The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-09-10
LABOR DAY
CELEBRATION
Many People From Outside
Points Come to Silver and
Have a Good Time
DANCE TUESDAY NIGHT
The Three Days Program of Rae
ing and Other Sports Success
fully Carried 0ut---COmmittee
Pleased with Result.

FI6aS0u Win Result.
The Labor Day celebration held in
Silver City Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of this week has passed into
history and become part of the
memorable aud cherished record of
happy times, stirring events and incl
dents of mining camp life in the west.
A free care, happy -go-lucky class of
people, as a rule, and generous and
hospitable to fault, the miners and
storkmen assembled for jollification
always enter into the true spirit of the
occasion for a good time, and while
there are little incidents that occur oc-
casionally which might ruffie the mod
esty of the more elite society of staid
old Boston town, it is simply the
spirit of the golden west and is given
and taken only in good part hy the
happy miners aud stockmen partici-
patinR.
The weather was ideal and all that
conld be asked for the successful carry
ing outof the three days Labor Day
celebration in Silver City. The crisp
mountain air of the mornings, gradu-
ally tempered during the day by the
warm rays of sunshine, lent vigor and
enthusiasm to the system and soul,
with an energy and ambition on the
part of everyone to yet in and have a
good time. People came from Jordan
Valley by the scores, from DeLamar
&nd other more remote points in the
county to participate in the festivities
of the occasion aud to witness and en-
joy the elaborate program of sporting
contests.
Monday morning the streets of Silver
presented quite metropolitan and
gala day appearance, crowds of people
being everywhere in evidence con-
versing socially, meeting old friends
and acqaintRnces, some of whom had
not seen each other for years, and in
relating incidents of former celebra-
tions and frontier life. Thus the peo-
pie pleasantly passed the forenoon
awaiting the beginning of the days
program in the afternoon.
The program OF Monday, the first
day, was opened by a stake race, 100
yards, the horses to turn twice around
three stakes aud return. The entries
were Pickpocket, John Bull, Montey,
No. and Grey Dick. 1t was stand
ing start, the horses running singly, and
while they we're pretty we'll trained the
time was exceedingly slow. Montey
won first money, sS5, in 40 lilo, and
No. l got second money, sl5; time,
Al $40.
The next race was a quarter mile,
heats, two best in three, with Windy,
Death-on- Trail, Red Robin, Pickpocket
and Dolly Gray entered. This was
an exciting race and was won by
Death-on-Trail in two straight heats.
In the first heat Windy came in second,
but in the next heat Red Robbin
crossed the line an easy winner of sec
ond place and money; purse, $45 to
first and $40 to second horse. Death
on-Trail sold against the field in the
pools, the Jordan Valley boys backing
their favorite to the limit.
The last event on Mondays program
was the bucking horse contest, the
riders being Tim Mills and George
Burtchy. The horses we're little bay
owned by Harry Palmer and big roam
outlaw mare, the former being ridden
by Burtchy and the latter by Mills
The horses did some good execution in
the way OF broncho twisting and pluDg.
ing, but the boys rode them straight up
and gave good exhibition of horse.
msnship, The purse of 800 was di.
vided.
The first event of Tuesday was the
Howard foot race, free for all, which
was easily won by E. j. Burroughs and
Jim Lewis second. First prize $40
second So.
The donkey race came next with four