On Saturday last , it was our pleasure to be present at the Tournament at Reinhart’s School House, where a large number of persons had gathered to witness the equestrian exercises, and to take part in the ceremonies incident to the interesting occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 10 1\/2 o’clock the knights, more than twenty in number, were appropriately addressed by JOSEPH McMURRAN, Esq., after which the tilting commenced, and was kept up until nearly 2 o’clock. The following gentlemen acted as officers of the tourney: —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Marshal. — Capt. Henry F. Kearney<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assistant Marshals. — Benj. Daniels and Frank Grove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judges. — Capt. Lee Moler, Pax. Marshall and Newton Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below will be found the names of the knights who entered the lists, and contested for prizes: —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cruel War. — S. Licklider,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st Virginia Cavalry. — I. Jones,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silver Star. Jabob Osborn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sandy Ridge. — H. Osborn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixteen Nights in a Bar-Room. — J.S. Moler,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duffields. — Taylor Link,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Independent. — Hess Reinhart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Night we all got Drunk. — J. Miller,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red White and Red. — William Staley,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Willow Well. — A. P. Reinhart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tow Path. — Charles Knott,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ivanhoe. — A.R. Miller, of Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lone Star. — Wm. Hunter,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rattlesnake Run. — Frank Licklider,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mysterious Knight. — Wm. Reinhart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wild Man. — George Ronemous,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adamstown. — G.W. Moler,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baltimore. — J. Anspach,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Potomac View. — Jas. Orndorff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mountain Ruffian. — John Badger,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shepherdstown. — Edward Schaffer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canto. — James Melvin,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fenian Brotherhood. — P. Halpin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After some very spirited riding the judges decided the following knights to be entitled to the prizes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacob Osborn, entitled to the first honor, who named as Queen of Love and Beauty, Miss Millie Link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wm. Staley, second in the list of contestants, selected Miss Ella Rentch, as First Maid of Honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A. P. Reinhart, to whom was awarded the selection of the Second Maid of Honor, named Miss Susie Grove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edward Schaffer conferred the distinction of Third Maid of Honor, upon Miss Nannie Hensell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon a spacious and well arranged platform, in a beautiful grove, the dancing commenced, and when we left the grounds, at 4 o’clock, the devotees of this fashionable and health-giving amusement, seemed to be enjoying themselves hugely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altogether the tournament of Saturday was a decided success, and we regret that want of time and space prevents us from noticing in more in detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[33,52],"evidence_category":[5071],"whp_locations":[6121],"repositories":[5890],"surnames":[145,202,213,1280,2167,2237,2427,2658,2773,2811,2953,3152,3167,3383,3674,3713,3771,3813,4130,4135,4449,4456,4586,4714,5101],"class_list":["post-5406","evidence","type-evidence","status-publish","hentry","tag-events-festivals","tag-pastimes","evidence_category-spirit-of-jefferson","whp_locations-molers-cross-roads","repositories-wv-geo-history","surnames-anspach","surnames-badger","surnames-baker","surnames-daniels","surnames-grove","surnames-halpin","surnames-hensell","surnames-hunter","surnames-jones","surnames-kearney","surnames-knott","surnames-licklider","surnames-link","surnames-marshall","surnames-mcmurran","surnames-melvin","surnames-miller","surnames-moler","surnames-orndorff","surnames-osborn","surnames-reinhart","surnames-rentch","surnames-ronemous","surnames-schaffer","surnames-staley"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/evidence"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"evidence_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fevidence_category&post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"whp_locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwhp_locations&post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"repositories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Frepositories&post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"surnames","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsurnames&post=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}