The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
STOWE.
Gala Day at Stowe,


necessary local arrangements, the An
nual Races of the Mount Mansfield
Athletic Club took place on Saturday,
on the Park grounds back of the hotel,
which are well adapted for such exer-
cises. Great interest has been mani
Tested from the beginning.
The officers Of the society are Hon.
W. II. II. Bingham, President; Burr
W. Griswold, Vice-President; j. H.
Coghill, Treasurer; Geo. Thacher,
Secretary; Executive Committee: f.
E. Schermerhorn, Chairman, Henry
Daley, Jr., E. r. Crandall, Hector
Mackenzie, E. II. Townsend, E. c..
Mower, Jos. Walker, E. D. Maynard,
G. A. Schermerhorn.
The guests at the Mt. Mansfield
Hotel tho taking no part in the exer-
cises themselves, very literally provi-
ded the necessary funds and superen-
tended the affair throughout. The
purses which were made up by them
were as follows:
Purse No. l, $500, 100 yards.
Three Legged Race. Purse No. 2,
$500, Running Long Jump. Purse
No. 3, $3.50, Wheelbarrow Race So
90 to first; $3.50 to the second. Purse
No. 4, $500, Half mile walk $500
to first to second to third. Purse
No. 5, $3.50, 100 yards Sack Race ::
s. to first $50 to second. Purse No.
6, $500, Hop, Step and Jump. Purse
No. Z, $500, 100 yards Dash, best
two in three; S. to first 3 to second !;
2 to third. Purse No. 8, $3.50, Po-
tatoe Race S. to first $50 to second !;
l to third. Purse No. 8, $500, Half
mile Hurdle Race; S. to first; to
second to third. Purse No. 10,
$3.50, Tub Race: $40 to first; to
second $50 to third,
BY one o'clock Saturday afternoon,
the pleasure seekers began gathering
and by two O'Clock over a thousand
people were on the ground ready for
the fun. While the racing was inten-
ded to be purely local affair, it was
advertised as open to all corners, and
Ed. Scott, of Montpelier, formerly of
No. Hyde Park, professional" en-
tered his name as one of the COMPETE
tors. Many regrets were expressed
by lockers on because he had done so,
for fear that he would carry off the
prizes and leave our boys behind, and
not make the races close enough to be
exciting. At two o'clock, Pres. Bing-
ham called the assembly to order, the
executive committee cleared the track,
and the three legged race, was called,
and the 100 yards was made in II
seconds, by Chamberlin & Chaffeo,
who won the race.
Next in order, was the running long
leap, which was won by Ed. Scott, he
jumping Is #. II in. Several entered
for the jump, but none were made
worthy of note except by Geo. Stay
ton, Of Stowe, who only fell three
inches behind Scott.
Only two entries being made for the
wheelbarrow race, it was counted off,
and the one-half mile walk called on.
Some ten or a dozen entries were
made. bit most of the competitors
failed to understand what walking was,
and from the very start went on a
"dog trot." Howard Thomas was the
only one who Hheeled and toed," and,
tho coming in behind, was given the
1st prize, and the rest declared out
Time, 3 minutes and Al seconds.
The 100 yd. sack race was won by
Abe Burnett. Time, 10 seconds.
Everyone expected Scott to carry
off the money on the hop, step and
jump, and were agreeably surprised
when Slayton came to the front with q
jump of 36 feet and s inches, while
SCOTS best jump was 80 feet and 3
inches.
The 100 yd. Dash, best two in three,
was won by Scott. Time, LIST heat,
10 IL seconds I'd heat, II Ia sec
onds. The second money was taken
by Slayton.
One of the most exciting races OF
the day was the Potatoe race, which
was next in order. AS many Of oul
readers are, doubtless, ignorent Of
what this race is, we will describe it.
Nine rows of potatoes, laid 20 in row
1 yard apart and the nine competitors
were stationed at the end of their re
spective rows. The game is to picl
up one potatoe at a-time, and put i
in the pail, he who fills his pail, being