The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-05

most comical characters in the pa
rade They drove burro and rode
in highly decorated rig.
| Goodman and Mack won the prize
for the ugliest decorated horse and
rig. They had beer kegs for wheels.
The horribles, who were the most
| horrible" rode in the Becker Brewing
companys float. 1t was propelled by
| two oxen.
! Genevieve Stevens and Lulu FEES.
Ter were the most original characters.
| The two were mounted on a burro.
The Various Races.
All afternoon long great crowds
| thronged both sides of the street in
front of the News Office watching the
races. Entry Clerk Woodbridge
was a very busy man, as dozens
crowded around him anxious to enter
| in the various events. Great enthu-
siasm was shown as the racers cours-
ed along their way. All the events
were clean and no wrangling or dis
putes as to the winners married the
races All of the races were free for
all events.
The first race was 100 yard dash
the first prize being $40 and the sec
ond So. 1t was won by Roy Dixon
| and Cleve McGill. Time. II IA sec
| onds.
Alvin Peters won first prize of IS
and Harry Carten the second of 50
| in the 100 yard foot race for boys OF
lis years and under. Time, 10 Is
| seconds.
The so yard race for boys of 10
years and under was won by Frank
Bowman and Oscar Upwall. The
prizes were So and 50. Time, sec
| onds.
Deliah Tilby took first prize of SIS
| in the so yard foot race for girls of
| 5 years and under, while Carrie Her.
mansen won the second prize of So.
Time, seconds.
Miss Whitehead was the winner in
the so yard foot race for ladies and
was awarded the prize of $40. while
Mrs. Parent came in second and was
given the SIS. Time, 6 IL seconds.
Miss Frances Peters was left at the
post.
Little Miss Christina Schallenber-
ger was given SO for coming in first
in the SO yards race for girls of 10
years and under. The second prize
of 50 was awarded Miss Genevieve
Stevens. Time, 8 IL seconds.
The fat mans race was quite a
drawing card and although-al those
who entered weighed 200 pounds or
over, they travelled over the road in
mighty fast manner. S. Christy
came in first with Dave Sivyer close
behind him. The distance was SO
yards Git would be cruel, to make a
fat man run any further) and the
time was Z seconds.
Another race that created great
deal of laughter was the so yard
three-legged race for boys under Is
years of age. Harry Carten and Al
vim Peters were the winners and the
time was o seconds.
And the "Injuns" came down the
street with colors flying, Pretty Tom
far in the lead; Angelo Punch was
second. The prizes awarded were
$40 and So.
Harry Carten won the sack race
for boys, making the so yards in 10
seconds.s He was presented with
$3.50 for his efforts
The 100 yard burro race nearly set
the crowd into Mysteries. There
were two entries-Alvin Peters and
Lee Scott. Scott easily beat his OPP
ponent to the end of the course, but
when it came to leading the stub
! born beast back to the starting place,
there was trouble. Mr.. BurrO didn t
want to go and he held back, while
Peters came trotting in. Peters, how
ever, was no better off than Scott and
it took several minutes before the
race was over Scott won and was
awarded the s..
An extra race was run, and the
runners were Indian women. One OF
the women, who was far in the lead,
lost the race on account of dog that
dashed across the street and tripped
her. She fell fat in the street and
was greatly embarrassed as the other
women passed her.
Graham Mercantile company S
crew won the 100 yard hose race. the
other team being composed of men,
bers of the Ely fire department. Both
teams did remarkably good work and
| the winners got water through the
100 feet of hose only three-quarters
of a second sooner than the fire de-
i partment boys. The winning team
performed the feat in 80 seconds,
Wn1le I1e uTG1ileh HlduC II III - -
seconds. Those who composed the
winning team were Joe Davidson.
III. o. Brady, Gus Fahrendorf, Joe
Darke, Emerson Bradley, Roy Hall,
Harry Bryan, John Verbirycke, Will
liam C. Goodrum (captain) and j. A.
Nelson. The prize awarded was $40.
The last contest on the program
was the tug of war between the
Structural Iron Workers and Kopp'
team. The latter won the event. and
| were given the prize of SIS. Those
composing the team were the follow
ing named: J. e. Talbot, August
Schlaak, George Haas, c. G. Gannen'
John Stemper, J. r. Crum and Frank
Kopp.
Shelter Won Ball Game.
| tt was easy pickings for the Smell
ters and they didn't try hard to win
the ball game from the Lane City
hoys. The score wa sic to 9 in their
favor. and it looked like the Smelter
nlayers Laid off" during the latter
part of the contest. Holsworth ana
Wilson honored their team by eacn
making a home run. Several long
drives wer emade on each side.
Those composing the Smelter team
were: Holsworth, third base; Hous-