Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-15
FIELD DAY GREAT SUCCESS
MODERN woopMgN's POSTPONED
EVENT HELD SATURDAY..

program included Long List Of Field
sports, Horse Races, Baseball Game
and Exhibition Run by hinsdsIs
Hose Tsam-aooo People Present.
Perfect weather and good attendance
aeipeu 70 make a success of the annual
neiu uay ana picnic OF Brattleboro
Camp Modern Woodmen OF America
which WAS held on the Valley Fair
grounds Saturday. The untirinv ef.
Forts OF the committee In charge OF the
event We're also largely responsible for
me general satisfaction. Between L.
ooo and 1000 people went to the fair
grounds In the afternoon. and II the
event could have been held on Labor
uay as was originally planned II is
safe TO say that fully three times that
number would have been In attend
ance.
Comparatively few people saw the
Held sports. which were begun soon
after 10 O'Clock, but those who did
We're well rewarded. Every event
ON the program brought out good
Held OF contestants and the competition
was spirited In all of them. Dan Riley
won the 100 yard dash i'm the exceed
ingly fast time of 10% seconds and al
SO took first place in the so yard
backward dash by pretty sprint a
few feet from the tape. Thomas Lynch,
another local athlete. was winner in
the shot put Al Walker of Hinsdale
N. H., beat all competitors in throw
ing the baseball. and he also won the
standing broad jump and hop step and
jump In handy style In the discus
throw and tunninn htoh i,,n
Thompson of Hinsdale took first mon
ey. while Richard Howe. third mem
Der of the contingent from across the
river, put on ice the pole vault. Two
OF the most amusing events on the
mornings program were the barrel
race won by Harry Ely and the potato
race captured by Roy Miner
One of the most exciting events Of
the afternoon was the half-mile relay
race between Brattleboro and Hins-
dale. which was won by the home
team. Hinsdale led until the beginning
of the final relay when Riley neatly ov-
erhauled his opponent. Walker and
romped in an easy victor. Brattleboro
also came out at the big end of the
horn In the tug-of-war. the Wood
mems team showing great superiority
over their opponents from Hinsdale.
The conditions of the slow horse
race required the contestants to keep
their animals on trot and vet go as
slowly as possible. Baby s.. driven by
+. ID. Waite, succeeded in exhausting
the most time in circling the track at
this gait and was declared a winner
over Jumby, driven by George Gage
and Dandy Jim with Watson French
at the ribbons. The fast" horse race
as it was termed to differentiate it
from the previous event brought out
three Chesterfield. N. H., steppers-
Secret, owned and driven by George
Bevis, Jocko, owned and driven by w.
Bevis and Rex owned and driven by
r. p. Farr. Jocko showed clearly that
he had it over the other two In speed
but his inclination to break lost him
the first and third heats and the race
to Secret. H. r. Lawrence officiated
as starter, and gave general satisfac-
ton in that difficult capacity
Between the heats the Hinsdale hose
team gave an exhibition run, sprinting
200 Yards. laying 100 feet Of hose, max
ing a coupling and attaching nozzle IN
the excellent time of 25A seconds. Inc
afternoons program was brought to
close with baseball game between
Brattleboro and Hinsdale, the visitors
winning 9 to in an interesting con-
test. Bergeron and Brooks were the
battery for the visitors While Cooiey
and L. Allen were in the points for the
home nine Music was furnished our
ing the whole day by the First Regi-
ment band. :, ,.a
Following are the summaries Of the
various events: :,
Throwing BASEBALL Walker !.
James Austin. Q: S. Thompson' o.
distance 1903 yards. IT, :.
Standing broad jump-A. Waikel, d !,
T Austin. 9. s, Thompson, 3; distance
8 it,. in. :. ualk-
a.. .. + Austin. 8: time 10% sec.
Hon stem and jump-A. Walker, l.
+ Anstin. 3; H. Dowley. 81 distance
27 1T. 2 in. TT civ l..
u. Doyle, 2; H. Hennessy, 81 tune =
seconds. :. II Ripelow.
q. Tbonnson 8: distance 50 IT. lo
"a ward backward dash--D. Riley 4,
~ ,,stin 3. II. Dowley, 3; time u
"I n;ccus throws. Thompson, Il a. a.
walker. 2; C. Pierson, 3; distance W
IT. 3 in. Thomnson.
/. ]. Austin, 2: r. Howe o. iie's"''
Potato racer. Miner i H. NV
inson. 2; J. Denning, g. pur-
pole vault---R. Howe, y =; Fl
nett. Q; S. Thompson q ne, nsott,eboro
Half-mile relay race. IA hi.
team. Johnson, Dowley, C.ahe p az Allen,
ey: Hinsdale team , Iiow won by
p,.o ttieboro time min. As sec
Slow horse race; /
Baby s., F. d. waite 2
Jumby. George Gage ono, 8
Fast horse race IL 1
Secret, g. Bevis, 81 2
locke. w. Bevis. 3 8
Dax r p Farr,