The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-26
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS FOR
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH DOINGS

Souvenir hunt. Souvenirs in the
form of printed cards, or some small
article previously hidden throughout
the park to the number Of several
thousand. Premiums to those that
find the largest number.
For the little folks
Chfldren's games to be In charge Of
a committee of ladies.
Boys OF eighty pounds or less
Fifty yard dash, relay race by
wards, to be run on hands and knees
about fifteen yards and return.
Standing broad jump,
Running high jump.
Sack ace
Boys up to ninety-fve pounds
Fifty yard dash.
Seventy-ffVe yard dash.
Running broad jump.
Running high jump.
Running hop, step and a jump.
Free for ALL
S~eventy-fiye yard race.
One hundred and twenty yard race.
Tug of war contest by wards.
Standing broad jump.
High kick.
Obstacle race.
Mutt and jeff baseball game, three
inninar "a this game short fat men
will against tall thin men.
FaA~ plindfold obstacle race. Men to
be blindfolded while obstacles are still
in position. They are left to believe
that the obstacles will be there for
them to run over. After ~blindfolding
while Instructions are being given the
obstacles are quickly removed. The
men run expecting to find them, but
fail.
Dress race. A straight away run of
200 yards and return, removing hat,
coat, collar, tie, and shoes after start
ing and putting them on before the
finish. These articles to be all mixed
up by the officials in the meantime,
without the former knowledge Of COM
t~estants.
Cross country race. -Four teams of
four men each. One mar from each
team to start at each one Of four
given points, four to six miles from
the city. That is four men, one from
each team starting from each of these
four points. Object to see which team
can get the lowest rank, on totaling
the order in which its men come in in
their respective groups.
Open to adj boys
Pushmobile contest and race, Home
ter in pairs or boy and girl together.
One to steer and one to push.
Balloon contest. Toy hot air bali
looms to be sent VI the last thing on
the programme with reward cards at
tached. Premiums to the boys who
find the balloon and return the cards
by 8 p. m.
Platform stunts n contests
Nail driving contest open to ladies
only.
Folk dancing, Italian. Russian. Nor
wegian, ETC., Hawthorne school chill
dren.
Banana eating contests for men.
Cracker eating contest girls under
seventeen.
Tumbling and gymnastic exhibition,
by Y. M. G. A. boys.
Bedmaking contest for men,
Pie eating contest for men.
Presentation of rewards.
Note: All individual events to have
at least first, second and third prize
The ward events to count points, per.
haps 100 to the winner, fifty to sec.
ond, and twenty-five to third. Or IL
case where preliminarfes are run of
the winner 100, last team to meet de.
feat fifty and those in semi final.
twenty-five. The ward scoring tn,
highest total number Of points to Sc,
cure a fine banner to be kept by tn,
school Of that ward. This could b.
made an annual contest and woul'
work better in succeeding years.
No person is allowed more than tw,
prizes.
other events
In the boys baseball game, two in
nings will be played.
Twenty-Five yard dash, girls unde
thirteen.
Throwing baseball, for distance an,
accuracy, Is to 16 years odd.
Boys under 80 pounds, fifty var
dash.
Girls under 10 ear old. potato rae
by wards.
Men standing broad jump.
Men tug of war, by wards.
Gymnastic work.
Announce souvenir hunt.
Eighty pound boys, SAGE race.
Throwing basketball, ward confess
by girls 10 to 16 years old.
Banana eating contest by men.
Boys up to eighty pounds, rela
race by wards, on hands and feet.
Eighty pound boys standing broa
jump.
Boys up to ninety-fve pounds rela
by wards on hands and feet,
Running high jump.
Folk dances, by four boys of eight
pounds.
Folk dances, by boys and girls.
N~inety-fve pounds, three legge
race.
N~inety-ive pounds, boys runnin
broad jump.
Boys under II years Of age, seven
ty-five yard dash.
Mems seventy-five yard dash.
Boys under IL years, wheelbarroy
race.
N~inety-1ve pound boys runnin
Girls under II years cracker eatin