The border vidette., 1908-07-11
Celebration of Americas s Natal Day a Great
 Success.
Governor Joseph F. Kibbey Orator of the Day-Line City En- tertainS Hundreds of Visitors in Royal Manner Drilling Contest, Horse Races, Bar becue, Etc, a Success.
It was a success.

It was success.
 Nogales, the best little town on the international line, has again done herself proud.
 The celebration of the Nations Natal Day, just past, was success in every way, and the Line City is happy in the knowledge that the hundreds of guests from through out the country, invited to help make the eagle scream, went home pleased with themselves, Nogales and the greatest nation on earth.
 Press of official duties prevented Acting Gov. Cubillas of Sonora, from being present, but hundreds of citizens of our sister state across the international line, were here to take part in the biggest, most sue cessful Fourth of July celebration witnessed here in many years.
 Governor Joseph F. Kibbey, Col onel James H. McClintock, and Territorial Auditor Sims Ely, of Phoenix, and prominent citizens from every section of Santa Cruz county, and points throughout southern Arizona, were here. All were made most welcome; all had a fine time.
 The stars and stripes were every where in evidence, the entire town being profusely and beautifully decorated for the occasion. The horse races, drilling contests, base ball, wild west sports, barbecue, street parade, etc. were a success, and the two days celebration pass ed off without a single incident to mar the pleasure of anyone. from the firing of the national salute at sunrise on the morning of the Fourth, until Sunday night, when the social dance at Masonic Hall ended the celebration of Americas s Independence Day.
 The horse races on Grand avenue at : am. were witnessed by a large crowd.
 The free for all race for purse of $1OO, was won by Gabriel An gulo's sorrel mare, entered by Ra- mon Ahumada, of Arivaca. Walter Bailey's white horse was an easy winner in the saddle horse race, defeating the pride of Patagonia, owned by T. A. Cox, and Rochin's bay, the winner of many races in Nogales, Sonora.
 Following the saddle race, came the pony race, in which there were six entries. This race was won in jig-time by a little swayback, white-faced sorrel horse owned by P. Ahumada, of Calabasas.
 T. A. Cox. of Patagonia, carried off the ring tournament prize, but Walter Strickland and several other experts gave him a run for the money.
 After the races came the big event of the day,the doublehanded drill ing contest, for prize of $35O.OO, plns the entrance fees. Four teams, all from Santa Cruz county, con- tested for the big purse.
 Hugh Coyle and William Key holds, of Patagonia, won the toss up and went after the money first, and after fifteen minutes time succeeded in getting down 248 inches.
 Joe Miller and George Ryan, the second contestants, ,notwith-stand- ing the fact that they broke six pieces of steel, got down 244 and packers of the Gringo team said adios to their money.
 Dan and Pat Sheehy, the third team to try for the money, on ac- count of poor steel, only made 128 inches. The boys say they can do 34 inches with good steel.
 Jack Dunn and Bob Daily, back ed by Tom Fraser and many of his Patagonia friends, were the last, but by no means the least, of the bunch to tackle the hardest chunk of granite that any hard