The Portland daily press., 1865-07-06

tLhc S-Neo-s liz Oo1A blAc duulCllCC Will ul1lt,
and all were highly gratifed with the perform
ance. Another piece ofmusic from the band,
and thus ended this part of the days pro-
gramme.
THE REGATTA.
This was the most exciting and successiul az
fair of the kind that ever took place In our wa
tiers. 1t was witnessed by an immense con-
course of people-the wharVes, Grand Trunk
grounds and Munjoy being covered with citi-
zeps. while a line Of vessels from the Judges
vessel to the stakeboat, contained as many
persons as could be Accommodated. The barge
Comfort vas crowded with ladies and gentle
men and had Band on board which discours-
ed splendid music. #i9
The Collector of the Port, Hon. Israel Wash
burn Jr., had kindly offered Accommodations on
board the Steam Revenue Cutter Mahoning
forthe city authorities and the Judges of the
Regatta. The Cutter was anchored of Union
Wharf and line was stretched from her to the
wharf, to which was attached floating numbers
corresponding with the numbers of the boats
entered for the race. M m ei15sags
The Committee of the City Council on the
Regatta, consisted of Alderman Thos. S. Jack,
and Councilmen Joseph S. York and John M.
Brown. The Judges were w. H. Clifford Esq.,,
Capt. ]. A. Webster, U. S. Revenue Service;
Capt. Henry Inman, U. S. Army; Hall L. Da-
Wis ESQ.,; George Trefethen Esq, and Moses
Pearson Esq. Capt. Benz. M. Clark was UNI
pire. The stake boat was anchored one mile
from the Cutter, down the harbor, and all
boats competing for the prizes, were to start
from the line from the Cutter, round the stake
boat and return making distance of two
miles. The boats had drawn for places in the
line on Monday, and they were to be governed
in the race by the rules and regulations laid
down by the Committee and Judges 4eo
The first race was for all wineries and fancy
boats of any description, to be pulled by one
man, with one pair Of SOULS. First prize $50;
second prize $50. & .ssvsa ~ ss.aE
Seven boats entered for this race but only
three started, and their stations were as fol-
lows: LIST aCharley1 entered and pulled by
Michael McCarty ofNew York; 2, Zephyr.
entered and pulled by j. webber, of Portland;
3, ~. 81. Kent" entered and pulled by Walter
Brown of Portsmouth, N. II. os
At 10 minutes past o'clock, at the signal of a
gun fired on board the Mahoning, the boats
took their stations. At 1925 a second gun
gave the signal to start. McCarty's boat at the
start was struck by flaw and nearly capsized
but he quickly recovered his balance and pulled
away. W. Brown shot ahead, and it was very
evident that his superb muscular strength and
fine tact in pulling would give him the race
They rounded the stake boat, Brown first, Web
Der second and McCarty third, and came back
to the starting point in the same order, Brown
winning easily. The time was as follows =
1st Boat, ~. H. Kent" Walter Brown, 1920
I'd Boat, Zephyr" j. Webber, 1880. The
third boat did not come up to the Judges stand
ard therefore her time was not reported.
The first priAesSs go was awarded to Wal
ter Brown Of Portsmouth, N. n, .---z t1,a 600.
ond prize of S25 to ]. Weber of Portland.
For the Second race, open to the organized
clubs in this city four boats were entered and
started as follows: 1.-"Union," by the North
Star Club; 2.-"Una" by the Una Club; B.
"Arier' by the Ariel Club; 4.-"Alpha" by ths
Alpha Club. Each boat pulled six oars, They
all got off handsomely at the signal, rounded
the stake boat and came back to the starting
point in the following order: /, Alpha;
Una; 9, Ariel; 4, Union. 1t was finely con
tested race as viii be seen by the time made
by each boat, viz: Alpha, IA m. 20 S.; Una
IA m. rs S.; Ariel Is m. 6s.: Union Is m
| 16s.s
The first prize of $125 was awarded to the
Alpha Boat Club saiid t1le second prize of STE
to the Una Boat Club.
The crew Of the Alpha was composed Of
Leighton, stroke oar Charles o. Cole; t. L
Willis; James E. Bracket; woodbury. Robin
son; Albert ii. Gale, bow. 81 a41gt
The crew Of the Una was composed of FL
G. Davis, stroke oar; r, Williams; d. M. Toll
ford; j. o. Madison; S. d. Stafford; G. A. Bar
stow, bow oar.
The third race was for prize of $40, oper
! to the boats from the Forts. They entered
and started as follows: 1. Fort Gorges, No. TO-
IA oars, Capt. Simpson; 2. Fort Georges whale
boat, 10oars, Capt. Smart; 8. Fort Scanned,
No. A, IA oars, Capt. Button. M
There was splendid pulling in this race, the
boats being large and heavy and the crews put
ting themselves to the work with measured
and powerful strokes. ~.
The Fort Gorges boat No. 10, broke am oar
soon after starting, but she handsomely held
her place, and but for that accident would
v,rohobIx, 10, ,r,y1,,4 u, ,.ooa nlo Loo..
in as follows: l. Fort Scammel-time rs m.
IA S.; 2. Fort Gorges, No. 10-time 26 no. 29s;
9. Fort FORCES whaleboat4-time 26 m. 42s.
The prize of $40 was awarded to the Fort
Scanned boat. But so well pleased were the
spectators on board the Mahoning with the
pulling of the other boat, that purse of $40
was quickly made up among few gentlemen,
and presented to the crew Of Fort Georges boat
No. 10. aa 3 va
For the fourth and last race for prize Of
$3.50 to the first boat and 500 to the second
boat, open to all six cared boats, there were
ten entries, but six only started as follows -
l. Ariel, by Ariel Boat Club; q Alpha, Cd, by
Alpha Boat Club; g. Alpha, LIST, by Alpha Boat
x Cnoy W Una Ood1 OluD D. monitor, by i.
Hopkins; 6. Unknown by Fl. E. Willard
This was three mile race .sf
The boats allbelonged here and there was
considerable excitement among the friends Of
the various clubs. AT the start, by collision
between one of the Alpha's boats and the Una,
the former had an oar broken and she with
drewfrom the race The contest appeared to
be between the Una and the Monitor. The
Una came in first having made the three miles
in 20 m. 5Os., the Monitor coming in second, in
81 m. Is s.
Aeter the race an objection was entered to
awarding the first prize to the Una, on the
ground that her crew belonged in Portsmouth,
N. H., and were not members of the Club
which owned the boat. But this objection was
not considered valid hacausa tho 70 % ,rac ,,,o,,