Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

90 to the platform and wait until
this was done and then he also
would dive. People who had not
| heard the announcement thought
that the bay was hesitating through
fear whereas he was only waiting
for the time to 90. IN the course OF
about half-hour the elk We're LED
ont. The doe went up first and
gracefully took her plunge ana her
mate waited courteously until she
was led away and then he dived gal
| lantly. When Charles Ellis quietly
began fastening ropes to his wheel
| that it might not remain "at the
bottom Of the sea- but be drawn
away by an assistant there was much
nervous anticipation in the audi
ence, and some fluttering fair ones
could not repress IA squeal when he
rode his wheel of the short incline
and bravely took his plunge. He
was arrayed in red tights and really
| looked much cooler after his plunge
| than before il. After each dive
there was a storm Of applause from
| the audience
Three guideless PAGERS appeared
on the track gaily decked in bright
hued ribbons. They were all highly
bred horses, the black Bud X, by
| Dark Night, with IA record Of 2:Oi .
made last year ut Oshkoshi the
chestnut sorrel with the white streak
in the face, Nahant, by Lockhart,
paced in 2;O7l4 in Freeport last year (;
and a light chestnut, * .ng Lud, 2:lO
by King Herod. They started oil
with the black as the pole horse and
he held his position with Nahant
on his quarter. King Lud broke his
pace and got left both slangily and
| literally. They came under the
wire with Bud l.. leading by IA nose.
| The time was 2;25 which was good,
considering that they are accustomed
to mile tracks. The last number on
Dr. Carver's program was his exhl-
bition OF rife shooting. He first
shot in rapid succession wooden
balls thrown into the air by an as
sistant, then lot of oranges, a
! basketful of apples, and one of base
! balls, and a number of "blacEbirds"
which to til" uninitiated looked like
black glass or clay balls. These the
doctor threw into the air himself
and shot them, first one at a time,
then two and then three-always
with single bullets, not shot. Then
| the intelligent white horse DR..
| Walker vas mounted and induced
! To run past the grand stand While
going at full speed lis rider shot
clay pigeons, otherwise black disks,
hurled into the air by an attended.
| He shot five in succession, n remark
able performance as he was obliged
| 20 twist around on his horse TO see
| the last ones. As Il finale he shot
| a hole through IA silver dollar while
| In mid-air. The shot balls and dol
| lar were thrown into the grand stand
where they were eagerly caught for
souvenirs. The whole program was
repeated each day, on Thursday X
ray being substituted for King Lud
in the pace, and on Friday Helen
Gould, a chestnut mare by Pigmaliou
with record of 2:O2 paced in Texas
in 1897 taking his place. She broke
badly at first and did not get down
to steady pacing until the other
horses had gone the first half mile,
but then she settled TO work and
gained rapidly until she passed the
other horses almost under the wire,
causing great excitement. DR.. Car
yer had ten horses and three elk un-
der his charge here and was most
courteous in showing and telling of
them. Another branch of the ag-
~ Eh'l'ii - NiNIihN A'iN ''7' w Al'A We
They have signed contracts this
year for S5soOO, and in ten years have
realized the comfortable sum Of
$4,000. The black horse Powder
Face was the first ever to dive from
q height. She and Cupid were rails
ed near Los Angeles, Cal, and have
never had harness on them. She
dived at Seattle from 50 foot tower
into 100 feet of water and went SO
deep it was feared she was drowned
rs she remained % seconds under the
water The white horse Or. Walker
is also "a diver and lone PAGER. When
he dives he is mounted 10y the in
trcpid Charles Ellis"
Wanted
\ few more men and boys and sew
orul helpers with and without eN-