Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-02
Saturday a Field Day.

q fine Game for
Green Players.
Lady A wins the pace In straight
heats-goat and dog c
Pony rac Boys foot
race. Lots OF fun
and m immense
crowd In
town.
With a hearty ''Watertown, Rail-
Rahi Rahl" the Watertown High
School team arrived in town Friday
night prepared TO battle for supremacy
ON the -gridiron" with the local Hugh
School team the next day. Quarters
had been engaged for them at the Com
marciaI. On Saturday morning they
donned their loot ball togs and PRO-
ceeded to the grounds for a little pre-
liminary practice, in which they showed
NO i'll effects OF their long ride the after
noon previous. The day was all that
could be desired and the grounds were
early thronged with the follows of Web
ster q to cheer the boys to Wet DRY,
a large proportion OF whom were OF the
fair sex decorated to the limit with the
colors al their favorites crimson and
orange. Game was promptly called
with +. w. Taylor, e. of NJ, as referee,
Marimus Holm rs umpire. Twenty
minute halls were agreed upon, The
Reporter is not sufficiently posted on
the fine points OF the game to give an
account in detail, but it a a well
fought struggle ia which Webster was
defeated but not disgraced. 1t was the
first game which the boys ever played
and in fact the first which a large ma
jority of them had ever seen. Opposed
TO them was a team Older and more
experienced, with the weight more
evenly distributed. In the first half
WATERFOWL secured IA touchdown. kick
ing an easy goal afterwards, scoring
them six. The second hall was more
stubbernly contested than the first t he
locals showing good staylng qua llties
and playing better ball when time was
called than at any time previous. In
this half Watertown secured a touc h
Notwithstanding their total SEQ re
IL. To hold as speedy a team as
| Watertown down to eleven was glory
enough aud no one felt disappointed
over the result. Each team gave hearty
cheers for their opponents and the first
| game OF foot ball witnessed in Webster
was over. To many it was a novelty
and o "A few OF the ladies thought it
rather rough, but it was a game mark
ed with the best OF feeling and devoid
| OF any rowdiness. The visitors were
thorough gentlemen and departed for
home we'll pleased with their entertain
ment aud promising our boys az equally
a good time when they visit WATERFOWL.
II RACES.
The meeting at the driving park Sat
urday was an enjoyable event for the
lovers of the speed ring. The race
between Lady A aud Verna was hotly
contested and very interesting. From
the start ii was plain that both mares
were out for the race and the struggle
would be close. John Norton, Frank
Sears and Dan Knight acted MS judges,
it was announced from the stand that
no time would be kept. When the
horses ca me up for the first heat Verna
took the pole, the boys did not monkey
any but got off, the second time they
scored up to wire and got a nice even
| go. Verna went of her feet Mt the first
turn and Lady A took the lead and the
pole, the mare steadied down and
| paced a beautiful race for the balance
oil the heat but was unable to regain
| her loss and finished a good strong
second. The first half WAS covered in
lila and the mile in 2:3Sh. In the second
heat Lady 4 took the lead from the
| 8 tart aud held II through the heat
although the black mare was Tapped
on her most of the time. As they came
into the home stretch it looked as If
there would bea close finish but Verna
struck a soft place in the middle of the
| track and went of her feet about hall way
down of the stretch and finished a
length behind giving Lady A the heat
and race, time 2:39. When you take
into consideration the condition OF the
horses and the track 1T was a fast race.
The horsemen agree it was the fastest
ever driven on a Webster track. Be-
| tween heats OF the pacing race there
was a pony race between che FURY and
Canning ponies Emile dash, it vac won
| by Canning. A race between u dog and
young Sheelers goat in harness created
no end of amusement, In fact so much
so that it was repeated several times,
but his goaiship proved too much Tor
his canine a~dversaries. despite the Tact
that the boys shifted dogs ON him a
couple of times. A boys foot race, kids
from six to sixteen years old followed
with about 30 starters 1T took five
Races to run off the ties, young Harrison
carried of frat money. This completed
the program at the truck and those who
attended went away well pleased with
tile after noon'ssport. The Attendance
was small, moi what the events war
raasted.