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Title: Coming 1909 : Brockton Fair, Oct. 5-6-7-8
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Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Horses; Exhibitions; Horse shows
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Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
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â U^-tyoort^C^n^- C^:^^\^ /IcAA^-^ For Yoving America There are as many events as can be crowded into a day on the athletic program for Cliildren's Day, October 5, ' and this offers many opportimities for each to win an event on merit. It's worth while for a boy to try out in his own class and get used to competition. Head work can be developed that may win big events in later school or college life. There is much in getting used to being in competition to make fast men know how to make the best of their speed and often defeat men who had more but did not know how to use it. The highest athletic honor of a boy's school is to make one of its teams, and the time to start is at the Brockton Fair meet. Only five can pull on the Tug-of-War, and three run in the 100-yard dash. Can YOU make either team? You can try. 3 V. ji., Basket Ball, Brockton Y. M. C. A. vs strong rivals. 4 p. m., Football, Brockton High vs. strong rivals. Committee: Walter Rapp, chairman; H. A. Keith, C. O. Emerson, W. H. Thayer, S. A. Davidson, John J. Morton, C. E. Perkins, F. E. Packard, Horace Richmond, C. M. Park, W. A. BuUivant, W. T. Stall, S. T. Packard and Frank Killam. NEW CARRIAGE REGULATIONS The Management of the Brockton Fair have decided that beginning this year horses and carriages will not be allowed in the oval. Also no teams will be allowed in the grove at the east of the track. In past years many people have driven into the grove and have hitched their horses there for the day. That will all be cut out this year, and not a horse or
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"A CLEAN OVER" The Pole Vault is one of the Many Interesting Features of the Amateur Athletic Events held at the Brockton Fair Look over the list for new features and don't forget the basket-ball game at 3 and the football at 4 o'clock. Start training now and get a mate for the double-deckers and prac- tice. The most fit usually win. THE EVENTS Watch and Medal Value lOO-yard dash, boys under 12 $1.00 $0.50 $0.2.5 100-yard dash, boys over 12, under 16 .... 1.00 .50 .25 Laced-shoe race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Laced-shoe race, boys over 12, under 16 ... 1.00 .50 .2.T Potato race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Potato race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Sack race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .2o Sack race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Hurry-skurry race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Hurry-skurry race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Human wheel-barrow race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Human wheel-barrow race, boys over 12, un- der 16 1.00 .50 .25 Tug-of-war, city grammar schools, pictures to school, medals to boys (5 men teams) 1.00 .50 .25 Tug-of-war, open to lour high school classes trophies to school Saddle back race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Saddle back race, boys over 12, under 16.. 1.00 .50 .2o 100-yard dash, in vital ion to grammar schools, limited to three from each school .... 1.00 .50 .25 carriage can be left in the grove. Something else that is new is the rule that sightseers may not drive around the grounds the two middle days of the fair. In past years it has been permissible for pleasure parties to go about the fair grounds in their carriages pretty much as they pleased, but now that the grounds are so crowded annually it has been decided that this is too dangerous to be permitted on the big days. On Tuesday and Friday car- riages may be driven about as in past years. This rule does not apply to express and other wagons that are there on supply and other fair business. Now that such restrictions have been placed upon the places where carriages and horses can be left and about the way they can be driven around, the Fair Management, in order not to discourage people from coming to the fair in this manner, have provided a place for their convenience, which is thought will also prove more satisfactory to the carriage drivers them- selves than past methods. The idea is to provide an en- closure for horses and wagons much after the pattern of the enclosure that has been furnished for automobiles. This enclosure will be just at the left of the Forest Avenue gate, a handy location both for entrance and exit.

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