PICNICS
M’GAVIN AND CO. Mesfirs M’Gavin and Co.’s annual picnic wiie held at Outram. About 120 adults and liftv children went out by special train, following arc the results of the sports: Married Ladies. —Mrs Munro 1, Mrs Cameron 2, Mrs Turnbull 3. Brewery Handicap.—Boyes 1, Turnbull 2, Munro 3. Bottlers’ Handicap.—Anderson 1, Robinson 2, Pine 3. Young Ladies’ Race. —L. Boyce 1, B. Aitken 2, Miss Laughton 3. Ladies (nil comers). —Sirs Thoms 1, Miss Cooper 2, Miss Booth 3. Gentlemen (all comers) —Kehoe 1, J. Carter 2. Committee Race.—Warren 1, Wilson 2, Horne 3. Mr J. Robertson acted as hand mapper. The judges were Messrs W. H. Smith and A. M’Gavin. GORDON AND IL'ICH. The employees of Messrs Gordon and Gotch held their second annual picnic on Saturday at Stewart’s Gully. The company left in drags at 8.30 a.ni., and on arriving at the picnic ground an enjoyable programme of sports was gone through. Results as follow; Boys’ Race. —Stead .nan 1, Brigluing 2. Single Ladies’ Race. —M.ss Dngdate 1, Miss Trehearne 2. Married Men’s Race.—Callaghan 1, Bax> ter 2. Hobbled Skirt Race.—Miss Dug.lale 1, Miss Trehearne 2. Children’s Race.— Miss E. Paine 1. Sack Race.—Stentiford 1, Miller 2. Egg and Spoon Race. — >Lss irclif.vno 1, Mrs Ritchie 2. Single Men’s Race.—Miller 1, Stentiford 2. Gordon and Gotch Handicap.—Paine 1, Baxter 2. Tliread-the-nc-cdle Race. —Mrs Rigby 1, Miss Hartley 2. Three-legged Race^ —Paine and Baxter. Married Ladies’ Race.—Mrs , Paine 1. Mrs Callaghan 2. Potato Race.—Stentiford 1. Additional games were then taken in hand, and town was eventually reached after a very successful outing, at which all partakers enjoyed themselves thoroughly. FORESTERS. The annual picnic of the Juvenile torestors was hold on Saturday afternoon. About 350 members and friends journeyed by tho Peninsula Ferry Company's bout,to Macandrcws. A very enjoyable_aite”noon was spent, the majority returning by iipeoial boat at 7.30 p.m. A programme of sports was held, the results being as follow : Juvenile members (under 131). —M‘Leunan 1, Macfie 2. Juvenile members (over lot). —H. t. Pavton 1, D. S. Good fellow 2. Girls (under 15).— Miss M’Lcnnan 1, Miss C. Anderson 2. „ . _ Three-legged race.—W. M’Dowell and D. S Good fellow 1, Macfie and Sin cock 2. Girls (under 18).—Miss M. Curio 1, Miss A. Anthony 2. Single ladies’ race.—Miss Srhoch 1, Miss Grainger 2. _ ... Married ladies’ race.—Miss Renmck 1, Mrs Anderson 2. Boys’ sack race.—Sinoock 1, Diekol L ICOvds boy visitors’ vaco.—Swan 1, Davidson 2. , Juvenile Court tug-of-war.—Court 1 nde of the Forest 1. Tr „ _ . Boys’ wheelbarrow race.—H. ( . Payton and L. Diehl 1, Peterson and Leckie 2. Foresters’ handicap. —H. F. Payton 1, Mazengarb 2. Committee race.—ll. F. Payton 1, r. A. Austin 2.
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Evening Star, Issue 14495, 21 February 1911, Page 8
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446PICNICS Evening Star, Issue 14495, 21 February 1911, Page 8
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