The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-05
Boxes We're Resplendent With
Magnificent Costumes.
Music and Lights and Colors Form
Enchanting Setting for the
Exhibition.
HARD TO SELECT THE WINNERS

The weather was hne, the audi
ence thoroughly representative,
and a good sized one about 1000
and the events brought out such
splendid specimens of horse flesh
as only Kentucky, famed for her
fine horses. could produce.
The crowd commenced to come
about Z o'clock. taxing the facilities
of the street cars to accommodate
them. and by S O'Clock the grand
stand. the boxes and the bleachers
were comfortably filled.
The show started at 3 o'clock
with the grand parade OF all the en-
tries for the night. and the program
went through on schedule time.
The first event. the best single
carriage horse. brought out five en-
tries, Saunders A. Fowler, X. w.
Tully. c. l.. Van Meter. James A.
Glauber, Of Paducah, and Il. II.
Haley. of Murray. and the first prize
was awarded to Mr.. Haley. the Sec
ond prize to. Mr. FULLY. and the
third to Mr.. Glauber. The prizes were
SIS. $40 and IS.
The second event. the best COM
bined horse. mare or geljing. to
be showed under saddle and driven
In harness, brought out fine field
OF entries. Mr.. Lang's Rebellion, Mr.
Burke's Of Cairo; Bessie; James p.
Campbell. Jr.'s Pansy: Powell and
Parkers Kentucky Chleftain; Mr.
Billings High Wave; Mr.. Van Me-
ter's Gypsie; Mr.. Burke's Nellie
Papst; Mr.. Kolb's Lady Rose: Mr..
Haley's Martin; Mr.. Boswell's Of
Mayfeld, Nora Dare. aud Key and
Tyree's, OF Mayfield, Star Cromwell.
Mr.. Boswell's entry won the first
premium. Key and -Tyree the second
and Powell and Parker the third.
The third event. for the best lady
rider, the prize for which was a sill
yer cup. was won by Mrs. George
Flournoy. The other entries were
Miss Fannie Carter and Miss NIchol-
son.
The fourth event. for the best
gentleman rider. brought out. too. a
big number of entries. and some fine
exhibitions of riding were given. The
entries were:
lack Bryant, william Mason. S.
p. Johnson. Cecil Dickerson. Ben
Frank, w. 7. Sturdivant. Il. A. Fitz-
gerald. James Lang, Dick Williams.
Will Rudy. f. A. Burk. DR.. Bass.
James Utterback. Cade Davis and
Joseph Fisher.
The prize was captured by former
Mayor James VI. Lang. The crowd
picked him as a winner on the first
lap around the ring. Nii he was
loudly cheered when he carried on
the CUP, the prize.
The fourth event was for the best
match pair OF horses for two-seated
rig. vehicle % per cent, general APP
pointments Is per cent The entries
were Hume Ogilvle accompanied by
Miss Lucy Moore; Wynn Tully
alone: owen Tully alone; f. A. Ha-
ley with Mrs. James Sleeth and Mr..
Gus Thompson, accompanied by Miss
Martha Davis and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Utterback. Mr.. Haley won
first prize OF s25; Wynn FULLY sec
ond prize OF SIS, and Gus Thompson
third prize OF $40.
The sixth event, the best FIVE gait
ed horse. mare or gelding owned in
west Kentucky, southern Illinois or
West Tennessee brought out the fol-
lowing entries: Mr.. Lang's Rebellion.
Mr.. Van Meters Gypsie: Mr. VIII
cox's FanchoD; Mr.. Burke's OF Cairo.
| Bessie Mr.. Fitzgerald's Nellie
Papst; Mr. Atkins Matte Fowler:
Mr.. Kolb's Lady Rose; Mr.. Haley's
Gold Dust: Mr.. Billings High
Wave: Cade Stewards Rex; Mr.
Boswell's. of Mayfeld, High Art,
and Key and Tyree's of Mayfeld.
entry. The crowd picked Mr.. Atkins
Matte Fowler for winner OF the
event. but Key and Tyree carried off
the first premium. and Matte Fow-
Ter, with Mr.. Armstrong riding, the
second. Mr.. Hays OF Mayfeld. won
the third.
The Belvedere cur for the best
lady driver was one of the features
OF the evening, and brought out
some splendid drivers, Mrs. George
Flournoy, driving Mr.. Haley's hand
some span which had won the first
in the matched pair event Mrs.
Charles Graham. driving one of Mr..
Gus Thompson's horses; Mrs. Luth-
er Graham. Miss Nicholson, Miss
Hallene Yancey and Mrs. John
Blocker An exciting incident OF the
event was little stunt not down on
the program. Miss Nicholson's horse