For absence of vibration, ease of running, high quality, durability, and low-running cost there is nothing to compare wit.h the Douglas Twin Mottr Cycle. B. Harkneiss, soie ojstnct
THE EVENT OF THE Y EAR! STRATFORD'S REAL FBRJST DAY GUT. ".' :' GRAND CARNIVAL AND MONSTER GARDEN FETE (In Aid of the Stratford Volunteer Fire Brigade.) - THURSDAY, MARCH 12. A Day of Fun. Forget your Business for the Day and Enjoy Yourselves. ENDLESS CTITIONS AND SIDE SHOWS. ER BABY SHOW. ACES—I to 3 months, 3 to 8 months, 6 to S months, and 9to 12 months; Entry fee Is. First-ciass Trophies. Five Men Aside. Entry 1s per man.—First prize £5. GRAND MARCH AND MAYPOLE DANCE By the Stratford School Children. PROGRAMME:
Sack Race —Entry Is. .Trophy ss, and 2s (id. Motor Cycle Slow Race —Entry Is 6d. Trophy 1 tin benzine, 2nd sparking plug. 220Yds Rosier Race —Entry Is. Trophy value 7s 6d and ss. Apple' Race for Cyclists— Entry Is. Ist Trophy value 7s (id. 2nd Is. Obstacle and Poster Race for Motorists (for motor cycles).--Entry Is. Trophy value 7s (id and 4s Human Wheelbarrow Race (50yds)— Entry Is. Trophy value 5s and 2s (3d. Married Ladies' Race— Entry free. Trophy valued 7s (id. Tradesmen's Handicap— Entry Is. Trophy value ss. Hunters' Jumping Competition (open) —Each horse not to carry less than 12st. over such jumps as the Stewards shall decide. First prize, five guinea cup: 2nd, Ml' A. J. Davoy's trophy, e«lue CI Is. Entry 7s (id. Maiden ' Hungers' Competition.— Open to all horses that have not won a jumping or steeplechase competition, each horse to carry not less than List, over such jumps as the Stewards shall decide. First prize, cup value £3 3s; 2nd, Mr K. .Mason's .trophy, value £1 Is. Apple Bobbing Race for Horses.— Hide 100yds, dismount, pick up apple out of water by mouth, remount, and ride 50yds. Entry 2s. First, prize, trophy, value CI Is. Wrestling on Horseback.—Entry Is. Trophy value 5s and 2s (id. Bun and Ginger Beer Race (for Cadets)—Entrv Gd. Tropiiy value 5s and 2s (id. Tug-ef-War on Horseback (-1 a-suie, for Mounted Territorials) Entry Is per man. Trophy value CI. 25YdS Apple Race— Entry Is*. Trophy
Races for tin- C'hddron throughout the day. . Musis of toys. Ladies' \ T ail-drivin< r and Sawing Competitions. Amusement Tents, .lack Johnsons, Riding tlic Barrel. Special engagement; of \Tadnm V >rdini, direct from Auckland ard St, roi'iis Kxlii'utions, the great palmist and phrenologist. Come and get your head read. Motor Railway, Donkey Rides, Lolly. Ice cream. Soft drinks. Flower | ( ' ni j| a | U ] |)oll Stalls, Fairy Wells, Pillow fights and Turk's heads, Etc. GRAND PARADE AT p.m. GRAND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION, CONCERT and DANCE in th° Town Hall in the Evening, Entries for events c'ose »t Mr Moon's Shop on Saturday, 7th, at 6 p.m. £1 1s if vcu catch the Man with the Magic Thumb. CEO, J. BRADLEY, Hon. Secretary.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1914, Page 8
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