Show The Big Pioneer Day Celebration The sixtysecond anniversary of the day the pioneers landed in Salt lake Valley was celer icd in this city in avery a-very enthusiastic manner At 8 a m the citizens assembled at the city square to watch the parade which wan one of the best ever seen in this part of the country The prizes for the best floats were awarded as follows Utah first Blind Justice second and Utahs Best Crop II third The best comedy float was Sandersons poultry automobile automo-bile His motors name is Maud At 11 am the parade was disbanded and an excellent program was given in the City Pavilion In the afternoon there were horse races at the race track and n base ball game and high school sports at the new ball park at the north end of main street Results at the hall park The base ball game was a mae sided affair which Provo won with a score of 10 to 5 Bowen was in the box for the home team and did excellent work striking out 14 men but his support at critical times was bad and errors were responsible for a number of the runs made by Provo Shipley Provos slab artist also did good work allowing no bases on balls and striking out 10 menThe men-The 100 yard dash was won by Snow of Provo Nelson Spanish Fork second 100 yard matched race between Nelson Nel-son Spanish Fork and Hunt Provo won by Nelson Threelegged race won by Warner and Wilkins Warner and Bowen second Potato Race won by Heck Rowe second Pole vault Beckstrom won Sander son second The big matched race between the chicken men was pulled off up town after everything else was over San derson had played ball and pole vaulted all afternoon but he ran away from the I ehi mall eaisly Results at the track Matched race between Queen Pomona and TeddyQueen Pomona won best two in three heats time 220 217 4D 230 trot or paceDr Abel won best three in four heats Bosey secoidtime 220 26 220224 14 225 trot or pace Goldie won three straight hauls Maud M second time 225 14 226 15230 |