St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-06-11
AT THE ACADEMY.
Athletics and Commencement.

The third annual Field day OF the
Academy was held on the Fair
Ground last Friday afternoon. The
day was quite favorable one for the
exercises and the track was in a good
condition. The records, though in a
few instances not quite up to what
was expected, were on the whole
highly satisfactory. Compared with
the records of the two previous years
they were considerably better than
those of last year and average fully
as we'll as those of the year before,
for as MANY of 'S9's records were eX-
celled as they failed to come up
to. Five records (of the school were
broken. Prominent among these
were the breaking of the record for
the mile walk and throwing the
hammer. Nye made the former in Z
min. 81 % Sec, lowering Raub's
record of 80 by 80 3-5 sec. Lowell
brought the record for throwing the
hammer up into the seventies, max
ing record of 72 #. in, gain of
8 it, 8 in over the old record. Other
records broken were the so yds. dash
by Ellis, made by him in 6 seconds, a
gain of 3-5 seconds over last year;
the running high jump by Goodrich,
he raising Smith record of 80 of 4
ft. 1112 in. "a of an inch; the high
kick, which was raised 2 in. by
Stevens, ft. being the record;
and Ellis in the 100 yards dash came
exactly up to Slayton's record of 80
of II 1-5 seconds. There was more
class feeling manifested than ever be-
fare and this was increased by the
introduction this year of the bean
pot race in which '91s ran against
'92s. Of the seventeen events the
Seniors Won II, the Middlers five,
and the Juniors one, and of the five
records broken the Seniors broke
four and the Middlers one. The field
officers were as follows: Referee, F.
A. Dakin judges, L. n. Smythe, DR..
CT. o. Tinker, c. E. Harris; timers,
John K. Lord, Mr.. Fitzgerald; meas
urers, Richard Lamson, ]. A. Lytle;
starter, Frank Hall; clerk of course,
]. E. Hall; marshal, j. D. Hazen.
Below are given the events, winners,
records, prizes and donors:
Mile walk, E. l.. Nye, min. 81 2-5
sec. Shirt given by E. & T. Fair
banks & Co.
Throwing base ball, Ii. E. Tooth
aker, 29S ft. in. Umbrella given
by Lougee Bros. & Smythe.
Quarter mile run, E. c. Norton,
60 3-5 sec. Gold medal given by
young ladies of the Academy.
Putting shot, E. c. Norton, 81 ft
1912 in. Silver headed cane given by
A. c. Harvey.
Hundred yards dash, E. c. Ellis,
IL 1-5 sec. Cup given by J. A.
Lutz, Jr.
Standing broad jump, A. D. West,
9 #. in. Cribbage board given by
Boynton & Calderwood.
Three-legged race, SO yds. straight,
Hazen & Ellis, sec. Riding pants
given by J. S. Meigs; safety razor
given by c. P. Carpenter.
Running broad jump, W. A Me-
serve, 16 #. Tennis shoes given by
F. 6. Bundy.
Fifty yards dash, E. c. Ellis, 6 sec.
Medal given by Caledonian office
Throwing hammer, c. o. Lowell,
u ft. 3 in. Dressing case given by
Standard Drug store
Mile run, B. A. Hunt, 5 min. 35 1-5
sec. Picnic case given by c. c. Bing-
ham.
Knapsack race, Cole and Norton.
Book given by F. O. Clark; blacking
outfit given b y c. H Bagley.
Running high jump, L. H. Good
w. Rowell.
High kick, R. E. Stevens, 7ft. 9 in.
Medal given by T. c. Spencer.
Half-mile run,'D. H. Macomber, 2
min. 27 sec. Blazer given by E. D.
Steele.
Obstacle race, A. L. F. Prior. Two
pounds candy given by L. F. Gaskill;
second, E. c. Norton. Razor given
by Ed. Cobb.
Bean pot race, '91s Ellis, Jaquith,
Hazen and West against '92s Hay
ward, Steele, Toothaker and Cole.
Won by els.
The remarkable record made in the
mile walk by E. L. Nye was beaten
by better record which he made at
the Fair Ground Tuesday afternoon
before the judges and official time
keepers. His time was 7 minutes,
40 4-5 seconds.
Commencement Week.
Sunday evening, June Il, at $50
the baccalaureate sermon will be
preached al the South church by DR..
c. E. Harrington of Keene, N. H.
Tuesday evening at 8 occurs the
prize speaking at Music hall. There