Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-21
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North pakota's Greatest
Classified Section
Fine EVENTS
AT BIG OUTING
Athletic and Vaudeville Pro.
gram of Caledonian Gel
ebration is Good.

An unusually interesting athletic
program was given yesterday after
noon on the fair grounds in connec-
ton with the Caledonian Athletic as
so%ciation's patriotic celebration. The
athletic program was under the d.
rection Of c. c. Carpenter Of the Y.
N. c. A. and ]. A. Poppler. More
than 1000 people were present on the
fair grounds. n the competition in
every contest was keen. Most of the
people attending the events remained
until the very last despite the strong
wind which made 1t uncomfortable
for many.
During the afternoon. d. J. Nc
Donald Of East Grand Forks. assisted
Mrs. Angus Mcdonald and Norman
Elkey, gave q clever program with
trained horses and dogs. Mr.. McDon-
aid has proven himself q trainer Of
no little ability. and although the ami
mails performed many difficult feats,
not once did they fail to respond to
the commands. The performance Of
the dogs and the shetland pony we're
equally az marvellous. One dog leap
ed from a high ladder into a blanket,
and apparently enjoyed his expert
Girls Give Drills.
tossing the kaber. Miss Hattie McKin-
non Of Crookston. with her contingent
Of naval militia lassies. gave a clever
signal drill lin front Of the grand
stand. As usual the Crookston girls
made a great showing. and their per-
Torrance brought nj little applause.
William Kimble. triple bar per-
former. and Angus Mcdonald. garbed
in clown costume, staged a clever
nothing short of sensational.
Sword dances and highland filings
by the Sinclair trio Of Minneapolis,
were included in the entertainment
numbers of the day. These clever art
lists. accompanied by their father with
the pipes. were repeatedly forced to
respond to
The result Of the athletic events
follows:
Running broad jump-First. Will
liam Flynn: second. Frank Duggan;
I inches.
Shot put-First, Frank Duggan;
second. William Flynn; third. Blu
chanan. Distance. 81 feet, 9 inches.
Running, high jump-F1rst, Louis
Moore; second. Frank Duggan. and
third. Fred Locklin. Height, 4 feet, 9
inches.
Old mans race. SO years Of age and
over-First, c. J. Robinson; second.
w. H. Mcneil. and third, e. A.. Mills
Of Crookston. Time. 62-5 seconds.
100 yard dash. free-for-all-Wil-
liam Flynn. first; Frank Duggan, sec
ond, and Louis Moore, third. Time.
IL seconds.
80 yard dash for ladies-First, Miss
Q. Leonard: second. Ruth Buckler Of
Crookston, and third, Clara Anderson,
Of Crookston. Time, 10 seconds.
so yard dash for girls under 16-
First. Pauline Binsz: second, Mary
jackson; third, Velma Geddes. Time,
10 seconds.
Tossing the kaber-First, Kopa:
second. Huestns: third. Robert Balm.
Tug of war-Won by team captain
ed by Tom Buchanan and boys Of
Company NJ.
Is yard dash for boys under IA
years of age-F1rst. James Poupore;
second. Preston Rurtell: third, Lionre
krotter. Time, IL seconds.
Valuable prizes were given for each
event. The gifts were contributed by
the business men of the city.
At 1880 o'clock last evening in the
Columbia Annex at the fair grounds,
the association band presented a mu-
elcal program, accompanied by the
bag pipe players in several of the Sc
lections. At 9 o'clock, dancing be-
came the diversion and until after
midnight, a large crowd of young
people remained at the grounds.