The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-01
JOY REICNED
At CLAN PICNIC
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though IA of them lined up at last and
showed their skill Mrs, c. Greig out,
distanced the others by ten feet when
she placed the leather So it,, lH in
away Mrs. j. Sivright second at 81
it,, in. and Mrs J, Mcleod at AZ it.
7h in,
As the result of an all afternoon
seance at quoits, in which many men
took part at different times, G. Walk
er was awarded first prize of an UNI
brella and j. Kidd the second prize of
box of cigars.
The youngest clansman on the field
proved to be Arthur c. Henderson, aged
six weeks, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Henderson, who was given prize Of
S..
The clansman's widow with the larg-
est family on the grounds was Mrs.
Alex. Smith, who was present with sew
en- children.
the oldest clansman on the grounds
was George Troup, aged 81 years.
In the girls race, which was con.
fined to clansmen's daughters, Rena
Macdonald came in first, r. Anderson
second and NJ, England third. This
phase of the sports was most eagerly
taken part in, as the children seemed
to be much more emulous than the
grown people. One young lady in her
excitement fell down as she was about
to come in among the first.
Eatt 4 L. Il - L.
his father, William Barclay gave away
a dime to each child under IL years of
age. The young people, full $50 strong,
formed in line and as they passed by,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barclay handed the chill
dren their silver The line was divided
fairly even into ia girls and l76 boys,
this being the largest number that
have collected for this event in several
years.
The boys race for the sons OF clans
men ended up rather. riotiousiy with
w. Richie first, j. Walker second and
j Gordon third Enthusiasm waxed as
strongly here as in the other one, de-
spite the heat.
In place of the tug of war, which |
was originally scheduled there were
two contests, the broad Jump and the |
pole vault. In the former there were six i
contestants and some pretty close |
jumping. l.. Avery held the rest down |
with leap Of Is it., az in. Second |
anne S. Sierra with l6 it., in. TO his
'redit and third Crawford with Is it,, |
IAin. The pole vaulting ended only
lfter much contention and the break
ng of several sticks. OF the six who
inferred only three remained to the bit
er end, which came with j.. Avery
irst, Jaems Greig second and s. Craw
ord third
-Four young people, Jean Robertson,
lillian Naughton, Archie Robertson
nd Alice Naughton. who for some
ime have been doing the Highland
ling and sword dances, entertained
With both The Judges Of these were
ames Stewart. Robert j, Stewart and
irs Noel Lillian Naughton danced the
Highland fling best, with Alice Naugh-
on next best, and Jean Robertson
bird, while in the sword dance Alice
,aughton came first, Lillian Naugh-
on second and Jean Robertson third.
he big prize OF silver cup was pre-
ented by William Scott TO Alice
'aughton. who led with IS points.
Two different putting competitions
'ere open all afternoon to ambitious
layers on the green. The prize of a
of club, presented by George Mcleod,
Tas given to James Freelsnd and,
ames Taylor, sr, who was the second
4 this contest. was given a cheaper
ne. In the second contest, Donald Nc
'onald was first and David Henderson
econd. /,
II seemed lot easier to throw darts
han 1t really was, as a goodly number
,und out before IL was time TO 90
ONE. After continuous shooting near
: all the afternoon, James Mcleod
as decided on as the best man, hav.
* 10 points.
The rifles were no good Saturday for
,me reason, some of the shots not
riking within two feet of their mark.
lillian Kerr and Alex Riddel ran
way with first and second prizes re-
,ectively :
John Geals won the prize Of $40 of !