The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-05
THE BUTCHERS CELEBRATE.
RAcING AND OTHER SPORTS
IS YESTERDAY.
The Afternoons Festivities Closed
With q Barbecue-A. Big
Crowd Present.


tion had great celebration at Agri-
cultural Park yesterday. That is.
tney had a good time themselves, and
! many of those who went out to witness
their program of exercises seemed to
ENJOY the afternoon.
There were from 1000 to 5000 peo-
PIE at the track, fully one-half OF who1a
We're women and children. 1t looked
like special day during the State
FAR. SO far as the crowd and certain
otner features were concerned, but the
races did not amount to much, ana
there We're such long waits between
the events that those who did not care
to amuse themselves by "bucking' at
the various games of chance became
afflicted with ennui, and left for home
before the barbecue began.
There were all sorts of games III
operation in the betting ring, and they
seemed to be fairly well patronized
The management had, however, laid
out a program long enough to occupy
two afternoons, and, while more OF
them might have been put on, had
little more energy been exerted. AS it
was several had to be cut out.
A band of music served to enter
tain the throng at intervals, and out
in the paddock hundreds of people
gathered about the spot where the
cooks were roasting the carcasses of
two beeves. and watched the opera
ton with interest. Under a big can
vas awning long tables had been pre-
pared, at which the butchers and their
friends sat down at the close of the
afternoon to partake of the tempting
beef and other good things.
There was but one case of rowdyism
during the afternoon, when a man con-
nected with one of the games assault
ed stranger from Yolo. Everybody
else was on his good behavior.
The judges of the races were w.
Parker, M. Menke and j. ]. Ankener;
timer, Al Leach; clerk of course, Will
Der F. Smith; starter, John Cavanaugh.
The first event advertised did not
take place. 1t was to have been
creased pig race, but the pig had got
wind of the job that had been put W.
on him, and left the premises before
the time arrived to turn it loose.
The starters in the butchers cart race
were Henry Davis Nellie, Henry Frey's
Nellie F., A. Hauser's Bones and A
Metzger's Jim Watson.
First Heat-Neither drivers nor
horses displayed half the vim they do
when shooting, around street corners
in the city Jim Watson led all the
way, and won in a gallop by fifty
yards, Nellie second, Bones third.
Time, about 1886 1-5. Nellie F. also
trotted (when she wasn't running).
Watson got first money and went to
the stable, and after the others had
been given feed they came out
for the second heat.
In this heat Nellie and Bones went
together most of the way, giving Nellie
F. cold shake on leaving the score.
Nellie struggled in first by two lengths,
Bones second and Nellie F. came along
later in the day. The time Guessed
att was about 4:59 10.
The judges promptly liquid
Next came a fve-eighth-mile run
ming race, in which the starters We're
Roadwarmer, P F., Miss Dividend,
Shellac, Manzanilla, Colonel Dan and
Gladiator.
Manzanilla won by a half length,
Colonel Dan second, Miss Dividend
third. Time, 1:03. P. F. was left at
the post.
all, two in three, in which Primrose.
Diawood and Abdine were the starters
In the first heat Diawood and Prim
rose were even at the quarter, where
Diawood broke, and Primrose led to
the far turn. There Diawood came up
with rush, and entered the stretch
even with her, but Primrose beat him
out by an open length, Abdine four
lengths behind. Time, 2.22.
Diawood won the next heat by a
length from Primrose, Abdine we'll in.
the rear. Time, 2:1S.
Diawood also won the third heat,
Abdine second Time. 2:22.
There, were one or two other races,
and then the track was given up to
the vaqueros. There was race be-
tween a COW and a steer, each with
Jockey up, and the steer won. The
COW wasted a good portion of her time
and energy in bucking off her rider,
although he was dumped frequently,
he remounted each time and rode out
the race.
The picnic" demonstrated one
thing--that people like to be anus
ed and entertained in a rational or
semi-rational manner. The "Horri-
bles" formerly endeavored to do this,
but their vulgarity killed the feature
The celebration was managed by the
following committees:
Arrangements = Rudolph Fummei,
Chairman Frank Schmitt, Secretary;
]. C. Stokes, Philip Buchanan, August
york, George Gostick.
Barbecue-Jacob Ankener, Chairman;
Emil Levine, ]. d. Gostick.
RACING. Ankener, judge; Rudolph
Rummel, Philip Buchanan, August
york, NJ. Menke, w. Parker.
Reception-C. E. Gostick, William
Hannah, Herman Kurtz, Fred york,
Henry Frey, Charles Gust, Eugene Da-
Wis. Charles Koch, Conrad Wissig and
Joseph Gall