SCHOOLS CLOSE
The school exercises last night
marking the close of the successful
school year, were enjoyed by a large
number of parents and others inter
ested in children and school work.
After the invocation by Rev. Munro,
the flower cantata was pleasingly
produced by the school children who
represented the different species of
nature’s priceless gift to the world.
The stage was appropriately decorat
ed with green boughs and made to
represent a typical woodland scene
I
In the Spring Time when the flowers
of the woods are Just bursting forth
in all of their beauty, innocence ana
purity in respect to Mother Nature
and an added blessing to mankind.
Flowers and children are really syn
onyms, as they represent all that is
good and sweet and pure and simple
and the flowers that decorate the
woodland simply sang themselvet in
to the world last night in response to
Nature's call.
Alma Spillman, who represented
the Rose, the Queen of Flowers, talk
ed from her pedestal to the Butter
cups—Donna Balch, Katherine Reedy,
Hulda Lothrop, Barry Milligan and
Joe Bell who responded in song and
verse as did the Violets—Edith Mc
Intosh, Thelma Wright and Ruth
Ramsey and so on to the Asters—
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Vida Spilman, Erma Neff, Nancy
Chase and Dixie Pilger.
Daisies—Selma Simonson, Edna
Wells and Mildred Keil; Bluebells—
Luverne Spilman, Ruth Anderson,
Adna Allenbaugh and Anna Dia
mond; Poppies—Myrtle Wendter,
Clarice "endler, Elizabeth Samuels
and Helen Samuels; Sunflowers—
Charles Sheehan, FYanklin Reedy,
Harold Koslosky and Perry Arbueklt.
Mother Nature who was pleasingly
represented by Edna Purvis, scolded
Jack Frost, represented by Rasmus
Simonson, for letting the Anemones,
Gladys Koslosky and Jean Margaret
McBride, crawl away from the
scene, which they did in an inimita
ble manner.
The whole was one of those pleas
ant affairs that can only be staged
by children in which mirth, laughter,
happiness and innocent fun enter
and play such an important part and
are contagious to the grown people
| who ever enjoy such an evening.
The solo by D. D. Vint and the
I song by the quartet with Miss Mc
[ Vean as accompanist was well re
ceived and called for an encore. Dr.
McBride's remarks to the eighth
grade class of Vida Spilman, Alma
Spilman, Edna Purvis and Rasmus
Simonson as usual were appropriate.
Miss Clark, principal of the
schools, in a happy vein, told of the
trials of school teaching in Alaska
land promised the diplomas "on the
I next steamer.”
This ended a successful program
and a pleasant evening.
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H
GRAND CIRCUIT
SOON TO OPEN
Close on to $400,000 In
Purses to Be Given.
BANNER SEASON PREDICTED
With All Bait Harnai* Horsai Compet
ing, Soma Naw Bacorda May Ba
Looked Forward To—Tommy Murphy
Out For Record In Purses.
With the opening of the grand clrcut
only a short time off the prospects of
the I'oughkeepsle wizard, Toni Mur
phy, sweeping the platter in the rich
trotting stakes of the hlg ring do not
look as bright as they did at the same
time in 1015. yet advices from the
training camp on the banks of the his
toric Hudson are to the effect that his
two most prominent candidates for
these events are coming along nicely
In their work, and as both showed
themselves to be right as 2:05 trotters
last season. Murphy must be consider
ed a dangerous factor. Of course Peter
Mac, with a mile officially to his credit
in 2:03*/£, is the most highly tried
trotter ever to be staked through the
big ring, while Mabel Trask, the
smooth going chestnut mare, which
! “Long Shot’’ Cox drove a trial mile in
| 2:0-lii. is another which is enjoying
early season favoritism over the pair
from the Murphy stable.
I.ast season Murphy had the .$30,000
refer Scott ns his dependence for the
rich plums of t lie major circuit, and
the rough going, bulldog trotter was
the one picked by the majority of the
critics to lead the money winners,
which l:o did, and set a record for
money winnings for future generations
to shoot at.
The pair upon which Murphy places
his main reliance in the stakes this
summer are Trampright (2:0SV4) and
Varko (2:00*4), both seasoned race
horses, which have been tried and not
found wanting in the grand circuit
crucible. The former was but a four
year-old last season and won several
races for Murphy on the big ring—in
fact he won all of his starts, and,
curiously enough, be took bis best
record in a heat in which be defeated
by a head his now stable companion.
Vunko. Tile colt was raced over the
half mile tracks In 1914 and took a rec
ord of 2:09*4 In a trial against the
watch.
After Trampright won at Columbus
last full Murphy decided not to start
him again, not desiring to take a
chance of getting him out of his class.
However, at Lexington, he gave him
the acid test against the watch, the
youngster going to the half 1:04V4 ami
finishing the mile in 2:05 flat, the last
hi if in Irons-,. <j„ another occasion ho
trotted a quarter in 0:28*5. which
shows that he has that always neces
sary “lick.” one of the prime essentials
of a successful nice horse, tie is a
small horse, hut stout made, and made
but one break in his 1915 races.
Vanko is a Canadian product, and
was one of the best half mile trotters
of the past season.
Itaeing on the half mile tracks is now
on. The rule passed last winter by the
American Trotting association whereby
records taken at meetings up to and
including the week of July 4 do not
affect eligibility should help these early
meetings. June should be oue of tiie
best racing mouths in the year, not
only on the minor tracks, hut the
grand circuit should be in full swing
before July 1.
The adoption of the three heat sys
tem of racing would be a great help
to early training, as a trainer, in start
ing a horse short of work, would know
just how many heats he would have
to race. Under the old three in five
system he might race three and he
might be required to keep at it from
noon uutil dark. At Tiffin last year,
before the opening of the grand circuit,
a field of pacers raced nine heats, the
race being stretched out over a period
of three afternoons, if one remembers
rightly. That was a ease of "improv
ing the breed of horses” with a venge
ance.
The following table shows the total
amount already offered for features
from the opening to the close of the
circuit at Lexington for trotters and
pacers, while in sweepstakes the actual
amouut of added moneys are only
given:
Trot.
Cleveland .$ G,f)00
Detroit . 13.000
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
Columbus ...
Cleveland ....
Poughkeepsie
Hartford .
Syracuse ....
Columbus (2 weeks) 23,000
Lexing’n (2 weeks) 17,000
16.000
8,000
10,000
6.000
13.000
11.000
16.000
Pace. Sw
$3,000
7.0) 0
6,00#
6,000
s.roo
3.000
6.000
3.00) 4
9.000
14,000
4.000
ceps.
#1,500
600 !
1.000
500 1
1,000 -
5uo:
1,000 !
SOU .
Totals .$139,000 $67,000 #7.900
It will be seen that the total amount
for straight closing purse events for
trotters and pacers is $2i)i;.t)00 At the
lowest estimate the sum of $10,000 will
be added to this for late closing eveuts
during tiie thirteen weeks of the Hue of
march, thus making the grand total of
$330,000 for the entire program, not
counting the addition at Hartford for
half milers and the amount to lie yer
announced from Atlanta, which *wili
surely make the grand tojal not less
than $400,000
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