Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-07
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
in Some of the Neiehbaring Towns
in the County.

Not in many years has the Fourth
of July been as generally celebrated
| in Wausau as was the case this year,
and the best of it all was that it was
| one of the most sane and free from
accidents. There were so many attrac-
| tiOnS that one was put TO it to decide
which should receive his patronage.
There vas base ball at Yawkey. park,
the big Carnival in progress on Grand
avenue, horse and auto races and an
airship flight at the Fair Grounds,
/ big union Sunday school picnic at the
park at Rothschild, where there were
boat races and all kinds of games for
young people, dancing and fine dis
play of fire works in the evening. In
addition to all these there were in
Vulnerable smaller picnic parties on
the Eau Claire river and at the
Yellow Banks and other places. All
the stores in the city were closed, as
were also all the mills and factories
and everybody had chance to be out.
Ali classes of citizens seemed to enter
into the spirit of the Fourth and such
a display of bunting and flags has
never before been seen in Wausau.
-Old Glory was displayed in profusion
by the city authorities, but in even
the outskirts of the city this glorious
emblem was to be seen waving over
or in front of the homes Of our citi-
zens. The small boy appears TO have
been weaned from the dangerous fire.
cracker and but occasionally was the
crack of one of these heard, while the
giant ones were not in evidence at all.
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moments in the forenoon the sky was
overcast with clouds and it looked as
though the days pleasure would be
spoiled for thousands who had been
anXiously looking forward to this day,
but soon these passed over and the
sun shone brightly for the balance of
the day. The evening that followed
was ideal.
Taken all in all it has been years
since Wausau has bad such general
observance of this holiday and where
SO much in tire way of entertainment
had been provided or where every
thing moved off so smoothly.
THE CARNIVAL.
The Brundage company consisting
of fourteen shows, arrived in Wausau
on June 18th, for weeks exhibition
They occupied a section of Johnson'S
addition on Grand avenue. The
motordrome was very good and many
enjoyed the racing motorcycles. The
dog and pony show, and also the
tango girls and the musical comedy,
drew very we'll The merry-go-round
broke down on the afternoon of the
Fourth and was not putinto shape for
running after that. Two funny
shows added spice to the carnival,
the trip to Mars and "Ish-ka bibble. -
"Ten in One" shows were also very
entertaining. The carnival was not
patronized as well on the Fourth as
on preceding days, owing 10 the
many other attractions. The shows
were all clean and reflected great
credit on the management. The Elks
found the carnival paying PROPOSE
ton.
RACES AT FAIR GROUNDS.
The races at the Waisau Fair
grounds for July 4th were pulled off
as scheduled The automobile races
were mostly against time and were
not very fast. This fact was mostly
due to the small track. The horse
races were good, and also exciting.
The match race between May t. and
Baron was won by Baron in three
straight heats. The best time was
2:30. A running horse race was pulled
off, the winner, Trampfast, being de-
termined by the best two out of three
heats. Flashlight was second
Motorcycle races furnished an enjoy
able feature. In the five mile motor
cycle race, George Dern finished first,
Ted Deefing second; and Tony Fehl
third. The winners OF the three mile
motorcycle race was as follows George
Dern, first; Bill Gross, second; Ted
Deering, third; and Tony Fehl, fourth.
The flight of Fred Hoover in his Cur
tbs biplane was delayed until almost
six o'clock by slight arrangement
of the planes. The tight over the
grounds was the closing feature.
GOLF EVENTS AT COUNTRY CLUB.
Saturday morning the medal hand
leap of eighteen holes for the Ingra-
ham cup was played. Twenty-three
contestants were included. The score:
Gross Handicap Net