Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-07
FOURTH AT BLAND.
The Day Properly Celebrated in the
Cochiti Mining District,
SOME INTERESTING SPORTS.
From the Bland Herald.

From the Bland Herald.
The Fourth of July has come and
gone and the celebration in Bland this
year will be one long remembered by
those who took part In the festivities.
The exterior Of a. business houses and
residences were profusely decorated
with flags and bunting and the metrop-
oils Of the Cochiti presented a most
beautiful scene. Several hundred peo-
pie from Albemarle, Woodbury., he
summer resorts and Albuquerque were
here and everyone hugely enjoyed the
occasion.
rain fell heavily M the small boy with
his fire crackers was very much in evil
dence. 1t was planned by Cochiti tribe.
No. 10, Improved order Of Red Men, to
give an old f%ashioned basket dinner in
the grove above the Crown Point mine,
but the weather was too uncertain, and
that part OF the program was post
poned. After the noon hour a very in
teresting program was rendered In
Woods hall, which consisted OF ongs,
recltations, the reading of the Declare
ton OF independence and an address
by the Rev. q. s. Madden.
Then came a drill contest, which had
been arranged by the business men Of
Bland. The contestants were John
Shield and Joe Maceil, both OF Albe-
marie, and VIII Brooks and Hugh Rae
OF Bland. An eight-pound hammer and
a A-lnch steel drill were used, and the
| site selected for the operations was on
a large rock opposite the Myers res
taurant. A purse of $3.50 was hung
10 and the entrance fee was $3.50 Tor
each man in the contest.
win Brooks and Hugh Rae were the
first to enter the race and In exactly
fifteen minutes they had sunk a hole
to the depth OF 50 inches In the rock.
Not a second OF time was lost, but ow-
ing to the fact that the men had not
practiced together recently they were
unable to make a better showing.
The opposing team then came on
deck and in the same length OF time
they succeeded in drilling a hole 561s
inches. The contest was spirited
throughout and hundreds Of people
swarmed about the contestants to wat
ness the proceedings. At the conclu-
sion OF the contest the purse was hand
ed over to the Albemarle boys. The
Judges were DIR. Grace, Ed. Shields and
Thomas Pullium.
A 2OO-yard foot race between Teddy
Medler and John Jameson Of Albe'
marie, occupied the attention OF the as
sembled throng. Teddy crossed the linz
about twenty feet in advance OF his op'
ponent and was awarded the first prize
The next event was a horse race. The
riders were three little girls. aged from
n to 10 years. They were Virginia
Finch. Jessie Woods and Helen Finch
The race course was on Main street be
tween the Herald Office and Flournoy
& Pickard Company's store. 1t was on'
OF the prettiest running races that wal
ever seen anywhere. Two heats were
run to decide the winner, and httl'
Virginia Finch won both by CROSSING
the wire about two feet ahead.
Then win Brooks and Wayman Cal
ender mounted their horses n secured
possession of the race course for a rev
minutes. Both horses were given a fan
start and they travelled together even
ly for a couple of hundred yards bu
the Brooks horse was about ten fee
to the rear when the other crossed tn
line. The afternoon sports were thei
a. an end.
In the evening the Improved Order o
Red Men gave a grand ball In Woods
hall. A large number were present an
a merry time was had until after
o'clock. At midnight a delicious sup
per was served at the Exchange hote