The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-08

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n o'clock; one hundred-yard foot race,
free for all, prize s25; fifty-yard Ia
dies race, prize S25; ffty-yard race
for boys under is years, first prize
SIS, second prize $3.50; ifty-yard race
for boys under 10 years, first prize So,
second prize $3.50; ffty-yard race for
girls under 10 years, first prize So,
second prize $3.50; three-legged race,
first prize $40, second prize IS; wheel
barrow race, first prize $40, second
prize IS; first series of baseball games
for prize of $500, at $3.50 O'Clock;
grand bah at $3.50 p. m. The Queen
of Railroad Day will lead the grand
march escorted by Governor Sparks,
and her maids of honor will be es-
.corted by the other members of the
g%ubernatorial party. The governor
Twill he accompanied by his military
ladies, respondent in uniforms of blue
with aiglets of gold, WHICH. viii add
a. L-illiant dash of color TO the Gene
IOi,en house will be maintained for the
city = guests at the Montczuma C>b
thro.ghout the three days celebration.
Pre- apartments. are to be handsomely
decorated with flowers and potted
plants and the right hand. of good
Fellowship will &c extended to all Wis
l5tors. r.
SECOND DAY PROGRAM.
The second days program will open
al 40 a. IN. with a concert by the band,
following which there will be a double
land drilling contest, first prize 500,
Second prize 5000; this feature will he
he Of the most interesting of the cele-
bration as it tests to the utmbos the
Stamina and strength of the miner par
.lticipants; each team always has a loyal
Following and large SUNG of money
change hands on the results. At j p.
IN, there will be a ~tug-of-war contest
Between three teams from the unions
for a purse of 500; and at $3.50 p. IN.
the fleet runners of the Tonopah and
Goldfeld hose teams win pat the Gin
dcrs for q distance of 100 yards, with
a purse of 500 awaiting the winners
ut the further tape; at $3.50 o'clock
1.-The second in the series Of baseball
games win take place; at 8 p. m, the
wrestling match for a purse of $500
will be held in the amphitheater at
1.-The corner of Columbia street and
Crook avenue. Messrs. Ajax and
Harder are the athletes who will strive
or mastery on the mat and as both
are wrestlers of international reputa-
tion IN interesting exhibition is as
sured.
FINAL EXERCISES.
The feature of the last day of the
celebration will be the finish fight for
b purse of $500 between Monte Attell
and Harry Tenny. Eight-thirty in the
evening is the hour announced for the
contest and the place of meeting will
be the amphitheater. Both men are
premiers in the us pound class, and
the bout promises to be fast and q
mill well worth seeing. The. festivities
will open with a concert by the band
at 10 a., m. Following is the remainder
of the program: Si%ngle-hand drilling
contest, first prize $3.50, second prize
500; quarter-mile race, free for all,
purse 800; quarter-mile horse race,
ladies only, prize 500; FIVE mile relay
race, change saddles and horses every
mile, prize 800; ladies' nail driving
contest at 1880 p. M, prize $40; pie
eating contest for boys, prize SIS;
squaw race, prize $40; slow burro race,
prize $40; fast burro race, prize $40;
catching creased pig, prize $40, and
the porke r; : elimbing creased pole
prize $40; 800 O'Clock, third and final
game in baseball series; grand farewell
bali, presided over by the Queen of
Railroad Day and her maids of homer.
| BROWNING OF QUEEN.
The ceremony of browning the queen
will take place in the throne room of
the court ION the evening proceeding
the opening day OF the celebration.
Miss Putnam and her maids and ladies
lin waiting will De driven to the scene
in carriages beautifully decorated with
lyellow chrysanthemums and streamers
of yellow bunting. She has selected
Miss Eta Foster as her maid of honor,
and that young lady will occupy the
position of honor at the right of the
Throne. To the left of the tdais the
ladies in waiting will be grouped; on
leither side and a little to the rear,
win be stationed the train bearers;
and on either side of the steps lead
| ;no tn tho platform will he stationed