Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-05


tbs city. Their acts were given be-
t'een the heats Of the races, First
tipe tandem team was driven half
Lille in l.l6 consisting of Humming
Hrd, 23, Nan Wilkes, 2.25 and
,ewey, 227 Then Humming B I'd and
IAN VII kes were driven half mile
n 25 guided solely by a dog MAX.
Afterwards Humming Bird and Dewey
were sent around the track for half
mile In l.25 eacl being driven by
dog The last act was a race between
Hummingbird drive without any lines
and Dewey driven by Max The
race was won by Dewey in 10, the
fastest half mile made in the day.
Humming Bird was also shown hitch
ed the wrong way into a sukey
The horses exhibited the greatest in
tellengence and the dogs acted as
though they enjoyed the racing as
much as il they were men.
Mr.. Fred Spoerchase is the mana
ger Of this grand combination,
Great satisfaction was given by the
Donna Ladies Brass band which kept
the crowd we'll entertained by popular
selections all the afternoon. Their
playing was great surprise to the
public who pronounced it far ahead Of
any local band ever heard in this city
and Almost as good as the ontpeier
band. Their time waS excellent and
the music they played pleased every
body and surprised them AS well.
They were one of the best drawing
cards that the management could pos
Sibv have secured.
Tue summary OF the races are as
follows
, 80 Glass Purse sl50
Pedro, g, Dunshee /
Emmit H., ch h, Richardson, 2 ,
Lady Laurin, b M, Smith Farm 8 3
Lady Stanford, b m, Bailey, dis
Time 24I, 2.26 and 2 20.
2.22 Class Purse, 5000.
Bunker Hill, b g, Dickey
VIM. L., ch e, Jones, l S 8 3
Miss blizzard, b III, Page, 3 2
Nettle, b IN, Whitney, "A 4 4 dis
Wilbrino, G, Slayton, 5 5 3 drn.
Time. ? 25{, 22l}, 2.25i, ? 25, 2 23
and 2.25.
The officials Of the race were: - v
l.. Clark, Essex Junction. starter; {,
A, Chapman, Ferrisburg, DR.. E G.
Hooker, Waterbury, and H. C. Leon
ard, Barre, judges and time keepers;
F. A. Duffy, Barre, clerk Of course:
Hamilton johnson, Barre, weigher.
The attendance although large was
not what the attraction merited. AS
usual the hills were covered. withs
crowd Of hlll hogs" people who were
anxious to see for nothing what had
cost Rugg 4 Campbell good money to
procure. Mr.. Rugg accompanied by
an attorney finally moved tnem away
from land controlled by Rugg & Camp.
bell He took the names Of many and
it is said will prosecute them for
treSpaSS. The names Of many promi.
nent citizens were taken for this pur.
pose
THE CROWDS.
Although many people from this
city went away to spend the Fourth.
there were more people than usual
hire. Every train on the Central
Vermont and Montpelier & Wells
River road brought many people to
the city in the morning In addition
many people drove here from the sur
rounding towns. The Barre railroad
ran two special trains from the Hill
and both were we'll filled. For every
person who left the city two or more
came in for the day.
ITALIAN PICNIC.
The Italian colony enjoyed very
successful picnic at Townsend's grove
all day. The affair was gotten up by
the Socialists in aid of the drawing
school and was we'll patronized. There
was dancing as well as other amuse.
ments so that the day proved a very