The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-11
a,yCED HIMSELF
IN THE wOODSHED
ONE GRAND AND
GLORIOUS TIME
was What the Vermont Wheel
Club Had Monday.
oLAM Rake WAS PERFECTION
''eld sports Participated in by L.r..
Number and Extremely Interesting
-So'hins Happened to Mar the
Success Of tho Occasion.


" ohe glorious time from staft "a tni.h /
NC she vnS Nay 10 describe briefly ~ ~.
~ lus",A TIE held day aud clam hsLs n
~ w Vermont Wheel club which ,aal
~ pa ag n"nuAy on the Valley fair grounds
~ .Ns'F weather, a FceofL bneaLins :,
ef lvndahee, athletic sports OF ,nns,,sl -, Az
~ ~ ahd enasi which Was literally a.
'eno el epirurran excellence com6lnsi
~ hAaAe TIE oocaslon one which Miil in
(, s"hs IN The annals at the onsanisa,,a,
u e"pi nalam, and good irllossbIn ,,,,'
u 'aled Throughout the day, aud NL,n \,
sa'Hs 70 The bake itself good die..si,on
= -. on appetite Nth a Yrngranor.
u over 10 club member and ! Se,F ~, y,
n town guests enjoyed tie outing NM ~ ~.
IS gAn shortly after 10 a. M. aud oonrisjsl
!, lnsi before O'clock. 'N''i
9 ne membes were assembled AZ ~.
/ .iuh rooms ON Elliot street when ~ E,rs,
I heeiinrni band escorted by Marshal q R
n lospy marched from IT, headquarters M
$ .he CLUB rooms, 1he members then
; iofihed ~ two lines behind the band and
!. q Main and High strects and ,Lenea ~
2 Main street bridge where two eleetrie cas-
:. We're waiting TO take the assembls,c ~
the lar grounds. On the way mn : ston
, was made. at the home Of II, = Brools
! who was favored with one OF Ms favo,,,s
, selections by an improyiscd elee club and
, ,n,ee hearty cheers in which all Joined
J when The grounds We're reached The pro. |
rssion formed again aud marched 10 the |
hagpolc where President W. A, Shum. |
way unfurled the stars aud strirss Then
II continued 10 a point in front az ,be
judges stand and listened To brief ~
dent. ' f's''
Inc athletic program was begun nj,
once, the iirst event being the JOyanl
dash topen) IN which there wen. m On.
tries. This was won by March with Al.
ifed jordan second and Trendall third:
,lme,, D 40 sec. Next came the running
p,oad Jump IN which seven participated,
OF u II. in. Charles Stolte was second
with a Jump Of II It. and Cooley third
with 100. Stolte might easily have won
TINS event had he not stepped over on the
iake-of OF his second and third trial. ,
The 5O.,yard dash for those over $50 |
pounds brought out heavy field in mum. !
hefs as well as in weight. L. Allen won {
tins easily with 4; +. Mellen second aud i
X. I. Bacon third. &. C. Fits made I
game attempt to beat Bacon to the wire
635. r
There were nine entries in the "half. !
shot put which was won easily BY DR..
+. III. OConnor, who hurled the ball !
distance of "a #. II inches. Cooleys ;
throw OF ~ II. in. was second and l.. !
Allens OF - IT. in. third. Next came a =
special 5Oyard race for "Fitts's Also !,
Rams - h. Holden, X. c. Bacon and \
NJ. j. Moran. Mr.. Fits introduced each
one OF the starters appropriately and did
his own handicapping, giving Holden a n
lead of % yards over Bacon, who was put K
a few feet ahead of Moran. The race was =,
won by Holden with Moran second and
Bacon third. The 50-yard backward race :,
was captured easily by Alfred jordan, II
Trendall being second and March third :,
time 80 sec. Cooley made way with n
the running hop-skip-and- jump, covering "a
35 #. in. l.. Allen was second and -,
March third. In this as in the running
broad jump c. Stolte might have won il
ne had not stepped over in taking off
A field OF II got away at the crack of
he pistol in the l00yard handicap. r.
Allen, who was on the 20-yard mark. won Ii
.asily with II. p. Greene (l2) second and ID,
cooley Q2) third. Aliens time was Ia
. years was one of the hottest events of NJ
he day 1t was captured by NJ. Austin HI
With j. II. Burke second and L. b. Put Tn
am third. The time was 7 sec. There r
fas great excitement in the potato race 7
which brought out II starters. Ralph Du
lllen finished his task first but the judges
uled that he had not obeyed the rule
hat each man should go around his bas- At
ct every time he brought in potato, ~ ~
} they gave first to l.. Allen, second to oo'
unleavy and third to Alfred Jordan.
ohm Fenton and Frank E. Barber re- son
lived honorable mention in this event. pas
The half-mile relay race between teams H.
married and single men was a cinch ~
II the bachelors who won by more than p.l,
70 yards. At the outset the believers in /.
ngle blessedness got the start of their Ssh
brethren and kept in :
easing the distance all around the
ack. The teams were made up as fol-
VS. Single men-Dunleavy (capt) D.
olte, c. Stolte, Newell H. Greene, G.
,sker A. Jordan, Tucker, Barber, Mel Div
n Trendal, Cooley, r. Allen, Ray and
Gilman. Married men-Miller capt., -
lstin, Moynihan, Jacobs, Rice, Shum- T
~, Landry, Moran, L. Allen: Flagg, VIII
oung, Reed, A. Thompson, Hall and NOR
ickney. losll
But if the single men were triumphant stru
the speed contest they had to bow DOW. 70 T aPne
cir married opponents in the tug.of- ine
n. This was easily the nerveracking lore
ltest of the day. 1t was a 3O-second baill;;
II. best two in three heats and the nolu
rried men won the first two trials. bra'
e first came to them easily but in the tne
ond the single men got the jump and tlllg
took all sorts of turftearing on the part wds
the married men to regain their lost llelu
yantage. The victorious team was COM gam
led of G. W. Dunham G. IL. Evans, an ,!.
O'Connor, McRae, Landry, Stickney, deny l,
Allen. Rockwell, Fits and Pratt. The elgn
ars were G.. Wilson, III. Wilson,. Mel loWi
Wallen. Blanchard, Thomas, r. Al one
Cooley. Trendall and Villapool. only
vnihan captained the benedicts while sun
Wilson was in charge Of the bachelors. stlck
he last track event was a special 3D. W
d race for men over 50 years OF age. score
are was big field of starters Includ,,
such wellknown athletes ash r. y, and an
G TAYLOR V. O. Jones, +. w. Chllds
j. G. Ullery None of these stars
!. however, first going to Z. W. Dun D. /
/, second to f. Robertson OF Putney Lee,
third to j. B. Randoll :, Davl
hen came the bake-the thing LOT John
oh EVERYONE had been getting IN. readl- Harv
all the day. 1t was served IN the Ferri
no-hall under the grandstand and sur Bush
sed tbe expectations of the most optl- T. @
tic. When such gourmet as j. Bur, j. CT
;s satisfied is there need to say more
re- was food enough for everyone ana Tot
~ hit of food was delicious. At the
e of the repast congratulatlons WEI
ally heaped upon Lorenzo Leach, ING af o,,o,t
, anu committee who had partic- Drug!
charge of the victuallng arrange Sos1 Tl
It's. !, W;no
flor EVERYONE had satisfied the, de M M.no
dc of fine inner man there was prlel n n%
IS. and then the ball game between PPat ff