Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-05
Recruiting Shut Of

nuSIllns were able TO supply lne de-
mand for their wares.
Recruiting Shut OFF
At point inside the track the Milf
ken Battery maintained recruiting
headquarters. The tent was. however.
most unfortunately located. as the pub
lie was not allowed access to the sec
tion of the grounds which 1t occupied.
| In the afternoon the crowds gathered
on the park in much greater numbers
! than in the forenoon, and the big grand
stand was soon nearly filled, while hun
dreds walled both sides of the track
! One OF the first attractions of the after
noon was an exhibition by the mounted
scouts The spirited and well groomed
steeds seemed perfectly under their rid
ers control, and executed intricate
movements with splendid precision and
! dash. The horse running race, in which
| there were but three entries. was one
of the most exciting events of the day
and had everybody on tiptoe from the
start and until the winner dashed I'M
der the wire
The big scream of the afternoon was
i the race between mules in the service
of the supply and the machine gun
! SOlii t't'iAASS' -NtNtI uIll d lltlu OI lilulc
SINNERS do more to live UP to the
! reputation that is borne by the long
cared steeds. At the very start of the
race one sleek Jack left the field for a
canter in the center of the park. The
rest of the field continued around the
; circuit in an cratic zig-zag course.
AS the mules approached the home
stretch it was observed that one had
big lead on his fellows, and as he
neared the wire there were several
rods between him and the next steed
| following. The rider glanced behind
| him, presumably to see how poor q
second the next under the wire would
be. Just then the band broke its ST
lence with spirited air. The mule
with the big lead, now. only a few
Yards from the wire, took a sudden re-
sentiment, baked, and before the
crowd could stop itself from cheering
the apparently sure winner. deftly
tossed his rider over his head and onto
the hard turf. The howls of APPLAUSE
turned TO hilarious laughter The rider
saw that the next mule behind was still
! some distance. away, and grimly en-
| deaNored to remount and finish the
race But the mule had determined
otherwise, and answered the attempts
with some vigorous, real midwest
! bucklnG. What the rider was aaying
to the mule could not be heard in the
uproar Perhaps it was we'll that if
could not
Two tree cutting contests in which
the chips flew merrily for several mo-
! nehtS and the hat and shoe race. in
Whlch the participants ran barefoot
10 heap in which their hats and
shoes were mixed. put on their shoes,
donned hat, and returned TO the
starting point, were events which
much amused the spectators.
A beautiful closing attraction was
the guard mount, which was finely *
ecuted BY GO. r. In this ceremony mn
sic BY the band was effectively intro
, duced
The afternoon ball game was be.
tween the Hollingsworth E. Wbitne,.
team of Gardiner. the machine o,,n
'tnpahS nine. The soldiers won 2
10 - Dr. Walter G. Thomas umpired,
me result of the sport events was
as follows:
Mile run-Won by Thomas of 2nd
tasual Co.; Marshall of Go. e. 2nd
! Norwood Of Hale Battery, 3rd, Time
minutes, p seconds.
Horse running race-Won bv Farm
nam of Co. f; Mckinney of Machine
! Gun Co, End; Niles of Headquarters
! Co, 3rd.
| Bag race-Won by Royce of 1st Cas-
ual Co; Bills of End Casual Co.. End
| paigle Of 9Th Casual Co. Srd
| --o-yard dash-Won by Weber Of
Supply e.: Lothrop, End; Brown. Sid
Time IS seconds
Tent pitching contest-Won BY CO.
z from Machine Gun Go.
One half milo run-Wo> bv Thvnc of
Headquarters Co; Marshall Of 90 f
2nd Lothrop of Machine Gun Co. 3rd
| Time, 215.
| Mule race-Won by Arseneault of
Machine Gun Co; Frazier Of Supplv
| Co, end; Rowe of Machine Gun Go.
9rG
Tug Of war-Won BY 5th Casual "a.
1oo-yard dash-Won BY Weber at
supply Co; Bowen. 2nd. Time, 1n.c
! Tree cutting-Won by Bean, 4th Cas-
ual Co: Clement of 18th Casual Co,
End; Yates of Co. f, 3rd.
Hat and shoe raCc-Won by Povce
VI Isl casual No.' Laheau OF co. +,
-rd: Emery of Co. E, Ord
One-qua1ter milo run-Won by Saw
age Of Co, =; Arseneault of Machine
Gun Co., End; Labeau of Go. E, 3rd
Relay race-Won by CO. F Savage,
Emery, MarshalD from Hale Battery
Bowen, Russell. Huskins).
Running broad jump-Won by Rus
sell of Hale Battery; Marshall of Co
E. 2nd; Preble of Machine Gun Co,
srd. Distance. IFS 1-2i 17.ss; 1871.
Standing broad iump-Won by Dole;
Russell of Hale Battery, End; Royce
! of 1st Casual Co. 3rd Distance. SIS ga:
S.4 IL; SO 81
Shot put-Won BY Green Of 6th Cas-
ual Co; Thompson Of Machine Gun