Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-08
M|LLERSVILLE TOURNAMENT.
The Harvest Home Festival Was a
Big Success = Knights
Crown The Queen
And Maids.

eSterday was given over 10 n dav
of fun and frolic in the county and
Millersyille was the Mecca. ALI roads
lead 60 Millersville and teams of every
description were driven there from
early morning until the shades of
| night closed in. People from all parts
of the country patronized the harvest
festival given under the auspices of
the congregation of St. Joseph IS Cath
Ollie Church, and Annapolis sent her
quota of patrons to swell the list along
with the rest.
During the day and up to the out.
going special last evening 5Si tickets
had been sold at the A., W. a Il. de
pot for Millersville. At sone time il
is estimated that there we're over a
thousand people on the grounds, this
number breaking the records of all
previous occasions. The festival and
tournament was held in Cecil's Grove,
at the top of the hill from the Millers-
Vile Station and beyond the new
church, for the benefit of which the
affair was given. The hundreds VINO
walked this quarter-mile stretch
through sand, in some places six in
ches deep, did not seem to mind the
difficulty encountered, and indeed
what lay beyond was well worth the
effort.
The grove was divided into sections,
where booths, tables, games, the paddle
wheel, dancing floor, ''hit the ba-
bies. etc, were arranged. Flags and
bunting gave it gala appearance,
and ladies fitted about busy with
giving their service TO the noble cause
the church. There was "A tourna-
ment arranged for morning and even
ing, riding for amateurs and profes-
sionals respectively. The following
Sir knights contested in the amateur
race Willow Glenn, Chestnut Grove,
Green Spring, Millersville, Maryland,
Clifton, Cross Roads and st. Johns.
In the tourney Mr.. Harry Wood
ward, Knight of Chestnut Grove,
won first prize, taking all three rings,
consecutively, and three when he
rode off the tie with Knight of Green
Spring. Mr.. Woodward received the
first prize, 1915 and was given the
honor of crowning the Queen of Love
and Beauty, but the lady of his choice
leftAthe grounds before the evening
ceremony of crowning and there was
no queen crowned.
Knight of Green Spring, Mr.. Richard
Ii. Stevenson, won the second prize,
$40, taking all three rings consecutive
ly and in the ride of tie, two rings.
He crowned the first Maid of Honor,
Miss Ida Gels. Mr.. Alton Arnold,
knight of st. Johns, won the third
prize So. and crowned the Second
Maid of Honor. Mr.. Spencer Howard,
Knight of Maryland. won the fourth
prize, 81 90, and crowned the Third
Maid OF Honor.
In the afternoon the professional
riding was the attraction. In this
| class the first prize was Won by Mr..
Zach Duvall, Knight of America; the
| second, by Mr.. Harry Woodward,
knight of Chestnut Grove; the third,
| by Mr.. Hamilton Smith, Knight of
Harman, and the fourth, by Mr.. Spen-
Ger Howard, Knight of Maryland.
The prizes were the same as in the
amateur class At night the crowning
of the maids of honor took place ON
the dancing platform, where the
knights were addressed by the orator
of the occasion, James ". Owens, Esq,
| who spoke in his usual inimitable
| style. After the Grafton Mr.. Owens
congratulated the knights on their
success and the ladies, for having been
the choice of the knights. and present.
ed the crowns which the knights
| placed upon the heads of the fair ones.
A dance followed, in which the sue
cessful knights and ladies crowned
were the participants.
| The chief marshal of the tournament
I was Sheriff Samuel b. Hardy, with
1 Albert Anderson and Richard Wilkes,
aides. The judges were James W.
| Owens, o. O. Prather and Daniel
| Duvall; time-keeper, w. LarrimOre,
and score keepers, J. Kent Prather.
and j. q. Bannon. The tournament
| was q great success and was witnessed
| by a large number of people, who
| cheered their favorites to victory.
| Another feature of the day was a
| game of baseball between the Marines
and Davidsonville teams. There were
/ nine innings and the score was % ito
| 6 in favor of the Marines. The um-
| pire was Private of Marines Kremer,
and the referee was W. Townsend.
| At night the grounds were brightly
| lighted with japanese lanterns and oil
/ lamps and presented an attractive ap-
pearance. Supper and refreshments
| were served at moderate prices and
many tried their luck on the wheel of
fortune or paddle, while others
| danced.
The affair was great success So
| cially and financially. The amount
realized cannot be estimated at pres
ent, as all returns are not in. Great
credit is due those who had the har-
| vest festival and tournament in
charge, chief among whom was the
Rev. Father J. J. Heenan, who finish
ed the work so ably begun by the Rev.
Father Charles J. Becker, who was
called to other fields of labor at Sara
toga, n. Y, before the festival, in
which he took such deep interest, had
materialiZed.