Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
ATHLETIC CARNIv AL.


Hospital Day, Aug. 20, Will Ise . Gala Day
in Hot Springs.-Hose Races and
Other Interesting sports.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the various committees ap-
pointed by the Hospital Union for the
"Hospital Day" celebration on August
26. No pains or expense will be spared
to make the day memorable one in
the history of Hot Springs. The city
will be prepared to entertain the
largest crowd of the season and to
show visitors a good time. Railroads
will give half rates good August "a, %
and 26, returning August %. Arrange
ments are being made for special
train from Alliance and Edgemont on
the morning of August &c. A program
of unusual interest has been prepared
but the most important event of the
day and the one that will attract hun
dreds of visitors from other Hills
towns will be the contest for the 5000
purse in the hub and hub race in which
teams from Rapid City, Lead, Dead
wood and Sturgis are expected to par
ticipate. Following are among the
most important events on
THE PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.
ga. .m.-Gentlemen's swimming CON
j test at Mammoth Plunge. Purse $500.
$50 a. m.-Ladies' swimming contest
at Evan's Plunge. Purse s4.OO.
10 "a. m.-Children's swimming race
at Mammoth Spring Plunge. Purse s3.
1880 a. m.-Novelty raft race at
the Evans Plunge. Purse $500.
LIP. m.-Ceremonies of the laying of
the corner stone of Our Lady of
Lourdes Hospital.
2:3O p. m-Hub and Hub race. open
to all teams in the Black Hills. Purse
$4,000.
3p. m.-Gentlemen's swimming race
at Evans Plunge. Purse $500.
4p. m.-Novelty tub race at each
Plunge. Purse $500
The Firemen's Band of Hot Springs
will be present and furnish music in
each event.
$50 p. m-Concert.
Judge Goddard came over from
Edgemont Tuesday, returning home
Wednesday morning.
More new goods at The Fair.
Mrs. l.. S. Ellsworth returned yester-
day from Crown Hill where she has
been visiting Mrs. Earl Chambers.
Mesdames Il. d. and George Hummel
returned yesterday from visit to
friends at Lead.
Ed. Adams is clerking at Chese's,
succeeding Ed. Sweat who left Saturday
in company with his parents for Cali
fornia.
New dress goods at The Fair
r. Anna Morris Clark, formerly OF
Cleveland, Ohio, now of Deadwood
assisted by hernephew, ''Farmer" Hugh
H. Greene, Of Des Moines, will give &
recital at the Gillespie parlors on Mon
day evening at eight o'clock for the
benefit of the new Episcopal church
Ambulance % cents.
Charley Dillon, the gentlemanly and
hustling editor of the keystone
Recorder, was in town a few days this
wees, in company with his wife. They
we're accompanied to the Springs by
Rev. 3. +. Fellman, pastor of Grace
Baptist church of Omaha, an ole
friend q Mr.. and Mrs. Dillon VIII
has been yisiting them at keystone.
Go to r. B. Smiths Hot Springs liy
cry barn for saddle horses and rigs o
all kinds. Tehephone No. %
The Belle Forehe Bee says that tw
officials of the milwaukee syster
passed through BLle Forche weel
ago on their way from the north
They had come overland from tn
present terminus Of their road on th
Missouri up the Moreaut tor the purpos
of determining whether there was bus
ness enough to pay for extending.
they build up the MoreaI they wi
doubtless run line to the Hills.
The Stewart Bath House campan
is fortunate in having secured I'll
services of Prof. Young who has take
charge of the Turkish bath and ma
sage department. He is an athlete
strength, is very magnetic and has hs
many years experience as bat
attendant and massagest.
The colored boys of the Evans Hot,
will give concert and cake walk
the dining room for the entertain ner
of the guests on Saturday evenin
August II. The entertainment wi
open with a grand chorus by the enti
aggregation, "Break the News
Mother," to be followed by "Unc
Sam and Spain," "Just Because Sh
Made Dem Goo Goo Eyes," "She Ce
tainlt Was Good to Me-" "Billy Foo
and numerous other equally popul;