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Show p Preston Cclebra- tion Grand Sue-It Sue-It cess. m i i Pi'rESION". July 0 The Fjutttinf' H ! .1 il) lias come and gone, the ttiions IL that Invadid Preston "carao and saw Hi V a iu conquered," and through It all C Preston did heiself proud, llvlnjr up to fie expectations of those who were H i s ra timers nlthln her gates,, and show- HI l . especially to all such as had never HV l fore visited her environs, the glad Hj J I. uid Your correspondent desires to H I) both conservative, reasonable and H ;. n curate In his, treating of Preston's H ii'silvltlcs, but'lie states unreservedly H i hat there were between six and seven H - tnousand people within his city on H' July the 4th. H , The grand celebration was a huge H ,; sjcccss from start to llalsh. Tlio bal- H I jo ii ascensions on the evening of July H I .'! and the morning of July 4 were en- H . i Irely successful, the latter ascension H ; being decidedly spectacular; the ball H ' games were exciting, full of ginger, H replete with sensational plays and H ' hair-raising episodes. H The ir.CH were superb; the pro- H ' gran-, splcj and latriutlc; tho playing PJ t 'fit io bands harmonious and In- H )IiIiik; the dances crowded, If not H luugested; the light fast and furious H i d the crowds, good-natured, happy H j ami respectful, H j The Occidentals won the game on H the 3d by the one-sided score of 8 to 2. H ( The lineup follows: H j . Occidentals Position Preston H j J. Burns o Poppleton H ' Langford p Settle HI Gans lb Jenkins H Black 2d Wilson H. M Iddleton 3d B razee S Hawkins ss Nelson Johnson rf Cutllp W Langtey If Johnson H C. Burns cf Campbell H . Umpire Ben Mortenson. H! Settle pitched good ball, alpwlng H' only six hits, but the team work be- H, , hind him was palpably ragged, errors Hf chasing each other like tiles following H i .- sweets. H' jfc H : On the Fourth the Preston team H. won tho ball game by reason of three Hi coutributlng elements; Tho superb H' -pitching of Cutllp, the grand batting Hi of the Preston team, and the balloon B j fe ascensions of tho "coons." Score 15 tD o In .the meeting held In the opera house at 0:30 a. m. Joseph Davis delivered de-livered a splendid oration, the Juvenile Juven-ile and the Military bands discoursed line music, and W. P.'Mo'nson sang "The Star Spangled Banner."' The races were Al. Sagalecn, owned by Joseph Dives, won tho 2:25 trot or pace, best two in three heats; Aber-corn Aber-corn second, Kent's horse third. In tho hair-milo race, Loafer, a Salt Lake horse, won; Senator Dubois second, sec-ond, Miss Toy third. In the quarter-mile dash Lanky Bob, an Ogden horse, took first money; Mel-lie Mel-lie K second, Domino third. In the ladles relay race Miss Walker won In a walk, Mrs. Potter of Demp-sey Demp-sey being the only other contestant. Belnap of Preston and Choats of Lewistou ran 225 yards, tho former winning by ten feet; time 23 seconds. Purse 1200. I Judges of all races: John Davis, Sol i II. Hale Sr. and Moses Thatcher Jr. The prize fight was a gem while It lasted-but it didn't last. . |