIGHTS.
The tournament was advertised to
start al o'clock and shortly after that
hour the knights. who he'd participated
In the parade. entered the ground. soon
after they arrived they were drawn up
In a semi-circle in front of the grand
stand. where Mr. John Garland Pollard
delivered the charge to them. Mr.. Pol
lard was presented boy Mr. Carlton Nc
Carthy. who made q neat little intro
1uctory talk. In delivering the charge,
MIR. Pollard said:
Gallant Knights.-When / was asked
this morning TO deliver To YOU the charge
In the stead Of Fitz Lee. ! az once be-
gan 10 Try TO swell 10 the goodly proper
tons Of that distinguished General. But
| desisted when ] remembered that
Aesop's frog. when he tried 10 swell him
self up 10 the size Of am OK. only sue
ceeded in busting / cannot. gallant
Knights charge YOU. as General Lee
would do but / assure You / will not
oVcrcharge YOU. for / understand that
you are already full-Of onth' siasm. and
80 forth History records that In ancient
times King Henry H. lost his eve
a tournament. ! hope my friends
mat you to-day will lose nothing but the
money you bet on yourselves. In the
Mludlc Ases the knights displayed their
skill and valor that they might win the
mana ana heart Of some fair woman. but
YOU to-day. brave knights. are inspired
oy higher hope nOblcr aspiration
on are striving 10 VIII prize Of higher
value the desire Of your hearts o. not
some tdir Woman-whal you want IS
tupDer-tired buggy. DO not think that
l intend 10 reflect on the fair sex.
0hly mean that ! had rather have a
iubner-uied buggy than any woman who
uVed In the Middle Ages Go forth. gall
laht knights. TO your manly sport
no misses or who wins the prize.
60 lose or conquer as you can,
But If you fan or II you rise.
he each. pray God. a gentleman"
THREE TIE FOR FIRST.
After Mr.. Pollard concluded the ult was
begun. and the riders gave some clever
exhibitions of horsemanship. Mr.. G. j..
haywood OF Suffolk. who rode as the
Knight OF My Lady's Manor won the
nrst prize; Mr. X. NJ Friend, of Keys-
vile. who rode as the knight Of. Keys
VILE. won the second prize: Nh j. Ii.
Montague. who rode as the Knight of
Chericoke, won the third prize. and Mr..
H. G. Pea, Knight OF King and Queen.
and |. +. Dunston. knight OF Lorraine.
received wroaths.
Messrs. Haywood. Montague and Friend
each took all nine rings Then I'm the ride
10 decide the tie Messrs Haywood and
Friend each took two and Mr. Montague
only one. This placed him third. and the
other two continued 70 ride of the tie
Twice did they 20 down the course. each
securing two rings. On the third dash
however Mr.. Haywood took an three
rings while Mr. Friend took but two
and the Suffolk man was declared the
champion
THE RECORD OF EACH.
Appended IS the score made by the
knights:
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