The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-11

pearance such as Is seldom seen in
Sumter. The inspiring music render
ed by the Sumter Band throughout
the afternoon helped to give the show
a festive air and to make the large
audience enjoy the affair. The day
was a success, as everyone could see,
and the gate receipts and big crowd
brought smiles to the faces of some
Of the dignified officers Of the Horse
Show Association and made them
want to shout for joy.
The saddle horse and roadster
events Of the previous day were fine,
but on the second day saddle horse
and roadster classes far surpassed
anything which was seen on the open
ing day. The saddle horse ring was
a big affair. There were eleven regis
tered saddle horses entered in this
event, which was the biggest Of the
show, and the horses and riders had
to work hard before Judge Redmond
was ready to make his decision, after
thorough examination Of each ami
NAL and after they had again and
again been through their gaits. The
The next big thing was the single har-
ness roadster class. This event show
ed off the finest horses in the State
and a lot Of animals as fine as can be
found In the South.
The driving was fast and furious
and it made the spectators head whirl
to keep up with the vehicles as they
spun by and speeded around and
around the ring. turning this way and
that and cutting across the ring at
top speed. 1t was in this event that
the accident happened to Mr.. Geo. T..
Little.
Mr.. Redmond, the judge, in speak
ing Of this event, stated that he had
often seen what he had considered
fine driving, but he had never seen
anything like this anywhere before.
He classed the driving as "the most
remarkable he had ever seen. He
also referred to the very fine class Of
horses entered in the event.
Other interesting features Of the
days event were the ladies' fine har-
ness horses, the combined harness and
saddle horses with three and five
gaits and the display Of fine tar-
ness horses.
Again on this day the chief exhibi-
tors were the main prize winners.
Davis d. Noises mare, Monona, won
the first in the five-gaited saddle
horse class and second in the com.
bined five-gaited class. Dan, belong
ing to j. n. Kirven of Darlington, won
first in the roadster class; Foxy Phil.
j. n. Kirven, Darlington, won first IN
the combined three-gaited class, and
Lula Marion. Geo. 7. Little, came Sec
ond. Cinderella and Tidal Wave came
first in the pair fine harness horses
class.
A fact worthy of comment is the
fact that at the beginning the asso-
citation had made thirty stalls on the
grounds to care for the entries.
These were found to be insufficient on
the first day and twenty more stalls
had to be prepared and then were
barely sufficient to house all Of the
horses. This indicates that there
were many more entries in tho horse
show than the officers had anticipat-
ed and the show was even moro of a
success than they had expected.
The number of entries in the va
rious events again elected comment.
There were eighty entries in all. three
extra entries having come in in va
rious events at the very last minute
This is fact which was extremely
gratifying to the officers Of the asso-
citation and tended to make the show
more of a pronounced success than it
otherwise would have been.
The events for today include tt
showing Of ponies. ladies' saddle
horse events and the various cham
piOnship classes.
In various classes there were: Mule
Colt, under two years old, eight en-
tries; Mule, two entries; Stallion, ten
entries; Five-gaited Saddle Horses,
eleven entries; Fine Pair Harness
Horses, seven entries; Combined
Horse, three gaits, eight; Ladies'
Pair Fine Harness Horses, five;
1--WE gaits, ten; Fine Harness Horse,
nine.