Youngsters take advantage of the opportunity to reach out and touch Chip, part of the famed Budweiser Clydesdale eight-horse hitch. The team has traveled from Merrimack, N.H., to help area residents celebrate Minster's 175th birthday.

MINSTER - Chip, a statuesque fellow with big brown eyes and a soft muzzle, is getting plenty of attention under the red-striped tent at the Melcher Street Park. His companions - Greg, Rudy, Buck, Jack, Don, Dillon, Mike, Ringo . . .