CHARLESTON.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 791, 21 March 1871, Page 3

CHARLESTON.

IST. JiTRICK'S DAY. j3t Patrick's Day did not pa«s by u - anmemorated in Charleston. In conrmity with the first arrangement of e programme, numbers assembled toot noon at Constant Bay, and having rmed into procession, two deep, preeded by a banner, defiled through the >wn and marched to the paddoclH)emging to Mr Brook, who had kindly laced it at the disposal of the public ,r the day's sports. The banner bore tbe national emilems—the harp, sunburst, round iwer, wolf drg, &c, the whole surmnded by shamrocks. Mr T. Keenan xecuted the device, and the work did im much credit. Arrived at the. round, the proce sion niarmed with unuvered heads beneath tho banner, and a beer was then demanded aud heartily iven for "Old Ireland." No time was then lost in arranging irthe first event, a scratch foot-ball latch. Messrs P. O'Connor and W. igott were elected captains, and having sleeted twenty men aside, tbe game as entered into with right good will. fter about half anhour'sexcelJent work, uring which time the • numerous spills armed a source of much, amusement to nfce spectators, a goal was secured for ■O'Connor's side by Thomas Curtain. § The next event was the wrestling pnatch, collar and elbow style. Ist ■prize, £6: 2nd prize, £2. There were fceven entries, as follows—J. Smith, P. ■Barnes, G. Prendergast, J. Ryan, J. iDalton, D. Dalton and J. Moss. ■ Prendergast and Moss were first called ftipon, and after some good wrestling, I Moss threw his man. The next pair I was Smith and Ryan; in this bout [Smith proved the victor. The two i Daltons were next called upon, but J. ; Dalton was given the fall without wrestling. Upon the pairs being again drawn, it fell to Smith and Dalton to decide the first fall, and Smith came out ■au easy winner. Barnes and Moss next wrestled, but after having wrestled for some time without success on either side, Moss got the fall, Barnes refusing to continue the contest. Moss and Smith then tried conclusions for the first and second prize, and after some first class wrestling, Moss, having thrown his man twice, was hailed as the winner of the first prize. The next event was a handicap flat race of 100, 200, and 300 yards. Ist prize £5, 2nd prize £2. The prizes to be taken by the competitors who proved most successful in the three events taken together The entries were J. Harcourt, E. O'Brien, W. Moore, and E. AVebber. For the 100 yards' Harcourt was started at the scratch and the other three got 10 yards' start. They got off to a good start. Harcourt Bteadily gained on his men and won by about a yard, O'Brien second, Moore third. For the next heat only three ran, Moore, refus n* to contest the race further. Harcourt was handicapped 25 yards for the 200 yards race; he ran exceedingly well and won easily, Webber second and O'Brien third. O'Brien and Webber ran the next heat for second prize, and, having scored an equal number of points, the money was divided between them.

Hop, Step and Jump. Ist prize £3, 2nd prize £l. Three entered—P. O'Brien, W. J. Moore, and Denis Horngan. P. O'Brien cleared 35 feet 5 iuches and won, Moore second.

Boys' race.—(heats). Gillespie won the first prize, Scanlon, second, Hade, third.

This closed the day's sports and too much praise cannot be given to the promoters of tbe movement, as up to the late hour that the mattter was taken in hand (Thursday evening) nothing had been done towards providing any public amusement. The whole affair was carried out successfully and reflects great credit upon tbe stewards Messrs P. O'Connor, P. Murphy, W. Pigott, and T. O'Callaghan. There was a good attendance on the ground, and all seemed to enjoy themselves. The evening was enlivened by a banquet given under the auspices of the Hibernian Society, and also by two balls given by Mr T. Cadigan and Miss M. Murphy, the latter held at the Camp Hotel and the former at the Casino de Venise. Both appeared to be highly successful, and dancing was kept up until broad daylight in the morning.