El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

Las Cruces, n. NJ. July 6.-Observ-
ance OF independence day in the Ne
silIa valley conferred at Las Cruces,
where parades, baseball and athletic
sports were advertised long ia ad-
vance so that the many farmers and
ranchmen came from miles around
and brought their families to help
make this the most joyous occasion OF
the year.
Parties in wagons and on horseback
began arriving in town before the
stores were hardly open for business
with a holiday crowd bent on having
a good time and while the lid was
off for the day, stiu the entire alb
sence of any trouble OF disturbance
was remarked upon by many.
The feature of the morning was an
automobile parade headed by Las Cru
ces volunteer fire department with the
new hose cart, all the tiremen being
dressed IN neat uniforms Following
came the small Shetland pony and car
Of the Cox family, the pony being ap-
prOpriately decorated in red, white
and blue, as was also the vehicle,
while the young misses, three in num-
Der, handled their prancing steed like
experienced horsewomen-
Decorated automobiles included was
the one owned by ". E Baker, and
decorated by Roy Baker, who had the
car completely covered with white and
baby blue bunting trimmed with bright
yellow flowers. IN the front and rear
seats were four young women all
dressed in the cOlors carried by the
machine. while on the radiator perched
Uncle sam" Two pages were repre-
scented by small girls sitting on the
tenders at the rear, both being dressed
in white and blue with yellow flowers
Other automobiles were decorated in
the stars and stripes These machines,
20 in number, were followed By car
riages and by the cowboys mounted
on husky ponies which were to fur
nish the sports during the afternoon
at the ball park.
On Main street after the parade the
small boys were given several events
in the way Of foot races, sack races,
potato races and at the last the fire
men gave an exhibition of Sprinting
that was enjoyed by all
After dinner the crowd gathered at
the LucerO park to witness the match
game between the FL PasO Elks and
the Las Cruces InYincibles. The game
was lively from the start Las Cruces
led off with three runs and finished
II to 0. The FL PasO boys were game
however. and invited the victors to
meet them in their own back yard n
the near future.
The athletic events followed which
were participated in by the numerous
cowboys from the nearby ranches. The
first event was the relay race run Dy
three contestants, making one change
on mounts, and won by N LucerO.
The COW pony race was an exciting
event with eight ponies in the con
test which was twice around the track
and was won by George Dorsey. The
ring race was won by VIII Isaacs-
One event of the afternoon was that
Of rOping goats. The goat was started
down the field at his best pace and
when he had a start of so feet the con-
testant started at breakneck speed,
endeavOring to rope him by the head
before he reached the main herd. Tho
best time was made by Ralph Phelps,
who roped his goat and tied him down
in p seconds. Second money was di-
vided between Jess Isaacs and Gene
MOrego. both making the time OF 221z
seconds.
The day was particularly free from
accidents In spite of the crowded con-
dition of the streets. with teams and
saddle horses from the country, there
were no runaways or accidents OF any
kind.
Boy is Injured.
At the Cox home. two miles south
of town, the boys were training their
saddle horses at an early hour in the
morning, when one of the horses rid
den by Albert 3. Cox became fright
ened and broke away with his young
rider running into a wire fence with
such force as to cut the left foot of
the boy very badly. The injury was
promptly dressed by Drs. Cornell and
Mcbride. who were hurried to the
scene of the accident in automobiles,
and after taking u stitches in the
injured limb. the young patient was
reported doing nicely. Fred Carichristi
was also badly scratched at the same
time by having his horse run against
the wire.
G. \. frost Of Fl Paso. was one Of