Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-19
Hose Race Rules For
 Labor Day Celebration

Celebration Committees was held at the City Hall last evening and was we'll attended.
 A report received from the finance committee showed that all the money pledged, with the excep' ion of about $50, had been collected and would le | turned over during the next few days
 The rules for the contests were adopted.
 Besides these features it was def- litely decided to have baseball game, ne purse and final arrangement for which will be announced later on A number of sports for the children will be provided, including greased D g, greased pole, egg races, and foot | races.
 Everything is progressing nicely, and the big posters will be sent out during the next few days.
 So tar as heard from there will be about ten teams in the contest for the hose race prizes. among which can be mentioned Bisbee, Douglas, Lowell, Benson, Tucson, Globe and Cananea
 The prize money is now in the hands of the treasurer of the celebration committee and will he paid over to the w,nning teams a. soon as the races shall have been decided.
 Besides the big prizes that have been put up, there will be awarded tc he winning team of C"chise county or Cananea a silver loving cup kindly put up by MT. Charles Kreuder of the Tombstone Dining Parlors. The cuE carries with it the proviso that it shal he put up Tn every hose contest helC iu Cochise county until it shall have been won three times by one of tn, l contestipg teams. he cup will hay,
 ngraved upon it the names of team that win 1t from time to time. h. cup IS now on exhibition here and i 1 q beauty well worth striving for , The rules governing the Labor Da
 hose races are as follows: WET TEST. II, 1-Races to commence at 9:30 a. IT
 Monday, September 3, 1906.
 Mot more than l3 men shall cor
 stitute team, nozzle men to stsi I with team at starting point
 3-sll teams shallrun with the sa m { cart and hose, and use the same noz
 gle, to be furnished bv the committe,
 4-That each tean shall run 10
 yards to hydrant, lay POO feet of hos
 and break coupling l50 feet; no ho:
 to be pulled more than 20 feet fror
 the plug.
 |, 5-The couplings al the break sha
 be caught one full turn and hal
 hydrant cap to be left of; other coul
 lings to be screwed so as to hold wate .. 6-No more than one plug ma
 with an assistant, will be allowed [
 pull hose. make hydrant connectio
 and turn on water. f, 7-Trme shall be taken from tn :, drop of the target until water issue
 from the nozzle. and allowed but on
 run except in case of tie, which sha
 be run fl.
 S-The Judges will be selected b the Captains of the contes,ing team and shall inspect couplings before eacl run.
 9-rhe time-keepers are to be ap pointed by the Committee. 10-Prize money, s7j0. to be pal, when race has been decided. No en. trance fee.
 = STRAIGHTWAY. No team shall be composed O. ; more than l3 men, and shall be con, osed of members who have taken par in the wet test.
 +The race -hall be 200 yards. Eacl team shall use the same cart, to be fur nished by the Committee.
 3-Cart shall carry 2bO feet of hos, and time will be taken from drop O : target until hub of wheels crcss tn. 20O-yard mark.
 4-Judges and Time-keepers to b. the same as in the Wet Test. 5-In case of tie same rule to ap ply as in Wet Test 6-Prize money, $250, to be paid ai soon as race is decided. No entrauc, fee.
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