The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-23
PRIZE WINNERS ARE
ANNOURCEOIN GRAND
EQUESTRIANG CONTEST
DECISION or THE JUDGES is AL
MOST UNANIMoUS-PRIzEs
AWARDED.
MISS FARISS AND Mr.. SHtLTON
Win First Prize, Miss Kate sowell and
Jack oranbery seeoEd-Third arc
Fourth PREMIUMS Also Given Out.
The Fair Is over.


Winners of first prize, Miss Char
lotte Fariss and Hugh Shelton; sec
ond prize, MISS Kate Sowell ana JACK
Granbery; third prize Miss Lila TolIey
and ]. c. Taylor; fourth prize Miss
Mary Rainey and Elem Thomas.
Such was the alinost unanimous de
cision of nine Judges in the grand
champion equestrian contest at the
Maury County Fair. With only one
exception the nine men acting as arbi-
tiers on three different nights render
ed the same decision.
The silver trophy, handsome low
ing cup presented by Gotham Bros,
was placed in the center Of the arena
by Manager John P. McGaw at the
end of the maneuvers Saturday night.
The second, third and fourth prizes
were arranged around the larger one,
making an imposing array as the light
was thrown upon them from almost
every direction. The votes Of the
judges were opened and the winners
named The announcer, RUDE Shields,
then called the couples to the front
of the grand stand and presented the
prizes. At the bestowal of each of
the beautiful premiums, the friends
of the couple in the grand stand at
tested their approval by prolonged APP
plause.
Fourteen couples entered in the f.
nal contest. The weather was ideal,
and the moon had swung far around
in the southern skies when the audi
ence rose to it's feet and departed from
the grand stand AS they filed out of
the gates and by the secretarys Of
flee, the lucky contestants were the
recipients of many congratulations
from their friends who had come out
to witness the final ride in the contest
of skill which had been the biggest
feature of the horse show this year
Entries.
The following were the entries for
the equestrian contest: Elem Shee-
gogg and Miss Brown; Clarence Joyce
and Miss Mary Brooks; Jack Gran
berry and Miss Kate Sowell; Hugh
Shelton and Miss Charlotte Farlss;
Elem Thomas and Miss Mary Rainey;
Hinton Orr and Miss Mary Ella Far
ISIS; Eugene Fleming and Miss Ella
Craige; j. G. Taylor and Miss Lila
Tolley; James Williamson and Mrs.
John Fraser; Charley Gates and Miss
Georgia Mcbride.
None of the other rings on the pro-
gram were shown Saturday night. The
was very light, probably
the smallest number of the five nights.
The crowd was orderly: few difficult
ties disturbing the serenity of the Wis
itors.
When the final decision was an
and the voice of RUDE Shield
had carried across the grand stand,
eThat concludes the entertainment"
the men and women arose with sigh |
and prepared for the trip home. Slow
ly they filed out at the gates and en- /,
tered their carriages. The lights In
the arena were extinguished one by
one. The Maury County Fair was
over.
On the Midway.
But not all of the visitors went i'm
to their homes. Others wan
dered up and down midway, looRing
IN at the side shows and bidding good
bye to the week of pleasure which had
been ended. The show men began to
pack their belongings to catch the
next train for Nashville, where the
most of them went to the State fair.
rhe various human freaks, the vaude-
Vile shows, the games of chance and
he pretty little palmist, Paula, who
took the hearts of the fair visitors
with her, were bidding farewell to
Columbia. Measured by the standard /
Of the fair, one more year had passed
into history. For this is the final fair
of the Tennessee circuit.