The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-22
FfNzGE OF fE1E.
Closing Scenes of Goldfefd's Great
Railroad Day Celebration.

Closing Scenes Of Goldfeld's Great
Railroad Day Celebration.
There was no ~diminution in the
crowd or in the interest manifested
in the closing days program of Gold
fields Railroad Day celebration, and
the sports were permeated with the
same spirit and vim which marked
those of the two preceding days. Fair
weather prevailed throughout the fete
and no untoward incident marred its
success. Saturdays program opened
at 10 a. m. with a band concert, follow
ing which the single hand drilling con-
test was held in the amphitheater.
This vas one Of the most interesting
features of the carnival and was wit
messed by a throng that taxed the seat
ing capacity of the mammoth inelos-
ure to its limit. There was a large
and they wagered their money on their
favorite contestants literally. Fred
Yockey, of Boulder, Colorado, cham
pion single hand driller of the world,
captured the first prize of $3.50, driv-
ing the drill into the granite block to
a depth of 29B inches in the allotted
time of fifteen minutes; Yockey has
held the championship for years and
in Saturdays contest beat his own
record; he also won first prize at Tono-
pah on Labor Day. Walter Bradshaw
of Colorado captured second money,
800, drilling to a depth of 25h inch
es; Bradshaw was also, with his part
ner Ross, the winner of first prize in
the double-hand drilling contest held
Friday, and the pair hold the worlds
recoNl. Other contestants in Satur-
days contest were Alec Larson, 90 and
Is 16 inches; and L. w. Jockey, 90 and
1916 inches.
TIE TUG-OF-WAR.
The tug of-war, which was held in
the amphithcater at 2:30 p. m, was
$50 an interesting feature and was
gamely contested throughout. Teams
composed of members of Miners and
Carpenters unions were the contest
ants; and after 26 minutes of strenu-
Gus work the former won. Both teams
were encouraged in their efforts by
the cheers of their supporters and in
the case of the miners their juvenile
friends filed their caps with water
with which they bathed the faces and
necks of their perspiring favorites.
By their victory over the carpenters
the miners become the champions of
Goldield as on Friday the former were
the winners in a like contest with a
team composed of members of the Fed
eral union. Following are the names
of the members of the successful team:
j. C. Fraser, anchor; w. M. Ross, VIM.
Wagner, Fred Clough, Mike Toner.
Other events of the day were a pie
eating contest for boys; ladies nail
driving contest; squaw race and
wrestling match. The pie eating affair
proved highly diverting and the efforts
of the twelve small boy participants
to devour all the pastry in camp pro-
tied behind their backs the youngsters
entered the fray with appetites no less
keen than their eagerness to bury their
faces in the pies. Walter Ditsu, a wee
mite of humanity, won in seven min
utes and ten seconds. Ole Elliott and
G. C. Inman were the judges, and the
kids kept them busy every minute of
the contest.
NAIL DRIVING CONTEST.
Fourteen young ladies participated
in the nail driving contest and their
efforts to hit the iron nails instead of
their finger nails provoked much merri-
ment. Miss Eva was the winner of
the prize of $40, driving seventy-eight
nails in ten minutes. Six squaws lined
up at the tape as the contestants in
the 100-yard race for a purse of $40;
the descendants of Poor Lo were a
job lot of brie-a-brac of diversified
sizes and appearance. Squaw Annie,
a diminutive specimen of her race,
was the winner. Incidentally it might
be stated that the world record for
that distance still remains unshattered.
The wrestling match between Messrs.
Ajax and Hardie for a purse of $500
was held at the amphitheater Saturday
evening. Joe Burns oficiated as ref
cree. The men wrestled catch-as-catch
can, two falls out of three; neither
was able to gain a fall, however, and
Cling ON the mat with neither man
able to gain an ADVANTAGE the contest