, 1876-08-06
But the Mutuals Keep Things Even
BY Winning from Hartford.
The Athletics Bankrupt and
About to Disband.
a Pleasant Trotting Matinee at
- Dexter Park.
Paragraphs for oarsmen, Pigeon
Shooters, Pedestrians, Etc.


YACHTING AT GENEVA LAKE.
Special Dispatch to TIE Tribune.
crEyA LAKE, Wis, Aug. 5.-The prayers OF
.be righteous and the wishes of the wicked last
rIcbt for fair day and good wind were
answered. The dark, rain-laden clouds which
hnno over the lake Thursday evening we're con-
e;dered ominous Of the weather to-day, but the
vachtmen and their friends, and those who had
come from Chicago and elsewhere to witness
tha contest, were full Of glec when they awoke
this morning and saw q clear sky and felt the
strong south breeze coming over the water.
One popularity characterized the race to-day:
twas managed exclusively by ladies. They did
not. Of course, sail the boats,-thcy have not
advanced that far yet; but three of them acted
as Judges, started the yachts, saw that they
turned the buoys properly, and timed them
when they came home; and they 'scroWned the
yictor.''
The ladies most prominent in bringing about
the contest were Miss Annie L. Wilson, Miss
Helen Sturgcs, Mrs. c. L. Wilson, Mrs. E. ".
Blatchford, Mrs. Farringten, Mrs. George
sturses, Mrs Shelton Sturgcs, Mrs. George
L. Dunlap, Miss 4. A. Ducat. Mrs. N.
z. Fairbank, Mrs. Ed Agar, Mrs. Il.
II, N'ilmarth, and Mrs. J. c. Walters.
They we're all dressed in white, and with their
invited guests comfortably filed the little
steamer Arrow. No gentlemen were allowed to
70 on board, since they wished to be untram-
meled and ung,1ided in their undertaking.
Charles L. Wilson, OF the Journal, and Gen.
Stagcr succeeded in jumping aboard just after
the Arrow left the dock to go to the home
stakc, preparatory to starting the yachts but the
Gertie, Col George L. Dunlap's steamer, was
hailed, and they we're politely but firmly bid to
eeck the company Of their own sex and give
them advice
The prize to be contested for, which was run
IN to the masthead of the Arrow for exhibition,
was flag, guidon-shaped, OF blue silk, with
the handiwork OF Mrs Ed Agar. THO Arrow
vas elegantly decorated with flowers, bouquets
adoruins all the stanchions, and large basket
Of running plants and different colored roses
ornanenting the bow The most beautiful OF
the floral contributions was an arrow composed
Of red, white, and blue flowers tastefully
blended.
The entries for the race were as follows: the
Mischief, by Y. Z. Fairbank; length, g feet,
no time allowance; Geneva, By A. G. Ducat;
length teet nsaes allomaP6e 9enatS fcet sec
inches; allowance, min. 50 sec Ncttie, by
.JnIian Rumscy; length, 81 feet inches; allow
ancc. s min, Is sec. Dauntlcss BY D. T. Whit
ing; length, Is feet Q inches; allowance, 9 min.
9. sec
upper buoy, thence to the stake in Buttun's
Bar, thence to the starting point opposite the
Whiting House, and repeat, estimated at IL
miles, No second-class boats were entered for
the reason that no inducement was offered
All being in readiness at quarter OF IL
o'clock, the signal was given to start, and the
Yachts bore away for the '1ine,' their progress
being watched By several hundred people on
the shore and On the excursion-boats. They
crossedin the following order: