El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-28
HOLIDAY PROGRAM
How the Eve and the Day Ut
Thanksgiving Are 10
Be Spent.
EVERYONE
provided For the s eds"n ana
Whether Church., Dinner, or
Sports Take the First place
yb,re Will Re A Dfpasdnt Time.

uSEC VIII oS
Thanksgiving day in FL Paso will be
generally observed as a holiday by all
sorts and conditions of men
Several entertainments in honor of
the occasion will be held this evening
and tomorrow every man who has a
| home is likely to be there at the mo-
ment when the dinner tables groans
| beneath its burden of roast turkey and
cranberry sauce Other less fortunate
people will dine in solitude at n OF
the restaurants or hotels and think
of happier days.
Tomorrow will also be hailed with
joy by the sportsman and hunters
will be scattered over this vicinity for
miles. The man who enjoys out OF
door sports. sucn as horse racing and
football. will also be in his glory.
Among other attractions for sports
men will be several turkey shoots. The
principal one of these is TO be held at
$3.50 o'clock out east OF the Mesa
schoo
The chief attraction tomorrow af-
ternoon is racing at Washington park
under the auspices of b driving club.
Horse that are noted for speed in
this locality nave been entered and
the leading horsemen and lovers of
horsefiesh in the city will participate
aio - 1H'
gram.
Books on the races will be made at
the track for those persons who are
inclined to back up their judgment
with their money
Owing TO the delightful weather pre-
valent just now it is probable that
the crowd will be great. A special ar
rangement has been mad for furnish
ing transportation facilities by rail for
those who wish to attend.
The program follows:
First Race.
One Mil-Three minute trotting and
pacing. best tow out of three. purse.
$50.
Second Race.
Free For All-Trottin and pacing.
best two out of three. purse 800. $75
to winner. SIS to second. $40 to third.
Third Race.
Half Mile-Running race, purse 800.
Winner to take entire purse.
Fourth Race.
Quarter mile dash for ponies. purse.
$25.
Some of the horses TO participate in
the events are Ariel, owned by Dick
Keays: Butterfly. owned by AL Mart;
Gray Pony. owned by the Ice company.
and Courtney. owned by John Taylor.
lhoct Wv ai' ~ ~ ~ 'sr
ious will go to church in the morn
ing and join with h nation in giving
thanks. Services will be held in most
of the sacred edifices of the city, ac-
cording to the time IGNORED custom.
The first celebration of Thanksgiv-
ing day Will be held tonight.
At their hall in the urn building
FL Paso lodge No. rs. Fraternal Union
of America. will give a~social in honor
of the day. The entertainment will
begin at 8 o'clock.
At Chopin hall the ladies of Mt.
Sinai congregation will give an old
fashioned Dutch luncheon and dance.
This promises to he a most enjoyable
The Social club also gives a dance at
the court house. |
Tomorrow night Cenecu Tribe No. =,
Independent Order of Red Men will
give a moke at their wigwam in o.
X. G. hall. This will be one of those
usual delightful social sessions of the |
Men and will be largely attended.
The tribe has sen out invitations to
of it's allies to come in and join
in smoking the pipe of peace.
This afternoon all the public schools
of the city held entertainments in
were attended by the parents of
pupils and other interested per-
sons. /!
There were songs and recitations by
the pupils and talks by the different
teachers. A collection of food and
for the poor was also taken
as has been the custom for several
years. !