St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-06-09
ACADEMY NEWS.
Field Day Exercises.

weather was pTOpillOuS, Dul d 81 ing
wind interfered with the track
records. Eight Academy records
were broken and some remarkably
good ones esta blished.
The field officers were as follows:
Referee, j. c. Bannan; judges, L. N.
Smythe, DIR. c. F. o. Tinker, Charles
6. Braley; timers, c. E. Harris, w.
Walter Husband; measurers, Henry
Huse, Clarence Lingham; starter,
Carl D. Perkins; clerk of course. O.
p. Cole; marshal, H. H. May !;
scorer, ]. H. Bartlett.
The winners, the records and the
prizes are as follows:
Throwing ball. Stephen Chase, 3O1
feet, 4 inches; H. E. Toothaker, 299
feet, inches. Prizes, a sweater and
base ball shoes, given by Base Ball
association.
Throwing hammer, Burton S.
War1, 81 feet, 6 inches; B. T. Mar
shall, 81 feet. Prizes, one dozen
photographs, ]. c. Spaulding; two
pounds of candy, L. F. Gaskill
Half-mile run, c. E. Hayward, 2
minutes, 27.9 seconds; Sam Moore,
second. Prizes, razor strop, c. P.
Carpenter; dozen photographs, ]. C.
Spaulding.
Fifty yards dash, c. A. Jaquith,
5 2-5 seconds; Burton S. Ward,
second. Prizes, blazer, E. D. Steele !;
tennis shoes, F. g. Bundy. Jaquith
broke the Academy record made by
Ellis last year.
Running high jump. Stephen Chase
5 feet, 213 inches; Herbert B. New
ton, second. Prizes, 100 soda
tickets, A. F. Walker; cane, George
E. Grow. This broke the record by
2 inches made by Goodrich last year
High kick, Stephen Chase, 8 feet, 2
inches; Herbert Newton, second
Prizes, hat, John c. Moore; dozen
bananas, A. ]. Blake. Chase broke
the record made by Stevens last year
by inches.
One-fourth mile run, H. E. Tooth
aker, Sc As seconds; Stephen Chase,
second. Prizes, engraved cards,
CALIFORNIAN; team, Charles Kirk.
The Academy record was made by
Norton last year in so 3-5 seconds.
Edward L. Nye, who made the mile
walk last year in seven minutes,
ST 2-5 seconds, lowered the record
this year to minutes and 40
seconds. His prize was a flannel
shirt given by Lougee Bros. &
Smythe.
Putting shot, Burton Ward, 81
feet 1 inch B. T. Marshall, second.
Prizes, kid gloves, E. & T. Fairbanks
& CO.; base ball bat, Flint Bros.
Two hundred and twenty yards
dash, c. A Jaquith, % seconds; Da-
vid Porter, second. Prizes, the daily
Republican one year; shoes, o. S.
Abbott. Jaquith beat the Academy
record made by Henry c. Ide of
Dartmouth college by 2-5 seconds.
Bicycle race, c. o. Hyde, 1 minute,
81 4-5 seconds; Charles Steele, Sec
ond. Prizes, Rob Roy bicycle lamp,
c. M. Berry fishing outfit, Boynton
& Calderwood.
Three legged race, Ward and Cole,
71-5 seconds; Hale and Stiles,
second. Prizes, team, Herbert E.
Moore; pair negligee shirts, Wilson
& King.
One hundred yards dash, c. A.
Jaquith, 10 As seconds; Stephen
Chase, second. Prizes, the Lutz cup;
running pants, ]. S. Meigs. The
Academy record, II 2-5 seconds
made by Slayton 'S9, was broken by
2-5 of a second.
Knapsack race, Hayward and
Toothaker, 21 seconds; Ward and
Cole, second. Prizes, team, Wood
& Stiles; umbrella, A. c. Harvey
Standing broad jump, H. B. New
ton, 10 feet, 1 inch; Burton Ward,
9 feet, 111a inches. Prizes, book,
F. o. Clark; two dozen bananas,
Ranney & Potts. The two con-
testants were tied twice. but on the
last jump Newton came out ahead.
The Academy record, 9 feet, 21a
inches, was made by Lefebore '93.
The bean pot race was won by the
class of '92, who received the pennant
given by the young ladies. The class
of '93 was second.
The best all-around man was
decided by drawing lots, Chase and
Ward scoring an even number of
points. Chase won the lot.
Taken altogether, it was the best
athletic contest the Academy boys
have ever had.
Gaylord F. Ladd, non-graduate
of the class of 90, has begun read
ing law with o. n. Kelton of Mont
gomery.
Tickets for the class concert will go
on sale the last of next week. An
excellent corps of artists have been Sc
cured and the proceeds of the concert
will be devoted to the $500 scholar
ships which the class proposes to
raise for a memorial.
MR.. CHAPMANS READING.
Prof. James M. Chapman, teacher in
elocution at St. Johnsbury Academy
gave a series ofreadings in Athenaum