The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-23
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letc events to take place on the new divisional athletic field near the Mary land brigade has been prepared Dy capt s. c Reynolds who is acting as di- visional officer; Capt John A Cutchlns' who is acting as liberty loan officer and E. V. Ogden, director of camp attn l letic. The programme for the day tol- lows
 s;So a. m.-one Hundred-yard dash as a preliminary.
 S:45 a. m.-Finish of cross country run. The cross country course Will De an nounced to the contestants before start ing the race. This course will not he over three miles long.
 S:3o a. m.-Shot put, broad jump hisn jump, and tug of war In the tug or war there VIII be b men on each slae. op- posing teams will be selected by lot 300 q. m.-Speeches. The names or tue speakers have not yet been announced for the reason that they are not known Some of the most prominent men ln the country have been invited to be present and address the soldiers, but they nave not yet given decisive answers 10 the invitations. with the exception or the governor of New Jersey, who has prom iSed to be present.
 10:00 a. m-Firty-yard shoe race. rue contestants shoes, with the owner name on a tag attached, will pc placeu in a pile 50 yards from the startiis point. The contestant will endeaVor to find his own shoes and return to the starting point with shoes properly iaccd. The shoes of other contestants may pe thrown away from the pile.
 10:15 a. m.-Semi-fnal of 100-yard dash. Exhibition boxing and wrestling matcnes will be arranged between spike WeoD and others.
 1O;30 a. m.-Sack race, 100 yards.
 10:45 a. ms-Tent pitching and wall Ii,,O Dot and shelter tents will be pitched. Eight men Will pc ol- lowed to pyramid tent crew ana two men to a shelter tent.
 Il a. m-Mule race. This will be the DIE feature of the day. Each contestant se- lects the slowest mule possible. soelore starting the race the contestins nahes = are all changed and each rider tries 10 make his own mule come in last by max ing the mule he rides come in tirst. Ine last mule In wins the race
 11:15 a. m.-Final 100-yard race.
 11:3O to 1 D. m.-Intermission.
 100 p. m.-Best looking mounted man judged. This means that the man haVlng the best groomed mount and his un,iolm ... and equipment in the best conollloh wins The equipment and mount must be government property and the mouhe actually issued to the contestant.
 100 D. m.-Mounted potato race ana mounted wrestling. Each contestant Will be given a bucket and Will then mount and ride to the first potato, dismount, put. the potato in the bucket, remount and re- turn to starting point and drop Tn an other bucket. He need not dismount at the starting point, but the potato pust be put in the bucket.
 1:SO p. m.--One mile relay race. Each man runs 220 yards.
 1:45 p. m.-Wheelbarrow race and three- legged race.
 200 p. m.--Idtter bearers race. Three men to team. Two to cardy litter, and one to be carried. Distance, 70 yards. TO run to point where patient lies, put him on litter and return to starting point
 2:15 p. m.-Stride bali race. There Will be 12 men to a team, one of whom will be designated leader. At signal, leader passes ball between legs of his team to- ward last man, who receives ball and runs forward to head of line. He, In turn, passes ball backward. When the leader is again in front the race is finished.
 2:S0 p. m.--Centipede race. Distance. 70 yards. Eight men on each side, astride ridge poles.
 800 p. m.-Football between teams of the One Hundred and Fourth engineers and One Hundred and Tenth Machine Gun battalion.