Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-14
DRILL CONTEST
 WILL BE STAR EVENT ON 4TH
Number of Teams Already PraCticing - Details of Conditions for Entry
 to Contests
ADD HORSE RACE FEATURE

The nurryIng or the preparations
 for the big drilling contest and the decision to add a horse race to the
 features of the big Fourth of July
 celebration were the chief matters
 10 come up before the committee which met last night in the cf,y hall
 The drilling contest will be the
 star event of local interest in the
 big celebration Several teams are already pracdcing for the contest and
 it is certain that it will be one of
 the biggest contests ever pulled of
 in the southwest
 Ernest Hughes, foreman of the Sac
 ramento shaft, who is chairman of the
 drilling committee. was present at
 the meeting last night and reported
 that everything is moving favorably
 for the contest. Mir. Hughes and Sam Briscoe, the other member of the
 committee, will appoint a third mem
 Der and the committee of the whole las night decided that the third man should be named from the c. & A. force.
 The Prizes. | The prizes as finally decided on
 are as follows:
 ! Doubled handled drill for men First prize: s2O0; second, sfO0. ! Singled handed for men-First prize ! s100: second, $50
 | Double handed for boys-First ' prize s40; second, S27.50. The boys who participate in the | contest must he r years Of age or under An entrance fee for all of the | contests of $2.50 wiH be charged. All persons who have aken money in a ] consest previous to this one are 1 barred from entering. The men will | have I5 minutes for the drill and the boys will have ten minutes. In Front of Postoffice. l The rock to be used in the drilling ! con est will be the old drill rock
 of native granite, which is at the Hol- ! brook shaft. General Agent Graves of the Southwestern road has agreed to haul the rock and law it down at any poin in Bisbee designated by the committee It has been decided to place the rock in the plaza in front
 of the postoffice. where a large crowd can witness the contest advantage
 It is probable that seats on the porches of the Copper Queen library
 will be at a premium when the con
 test is pulled off, as an excellent view can be obtained from that vantage point.
 All entries in the contest must send their names and enclose the entry fee to Chairman Hughes not later than June g. The boys will use a four-pound hammer in the contest and the men will use an eight-Dourd
 hammer, while the boys will use a three-fourths steel drill and the men
 win use a seven-eighs.
 New Race Feature Added. B. E. Russell of Warren appeared ! before the committee in connection win a horse race event and the com mittee decided to put tf on. MT. Rus | sell is the owner of a fast horse which ! will shortly be purchased by one of ! the army officers and he stated that | Lieut. Holderness would be willing | to run with him if race could be ar ranged for a purse of S25. The ob- | ject is merely to show up the speed | of the two goers. Lieut. Holderness | has a fast horse and it is said he will have the backing of the army boys that he can take the money. The
 race will be pulled of on the morn | ing of the 5th and will begin at Gas | tie Rock. going up the canyon a quar- ter of a mile. The finance commit | tee sta ed that it is short of funds and five of the committeeman pledg- ' ed S5 each for the race as a, guaran- ! tee. While the committee will prob ably receive 7he amount from con l sessions the men who pledged the amount were willing to put up the money should the finance committee ! be shor-.
 Many Give s1oo More. It was also decided las night ! through a motion that was carried unanimously to request the finance committee if possible to add another ' s100 70 the army appropriation, to pay the soldiers for their expenses ] in the city.
 | One of the features of the celebra- tion will be the reading of the Decla-
 ration of Independence on the even | ing of the Fourth. The reader is ye, to be selected for this. Governor | Sloan win deliver the oration of the
 day ar 7:3O o'clock in the evening and ! the fireworks will be set of imme-
 disgely after.
 There was considerable discussion
 about the concessions. The Bisbee
 concessions have been let to the low est bidders, but the concessions for