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Show SCOUTS TO CONTEST AT fflESNTE FAIR Events Promise to Be of Unusual Interest to the Spectators. The. Brnut. contests for the scouts of the fin 1 1 I.nke district Scoutmasters' asHocla-tion asHocla-tion will be hold at the Mate fair next Ki Iday. Five contests will take place between the different teams, which will come from the different patrols of the Male., A large number of trains have HlKnlticd their in ton I Ion of taking part, and the com petit inn will probably be keen from the Btart. The Initial event will be the tent-rals-Insr mutch between the several patrols. An 8x10 wall tent or larger must be erected. In thin operation the contestants will have to d rl ve ten tsta kea, four wall Htakeu and place the wooden pins In plao. The tlr.st patrol to fall in reK'ilnr two-rank patrol arid stand at salute until released by juiiK'es will bo declared the wl ii ner. The flat? salute "will be the second event. The entire sroup of scouts will perform I his ceremony. The knot-tyln contest will follow. One boy will hold the staff and seven knots will be tied with a how line to the staff, with weavers' knots at each end. The lat hoy tying will return to Ids patrol, which will then he In order. The first-Hid contest Ih expected to prove t lie most Interesting on the programme. pro-gramme. A skull cap, hand bandage and arm sling. Jaw biuulim'o and eye handage will be the bandages used. A coat and ptaff stretcher, with four boys and a "patient,' will compose, each team. The nature of the Injury, which Is selected by the team, will be printed on paper and pinned upon the patient's breast. A wa I er-boiling contest will be the fifth event. Kach patrol will furnish a three-pound lard bucket, while the committee com-mittee in charge will furnish the wood, matches, water and coffee. To win, the water must boll over. This promises to furnish an exciting contest. A freak race, which wdll he announced later, will furnish the closing event. The points for Judgment will be (1) accuracy of position, (2) speed and ('!) neatness. In each event the first three places will conn t. First will give t points, second 3 and third I. Prizes will be awarded to the ilrst t hree high troops. |