Connecticut western news., 1898-07-07
SCORE BY INNING.
THE PLAYERS.


 Norfolk-M. Barnes. J. Miller, J. Foley, o. Burke, M. Whelan, H. Dodge, J, Whelan, T. Cornell and A. Brainard.
 Canaan-C. Dodge, A. W. Nicoll, Fl. s. Thomson, 0. Kegler. l.. Holt, R. Stanton, P. Kane, A. Cudney, W. Rob- erts.
 The wicket ball game did not arouse quite as much interest as expected as some of the old time players who prom ised to be there did not turn up and those who did play did not understand the game as we'll as the players Mir Roys, who had charge of the game, had in mind. But as 1t was, it aroused a good deal of interest and showed the young blood present that their elders could be as spry as they were and even better. The game resulted as follows:
 Jas. McGuire, Capt., Linus l. Per kins, - Stottard, John Decker, Ar thur Wellman, Jas. Mccarthy, Mike Kane, Harvey Perkins, Wm. Perkins. Score 31 talleys.
 Grove B. Roys, Merrick Harris, Frank Perkins, Wm. Amsted, -McCarty. Milo Decker. Score 22 talleys.
 The base ball and wicket ball games did not finish until about twenty min- utes to one and during the time before the events of the afternoon program the grounds continued to fill up with teams and the crowd became thicker and thicker until it was estimated there were over 2,000 people on the grounds.
 The events as marked upon the pro- gram could not be carried out as intend ed, because some of the horses in the 2.50 class did not appear on the grounds; and several of the wheelmen, and in fact in all of the races, all of the people entered did not appear.
 But the different events as carried out were as follows:
 Umbrella Race-Roberts and Stanton entered; Roberts won in II sec.
 100 Yard Race-fve men entered; Fl. Rion l, W. Roberts 2, time 10t sec.
 Wheelbarrow Race-six men entered l; Lermond and Roberts won.
 300 HORSE RACE. W. ". Warner 1 l
 H. s. Braym 2 2
 McCarty 3
 Time 2.49a, 2.59a. Sack Race-four men entered; Morris Miller and Lyman Miller took first and second prizes respectively. Next came one of the finest things brought out by the committee the silent drill by the Uniformed Rank, K. of P. It had to be discontinued be- cause of the shower, but taking it both times when they went through the diff ferent parts it was simply grand. The quarter mile running race came off next, there being six contestants. The race was finished with Cudney l, Roberts 2, Rion 3.
 F. Hunker won the shoe race in which six were entered. The half mile amateur novice race came off next with three riders. It re- suited as follows: M Basquin, Win sted, l; M. Chlse, Winsted, 2; Julius Nye, Clayton, 8.
 The one mile amateur race was next and was quite close near the finish. The | boys came in, Sam Reel, Canaan, l M Basquin, Winsted. 2; M. Chase, Win | sted. 8.
 M. Basquin rode an exhibition quar- l ter-mile in 37 sec.
 In the half-mile professional race l.. Decker, Ashley Falls, and G. H. Knight, Housaton1c, were entered, but Knight did not turn up and of course Decker took the prize. He rode an ex. hibition half-mile in the time of .02!, probably the fastest time ever made on the track by anyone-bicycle or horse race.
 After Decker came in from his half mile against time he was loudly ap- plauded and the people started on their way to the town to see the evening ex- ercises.
 At six o'clock after the people who were at the Riverside track had time to eat their supper, they were called out again to see the parade by the G. A. R. and the K. of P. band from Salisbury, who marched around the town and were thoroughly applauded by the numerous small boy.
 The parade ended their march at Town Hall where promptly at seven