Williams news., 1906-07-07
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LADIES' HORSE RACE.


 The opening number was the la- dies saddle horse race. There were but two entries, Mrs. H. Hicks, of this city, and Mrs. P. Morgan. of the Grand Canyon. The distance was a quarter mile, and the purses $35 and $10. Both ladies rode splen- didly, Mrs. Hicks winning by q good margin.
 COWBOY RELAY RACE.
 Three riders were entered in this event, all of them expert horsemen- They were Herb Wood, Luke O'Brien and Tex Wilkinson. The distance was one mile, and each man to change horses four times The money was divided into two purses. $75 and $25. Horses were led under the wire and the riders stood beside them with saddle on the ground. At the word from the starter they were to saddle up and race for the quarter pole and change again. O'Brien got away first and led to the quarter, where Wood took the lead. After that Herb kept we'll in front, winning first money, O'Brien getting second.
 FREE-FOR ALL RACE.
 In this event, which was a half mile dash. with two purses. $125 and $75, there were four entries, all of them having run the day be- fore. They were Charles Burk's Chas. B. and Babe B., Henry Rit- ter's Henry R. and Andrew Mil ler's Black Jack. Considerable trouble was had in getting the horses off, and much time was lost before Henry R. could be quieted down for a start. Finally they got away, and it was pretty race, in- deed. Babe B. took the lead at the start and kept it all the way. Chas- B., the gray, got off badly, but fin ished good second, cinching ak the money for MT. Burks.
 INDIAN HORSE RACE.
 There were six or seven of the Supai horses entered in this race, which was a half mile dash for $5 and $2.5O. The same horses ran as in the like event of the Sd, with the same winners, the sorrel finish ing first and pinto second.
 INDIAN FOOT RACE.
 This was to be relay race of g half-mile with four Indians from two tribes on side, and each man to run an eighth. For some reason they got mixed up and the race did not pan out as planned, though it furnished much amusement and gave many people their first oppor- tunity to see the noble red man be- decked in the proverbial "G- string" their favorite costume for root-rac- ing.
 BREAD BAKING CONTEST.
 One of the local business firms having advertised they would give a prize of $5 to the lady baking the best loaf of bread from their flour, and prize of $2 50 to the girl bak- ing the best loaf, the prizes were awarded at the grandstand. There were five lady contesta nts, Mrs. C. B. Holloway, Miss Maggie Donahue, Mrs. Rainey. Mrs. w. J. Parker and Mrs. F. M. Stockton. Mrs was awarded the prize There were but two girl contestants, Miss Rose Terry and Miss Alice Miller, the former being declared the winner. The judges were: Mrs Machleb, Mrs. J. Jones and Mrs. Jas. Kennedy.
 BASE BALL GAME.
 This promised to be an interest ing game from the start. The h. dians, from the Sherman school, having defeated the home team on the Sd, had to play the Ask Fork team for the $1OO purse, and it waE a game that will go down in history as the best ever played in the north ern portion of the territory, and un- doubtedly in the entire southwest Both of these teams had defeated