The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-27
The HOSE RACE.
Star Feature Of Sports Here On the
10th of August.


Members of the Miller Hose com
pany's running team and business
men of the village held special
meeting Tuesday night at the Munic-
| ipal building to consider the proposed
match race to be held at Bennington
on August 16, with the Alerts hose
team of Adams, Mass, for a purse of
$500.
The meeting finally appointed a
| committee of five to solicit funds to
back the local team in the race The
following committee was appointed:
DR.. William B. Putnam, William
Jones, Michael c. Hughes and j.
Garfield.
II was stated that the funds
would be raised by subscription and
on motion of Mr.. Gleason it was vot-
ed TO turn the money over to Second
Assistant Engineer John n. Wright,
who is manager of the hose company.
The kindest expressions of opinion
for. the firemen were expressed by
w. c. Jones. Delmar Runkle and 9th
tTS dt illt lttllHS anu lllt hCOCoSdiy
money will doubtless be raised
speedily,
Yesterday at Bennington negotia-
tons were conducted by the interest
ed parties and articles of agreement
were signed. John H. Allen, mana
ger of the Alerts, John Wright, man
ager of the local team, and Richard
Hurley, representing the Father Ma
thew Temperance society. conducted
the negotiations and subscribed their
signatures to the articles of agree
ment to cover the match. The agree
ment follows:
The parties of the second and third
parts agree with the party of the
first part, that the respective hose
companies, which they represent, will
participate in a hose race between
two companies only, at Bennington,
on the 10th day of August, 1912, for
prize of 500 to be paid by said
parties of the first part of hte winner
of said contest upon the following
terms and conditions:
First Each of the parties of the
second and third parts, shall deposit
with the committee in charge of said
contest, designated by the party of
the first part at the time of the exc
cution of this agreement the sum of
$25. as evidence of their good faith,
and in case of the failure of either
party to participate in said contest,
said S25 deposit shall be forfeited to
the party of the first part.
Second. Said contest or race to be
over the course to be provided and
designated by the party of the first
part, the contestants to carry 500
feet of hose on the cart, run 200
yards to a hydrant couple hose to
hydrant, break at $50 feet and attach
pipe; everything to be furnished by
the party of the first part.
Third Should the weather be rainy
onthe afternoon of the 10th or the
weather be such that in the judg-
ment of the committee in charge, the
race cannot be held on that date,
then it is agreed by the parties
hereto that such contest shall be
postponed until the afternoon of Au-
gust 18th; and if on the 18th, the
weather is such that the contest can
not be advantageously held, then the
party of the first part is to desig-
nate the day and give the second and
third parties reasonable notice OF
such date so designated.
Fourth The party of the first part
is TO select and provide the judges
of the contest, who shall consist of
one for the start, one for the hydrant,
one for the pipe and three timers.
The decisions of any four OF said
judges shall determine the winner.
Fifth. The order of running is to
be determined by drawing lots to be
held at the course at 1870 p. m, on
August 10th, and the parties of the
second and third parts shall each
have a representative there at that
time for such drawing.
Sixth In the event that either of
second or third parties shall fail or
refuse TO participate in the contest
the judges shall not award the prize
to the other party, unless the party
so participating shall run the course
according to the terms herein before
stipulated against time.
In witness whereof. the parties
hereto have set their hands this 23rd
day of July, 1912.
The party of the first part before
alluded TO is the Father Mathew
Temperance Society of Bennington
under whose direction the race will
be run, the second part Manager Al
len of the Alerts and the party of
the third part is Manager Wright of
the local team.-Hoosick Falls