Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-07
Hon, B. A, Packard Closes Deal With Five Bisbee Mining
 Men for $1,000.
DRILLING AT FAIR
 WILL BE FEATURE
Preparations Under Way to Make Annual Purse for Drill CTS Larger and to Revive the Miners Sport,

Hon. B. A. Packard, commissioner of the Territorial Fair Association. spent yesterday in the city. Before leaving MT. Packard closed arrange ments with five of the foremost min ing men of the city whereby the Fair Association comes into possession of S1,000, the amount subscribed to guarantee the races to be conducted at next November's race meeting in Phoenix, during fair week.
 Mr. Packard stated that the associ- ation will this year, in addition to making the racing the best that has ever been held in Arizona, endeayor to make the drilling contests superior to any heretofore held Special at tention is to be given drilling in the hope that the sport, now the cleanest and fairest in which men compete for prizes, may be revived and given something more than mere local inter- est.
 This action on the part of the Fair Association is sure to result in drill ing becoming the popular sport of the entire west.
 T have letter from MT. Vernon L. Clark, secretary of the Fair Associa- tion," said MT. Packard, in which that gentleman asks me for detailed infc-- nation in regard to the best means to conduct the drilling matches It has not been decided just what mon ey prizes will be put up for these events, but it is safe to say that they will be much larger than those we put up for the drillers last year. That was | the first fair we held, you must re- member, and it is a difficult matter to arrange all the details that were presented to us and manage to get them all so that they will suit every, body.
 We want to make drilling one of the leading features of the fair. We realize that it is sport that is now confined to mining camps, with oc casionally contest in a city close tc the mining centers. We want tc make 1t a prominent feature as 8 western sport, if nothing more, and no pains will be spared to keep it be fore the Arizona public in the hope that enthusiasm in it will spread and gradually extend to other places.
 ''The association has had maCa two beautiful loving cups which VII be suitably engraved and the na. es oi the winners each year will be lgrav ed on them. The team or the livid ual winning the cup compets ! for three times becomes the posse 5or of the cup.
 We have not forgotten tn" boys, either, and Mir Clark is now | work trying to gather such inform ion as will enable him to place bel9re the yoTng lads who know the me a chance to travel to the territc ial cap ital and take part ill the sport as well as gather in a little money if they win"
 The loving cups mentioned by MT Packard are somewhere in f'2a terri tory now, and it is expected at they will soon be on exhibition in r 5bee
 It is of especial interest tc Bisbee, ties to know that the first nan es to go down on the cups are Bisbee lriliers, Ross & McIvor, having won he dou. ble-hand contest at Phoenix lst win ter, while Fred Yockey took fist place in the single-hand contest l While there is much doubt as to what team will win the big s:.ver cup for the double-hand event. should Yockey survive the next thrce years it is forgone conclusion tha. he will win the cup.
 Mir. Packard, after advising he fair officials of his success in Bis ee yes terday. left for his Naco hoD where he will be busted with the 2 lirs of the cattle companies of wh I he is the manager.
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