The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
LABOR DAY PROVES
HUGE SUCCESS
Monster Crowd Attends Celebra-
ton Held at State Fair
Grounds.
But LITTLE DISORDER
Various Events Arouse Great En-
thusiasm Among Spectators.
Many Races Run.
But LITTLE DISORDER

After getting away to bad start,
the monster labor day program run
day finished strong 10 the aeeompani-
ment OF the applause and cheers o.
nearly 5000 spectators.
Darkness had fallen on the big field
when the crowd, tired after its long
day. somewhat wiIted AS a result Of
the extreme heat, but very. very nap
Ply, wendell Its way out of the gates.
homeward or to the circusward. r.y
cry feature on the program save one
had been run off exactly as prom
tsed. The one exception was III" bal
loon ascension. This took place. but
1t was SO long delayed that goodly
portion of the crowd had already de.
parted. Also, on account of the dark
ness--it was almost Z O'Clock before
the big gas bag was inf1ated-Prt,ff ,.
sor c. Nj. Churchill, the aerCnaut,
went up only zoe feet in the air before
dropping back to earth In his para
chute. Professor Churchill landed in
a ciump of trees in his descent, bu:
was not injured
Primary interest in the program
probably conferred about the baby con.
test in which seyenty-ffv tots were
entered by their parents. After much
bordering Justice Crutchfeld. Com.
monwealths Attorney Minitree Folkes
and Mr.. Snyder. the judges. chose one
infant under the age of one year and
another more than one year old, but
less than two, as being the pretties,
of the lot, Each of these received
go-carts, while their beaming parents
received orders for pairs of shoes
The horse racing also attracted
much attention There we're three
events. in which the contestants raced
not for prizes, but merely for the
glory of winning and for the pur-
pose of adding to the merriment of
the day. The horses and their drivers
and riders We're given round after
round of applause.
Sham Battle Success.
The sham battle which took place
late in the afternoon proved a big
success, The Richmond Blues aided
by the Boys Brigade and eomm anded
by Captain Dave Leary. armed with
both light and heavy artillery. loaded
with blank cartridges. fought violently
against the First Virginia Regiment.
similarly armed and commanded by
Major l.. T. Price. The Blues defend
ed the eastern end of the oval between
the tracks. The First Regiment NOV
ed on the attack from the western
end OF the field
There were many brave charges and
as many repulses, ALI to the accom-
panlment OF the sharp fire of the
small arms, and the reverberating
roar of the heavy field pieces. When
the order to cease firing was finally
gsVen-it being too dark to shoot
stra ight--the result was In doubt The
spectators sat In Judgment, and iinailysl
agreed that every soldier had done
his duty nobly. and that the best de-
elsion would be to call 1t draw
While the fighting" was in progress
Lieutenant Underwater and Private
Charles Butler. Of the First Regiment,
were temporarily overcome by heat
and had to be removed from the field
In the ambulance.
Cycle and Horse Races.
The motorcycle races aroused wild
enthusiasm on all sides The entrants
Iai,ly fled about the oval. There were
four events. which resulted as fol-
lows.
First raee--ten miles scratch |
Won by A. p. Gentry; second, l.. w |
9, Hines; third. Nj. b. Ferguson. Time. /
1919.
Second race-~-ten miles; twin eyltn. |
iers only--F'irst. w. Scott Hunt; sec |
md, J. L. Walton; third. b. b. Bivins.
Time, 1851.
Third race--three miles, bows six
cen years and undet--First, Harry
rompkins. second. T. A. Parsons;
bird, Leslie Womack. Time. 5:oT.
Fourth race--ten mile handicap
FIRST, l.. w, c. Hines: second, A. p.
Sentry. third, B. B. Bivins Time
.2:53.
Slow race-~quarter mile-won By
:. III. Archer
The harness and running races were
un off with the following results:
First race, gas trot-First nea,
Dill, owned by j. w. Porter, first;
ALBANIA, DR.. j. p .McDonough. sec.
nd; DR.. McDonough, DR.. j. r. Me
)onough, third. Second heat. Din.
rst; Labama, second: DR.. McDon-
ugh, third. Time, flrst heat, :341-a.
Three year old trot---F'irst heat, DR.,
Peter. owned by J. II. Patterson, of
first. Nasmyth, D. T. Grif-
tn. second; Baron Call, Charles J.
'osby, third, Second heat, same.
line, first heat, 2;a6. second heat,
:321-4
Free for all, trot and pace--Dr.
iarvin, r. C. Weaver, first in both
eats. Victor, Mr.. Edwards, second In
9th heats Time, first heat. 2.2T Ia;
acond heat, 2:241-4.
The judges Of the races we're w. J.
arter, w. w. Hutchinson, p. A. s.
rine, Captain Morgan II. Mills. w. T.
nellings. William Newsome. Sri, VIII
lam Newsomes Jr.. and Mark r.
lloyd.
IL trouble were a bull. YOU could