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of wind and then he commenced to talk, but as they were waiting for us out side, we had to leave him much to his disgust, without all the good wine he had been promising us. I rode Frank's wheel home to tea and changed my once white pants as I thought I might take in the dance. We played awhile over in the park till the orchestra had to go in to the dance, by that time I didn't feel much like dancing so sat around with Egg Thompson & some others and came home early

Among the chief numbers on the list of sports was were a a slow horse race which Hazen entered but was disqualified because his horse stopped, and which ended in a dispute, as some thought that Dave Fields who came in last let his horse stop, but others said that it didn't stop for although it wasn't making any progress its feet were going. Another was a tug of war between Simcoe & Dover. The Dover end of the rope was supported by Hugh McQueen, Sandy Leitch etc. and walkeded right down the road with Simcoe, but it also ended with {picking?} for some reason or other. Harry Moon yelled him self hoarse at that, An unadvertised sensation was created by the arresting of a motor cyclist by Val. Leany. It seems the fellow either through non control of his machine or whisky or pure devilment ot all three was {illegible} the roads through the crowd at a very reckless and dangerour ==s rate. He did stiopop at last and evidently objected to peaceably accompany Val to the cooler, so that gemtleman picked im up, put him under his arm and carried him in out of the foeld hot sun. I heard afterwards that Bond tried him and that he contributed nineteen dollars t the municipal treasary.

I Simcoe man droopped dead over at the Dominion at noon. I suppose he collapsed witht he heat, that didn't cause much excitement though as every nody ese gelt the same way. It was alomost unbearably hot especially under a coat that has been collecting the bandroom dirt for an unknown number of agres.

Wednesday July 2nd