The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-07-07


but had to be seen in order to be appre.
cisted. Among the good points of this
company We would mention the appro.
priatenees of costume. the advantage Of
carrying the water along and 30 having
it when at the scene Of confagration aad
the desirabiIity Of burrows for pulling
tho cart. a. they arc not easily frightened
and so are not apt to hurt any body. 20
say the least the Hook and Ladder com.
pany furnished their shnre Of amuse-
ment for the spectators.
Tho girls egg and spoon race came at
ton forty five, the winners being Celia
Huechemer. Cathrins Kane, Alberta
Moshcr, Edith Charter, and Ethel Char.
tor.
TIE potato rsce was next. The frat
prize was three dollars, and was won by
Geo. Shields, the SECOND, two dollass, -
Martin ByouA. This raeS~xs- very ss.
citing toward the end and rather anus
ing all through.
Another amusing feature was the slow
burro race, in whic tho slowest burro
gets tho prize. The first prize. three
dollars, was won by the burro belonging
to Earl Olney. and tho second, two dol.
lars, by tho ono belonging toOscar Ross
This was the last on the program for.
the forenoon and the people repaired to
their homes, the Elk Mountain house or
the restaurants to get their dinners.
At one o'clock the boys pony race
was run, the first prize OF ten dollars b<
ing won easily by A. o. McDonald's pony
the second prize was secured by Louie
Miller's pony. r.
After this came tho horse race in
which the first prize, thirty five dollars,
was won BY tho McCann horse and the
second, fifteen dollars, by the Baisden
horse. Of Durango.
At two o'clock most OF the crowd went
to the ball ground to witness the game
between tho Baldwin team and our boys.
At tho end Of the seventh inning the
Baldwin team gave up the game. the
score being seven to twenty-three in Ia
vor Of our boys. The purse for the win
ming team was fifty dollars.
The rifle shooting match occurred at
two-thirty the first prize, twelve dollars,
being won by Jos. Clark, and the second
eight dollars, by Anton Kubiak. All
things being considered, the shooting
was very poor, the highest score being
sevcn out OF a possible fifteen.
In the shotgun shooting match, Jos.
Ball won first prize, breaking thirteen
out Of fifteen clay pigeons and Walter
Baxter second, breaking eleven out of
fifteen. 81
Tho display Of fireworks occurred at
eight p. m. and was much enjoyed by all.
The days pleasures we're closed by the
Masked parade and concert given by the
Grand Order Of the Orient. This feat.
ure was simply beyond our powers Of
description, but was cut short by the
chilliness Of the atmosphere. -
Everybody present seemed to enjoy
the day very much and the remark was
heard from number OF people that it
was the most enjoyable fourth tor mary
years.
Among the casualties were q broken
bone in JOS. Blocks arm, and a bruised
face and black eye for Wm. Runnoe,
caused by being struck with ball. at
the ball game. Some Of the base ball
players we're slightly hurt also. and DO
doubt few of the small boys, but we
believe young and old al bed time could
have voiced the sentiment OF the small
boy il the poem which closes thus:
"And he said as he closed
His one open eye,
wish every day
Was the Fourth Of July