The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-16
ST. JOHNSBURY
BOYS RIDE IN
3OO-MILE TEST
A. Hunter and E. Walter
Make Good Showing First
Two Days Out

Two st. Johnsbuly boys, Archibald
>. Hunter, son of Mr.. and Mrs, James
A. Hunter of No. Ga Summer street.
and Edward Walter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Walter of No. 93
MAN street, are making a fine show
ing in the 300-mile endurance test
for horses which left the Fairgrounds
at o'clock this morning on the
third days ride of the trip from Fort
Ethan Allen to Camp Devens, Mass,
Both young men are students at Nor
wlch University and are expert riders.
They are riding pure blooded Morgan
horses owned by Henry w. Orser,
treasurer of Norwich University.
Members of both families were on
hand yesterday afternoon to give the
boys cordial greeting and Messrs.
Walter and Hunter were at the
grounds this morning to wish their
boys good luck as they started south
over the road to White River juno
tion. While the boys had rough
time on the first days ride they had
an excellent score yesterday. The
two came in at 5.41 scoring 10 hours
and Al minutes each for the second
days ride.
On the first day their time was IL
hours and AT minutes. Unless the
other horses keep a perfect score of
10 hours day for the five days the
two boys will have an excellent chance
to even up on time record which
counts 25 per cent on the total scor-
| ing of the test. Condition counts
80 per cent and amount of feed con-
sumed 25 per cent.
Two pure blooded Morgans and a
half breed cavalry horse, veteran
of the battles of Scissors and Cha
teau Thierry, were tied today in the
race. The two blooded horses are
Caster, owned and driven by Capt.
Paul Hurlburt of the Sd U. S. cav
airy, and Donlyn, owned and driven
by Capt. Il. r. Allen, also of the Sd
cavalry. The half breed is the now
famous "Bob" owned and driven by
Colonel G. p. George of the General
Staff. fI
Yesterdays endurance run from
Northfield to St. Johnsbury began
to show the real mettle of the horses
and riders. The horses were not as
spirited when they came across the
Caledonia County fair grounds at 5
o'clock last night as they were when
they paraded before the student body
at Norwich University "a hours be-
fore. The riders have begun to show
the wear of their task. Most of the
riders are losing weight one tipping
the scales at pounds less than at
the start.
The riders were at the fairgrounds
at $50 o'clock this morning groom
ing their horses and getting them
ready for the start. Major Benton
of New York, Major Leonard of
Washington and Harry Worcester
Smith, the judges, were on hand see
ing that all the conditions of the race
were being observed. At z o'clock
Nos. 16, 10, Is, II and 1S went away
together. At 7.O3 the other five
starters, Nos. 10, IL, 8, and IL were
off.
No. 8, Primrose, An Arab, owned
by Howard S. Nelson of Darien, Ct,
was disqualified today. H. E. Nelson,
the driver, said he was compelled to
dismount and lead his horse part OF
the way into town last night. He
did not arrive at the Fair Grounds
until $40 p. m. The fact that he had
to lead his horse disqualified the
horse from the race. This left IL of
the original fourteen starters in the
race to resume the journey today. To-
days route is along the Connecticut.
valley to White River Junction with
noon stop at Bradford. \