Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01
THE PIoNIo.

IHE CATHOLIC PlCNlCs
The Catholic people of Middlebury and
vicinity had an enjoyable picnic and field
day on the fair grounds here On Wednes-
day. There was a fairly good attendance
in the morning and a still larger crowd
in the afternoon, between 500 and 900
tickets being sold. All the sports and
contests passed of successfully, although
il was after G o'clock when the last race
came to an end.
In the forenoon there were two con-
tests. The first was a hose race between
the Independents of Vergennes, George
Better, foreman, and the G.. j. Starr Hose
company of Middlebury, c. B. Riggs.
foreman; and an excellent race it was.
The Independents are an old company
under a new name, being practically
Identical with the old Stevens Hose
of Vergennes, who have taken part in
many contests, winning the State cham
pionship in the tournament here last sum-
mer and running second to the Knights
of Fair Haven in this years tournament
at st. Adams. On the other hand, the
STAIRS are a new company, having been
organized only a few weeks, and this was
their first race. The Vergennes boys
won, but they hau to run for their Veto
rv. Their time was 474 seconds and that
of the STAIRS 4Sf seconds. For a new
company, it must be adMitted that the
Middlebury boys made anextremely cred
table showing. The prize was a trum-
pet.
A sack race came next with four start
ers. as follows; George Steele, Will For
came in first, with Abair next, Steele
third and Forrest last; prizes, 50 to first
and 81 to second.
An excellent and abundant dinner was
hungry and wanted to spend a quarters
and the afternoon sports were begun at
, o'clock.
First came a peg race"-something OF
a novelty in these parts. The harnesses
were hung up on the railing of the grant
stand and the horses were ranged along
in front of the judges stand. Each man
at the word, got his harness, put it OF
his horse, and hustled around the tract
"a fast as he could go. There were Sly
entries, and the race produced lots of fur
for the crowd. w. C. Danyew got of
first in the first heat and won it easily
his horse trotting smoothly all the way
!, f. II. Winch's horse got in the secont
: heat, but Danyew won the third and tn
race. The pnrse was Sl5, divided. "Johr
; ny" Green was in it with his spike-tailt
nag and made lots of fun for the boy
and girls.
: Next was the farmers race, with 81,
entries. Five heats were trotted, F. H
r Winch's and j. B. Cherbino's horses eac
taking a heat. M. A. Brooks horse too
the last three heats and the race, all tn
s horses but two having dropped out bt
S fore the last heat. The purse was SlS-
{ $40 to first, So to second. So to third.
The matched pacing race between A
Ian Calhoun's Lady Hardware, Gust
Muller's Darkey and Joseph DrOllette
T The Farmer was a soft thing" for tn
q Muller horse. Darkey walked under tn
wire in the first heat and had no trOubl
in winning the other two, The Farme
e taking second place.
- Between the horse races there was a foo
ii race. IL l00-yards dash, and a hose-cOul
c ling contest. In the l00-yards dash Hel
u ry Gowett of Vergcnnes came in first al
George Wooster of M~lddlebury seconC
time, II seconds. There were about
dozen starters. In the h~ose-cOupllng co
test. a team from the Independents be
r. a team from tie STAIRS. The time of II
- Vergennes boys was ID seconds and tn
, of the Middlebury lads . seconds III
,r was another kind of contest in which Il
n Middlebury boys had never competed.
/ The Judges in the hose race were c.
y, Williamson, G. +. Kidder and j. ii. DO
Y. nelly, and in the horse races c.. II. W
ut hanson. Terry Quiigley, Allan Calhou
III George kidder and b. B. Hope.
While the day was a successful n
far as concerns the sports, the financ
results for the church will not be as lar
= as had been hoped for.
Z THE CHURCHES.