The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-15
The Richmond Carnival.

Friday was Chidren's day at the car
nival, the public schools of the city giving
holiday. The streets were crowded.
There was aconcert in the Capitol square,
n feature being chorus singing by about
5000 children, led 10y IA band. The con
cert was heard by crowd estimated at
10000. Col. J. r. Mcintosh, of the Rich
mond bar, addressed the children, taking
Character as his subject
The feature of the horse show Friday
night was the high-jumping contest, and
when Amaret. ridden 10y his owner, {. H..
IIurkamp, of fredericksburg, cleared the
bars at 6 feet Z, inches the crowd went
wild with enthusiasm. When the blue
ribbon was placed on Buck, ridden by
Mrs. Allan Potts, cheer after cheer went
up Mrs. Potts was awarded the last OF
the two $50 silver cups given To the lady
winning i'm this class Mrs MadduX won
the first cup of the same value Wednesday
night on Searchlight in the ladies saddle
harness class The high jump was the
closing event Amaret was awarded the
blue ribbon. Blackbird the red.
The summary was partly as iol-
lows: Horse aud runabout, horse to
count go per cent runabout, harness
and appointments 10 per cent. Miss
Mary Lindsay Carter Warrenton, second,
500 Morris * Brinton, Louisa, third.
Tandem. the " hceler to be over - hands
W. G. Newman, Orange, third. Com
bination saddle and harness horse-ll. Is.
Male. Ieesburg. second. $50; Miss Mary
Lindsay Carter. Warrenton, third. Light
weight hunters-tiray Cap first, 500,
j. X. MadduX, WarrentOn; Kathleen.
third, Jno +. Dulany Upperville Ladies
Jumping class-Searchlight second, 500,
ridden by Mrs. MadduX ,NarrentOn; Grey
Cap. third, ridden by Mrs MadduX. High
jump-Amaret, first, 500, G.. II. llur-
kamp. fredericksburg; llornpipe, third,
c. II. Hurkamp.
After the parade Saturday evening
Broad street was given over to the mad
revel Of the Mardi Gras 1t was n won
derful frolic: wilder and more unrestrain-
ed. because young and old had become
more experienced in the art and more
thoroughly imbued with the carnival
spirit.
1t not believed that arpthercarnival
will hr held on the strcets. the idea being
to con- Dinc the annuQ. event with the
hors' show and ~ conduct both at the
grounds Of the horse show.
EXCITING SCENES.
The horse show closed with matinee
Saturday afternoon, which was the most
exciting exhibition yet seen. Mr.. Charles
lIurkamp had two very bad falls, and
though he pluckily mounted again and
continued to ride be had "A very narrow
escape from being killed. llOrnpipe fell
first with Mr. Ilurkamp. but "A few min
utes later he came dashing in on Amaret,
his splendid bay gelding. Amaret took
the first hurdle nicely, but a. he went TO
the second there was u crash, and horse
and rider went down in a heap and rolled
over together. The pOmmel Of the saddle
struck MIR. Hurkamp on the head. and
that he and the horse were not both Kill
ed was regarded miracle. Mr.. Hurkamp
was up in a minute, and without waiting
TO brush the blood and tanbark from his
face he vaulted into the saddle and put
his mount successfully over the six re-
manning Jumps. The cheers were deaien-
ing. 4 few seconds later Mr.. Hurkamp
came in riding kinlOch, and this horse
tipped the first hurdle. The tension was
supreme. and when the first timber was
tipped women screamed and closed their
ewes. 1t was close call, but the horse
kept his feet and the chapter OF accidents
had ended. Many lett the hall, the strain
being too great for them. The ladies de
clared they knew he would be killed, and
they didn't want to see it. But Mr.. Hur-
kamp wasn't killed, for after carrying
Kinloch over the remaining six jumps he
came out on still another horse and put
him over the eight hurdles.
The horse show, attended by 24,200
people. has been such a surprising success
that the promoters have determined to
make the attraction a permanent one
and each year there is to beaneXhibition
on larger and more extended scale.