You don’t need to register your button to receive the $1,000 prize. However, if you were one of the hundreds of people that registered their buttons, you get $2,000 for solving the puzzle.
It would be way cool if you brought a few extra bags with you and picked up trash as you hunt. What a cool way for us all to chip in and make the public areas of our town look sharp for all the visitors coming to town next week.
The horseshoe will be located on public property within Northfield or Dundas and will not be buried. No digging will be needed in the retrieval of the horseshoe, and it will not require the use of a ladder. Private property is excluded, and organizers ask you are respectful as you search public areas. Be sure you research whether a spot is public or not before looking there. Should damage to any property occur, or any rule be broken while searching for the horseshoe, the participant(s) is disqualified, forfeits prize money and may be banned from future contests.
Northfield public school grounds are not city-owned and exempt from this contest. Stay off all school property, including the colleges.
The winner must be 18 years old or older. In past years, families & groups join together to work out the clues and search for the horseshoe. This is acceptable as long as a legal adult is supervising the search and able to represent the family/group if found.
See the full rules at djjd.org/horse-shoe-hunt .
Aug. 28 was the funeral of Wayne Eddy. His name needs no introduction in these parts. I worked with Wayne at the radio, was on the Defeat of Jesse James Committee with him and joined the family of raid reenactors that Wayne was part of for 25 years. I grew up trying to decipher his clues in the 80s when he’d run a similar contest through the radio station. His hunts piqued my interest in this type of event. So, as life would have it, here we are starting a Northfield “hunt” on the day Wayne is laid into Northfield Cemetery. It’s almost poetic. It’s so “Wayne”. Wayne absolutely loved life’s little coincidences. So, thank you Wayne for your incredible life of service to this town. This hunt is my dedication to you.
Good luck, everyone.
Clue No. 4. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024
Henry Wheeler up above, in a window so high.
Frank firing back, where the blacktop ends, with the loudest rebel cry.
But Frank got his horse, and his getaway plan.
With a toole in his pack and a map in his hand.
He’d ride out east, where the fields are so green.
Across the golden bridge, is a milltown trail dream.
In a north field he would gaze, while galloping away.
“Goodbye...goodluck..and God bless!” is what he’d always say.
Clue No. 3. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
He’d ride to the bank with a gun in his hand.
The men fired back as he made his stand.
Inside, Joseph stood firm, wouldn’t give up the gold.
So Frank drew his pistol, the story unfolds.
He’d storm through the streets and he’d jump far and wide.
Reenacting the tales from the other side.
But when the show was over, he felt flooded with fame.
Wayne Eddy, the man who portrayed Frank James.
Clue No. 2. Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024
Into the bank he went, just like that fateful day.
He’d connect us with the past, in this stately play.
But Wayne was no bandit, no man of the gun.
Just a lover of our history, and going for a run.
Wayne loved his Northfield dearly, with a grist so bold and true.
He was a real trailblazer, always doing something new.
A man of many talents, his skills he'd proudly share.
From bonding to the board rooms to his voicing on air.
Clue No. 1 on Wednesday, Aug. 28
There once was a man, Wayne Eddy by name.
Lived a life full of stories, of glory and fame.
A friend you can count on, a stranger to none.
In the town of Northfield, his work was never done.
But Wayne played a robber, a wild, rugged soul.
Frank James was his name when the story was told.
For twenty-five years he rode into town.
Reenacting the raid, with a fierce, outlaw frown.
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