The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

1nce.
Headed by Otto A. Poirier as mar.
'hal of the day, and the reoreauized
:ity band, the procession passed
through the principal thorough
Fares of the city, ending at the
Rrand stand opposite the post Office
where appropriate exercises in CON-
of the day were held,
prayer being offered by the Rev. H.
E: Neff, of the Presbyterian church,
and the immortal declaration of in.
being read by Edward
Berg. As chairman of the com nit
tee J. A. Kennedy introduced James
P. Boyle, the eloquent young Eve
|eth attorney, as speaker Of the day,
and his address was a masterly et-
fort, delivered in clear, ringing
voice and impressive manner. Mr..
Boyle's address was of q nature cal.
culated to touch the younger ele-
tnent of American citizenship and
that element who have adopted al
legiance to this country, of which
we have 80 great preponderance
on the ranges. In closing his ad-
dress he paid Virginia., the fairest
city of the range. beautiful trib
ute, and extended his wishes for the
growth aud prosperity
Of the city.
The program of sports commenc.
ed at 1890 with the Cornish wrest-
ling, standards being made before
the noon hour and the contest con-
the greater part Of the af-
ternoon. In this event Thos. Samp-
son carried off fret honors and q
prize of 5000. Frank Slade a second
prize of $500 and Thomas Crago the
third prize of 1000. Following this
event was catch~as catch can
match between Maynard Burt aud
Frank Goiic, in which Burt proved
an easy winner.
The races and sports commenced
promptly at loo O'Clock, many en-.
tries being on hand for all events,
the events aud winners being as fol.
lows:
100 yard dash, boys under l6--A.
Hill fret, Vernon Johnson second,
Howard Passenger third.
100 yard dash, men-Stanley Watt
first, Tom Harri second, George
Aeehan third
Sack race-Chas. Hill fret, Louis
Jacobson second, Joe Archer third.
Potatoe race-Vernou Johnson
fret, L. Meehan second, S. Dahl
third.
Running broad Stanley
Watt fret, Dan Mahoney second.
Three legged race-Tom Dolan
and f. Rice first, Alex Hill and L.
Meehan second, H. Jarni and S. Sy-
mouack third.
Half mile race-Tom Harri first,
Stanley Watt second, E. Lindsay
third.
Wheelbarrow race-E. Rice fret,
VIM. Thorum second. W. Mozart
ney third.
Pole vault-George Meehan first,
Dan Mahoney second.
Bicycle race-Leighton Simons
first, W. G. Carlson second.
Fat mans racer. l.. Chase fret.
w. G. Martin second.
Pony race-F. Klink first. Tony
Tony Trannis second.
100 yard dash boys under l2-H.
Callios first, V. Solomon second, ].
Shappets third.
100 yard dash, girls under Peer
trude Martin first, Catherine Chalm-
ere second, Mary Lapatka third.
Shot Put-Fred Terriou fret, Her.
man Eaton second, F. Benson third.
Tug of war-Ellis Walsh team.
Horse race-Clyde Dunlap first,
Tony Trannis second, John Cush-
man third.
Slow horse race-Leo Vail fret,
Chas. Morell second, D. Hill third.
Swimming race-E. Liudaay first,
E. Montgomery second, John Bonner
third.
Tennis-Andrew Hanson first, A.
B. Heritage second.
Five mile Marathon-Tom Harri
first, Sig. Dahl second, Budd Burt
third.
Best decorated store frout-Matt
Derosia first, Norton Hardware Co.
second.
Best decorated auto-M. McDou.
aid fret, John Gill second.
Best decorated buggy-D. Coffey
fret, Mark Eddy second.
Mercantile float-J. Mesberg first,
Virginia Transfer and Dray Line
second, Virginia Store Co. third.
Gun Club shoot-Each man in
got piece of the prize.
. Calithumpians-1n this Geo. w.
Snyder carried off first, Jacob John.
Bon second and Walter Hea9le third
while some twelve or fifteen others
we're made happy by having their
floats remembered by smaller cash
prizes.
The log rolling contest in the eve.
ming wac q most interesting exhibi.
lion, Peter Delyea, Patrick Rarks
md John LaPrairie being the con-
[estauts. In the early stages of the
game LaPrairie quit, accepting of