The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-07-08

Charlie and o. Prather entered for
the l00-yard foot race. Kruger won
the first prize of 80, and Brett the
second prize of s..
In the relay race for purse of $40,
b. M. Cudworth entered with two
roans, J. X. Dunlap sorrel and bay,
j. II. Stuble two bays, and Harold
Friend brown and bay. The money
was awarded 10 Dunlap. According to
the rules of the race the riders started
from one end of the course, rode to the
other, changed the saddle onto the
second horse and returned to the start
ing point. Cudworth was first under
the wire, but the judges decided that
as he received assistance in mounting
after the change of saddles, he was not
entitled to the purse.
William Kruger won the sack race
for purse of s.. There were three
entries, Kruger, Beverly Powell and
Roy Coss
In the girls pony race for a purse of
So, horses were ridden by Alta Wiser,
Frances Lavigueur, Bertha Fletcher,
Alma Burge and Isabelle Rinehart.
The purse was won by Miss Fletcher.
About a dozen started in the girls
egg and spoon race, but little Celia
Mcdowell was the only one who reached
the end of the course with the egg in
tact and was awarded the prize of So.
j. Nealy, Clyde Billups, Albert Hen
son, George Rinehart, Leonard Morris
and Robert Montgomery rode in the
boys pony race for purse of So. Nor
ris won, with Rinehart second.
The pie eating contest did not devel-
op the usual number of hungry boys,
only two competing for the prize OF
83. The prize money was divided be-
tween the two youngsters, who neg
lected to leave their names.
Mesdames Burgoyne, Dennis, Steele
and Prather rode horses in the married
ladies race. First prize of $3.50 was
won by Mrs. Burgoyne, second prize OF
So by Mrs. Steele.
The bucking contest was very tame
affair, the horses in each instance re-
Using to do any fancy stunts in that
line, and the prize was finally awarded
to Johnwell, an Indian. Other riders
in the contest were Arthur D. Kean
and Norman Finsen, either of whom
with proper mount is capable of put
ting up first class exhibition in that
line. The purse was S15.
Other events, including three
legged race, fat mems race and squaw
horse race were pulled off later in the
evening, the results of which were not
secured. William Almquist was starter
in the horse races and E. p. Rounds
and Joe Mcdowell judges. John Ragen
was marshal of the day, and Otto
Rehmke and c. S. Barns dished up the
money to the winners of the various
events. E. f. Parsons of this place
assisted the local force in keeping Or
der on the track.
One of the biggest attractions in the
afternoon was boxing contest between
two small boys on the race course, one
boy was made up to represent johnson
and the other Jeffries, and under the
management of older people the boys
put up a good counterfeit of cham
pion ring battle for period of five or
ten minutes. AS in the big fight at
Reno, the black fellow won at Molson
The evening train from Spokane
brought the Bush orchestra from Mid
wey, B. c., which had been secured to
furnish the music for grand ball
which ended the holiday festivities.
The dance crowd was big one and
the affair thoroughly enjoyed by the
participants.
The Nelson business men who had
charge of the celebration certainly
have occasion to feel chesty oyer the
affair. All events were pulled off as
per schedule, the crowd was an orderly
one and best of all, every one was sat-
islied with the days entertainment.
The weather could not have been bet
ter, nor the program of amusements
better selected. Those in attendance
will remember in years to come the
Nelson celebration of 1910 as most
pleasant event in the history of the
upper Okanogan.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT