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Show P.0JJoi"i-C- 7 Slt Lake City, Utifc 84110 And Theyre Off, JEAN AI.DKIt Chariot Assoc. By It reorder The nsits of competitive cull it and chariot racing in (aclie Valley lie in Smith-fielDuring the winter months in the early 1920s local formers and townsmen raced Iheir bobsleds and light work horses in quarter mile match races. Lcs Traveler who still resides in Smithficld enjoys reminiscing about his bobsled raring days., I hauled milk cans from the outlying farms into Smithfield where they were then trucked to the milk plant "Les said. I had to get up early Saturday morning in order to get my rounds made before the races. "The team and I had to move right along. he con- d. TV(I UNIDENTIFIED teams battle down to the wire at Chariot raves held at Forresiei Acres last Saturday. f)e Cache Serving Smithfield, Lewiston, Richmond linued. "Rut they seemed to sense that they would get to race that afternoon. It took little urging." Oh. yes, I raced the same team that I worked everyday. 1 remember my one horse.. Bud. He was 16 years old when I raced him and he loved it. The chariot races that are run in Smithfield now hold many similarities to the races of the 1920's, but there are many differences, too. The vehicles are no longer bobsleds or cutters, they are two wheeled chariots. The horses are not work teams, they are hot bred registered race horses. The dominant breed is the Quarter Horse. The start of the race is no longer lap and tap. Races are started from behind mechanical starting gates.-ThSmithfield races are, however, still match races between two teams. The distance also remains approximately a quarter of a mile. The races have organized the Skyline Cutter and Chariot Association and hold races every Saturday from the first of December to the end of February. There are' approximately and Other North Cache Communities SMITHFIELD, UTAH VOL. 12 NO. 50, THURSDAY, DEC. 45 teams competing during the current 1976-7- 7 racing season. The officers elected by the members each year work hard to conduct a successful season of competition. Scott Wilkinson. Hyde Park, is president and Vic Bingham, Smithfield is vice president. Directors are John Spencer, 23, 1976 Time For The 7th Hour Lewiston; Terrill Gibbs, Paradise; and Terrill Anderson. Hyde Park. The individual with perhaps the hardest job of ail is the secretary. Marvin Mutt" Perks, Lew- iston is the dedicated person who accepted these responsibilities. The officers in years past have always been very pleased with the cooperation given them by the Smithfield Council. The employees of Smithfield have also been very diligent in keeping the snow removed from the track and parking areas. Snow has not been a problem yet this year, but the racing season is not over. ' The teams currently competing are divided into four divisions. The divisions are determined by age. in the case of the Colt Division, and by racing ability, in the case of divisions A through C. The teams that finish in first, second, third and fourth place in the A Division compete at the Worlds Championship Cutter and Chariot Races in Pocatello each year. These races are held the last two weekends in Marcli. At the beginning of each season the drivers enter their team in the appropriate division. For the first week of competition the names of all teams in- a specific division are put into a hat. Names are then randomly drawn to determine opponents. In each week thereafter teams with identical win loss records are thrown into the hat together and drawn. The champion in each division is crowned when there is only one team remaining with less than two losses. The second place team is decided when everyone else has three or more losses. This type of competition is very similar to a double elimination contest. The champion of the A Division for the 1975-7- 6 season was the Smith ft Ransom team. Ferrell Smith, Lewiston, does the driving and Vilarr Ransom, Smithfield, owns the horses. Throughout the season they used four horses. Spicy Charger, Mr. Sand Mobile. Emmett Valley and Anaehic. A learn with depth like that is very hard to lieat. The champion of the B Division for the 1975-7- 6 season was the Itallin Anderson team. Itallin did the driving and training for the team that completely outclassed all teams in the division. Itallin owns the gelding. Black Fox Dude, and Brent Hogan owns the sorrell stallion. Huey Sweet. The Colt Division last season was won by the Hal and Bruce team. These two Smithfield residents, Hal iAimberg and Bruce Pitcher, hooked a team of colts that were half brothers. The sire of both horses is Jet Penetration. a stallion that Bruce ran on the chariot several years ago. The colt team with Bruce driving set and broke several track records at the 350 yard distance. The C Division was newly organized for the current 197(5-7- 7 season. There were only a limited number of teams who accepted the challenge of this division designed for saddle type horses and new drivers. Mike Phillips, Smithfield, has been crowned the champion for the current season. Chariot races are held every Saturday at one oclock at Forrester