Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-07

\ Dan Dombriski dressed in smile m
& a headloss barrel advertised "Mr
Murphy washes my clocs.'
The horrible aggregation was close
: by Mick Seyegny's float which wa
Tarys express team carrying Il cage
= fox and two remarkably handsom
. clowns III the hind end.
About twenty-five carriages wcr
next in line and the rear Of the proces
sion was brought up by. two croNdc
elertricS.
AT THE PARK.
The people began 10 gather at tn
park about | 80 and from that time OF
the number on the grounds increase,
rapidly. The rain which fell between
II and o'clock delayed the sports 10 ;
considerable extent, but notwthstand
n% this fact, all the races. were run of
by O'Clock.
The ball game between Barre and st
Adams started first but after oNc inning
it rained so fast the game WAS abandoned
and most of the players LETT the ground
Barre Tailed two runs to st. Adams
one. The battery tor The local team
was the otandish Brothers OF Montpelier
and for ST. Adams, Wil,lrr and Beach.
The frcmcn'S race WAS one If the
| interesting events anon HE sports.
The race was for 100 yards and lay 200
feet Of hose. Torrent Engine Co. No. 2
won lst prize and the Hook 4 Ladder
Co. Ind. Their time was 10 II Sec
onds and 43 seconds respectfully. the
prizes Were silver cups.
The placed foot bail Kick was the
next on the list. There were about 10
entries and VIII Mackie won the ouly
prize by kicking the sphere III feet s
inches.
There were several cn:rics for the
live mihute horse race. There were
three prizes and the persons who came
the nearest to making the mile in five
minutes were the winners. Wan. Rogers
came in first and took first .pr,zp, Part
Brown second and G.. l.. nufi,r, Il
Time go.
The 700 yaId dash had to re run
twice a, one Of the contestants started
before the pistol was fired. There were
IL entries. Spcakman came in first by
Il very narrow margin, Crawford see
ond and George Rice third.
In the farmers peg race there were
only two entries, Eli Drlry and Fred
Seeley. This race furnished lots Ct
sport for the crowd. The drivers had
to harness their hor ,cs and then race a
half mile. Seeley got good start on
Drury and Wen the latter jumped into
his gig, he dropped one REIN but rrcov,
cred 1t. The lines Were twisted and lie
collided with Il team. When Soc,cy
had reached the quarter mile pole. one
OF the traces un.astcned and before he
could fix it Drury had oycriakcu him
and won the race by good marlin.
There were four entries in lhr half
mile foot race. Crawford lr,,, Patrick
l@o second and SeGuin third.
In ihe running high leap there were
tour entries l@o wen first Prize BIZ
Jumping five feet / inch. Crawford .-yec-
ond and Gard third.
The same number Of contestant. were
entered in the running broad Jump. loo
took lst prize. Crawford second AMI
Gard third, distance Is feet > inches.
Ihc same persons were entered III
'Ae hop, step IN jump. leo was thr
winner, Crawford second sn1 G.nJ
third, distance ~ feet : in, hes
In the 100 yard race for lovs ,r,.,,
We're about ? en- rie,. Gpcrra f,,.,n,
took first prlza, Willie Merton scrnr,J
Robert Duncan third and Edgar Iurnr,.
fourth
There were only two entries in lhc
boys half mile bicycle race. * .rn,.
Holmes was first and tl,ren.c E,.rrn'..
ecoud, time 10. ''
Eli Drury and Frank Mariana vnro
he only rnirio. for thn .,.,,,n ';,n' "oi'
ace. Nrury was first ard 1lori,,a
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Their" were four entries in th,. ~.
'acie race Crawford was Grst rJ
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