Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-08

VerScnncs. July 4--hc first colo
ration OF the 306th annivorsar" Of tho
discovery of Lake Champlair was
held IN this city yesterday 'tust as
advertised" From the hcralding or
the day n: 400 a. m. until the last
rocket cut its glowing path across
the darkcrcd sky. evene followed
event with clocklike precision and
thousands from al Addison county
and beyond had a fine outing. Low
ering skies kept many away but the
weather man was good to NcrCcnncs
and showers We're passed around 20
less favored places.
To be sure 1T was muddy in the
streets from the heavy rain Of Fri
day night but that did not Interfere
with parade or sports although in the
latter no records were broken When
the bands played insprinCly. neatly
uniformed mon stepped iauntilv in
the softened roads nonchalantly ig-
noring the self-evldent fact that their
shoes were full Of mud. AS for the
pretty girls on handsome floats, they
were up above so trivia, arnoyanccs
shortly before ten in the morning
the Nergenne' and Middlebury bands
escorted the Gardc d'Honneur Of Eut-
land to ST. Peters Church where SOL
emn high mass was celebrated The
preacher was the eloquent Father Lynch
Of Pittsford the deacon. Father shan
non Of Mid6lchury. sub -dca con. Ia her
Lizotte Of Fair Haven. the cclcbrant
Father Proulx of Rutland. the master
Of ceremonies, Father PonthrianG of
st. Johnsbury. other clorgymen in
ha 90 lor
zina of this city Coffev of Bristol
McGarey Of Windsor Alyot of st. Mi.
chaels College. Winooskl, and Will
liams of Montrca' College, Montreal
A beautiful ave Maria was sung by
Mrs, Trudcl of RUTLAND DR. Edward
Pilon Wa organist and director of
the choir. The ushers were John
Donnelly s H. Miner Of this city. and
Pierre Miner of Boston. Among those
in the audience were the speaker of
the day, the Hon. John Barrett Of
Washington, d c.. Mayor James r.
Burke of Burlington and Arthur +.
Stone OF ST. Johnsbury, a member OF
the State tercentenary commission
RESULTS OF THE RACES.
The motor boat races on otter
Creek were managed by q. c. Isase,
a summer resident of Fanton. who +
a member OF the New York Yacht
club. assisted by r. " Tuttlc of Yer
gennes. Tho Lieut.. Cassin medallion
was won by tho Dixie. owned 10y T.
W. Graves which beat Nh PcASc'a
Atlantic dory one minute and - sec
onds over an clght-rilc courro. hoth
boats starting from the scratch. ono
hundred dollars in boat equipment
was divided Into first ana second
prizes. L. ". Gravcs's winning first
md the second prize being divided
between Il. w McCuen and ! H..
Scranton. Close finishes marked rhe
races, in one case n difference OF Eve
seconds alone separating tho leaders. !
OF the ~ entries, seven started.
The athletic events resulted rs fol-
lows:
l0o-yard dash-First, c, l., But
tolph; second Eugene Wilson; third,
George HHolconb.
Wheelbarrow race--First, Eugene
Wilson: second, Luke Wilson; third,
J. f. Sherwood.
Potato racc-First George Peters;
second, Eugene Wilson; third George
Sherwood
Egg race First, George Floyd;
second ]. NJ. Comeford.
Three-legged race-First Eugene
Wilson and VIM. January; second
Luke Wilson and G. Holcomb.
A five-milc race was run on the
track at the old fair grounds and was
won in "a minutes by A. +. Alden
who declined to accept the cash prize,
wishing to retain rank as an anna
teur. Robert Ryder was second and
G.. barrow third and G, Davis fourth
A feature of the day was the pre-
sencc of the u. s. Torpedo boat Man
ley and the l.. s. revenue cutters
Plattsburgh and Burlington These
boats fred a. suite at noon Of 13
guns
THE GRAND PARADE.
Tho eliminating show OF the day was
tho handsome parade directly after din
ner consisting OF n series Of historical
floats including: Champain receiving
his commission from Henry. ". King
Of France, In tho palace Of Louvre.