The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11

before them. They cantered around in
view of the stand, and indeed it was
beautiful sight. Special mention
must be made of the three ladies who
rode with the grace and ease of expert
enced horsewomen. 1t was not an easy
task to pick the winner, but finally the
judges decided that the horse owned
by Mr.. Sherman Reeves and ridden by
Miss Susie Hatcher, had won the first
prize, while Mr.. o. G. Presley's steed,
mounted by himself, was the second
prize winner.
The third entry was "free-for-all'
sweepstake and created much amuse-
ment. The entries were as follows:
Mr.. N. Berry and Miss Clara Frierson;
Mrs Q. Hamilton's turnout driven by
Miss Bessie L. Martin and Miss Geor
gia Bradford the rig of DR.. and Mrs.
Bandy, by little Ruth Ellen Bandy; ].
B. Kennedy & Co., by Mr. Edward Ken
nedy and Miss Bessie Lay; Mr.. w. H.
Adams alone; Boyd & Battle, by Mr.. J.
Frank Battle and Miss Eleanor Battle;
Mrs. L. f. Davis alone; J. S. Martin
& Co., by Mr.. Tom Harris and lady;
Mr.. john Smith, by John Smith and
Clida Paskel. 1t was in this race that
the judges gave the first prize to the
beautiful horse owned by ]. B. Ken
nedy & Co., known as "Black Bess"
While the second prize went to ]. S.
Martin & Co., whose rig was driven by
Mr.. Tom Harris.
To keep the interest, amusement and
enthusiasm of the crowd at a high
pitch during the intermission between
these exhibitions, the Association had
prepared other amusements. A wrest-
ling match was pulled off, and received
no little attention The champions of
the South had met to decide the cham
pionship. 1t was a wonderful exhibit
tion of strength in the new art of
wrestling. The crowd went wild as
Geo. Hicks, of Chicago and James
Phillips, of Nashville, both experts in
the profession, argued on the mat for
the high honors. Geo. Hicks succeed
ed in winning the best two out of
three, but his opponent gave battle
royal, contesting every inch.
The Georgia Ministries, which &C.
cupied one side of the park, received
liberal patronage and gave a good per-
Torrance.
Long before the hour for closing ar
rived it was evident that the public,
as we'll as the owners of horses, were
not satisfied with one nights eXhibi-
ton. Hence it was decided at once to
continue the Carnival through We'd
nesday night, and this announcement
was made by the management.
Without any forewarning, except
the little announcement that. was made
on Tuesday night, and without any
advertisement through the day, on
Wednesday a large crowd assembled
at the park long before 8 o'clock, and
amused themselves in inspecting the
rigs and listening to the concert by
the band until the program was on.
The entries on Wednesday night
were almost similar to those the night
before, excepting it was noticed that
new entries were on hand. The first
was a single harness runabout con
test. J. S. Martin & Co., by Tom Har
ris and Miss Whitmore; J. B. Kennedy
& Co., by Will Smith; Mr.. Lem Grant
and Miss Jennie House. Although
the number of this entry was not as
large as the night before, the contest
was as close. as each entry was known
to be of the highest class. The full
blooded horse of Mr.. Napier was in
the park but did not enter Hence
the contest was between the three. The
Judges gave the first prize to j. S
| Martin & Co., horse driven by Ton
Harris, while the second prize wen
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The next entry was saddle horse
contest. DR.. Noel, two horses, one by
DR.. Fl. T. Noel another by Miss SUSIE
Hatcher; J. S. Martin & Co., by Ton
Harris; o. c. Presley two horses, ont
by 0. c. Presley, another by Miss Bes
sic L. Martin. After spirited con
test, the first prize went to o. c. Pres
ley's horse, ridden by Miss Bessie L
Martin. While the second prize wen
to DR.. Noel's horse, ridden by Mis-
Susie Hatcher,
The third entry was double rig
Only two entries were made. ]. S
Martin & Company's beautiful doubl
team. driven by J. S. Martin and G. H
Langston, and DR.. G., B. Bandy's team
which was driven by DR.. and Mrs
Bandy. There being but two, tn
first prize was awarded to j. S. Maj
tin G. Co., while the second prize wen