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Alice Thorndike. 
gram was the pony hacks, not ex- 
ceeding 14.2 ridden by children un- 
der 16 years. 
into two division, there being 14 en- 
tries. 
at Miss Alice Cotting’s table. 
‘the flower and fruit table. 
ler, the ring tosser and all the oth- 
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was assisted by Miss Elise Pollard, Miss Amy Peabody 
and Miss Catherine Foster. 
Many delicious cakes and cookies were displayed 
Miss Cotting had as her 
assistants Mrs. C. E. Cotting, Miss L. H. Newell, Mrs. 
H. G. O. Colby, Mrs Gordon Prince and Mrs. Henry 
. Bradley. 
There was no prettier booth on the grounds than 
Much of the credit of this is 
due to Mrs. R. C. Robbins and her willing assistants/ 
Mrs. Frederic Ayer, Miss MeMillan and Miss Cole. 
For the little folks the children’s table presented 
an attractive appearance. Mrs. James Proctor was in 
charge here. She was assisted by Misses Helen Frick, 
Minna Lyman, Edith Fitz and Hilda Rice and Mrs. Hen- 
ry S. Grew, 2d, and Mrs. Hall Curtis. 
At the miscellaneous table Miss Elizabeth Sears 
was in charge assisted by the Misses Catherine and Rose 
Saltonstall, Elizabeth Parker, Grace Brooks, Marion 
-Lovering, Frances Saltonstall, and Elise Ames. 
Among the little girls who dispensed ‘‘grabs’’ were 
Margaret and Jane Corey, Elizabeth Caswell, Ellen Cur- 
tis, Isabelle Boardman, Rosamond 
Merrill and Florence Higginbotham. 
The Midway was under the man- 
agement of Houston A. Thomas and 
Warren O. Church. There were the 
Hoop La, the chutes, the fortune tel- 
er features that make up a midway. 
The big feature of the day, of 
course, was the horse show. This was 
held under the direction of Mrs. 
George S. Mandell, who was assist- 
ed by Miss Mary Curtis and Miss 
The first attraction on the pro- 
This class was divided 
With Silver Foot, Miss Theo- 
dora Ayer took the blue ribbon. The 
“red ribbon was taken by John Cas- 
dike took blue 
Livingston Davis, red with Snow- 
ball; J. L. Frothingham, white with 
Defender Boy, 
yellow with Brownie. 
14.2, 
well, Jr., with his horse, Don, and the »» 
“white was won by W. H. Brown, Jr., | 
with Nellie Bly. 
park type, there being 27 entries. 
This class made a pretty showing 
and was much enjoyed by those 
present. 
blue ribbon to Miss E. P. Bigelow 
who drove Lady Lightfoot, and the 
red ribbon to W. B. Miller who drove 
‘Lorna Doone. 
drove Laelia, and the yellow went to 
-D. H. Hostetter with Mr. Joe. 
In the second division J. R. Thorn- 
with Jack Spratt; 
and J. P. Mandell, 
The second elass was hacks and 
The judges awarded the 
The white ribbon was 
awarded to Miss Elise. Ames who 
Ponies-in harness, not exceeding 
driven by children under 16 
years of age was the principal at- 
traction in the afternoon program. 
With Bubbles, Preston Moore took 
Miss Elizabeth P. Bigelow on 
the blue ribbon, Miss Katherine Lane was second with 
her pony, Marina, while E. L. Rantoul took the white 
ribbon with Nellie. In this class there were 15 entries. 
The hack and thoroughbred type, which was 
Class 4, and in which Miss Helen Taft entered, was won 
by Miss Alys Meyer with her horse, Leamington. The 
second ribbon was taken by Miss Mary Curtis with Mess- 
mate, while Richard Mortimer, Jr., carried off the third 
ribbon with Alice Carneal. 
Next to the closing class was pony jumpers under 
15 hands, in which Sumner Pingree rode C. G. Rice’s 
horses and won a blue and red ribbon. Miss Emma Man- 
dell with Wrenn took third ribbon and Miss Anna Agas- 
siz with her favorite horse, Headlight, took the yellow. 
The closing event of the afternoon was the hunters’ 
and jumpers’ class, 15 hands and over. In this class C. 
G. Rice took first and third prizes, while Nightgown, 
owned by the Myopia Hunt Club, took second ribbon, 
and T. P. Mandell fourth ribbon with Third Mate. 
‘The committee feels very grateful to everybody who 
were so generous in presenting articles for sale, and in 
giving their services without charge in constructing 
booths, and the like. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
| 
President Taft has accepted the 
invitation extended to him to be 
present at the dinner of the dele- 
gates to the fifth mational congress 
of chambers of commerce to be giv- 
en in Boston September 26. The 
president is also to make an address. 
The deliberative sessions of the con- 
gress will be opened by Secretary of 
Commerce and Labor Nagel, who 
has in many ways evinced great 
interest in the forthcoming event. 
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The annual water sports of the 
Manchester Yacht club will be held 
off the clubhouse Saturday, August 
17 at 2.30 o’ ‘clock, % 
ve ve ve 
_.., . North Shore society, all along 
-. from Nahant to Gloucester, it is ex- 
pected, will turn out in force at the 
historical pageant which is being ar- 
ranged by an_ efficient committee 
of members of the Marblehead _ bis- 
torical society. and which will 
he presented on Hathaway Field 
in that town next Tuesday and 
Wednesday, August 6 and 7. The 
pageant is from the book ‘‘From 
Kingdom to Colony’’ by Mary 
Devereux Watson, and was drama- 
tized by Mrs. Marie J. Morgan. 
Mrs. James C. Barr, of Beverly 
Farms, left yesterday for Narragan- 
sett Pier to attend the polo matches 
that have come to be such a favorite 
attraction to that popular resort. She 
will return early in the coming week. 
Mrs. Barr was one of several very 
beautifully gowned women noted at 
the charity fair and horse-show at 
Montserrat last Saturday. She is a 
great lover of thoroughbreds. 
“Lightfoot”’ 
