The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-09-10
LARGEST CELEBRATION IN
HISTORY OF TU(UM(ARI
The Labor Day Celebration Here Will Long Be Remem-
bered the Biggest and Best Ever-People Came
From All Parts of the County-Fully Two Thous-
and Visitors Were Here
REAL HORSE RACES
AT RACE TRACKS

Monday September 9th, 1910 will
long be remembered In Tucumcari as
the biggest and best celebration that
the city has ever had. The immense
crowd was q real surprise to every.
one. People came from all parts of
the county, in wagons and buggies,
running into the city on Sunday night
and Monday morning was crowded with
persons who had come to the celebra.
tion. The streets Of the town was
crowded as early as eight o'clock in
the morning, and by ten O'Clock when
the program commenced the crowd
was divided, some remaining in town
and many going to the race tracks
north of the city. At ten O'Clock the
first race was run tor a purse Of 800,
the winner being the horse belonging
to James Dsl' If Tucumcari. This was
followed by pony race which was
a good one and was won by one of
James Bells ponies.
At one p M the crowd began NOV
INK 'cward The park where many of
the features Of the day were pulled
of during the afternoon. The frst
feature at the park was foot race
for boys under Is years of age, and
the first prize was won by Clyde Lucus
and the second by John Neis.
The next was one of the finest fea.
lures of the day, the "Fat Mans
Race" The following we're in the
race; +. A. Carathers, l.. u. Maitland.
W. E. Grow of Nara Visa, who tipped
the beam at 29e "a, Bill Davis and
William Ridley. The race was n sur
prise to every one, for those fat men
did certainly Ego some" The feet
is they went so much faster than was
expected, that the time keeper said
that his watch did not move while they
were on the run, but he suggested that
the watch was so interested and sur.
prised, that it held its breath while
they swept down the track. The arst
prize went to Maitland and the second
TO Bill Davis.
The next race was what was denomi-
mated "saek race" for boys. This
was very amusing. The boys had their
legs in tow sacks and could only come
down the track a. the frog goes, by
jumps, but they certainly did do some
fine jumping as the crowd of three
thousand persons eheered from the
grand stand and the grounds Calvin
Lucas won first and Lyden Gregory
second prizes.
The fourth was a wheelbarrow race,
and each Of the boys pushed a wheel.
barrow with another boy riding = IL.
First prize went to Will Weleh, sec.
ond to Clyde Lucas.
Then came a fifty yard dash. There
were four entries: X. F. Hutchinson,
l.. Hillhouse of Nara Visa, Hugo Low.
enstein of Nara Visa, and 8. r. Hop.
kins of Tucumeari. First Prize was
won by Hillhouse, second by Hopkins.
Then came a hundred yard dash In
which there were six entries as fol-
lows: Hutchinson, Ridley, Smith, and
Hopkins Of Tucumeari, and Lowen'
stein and Hillhouse of Nara Visa. The
dash was made in IL seconds, and
first prize went to Lowenstein and
second to Hillhouse.
The base ball game between Tu-
eumcari and Nara Visa was called and
II Is seldom that the fans are given
a better exhibition Of the National
game than was given by thess two
teams. The teams were in good trim
both had their good players, and were
In excellent spirits, and everything
went off as nicely a. possible. There
was no squabbling, nobody wanted "a