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nlson. The a--ocsat,oa had erected
two csmmodIoss grand stands. o.s
each side ct MAN street near Ih
sanfords Residence. protected By
hlgh wosea wire sence and 9IvsHe
an excellent v,ew VI she whsle show
and with the splendid band of b
pieces frun Sslids 10 furnish ma-,c
the Castlemes certainly did Their
part The crowd was large and good
Bstsred, the grand stands well filled,
the masse excellent. the parade hne,
and most If the nsmbers ON the
program called firth hearty cheer
The qsadrsi'e ON horseback, and the
ladies riding received unbranded ad
mIrstioa from eastern visitors.
The heavy shower GU Thursday
afternoon crowded oat some nsmbers
which were given next day. FRIDAY
had semethIng doang every minute
and no lack Of people to ENJOY H.
The backing contest WAS more spirit
ed than usual, some ot the horses
seeming perfectly sntsmsbie. while
the riders showed wonderful pluck
and skill The baud played ON the
street Thursday evening and the
usual ball on FRIDAY night closed
the celebration One serious acci-
dent occurred Thursday when Frank
Owens was thrown and stepped ON
by a horse. A purse of $3.50 WAS
at once made up and he was sent to
sallda. On the whole it was de-
cided success, . drawing card for
GunEison county, and we hope the
day is far distant when Catt.emen' .
Day shall be discontinued The
prizes awarded appear below:
First on the program at the grand
stand WAS the boys foot race and Joe
Yokiivtch of Crested Butte won lst,
Noland 2nd, Townsand 3rd
The quadrille on horseback WAS
very interesting and must have been
hard 10 Judge ss they oil did we'll.
Upper Ohio won first, Lower Ohio
second end Gannison won third.
Boys and Girls pony race WAS very
exciting from start TO fnish, slph
Wright won first money, Tom DOYLE
second and Hettie Dollard third
The LADIES horse race was dandy
with five entries and was Q good race
and hard TO tell who was going to
win but Mrs. Grace Zugeider, riding
the little iron grey horse, was first
under the wire. Ethel Miller croe sed
the wire next winning second money
and Hattie Nsder Won third
The girls foot race was next with
several contestants. and they certain
ly did run and was very exciting
Miss Nina Churcher of Sallda was
an easy winner OF first place, Jose
phine BOYLE won second and Grace
DAILY won third
Trotting and Pacing race next and
Jack Jennings took first place with
VIM. Bvers second
High Jumping contest was win
ner and created lots of amusement
Geo. Anderson took first, Cyril Nc
Dowell second, Cover Dollard third
The Ladies relay being postponed
on account Of only one entry. was
put on the second dav. This was a
thrilling race and how the vounp
ladies' did ride and change horses
was wonderful. Miss Easterlv had
the misfortune Of being thrown and
had to drop out Of the race. Miss
Ramona Outcalt won first prize.
Free for all horse race was very
interesting as all entries were good
horses and was close TO the verv end
Rex, belonging to NJ. f. Diehl oI
Montrose won first place by a Gloss
neck, with Bessie owned by j. F
Tobare a close second, Buck belong
ing to Frank Preesler won third
Barrel Race was won by Frank
Albright. second and third prize was
divided between Dave Easterlv and
Tom Stevens. being too close 10 de
eide who had the best horse as thu
time was the same. This race wal
something novel and very interest
ing. lots of people never seeing any
thing of the kind. showing the train
ing of COW horses.
Frank Lightly had . dandy spar
of draft horses on exhibition and O
course won first money, Camille Bes
ser winning second.
r. Mergelman won first for th'
best span Of driving animals, Dcl
Andrews taking second place
The Needle race was an odd thinl
and very interesting. Bruce Hart
man took first prize. Charles Nichols
second. Earl Carpenter third
The Co~bov race was another o
the very good races and won fsvo
from both the grandstands and -
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