Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
Dartmouth College,
HANOVER. n. H., June 5, 1876.
asst Wednesday and Thursday was Civ

At nine o'clock the sports began with
throwing Il heavy hammar weighing II
pounds. Frost, 76, won this, throwing it
GIFT. - in. Best three jumps was made
by Stevens, ~ c. S. d., of 81 IT. ii IN. In
the wheelbarrow race about twenty enter
ed The contestants were blindfolded and
turned around and then run their wheel
barrows for the stake. Haskell, 76, struck
the stake first but there were so many
piled against it that it was decided to try
it over. The prize was for the one near
est at the close. In the next trial on the
second day 4 hole was the goal in place
of the stake and IIoyt, IS c. 5. d., won the
prize. Putting weight Of IS ID pounds
followed, and Prescott, u, won this in 30
f. in. Gcrouid, IS G. $. d., threw the
ball }2l #. 5 II in. and won that prize.
In the mile walk Eager, II. won in 1.35,
Parkhurst, IS, followed in SIP and Ben
nett, -, in 50, Davis, Y, in S.4l. Slim
son, &C. won the mile walk in 80, Lamb,
70 c. 5. d.. was five seconds later, and
Hayes. 20, came in in ,j.25.
In the afternoon the hurdle race was
run in heats and Emerson, '16, Ingham,
-, and Brooks, 10, Won in the three
heats and the next day Ingham, -, won
in 10 "a sec, but displaced two hurdles
which put linn back two seconds. At the
close of this race, it was announced that
two strangers ftom abroad would run the
hurdles \ countryman and his wife APP
pcared from the tent in response, with UNI
brclla and fan, and after several trials they
started evenly. When half through the
tr0u fell, but was assisted to rise by the
other and they completed the course, the
- old gal " coming in ahead in seconds
5 inmates official time. These parts We're
we'll taken by u couple Of seniors.
Young, -, won the running long jump
in l. f. ) = in. and Slnttuch, -, the
standing long Jump in 10 it I in. In the
latter Jump, Whittlc>cy, IS c. :. d., jump
cd 10 # & - in. and Goodhun, IS, 10 it.
II - in. Thi, vas challenged and the
NEXT day il was repeated with >htttuch
ahead.
Tho loo yI~ dash was run in heats and
in the final run Staples 49, took the pFlzt
IN / IL sec
Dana = cleared ne string n 'le run
me- hI1h Jump at . IT. ln-i 'm' a. VINO
won ~ ''''' '-''''''' = - + y : ~ ~
rFdy 49, i''F' '''> ;'''N'1 anu ''' no
Jump
he sack III WAS won ny il'E'' - {
;. d. III nv - >'t'f-N>-
oNe-iouI'h ''''-1 race i'I.o"o'' anu wa
won "N Dung 49, III - 81 Sec '''''''>oi
made !, III - Sec 'FhS""f'h IN ~ anu
ln@h'm IN '' -.
me u'F''-''I1''" race was won 10y N"o'
nue. ana staples IN It = sec i'o"27'''o'
amt iNth' ~ s""''''' '"' unfortunately
TELL
he second day "penrd With "nt-haL
ln'I' F.'f'- f''Iil>""''h' 80 "i'"'' Il !" :
NM - - &C. l"UH-' - -'Io o. VIC
lntTr. -, 10, bUt I l"Nt WAS cIllinec
and IN the second trl'I lngh'm, - who
did not run the first time. Won IN 2-l' IS
but Young. -. vs. only Is Of 4 sec BE-
hind.
Goo,hNr, -, went over - f. IN an'
Won the hop. skip and jump.
The three mile walk WAS between Park
hurs'. = AMI Burnett. -. Pa khhrs
took the lead. closely followed bV Purnrt
and in the laSt quarter Burnett Spurted an,
came III allca | IN = min + 81 see an,
" Park one second behind. Fouls wer
claimed on both >il.~ AID the lrci>io,
WAS finally m1l,. in favor of Parhhul>,
The pr,v tilu- op:,li N r-mo to b. tina
il WIS i far walk.
The excitement continued during tn
three mile r:,rr that followed. >tim>ol
-. ana Lamb, - &. :. -. a-:.in cntcre