Show THE kni knights ats ride for the royal cop cup ci 11 L n are hilt TWO fratt ices lt iloni lion esthe t th tharna meat sa initial the riding of 0 the baat evening is U not to be comp conspired trel iab that of or tk ek ago when that th it exciting centt contest at carver and ting nine rides for each took dlce boere were but Fer seventeen enteen of the men out la in their uniforms and two or three of 0 those did not war complete torn costumes umes the arze fur for inch they were ere to ride was thi royal a silver vercue cap lined with gold A goodly crowd bad gatli gathered ered but tew few of t them had bad enica et 1 pats A couple of 0 hundred people p defurr d to stand at one end ot of fie the ginunas and steal A peep at tho riders tu in pr ference to ayi g fo a eatn the stad sta d the TheO or den tileo light guards were thra how however everand ad apt order not one wait al iwed 11 the stand unless be he pun hied a griat no tine was wail caled shortly after 7 the knights rode up in line beare the throne wa where er B C ajl til harvey tham aa to their riding they va ere num numbered bared and rode that wa war Y boete il of by their names 1 eich wa ie is the score 1 3 3 39 3 9 2 3 3 1 7 3 2 2 26 2 6 4 1 1 3 5 5 3 3 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 7 3 0 14 1 4 8 1 2 36 3 3 6 9 3 2 2 74 10 1 0 34 3 4 71 I 1 11 I 1 0 2 35 3 5 12 2 3 1 fi 6 13 1 3 3 71 14 3 04 3 1 7 16 15 0 3 3 0 18 16 2 1 1 5 17 2 1 25 2 5 there were but two men tied no so I 1 and anti no 2 col Arm armstrong an and ct captain westover vr they immediately p proceeded d to ride it off to the taps of t the ard 0 den liecht guard gaard drummer i armstrong armstong rode first and captured three westover Wee tover billowed fill owed with the same score though hia his horse plunged R at t the firt ring and made it very difficult to ride with any security on the next tilt thi colonel took hie his three riggs ri ga but the disastrous dieas m movements ov cements of the captains CAp tane horpe inet him the first ring while the as shouted their delight in a few ev m moments omenta the knights were drawn up and the cup presented to the victor by col harvey who in effect spoke as follows Col bael armstrong you are the victorious knight in to days daye contest your knightly bearing and skillful lance has won on for you this trophy of his ilia majesty II 11 now amidst royal op splendor 1 endor en route to og len the exterior of this cup I 1 is the solid white metal upon which the wealth of the west is founded four ded its inte bior i is s the yellow metal that his hiis excited t the h e ambition of man since the world has ben inhabited take it sir knight and may the water you drink from it taste the ahei ew epter ter and bour champ igne sparkle the brighter sir knight armstrong accepted hie his p prize r 1 ze with ith well wishes tor for his ilia majesty 1 ker 71 one reason for the poor score this evening may be mentioned the speed ol 01 the bogrees several parties were ruled down with an 0 cheugh they brought back three rings as the speed 1 of their horses was not accepted tais this I 1 1 p proved ved a leeson lesion in the second tilt and bro by eza examination it will be seen that the lait tilt proved the best beat and will erve to make the entertainment on july ad much grander I 1 |