Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-08

by each was as follows Washington, -,
72, 81, the sum of which divided by three
gives the standing of tho company, 6S
Reliefs, 81, IS, IS, the SUM of which
divided by three is I53. The Beliefs were
therefore awarded first prize so, and the
Washington second S2j.
The judges were Col Geo o. Tyler,
Capt. j. H. H. Garfield of this city aud
Capt. Goo. II Leonard of Far Haven.
TIE HOSE RACES.
The most exciting sport of the day was
the hose contest, which was cnoyed by a
full grand stand and crowd that lined the
track on both sides almost to tho starting
point. The companies were required to
run with not less than 10 or more than IL
men to each company from standing start
each toam TO be allowed one trial and cart
to carry $50 feet Of hose, in j0-foot lengths;
each company ran 300 yards, POO yards to
hydrant; attach and lay one line Of hose
300 feet from hydrant, break coupling, and
put on pipe.
The judges Of the race were as follows:
At tho finish George o. Tyler. f. j. Booth
and Alex Crosby, starting judges, j. j.
Shea A. W. johnson, f. Dow, hydrant
judges, Moses Murray and Henry Waters;
pipe Judges, f. T. Perkins, j, f. Bradley:
time keepers, IL. f. Woodbury., ". c. Berry,
! f. II. Wells, {. II Williamson, G. c. Mayo
and j. A. Capp.
The first companies to run We're the
| H. H. Baxter Hose of Rutland G.. q. Dunton
foreman and the W c. Hathaway Hose of
Port Penry y. Y, Charles McCole fore
man. The EIethaways drew the pole which
was handicapped about 30 feet, and they
were expected % win the race from the
start. The runners got away well together
81. -, ,fr1 .f ha hal urnL frarr
down the stretch flying. Hylrant couplings
were we'll mado and the racers drew toward
the wire with the HathawaSs in the lead
about 20 feet while the crowds fairly
IIowled This advantage was lost how
ever 10y the error of the Hathaway'5 pipe
man and braker, both OF whom stopped a
length shorg and fooled away precious
seconds di5connectng. The Baxters in the
meantime ma le beautiful coupling with
n barely noticeable delay. The
Baxters time was 43 G-10 seconds, and the
Hathaways 81 40 quarter Of second
being added to the latter for a lack Of a
quarter turn Of the pipe.
The Barrett brothers of Rutland coupled
for the BaXters
The Lafayettes of Plattsburgh did not
show mp and the closing heat was between
the C. c. knight Hose company OF Fair
]
the Lafayette Hose company OF WinoO-ki,
+. {. Freeman, foreman, the latter having
, the pole The start was fine one and tne
/ race was exciting tho two companies Keep
ing nearly abreast until near the wire when
the Wiuooski boys Jagged percoptibly and
crossed the finish nearly 30 feet benin
3 their Fair Haven rivals, The Knight plpo
struck the ground first but it was diclvere
/, that their hydrant coupling lackel > I turna
- which added the same number of s.coni
V to their time the total boiny =
) while that of the Latayettes was .
' The hydrant coupler9 for the knights w-r,
r Horace Bssel and \. Williams, and at the
Q pipe James Corey and John MaCIu, IN.
h latter being pipeman. The hydrant mel
t for the Lafayettes were d. Fisher ard r
Bruu .e. Louis Abair being breaker anC
It Wfred Paquette pipemau.
# The Judges awarded the prizes as follows
l., Baxters first, $50 knights second, 50
!, S25.
II LADDER CONTE"T~.
There were only two entries for the Lad
der contests, the Mon company OF Rut
= land and the ~ w. Varnum company O
5, Whitehall. The only men from either O
g these companies who put in an appearance
le were w Leclar and j. A. McDonough O
'r the Rutland company. For this cOnta,
re two ladders thirty feet high We're locke
IL together at the top, being 10 feet apart a
the bottom Iecair made three tria>
N In the first he slipped but in the next tw
III he ran finely, touching the top round IN j
IF nine and one-fourth and nine and thre,
he fourths seconds respectively. McDouous
ne made but one trial, in l34 seconds
'e c, II. Clinton OF PiattSoursh and c. !