Acres. Admission is one dollar for adults with children under 12 being admitted free. There are from twenty to twenty-fiv- e races run each week and they last about two and a half hours. The average attendance- each week is usually around three hundred. The next meet scheduled for Smithfield will be on Januwill be held Christmas Day and the New Years Day meet will be an one held in Preston. ary 8th. No races n ' : V t- MUCH OF THE excitement in watching the chariot i tes comes when the teams cross the finish lines and begin halting the hones at the same time navigating a bend in the track. The Sky View High School Poetry Club was admitted into the Utah Poetry Society with a candle lighting Pat Clark, advisor; Lauren Ball, President; Robert Andrews, mony on December 2nd. From Sandy Snow, 4. cere- Vice-Preside- Secretary; and RJ.Seamons. Not pictured is Sid Williams, treasurer. Photo Courtesy Sky View High School The Sky View High School : the contest due to the compe-- . tition they were up against. However, later in the spring at the Utah State University Spring Poetry Festival, 17 The Utah Poetry Society was originally organized shortly after World War II specifically for artists and .' tinction of becoming only, the writers to meet together for ; third high school in the state exchange of ideas and ex:;to be admitted as members-- . pansion of literary life .'Poetry Club, the seventh ; hour, an offshoot of the i; Literary Club, has the dis--; of the prestigous Utah Poe-'- ) try Society. i The Society, made up of ,( 400 members, made the :'cial sanction on Dec. 2nd : ;? . j ! allowing The 7th Hour to be admitted in their Youth Chapter of the Poetry Socie- - throughout Utah. Under the guidance of The 7th Hour's advisor, Pat Clark, several students entered a writing contest sponsored by the Utah Poetry Society last year. The students didn't fare so well in Sky View . writers took super- iors, the highest-awarded- . The Utah Poetry Society concluded that Sky View High School had the gifted and dedicated writers that they were looking for and with the help of Vera Christiansen of Sky View, admitted the group to their societv. There are currently 25 students in the Youth Chapter at Sky View, however their accomplishments and endeavors dont end with just writing poetry. Several members of the group are making a color movie with sound satirizing school life. One of the male members has written the original score for the entire movie with one of the female members providing the words. The movie will be shown in the spring, to all probability, the entire school body. The ultimate goal of any writer is to have his or her works published so, with the help of the Citizen, we are hoping to add incentive to these aspiring writers by publishing one or more poems a week. By doing this, each poem will be open to public critique and approval possibly launching a young writer on to a long and rewarding career. 50th Anniversary Celebrated CUPPED IN THAT HOSTILE HAND . ( S' ' i . v n. ' . 4 '! .1 I Summer's sun burned out the season, cold creeps in with wintering reason. It's gray cloudy hand covers the land and winter begins to fall. When ever youre cupped in the hostile hand you know the green has fled the land. Snow will follow, thats for certain, falling like a misty curtain. It drifts to the ground, absorbing the sound, the land becomes dead to all. Whenever youre cupped in that hostile hand you know the green has fled the land. What is hiding down below, under the private, secretive snow? The hard frozen soil where life will uncoil when spring comes to call. f . Whenever you're cupped in that hostile ' hand you know the green has fil'd the land. ETIIY SHAW CLOUDS Clouds are the things we strive for, We try to reach, We long to touch; and clouds are the way we'd like to feel, to understand, to want to be, Like you and me, just you and me. LAUREN BAU Homer G. and Mary J. Daines were entertained at Maddox by their family to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Children of the couple are Helen Griffin, Downey, Calif.; Donna Christiansen, Newton; Peggy Meikle, Lake, Conn.; Tracy Daines, Logan, and Marianne Jessop, Orem. Mr. Daines is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Daines. He spent his life as an educator, having served as principal and teacher for 43 years. He served in many Can-dlewo- od ward and stake positions during the past 50 years. He was an ofiicer in the Cache County Teachers' Association, a member of the Smith-fielLibrary Board, and a d charter member of the Smithfield Lions Club. Mrs. Daines is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Johnson. She is a graduate of Utah State University and affiliated with Delta Kappa Gamma. She worked in the ward and stake MIA for 20 years and was chairman of the polio drives in Smithfield for a number of years. The couple was married Dec. 23, 1928, in the Salt Lake IDS Temple. Since then they have lived in Cache County, spending most of their time in Smithfield. Mrs. Daines taught for 30 years in Smithfield at the Summit School. Since retirement they have been spending their winters in Arizona and California. ' |