The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-01
JOY REIGNED
AT CLAN PICNIC
Large Crowd Enjoyed the
Sports to The Highest
Degree
FINE WEATHER
FOR THE EVENT
Children and Adults Par
ticipated In The
Events

IL, o. ,, g., but there certainty WAS
never more happy and carefree crowd
than that seen there Saturday for the
37th annual event. 1t was success in
every way.
The day dawned forth with bright
and promising sky and as the morning
wore on it was in all evidence that
the weather man was going to be kind
to the Scottish people that day. He dis
appointed them in no way, and though
the opening OF the games was not
scheduled till 1890, the continuous line
of people coming in electric cars or au-
tomobiles started long before this hour
and not until late in the afternoon did
it cease.
1t was a gay, happy crowd Of people,
men and women, young and old.
laughed, joked and forgot all cares and
worries for the time being, and chill
dren, most Of whom knew the pleas
ures of picnieing frolicked and reloiced
hin the event.
Past the Marvin farm, through the
fields and up the hill to the picnic
grounds the people found themselves
upon hill overlooking a beauti-
full river valley, and not few
| imagined the view into typical
| Scotch scene There was everything
about to make it such, the gala array
of the Scottish pipers. the Scottish |
| dialec1. and the sea of faces. But there |
was one thing alone that reminded |
the dreamer that he was among Yer
| mont hills and that was the Z. 5.
flag which futtered with the breezes |
on the flag pole from the early morn |
ing and stood like sentinel overlook |
ing all the valley, from which it was |
easily discernibe from almost any |
point
Once the event opened it was one
continuous round of pleasure after an
other with plenty Of music, good things
TO eat, and people to enjoy them with.
During the, course of the day il is esti
mated that more than 10000 people
visited the grounds. IN
A good portion Of Barre's Scottish
population was in attendance with
many other nationslities also repre-
sented,
One of the prettiest events of the
dav was the dancing competition for
dancing The grace with which these
youngsters danced was commendable.
The silver cup. which was awarded to
Alice Naughton, was given after she
had won honors in three separate con
tests during the past year, and, indeed,
it was a great pleasure to Piper viii
liam b. Scott to make the presentation
TO the little girl II
kilograms from various other Scot
tish clans were received and read TO
the group, wishing Clan Gordon a glo-
rious and happy success.
The Games and Sports.
The games, winners and results are
as follows:
For throwing the heavy hammer
there were five contestants, W. b.
Scott, 95 it., "a in; Norman Mcleod,
50 f., 6 in, and John Mathieson, so IT.,
AZ in, winning the first three prizes !
The best men al putting the stone !
in which eight men tried for honors, i
were Norman Mcleod, first with 81 IT,, I
o in; L. Avery, second with 30 f., j
and John Mathieson third with "a it.,
, in. Ii
A sack race followed, for which the Il
rewards were less but in which there y
were ten contestants, James Glass pull ;
ing down first honors, James Greig sec :
Dnd and s. Sierra third
S. Sierra, James Craig and James I
Glass were the three winners out of $
six who entered for the l0O-yard dash a
across the hay field. a
A prize of a pair of shoes was enough q
10 start quite a few men out in the a
mems race, but the gentlemen had to n
De at least 40 years old and must be- il
ong to Clan Gordon, OF they were II
eliminated Donald + Mcleod was the \
ucky gent, with w b. Scott steaming n
n second q,
Lads under - years of age then :,
lrew up for a race, the younger ones a
,eing automatically given a lead in :,
To their ages In this T. +,
sierra was first. c. Crawford second Il,
md r. Craig third n,
The girls also tried their hand, or \,
ather their feet, at racing All those IL
inder l6 years were eligible Eva erich =,
lulty second and Rena Mcdonald
bird In.
A three pound box Of chocolates; :,
wo- pound box Of chocolates; pound \,
OK Of chocolates These were the re- /,
pective prizes for the three clansmen's
rives who proved 10 be the fastest on =,
heir feet in race Of 100 wards. Mrs n,
Murray. ffirst; Mrs John Murray -
econd. and Mrs W. lnnis, third, got =,
he sweets. n,
b. Sierra first. J Glass second and nc
Greig third were the winners in the =. -
pprentice race. the rewards for which - =
ere a bush hammer. hand hammer 1t ~.
nd a square.
A married ladies race resulted IN the ~
rst prize being awarded 10 Mrs. j
iurrsy and the second to Mrs W
nnis The awards were in the form ~
loney, which was given BY Dr W D.
eid
Eight young men entered the grind ho
the 440yard dash. james Glass led a
le line. ;. Sierra came IN second. with at
Mosier third
Single ladies race for those over rs II
ears II age Jenny Morgan. first. NJ,
'srrsret Clark. second and Ruth Ne I -
n Eht, third The three prizes for this
sme we're donated by the \. y Phelps
Perhaps irss enthusiastically wa the
arrisd ladies place kick attended in
loontiaed on fourth Psgsl "A