The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-12
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OUTING
Program For Sports and Barbecue at
Pittsfield Sept. 2.

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be held In Plttsfeld on September
End, the Friday before Labor day
the novel program for which is al
ready nearing completion. Nine con
manderies from two states and hav
ing a total membership in excess o.
5000 will participate and will prob
ably have more than one half OF thell
membership in line. The affair will
be under auspices of the eighth divis
ion with Berkshire Commandery OF
Pittsfeld in immediate charge.
The event will be the biggest and
most spectacular of the year in Pitts
field for the Sir Knights are to parade
in full uniform on the main streets
marching from the temple to the com
mon, where competitive drill for a
solid silver cup will be held during
the noon hour. Communicates from
| Springfield. Greenfield fIolyoke
: Northampton, North Adams, and Pitts
j field and by invitation communicates
from Lowell and from Bennington and
/ Brattleboro, Vermont, will partici
! pate.
All the officers of the Grand Com
mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island will be present as will many
men pre-eminent in the political, So
cial, business, military and fratenal
world, The gathering will be a not
able one from manv standpoints
The Barbecue and field dav viii be
held. on the grounds OF the Pittsfield
Colt Club and at the Hodecker grove
and pavilion on the west shore of
Ponttosac lake. Every Commandery
will have its individual headquarters
on these spacious grounds reserved
exclusively for this event. The bar
becue viii be quite unlike any event
before held in this section There
will he a very elaborate menu with
not less than four kinds of meats.
beef, veal lamb and pork, all OF which
will be supplied, cooked and served
bv Armour & Company OF Chicago,
who will serve II in a manner which
Is the very latest word in barbecues
and which insured absolute satisfac
ticr.
by auto and trains and will reach
Pittsheld on or before nine o'colck In
the morning. repairing at once to the
Masonic temple aud the Masonic club
on South street. from which place the
parade will start at ten o'clock pre-
ciselv After march and counter
march OF about one mile on the main
streets the parade will end on the
common and form hollow sanare IN
which the drilling squads of the var.
ious Communicates VIII compete for
a solid silver cun. A silver cup is
also to be awarded to the command.
erv making the best appearance and
having the largest percentage OF its
membership in line.
After the drilling contests are over.
the assemblage will proceed by auto
and trolley to Pontoosuc lake whore
everything viii he In readiness for
the biggest event OF its kind ever
held on tho west shore Of this beauti-
frl lake. Every one OF the IS acres in
the Hodccker tract will be used in one
wav and another and the Templars
viii be In absolute charge Of the west
shore. The eats will be followed by a
program OF sports on land and sea
that Will be remembered for years
and once more solid silver cup will
be awarded the commandery scor.
ing the most points in the 13 events
scheduled.
Land and Water Sports
The set program is a mighty attrac.
tive one but II by no means contains
all the events that will be pulled
OFF,, for in addition to the lucky thir.
teen numbers there will be real
boxing bout and something else The
fixed numbers on the program are as
follows:
]. Wheelbarrow race. 30 yards
commander to wheel prelate and
every commander must participate.
l2. Pipe race. 40 yards and return
open to all generalissimos. Contest
ants will run 40 yards, secure a pipe.
tobacco and matches. They must fill
and light the pipe and return to the
starting point wit'p the pipe going.
3. Brick race for captain generals
Contestants must stand on bricks
holding them meanwhile with their
hands and walk thu ten yards.
4. Three.legged race, 40 yards
open.
8. Sack race 40 yards. open.
6. Relay race, four from each com
mandery-l0O yards for each contest
ant,
Z. Relay race for ratmen over 200
pounds, so yards.
s. Tug Of war with ten.men teams
Water
l. Cruising canoes, doubles. one.
eighth mile.
2. Canoe filling contest.
g. 100 yards swim.
4. Tub race.
Tilting contest
The courteses of several clubs in
the CITY will be extended to the dis
tinguished visitors and as tNe affair
comes on the Friday before Labor
day, many of the visitors will remain
over the week end and some over the
holiday, reservations having already
been made for them at several hotels
The barbecue is fitting finale for
a long series Of notable events held
in Plttsheld during 1921 and Friday
September 2. will certainly be red
letter day for the city The general
committees are leaving no stone un.
turned to make this affair worth
while and deserve much credit for
their enterprise.