The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-13
Celebration Of Magnit;y~" ,dr-
ried Out ir 49,
ALL THE EVENTS WERE GOOD
Following Imposing Parade, an Interest
ing Program of Sports Was Carried
Out, and Then There Were Histori-
cal Exercises in the Evening.

the day with ideal weather conditions,
Barre's first observance of Columbus
day, the new legal holiday provided for
in the last session of the legislature,
was pronounced success in every re.
speet. More than an elaborate celebra-
tion in honor OF the great navigator who
first approached the shores of the new
world, it was a genuine get.together oc-
casion of the good old fashioned type,
and people from every surrounding town
came TO the city in holiday numbers.
During the passing of the parade III
the forenoon, the streets were lined with
people, who later in the day made their
way to the driving park for the program
of sports and the football game between
Spaulding high school and Montpelier
seminary, which the latter team won,
to o. An unusual degree Of enthusiasm
was manifested in the various athletic
events of the afternoon, and this feature
of the program was surely not the least
popular part Of the DAYS celebration.
In the evening at 1880 o'clock, a large
audience gathered in the opera house for
the address by Hon. Frederick G. Fleet
wood of Morrisville, who spoke eloquent
ly on the life of Christopher Columbus
A largely attended dance in Howland
hall. held under the auspices of the CO.
lumbus day committee. brought theday's
events to a close, Rileys orchestra fur
nishing music for the affair.
To the various committees appointed
when the celebration was first discussed,
belongs much OF the credit for the sue
cess of Barre's observance OF the dav.
Backed by the support of the citizens
/ of the city. the committees formed and
carried out plans that called for much
hard labor and sacrifice Of time.
Barre Won Hose Race.
Interest during the earlier part of tho
afternoon at the park centered chiefly on
the hose race, in which teams from Ran
dolph and Winooski, as we'll as Barre
competed. Coming down the stretch of
800 Yards. the seventeen runners of the
1 Granite City hose company's team set
a hard pace for the teams following.
Their time was 4sia seconds, and he
record stood during the remainder of the
contest. with several seconds to spare
over the nearest company The Volun-
Z
making the stretch and coupling in 92
seconds flat Second honors in the race
4 went to the Lafayette hose company Of
I Winooski, the visiting fremen making
4 the run and coupling in 5lA seconds
The Steamer company from the same
town was entered for the race but failed
to start on account of the absence of
several runners.
\ Money in the race was divided as fol-
4 lows: Granite City team5 Sl00; La
/ fayette team of Winooski $780, Vollln-
4 teers of Randolph. $40. The teams were
captained as follows: Granite City,
4 Charles Emerson: Volunteers. b. A. Dur
kee; Lafayette, Charles Barber; Steam.
ers Harry Harvey
\ The outcome OF other events during
/ the afternoon was as follows; l00-yard
DASH Lester Carswell |, Riddle 2, Con-
edero 3; purse divided as follows: First
50, second 50, third 81 Time, II sec
onds
Ladder climbing contest t30-foot lad
der), Carpenter of Barre lst, IL sec
| ond, SIS; Shannon of Barre 2nd, 81
seconds, SO Nelson of Barre, third, )
seconds, 50 fourth, Dagel of Lafayette,
IS l-2 seconds, 81.
Mile -Puricelli, first, S., Reynolds.
second. S4; third, Pretini, So; time, 5
min, l6 sec.
Pony race Prince tLafayetto), first,
Sl0 Black Beauty tShepardl, second,
Sc; Colonial Mrs. Rugg), third, s.;
Dolly, fourth, 81; time, l:20 l-2.
| Hitch-up race Murray first $780, En-
mis-, second SIS; Bisson, third, $40;
Henry, fourth time. Las.
One-ha mile foot race-CarsweH,
first, So, Puricelli, second, 50; Howard,
third, ST. time, 2:25.
/ Girls race, Edna Greig, first, 81; Kath-
lee Fitzgerald, second, 75e; Louise Reed,
third. soc; n Greig and G. Milne tied
for fourth position.
1 Bows race b. Humphrey, first, 81 A.
Grelg. second, 75e; f. Reid, third, soc;
| w. Proffer. fourth, 25c.
Fitful showers in the early hours of
the afternoon lasted only few minutes
and caused little discomfort The sports
committee had charge of the progran
and carried out their part to the emit
nent satisfaction of everyone.
Automobile Awards.
! During the afternoon the results OF
1 the mornings parade We're announced
from the Judges stand as follows; Four
automobiles of same make costing under
81. 200, Cadillac, owners, ]. Nj. Boutwell,
| A. NJ. Roach, John Wahen, II. G. Ben
nett; most obsolete ear, first, one-cylin1
der Cadillac, No. 20 Goose Green, Il. A..
Tobin f. c. Eaton, f. G. Small, DR..
lC w. Steele; second Rambler, Austin,
A. II. Gerhardt; third, Knox, Edward
Flanders; largest number Of cars OF any
one make Buick; floats, most artistic
aoat. Knights of Columbus, first; Ladies
of the Maccabees second; Redmen, third;l
highly commended, Woodmen and A, o..
H.; commercial floats, first, Smith n
Cummings: second Maseott's Barre Candy
Kitchen; third, f. A. Drown; honorable
mention, City Bakery, Leslie's black
smith shop. There were no entrants for
the four cars costing $1,000 or under,
and the four costing $1,000 or over. The
sweepstakes in the parade was won by
the veteran fremen; prize S25.
The winning knights Of Columbus float
was representation Of "The Quietrng
Of the Indans.p band Of Indians in
full war paints occupied the front OF