Park Lane Float, pink and white, carrying thirty-one children—the girls wearing white gowns with pink sashes. It was drawn by iron-gray horses wearing pink and white harnesses. David Rothe’s dog, trimmed with white, blue, and pink, rode proudly on the driver’s seat beside the driver.
Hill and Plain Float, decorated with evergreens, bunting, and flags.
Second Hill Float, representing an open trolley car, bearing the legends—“Second Hill Traction Co.,” “Cross Town,” and “Fireworks To-night”—and, in the advertising spaces, cards provided by the village merchants. The conductor amused the spectators greatly by the tireless energy he displaying in collecting and ringing up the fares. This float, which was trimmed with patriotic bunting, was drawn by three horses and carried thirty-five children, each holding a flag. It was designed by Mrs. Andrew Clark.
Upper Merryall Float, decorated with red, white and blue bunting. It was drawn by black horses and carried twenty-two children.
Chestnut Land Float, white and green—ground pine and laurel against white bunting—carrying forty children. It was drawn by four horses decorated with greenery.
Aspetuck Float, representing a sixteen-foot flower-bordered birch-bark canoe. It was trimmed with garnet and gold and was provided with a garnet banner. It carried sixteen children (gaily adorned “braves” and maidens) and the teacher.
Boardman Float, decorated with flags and patriotic bunting, bearing the device, “1707-1907” in green letters on a white ground. It carried twenty-eight children.
Lower Merryall Float, trimmed with Colonial yellow, white, and blue bunting and flying a big flag. The children, who were seated under a canopy, wore rosettes of the same colors. Four footmen in yellow walked beside it.
Gaylordsville and Waller Float, decorated with bunting and flags. The children, fifteen in number, sat on raised seats, one row above another, and held flags and baskets of flowers. It was drawn by four horses, whose driver was disguised as Uncle Sam.
Northville and Hunt Float, a “little red schoolhouse,” trimmed with evergreens. It was drawn by two yoke of Nelson Kenney’s steers. Children leaning out of the front windows held red, white, and blue ribbons, which were attached to the horns of the steers.