The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-07-09
CELEBRATION
A SUCCESS
Glasgow's Three Day Festival
Attracts Large Crowd.
FINE WEATHER PREVAILED
Base Ball, Wild West Sports, Band
Concerts and Dancing Provide En-
tertainment for Visitors,

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Concerts and Dancing Provide En-
tertainment for Visitors.
The big celebration is over. From
every standpoint it was one of the
most successful ever held in the city
and the large crowds which attended
far exceeded the expectations of the
celebration committee.
There were visitors from all parts
of Valley county and the neighbor-
ing counties, many of the people of
Hinsdale, Saco, and Malta forsaking
their own towns to come to Glasgow
to celebrate the Nations birthday. De-
spite the cold, raw wind on Satur-
day, Old Sol came out in all his glory
on Sunday morning July 18th, and gave
the celebrants perfect day. Monday
was also a fine day, and hundreds of
farmers living in all directions from
the city, took their families and drove
to town. All incoming trains during
the three days carried their full quota
of visitors, and the hotels and ROOM
ing houses were taxed to capacity.
The celebration began on Saturday,
July 3rd, with baseball game be-
tween Glasgow and Nashua, which
Glasgow won. In the evening dance
at the Gibson Opera House furnished
entertainment to many. The program
on Sunday consisted of two ball games
in the afternoon, one at two o'clock
between Malta and Saco, which Nal
ia easily won and the other at five
o'clock between Saco and Nashua, in
which Saco came out winner. Sunday
evening the Glasgow band gave a
concert in the bandstand on Front
Street and displays of fireworks in all
parts of the city kept the crowd anus
ed. The streets were crowded with a
happy throng of confetti-throwing
celebrants and automobiles, with the
occupants holding roman candles, went
dashing by.
Monday morning dawned bright and
clear and large crowd was out early
in the day, intent on not missing any,
thing that might occur. At ten o'clock
the big ball game of the series was
played, Glasgow winning the purse
and the championship from Malta.
| In the afternoon the ball park was
again the center of festivities, ball
game between Saco and Malta TAX
ing up part of the time, in which
Malta defeated Saco for the second
prize. After the ball game the wild
west stunts were pulled off. The buck
ing horses were first brought out and
number of riders entered to try for
the money. A number of exciting in
cidents occurred during the bucking
contests, one horse toppling over back
wards with the rider, who escaped un-
hurt. The horses were a rther tame
: lot compared with some of the "out-
laws" of former days, but two aspri-
ing young riders picked themselves out
of the dust when they tried to ride a
black horse, who threw them after the
first few jumps and twists.
This part of the exhibition afforded
, the most amusement to the spectators.
Frank Seeley of Hinsdale then mount
ed the star bucker and rode him
around the park without getting
thrown. The spectators inside the
fence were seen scattering in all dir
ections at the approach of the black
and his rider and several times the
horse made plunge into the crowd
but fortunately nobody was hurt. The
winners in the bucking contest were
Frank Seeley, first and Jack Shufelt,
second.
At the close of the bucking contests,
three steers were turned loose in the
park and a number of cowpunchers
tried their skill with the lariat. One
long horned steer made run around
the park before being roped, colliding
with several automobiles in his course
and making the crowd scatter for
cover at his approach. One little
black steer also managed to elude the
loop on several attempts, but was fin
ally thrown. The presence of large
part of the crowd inside the fence
made it difficult for the riders and
ropers to show up in their best form.
During the program at the ball park
the crowd was entertained with day.