The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-21
Hospital Fair.
CLOSING DAY.

Yesterday was the closing day of the Fair,
and as was expectvd the day was occupied more
for the delivery of goods sold and drawn in
rafies the preceding dayssthan for sales from
the tables. Indeed, the tables were empty ex-
| cept here and there where the committees were
| busy ticketing the few remaining articles for
the grand closing rattle in the evening.
The attendance i'm the evening was large ana
everybody seemed to enjoy themselves TO 'he
| utmost. Those who had been fortunate a' Pie
| vious drawings were congratulated ny 'hoN
| friends. especially the happy possessors Oh wax
| dolls and rao babies, which by the way fell
,orno,, 70 single individuals of the male persua-
s;on The owners of blanks took their disap-
| nointment good naturally. A large number of
small articles were put up at the rattle in lots
and were all disposed of. The following are
the more important prizes given last evening:
No o. model of steamer Clyde, ticket 1888, some-
body in the hall; Waltham watch, ticket 1866
A. johnson; No. As, six prizes pedlar DOLL a.
DIR. ID. p. Merrill; lace tidy, ticket 125, w. S.
Edwards; silk toilet cushion, 161, Geo Cram;
worsted work, Isl, L. w. Buxton; dressing Ia
BILE, 152, H. P. S, Gould; drawing, so, j. d.
Fessenden; No. %, sofa cushion, ticket 10, j.
H. Gooch No. sc, wax doll and carriage blank.
ct, two prizes, ticket so, M. 7. Carleton, ticket
II, Mrs. H. L. Davis; No. %, meerschaum
pipe, ticket 81, -; No. AZ, Saratoga trunk,
ticket q, A. E. Webb
The following were received by the commit
tee yesterday: Citizens of Windham, by DIR.
Dana, 5000; j. e. Spring of Danvers, Mass,
through Mrs L. o. Short, $50.
mi.
lied since the change in the arrangements. The
lady walters proved profitable attraction, and
the contrast was marked from bevy of beau
tiful young ladies to the plain business like APP
pearance of the last two days. Providentially
no accident has occurred to mar the harmony
and pleasure of the occasion.
PORTLAND YACHT CLUB.-At a meeting of
this club held at their rooms last evening, the
following programme was arranged for the
sailing regatta on the Fourth of July:
There arc to be fivesclasses ofHyachts entered
First class yachts, 81 feet aud upwards
Second class yachts, 25 to 81 feet.
Third class yachts, 10 to % feet.
Hampton boats under 90 feet.
Fifth class, steam yachts
All yachts are allowed to enter without re-
gard to locality.
ORDERS FOR SAILING.
All yachts of class will anchor in line pre-
paratory to a start at some point in the harbor
to be determined upon.
The At ath class will start at o'clock.
" ID 60 g 90 IN
I" LIST 4" "01s
Steamers will start at 200 {"
THE COURSE.
For Sd and 4th classes.-They will follow
down the harbor to the buoy leave the buoy on
the starboard bow, turn and EproceedDhome.
These two classes will round the buoy at the
Brothers
First and second class yachts will start and
continue the same course, returning leave Fort
Georges on port bow, rounding House Island,
leaving it on the starboard bow and return to
the judges stand.
The signal for starting win be the gun.
FIFTH CLASS.
Steam yachts will start at 220. The sig
nal for starting, will be a flag dipped three
times from the club house.
The course will be the same as the Others
The judges are j. Willard, Alexander
Taylor, g. H. Chase, j. Hall Boyd and J. w.
Deering.
The races will be under the rules of the
Portland Yacht Club.
PRIZES.
First class, $40 and S25.
Second class, $3.50 and 500
Third class $40 and So
Fourth class, 500 and $40.
Steamers $50 and $50.
$500 are the total prizes
The club start rain or shine next Monday at
a. M, on their annual cruise. They go east
and leave here under sealed orders The fol-
lowing yachts will go:
Stray, Commodore A. NJ, Smith; Commodore,
Vice Commander Mcclellan; Alarm, Captain
Preble; Ethel ex-Commodore Churchill; Spar
kle, Capt J. P. Thomas; Spy, Capt. Paul; Ella.
Capt. Sheridan; Whisper, Capt. c. NJ Thomas
Nellie, Capt. Bradford; Laurel, Capt God
dard; Game Cock, Capt. Marston; Magic,
Capt. Carter.