The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-07-06
THE GLORIOUS RoURru.

~'iJ'y tuoutSeA'Ss very well
The business portion Of the city a, we'll
as many residences were decorated with
eversreens and aAgs. while the shipping
10 our harbor made . bsau,ifu! display
OF banners. ssreamers and hags. The
leadi1g feature Of the day MAS
Tue RE0ATIA,
gotten up and conducted under the au-
spices Of the Seattle Yacht Club. The
officers Of the association are. Commo-
dore, VIM. Hammond; Measurer, J. F.
7. Mitchell; Secretary, Frank H.nford.
The boats were sailed under the c. s.
calling rules and the judges were Win.
Hammond, J. F.T. Mitchell and jas.
Taylor. The conrse to be called over
was from Maddocks' wharf in a south
westerly direction srouLd Q ship a. the
coal wharf buoy. thence around BlskeIy
rocks. down to q stake boat, of Belt
town, and back to the buoy. Il the coal
wharf. . distance Of about 20 miles.
Ten boats entered for the prizes. The
larger va hts comprised class ono and
the smaller class two The following
boats contested for the first class prize
City Of Olympia. entered by Budlong.
Of Olympia; Nip d Tuck. entered by
Stevens; Hard Times. by 7. W. Lake;
Rob Roy. by Ross. of Port Ma olson;
Amelia. by Collins. Of Victoria. The
second class were the Newport" by
Anderson; mo. 2" by Hall; Lone Star,
BY Holt. Of Blakely; Mena. by Antoine.
Of Blakely. and NO Name" by Fnw>
Ter. OF Blakely. The boats all started
together, getting good send of. .. 2l4
minutes past eleven O'Clock. A light
breeze MAS blowing at the tune Of start
ing. bu. increased to q good stiff one
before the race was over. The boats
all kept hear together for awhile. and
when they commenced 10 separate. il
WAS evident that Of the FIRST class bats.
the contest lay between the Nip and
Tuck and Hard Times. The former
took the lead, and was the frs, TO round
Blakely rock. She va. closely followed
by her younger AMI smaller sister the
Hard Times. The other three bosts in
this class were we'll managed ard would
occasionally make q nice squirt, but it
was impossible for them to keep pace
with the two flyers built by Mr.. Lake.
After On exciting contest. the Nip and
Tuck rounded the home buoy at 900 r.
NJ. followed by the Hard Times in 2:23.
The Others came in shortly after in the
following order: Rob Roy. Amelia. City
OF Olympss. Oftbe second class boats.
the Lone Star and mo. g." proved
Themselves Ia" fastest. the former round
ing the home buoy at 2:27 y NJ. and
the latter at $50. but as these bouts
forled each other on the first tack off
shorr. tho judges decided to divide the
p,izr between them The boats were
oil remarkably well handled. ard the
race was interesting. ard in some III
stances exciting The prizes were as
follows: Winner in first class to receive
$50 with entrance added; second class
$25. with entrance fees added The re-
suit Of the race speaks volumes
Of praise for Mr. Lake lie built the
Nip and Tuck and she outstripped all
rivals. He then Quilt the Hard Times,
and she was only second to the Nip and
Tuck. and had the boats been awarded
prizes. as on former occa.ions where the
measurement VAS taken into consid, r
a'inn. Commodnre Sparling informs US
that she would have been entitled to
the race and money. Mr.. LAX" intends
soon 70 commence the construction Of .
yacht 10 ou,run both Of them. Shortly
after the regatta.
HORSE RACE
Was run on Front street. between .
littlo gray. Of Robert Abrams. and
another little nag belonging to other
parties. Tho race was best two in three,
three hundred yard heats. The street
was fairly lined with people, on either
side. aud the contest caused as much
excitement Is first class .horse race
would on any other day bnt tho Fourth
Of July. The first heat Was won by the
gray. but for some reason it was de
cidcd dead heat. The Text two heats
we're easily taken by the same animal,
and she MAS declared the winner. Blu.
little money changed hands on the re.
suit. as almost everyone wanted to bet
their money on the gray, which WAS
the favorite throughout.
From daylight in the morning until
late In the afternoon. people might be
seen going to and from the vsrious
PIcHIcs.
A large bsrge. towed by the tug Fs-
vorite. conveyed big crowd IN Beans
Point. where they spent the day pleas
sstly. until it begsn to rain. late in the
afternoon. Several small boats con-
vsyed parties to Alki Point aud other
favoritc picnic grounds. while lines Of
hacks and carriages were busily en-
gagged: oil day carrying people back
and forth from the picnic ct the Cal.
houn place, . short distance below
Belltowu. In the shooting match. at
this picnic. Mr.. l. Wsddell. We learn.
carried OF the laurel. he having made
three bulls eyes. with his rife. IN Eve
shots. The rsilroad and carriages
conveyed many to Renton. aud with
those Who went to Tacoma on the
Zephyr. Annie Stewart. Fannie Lake.
Goliah, Tacoma aud Aida. the town.
during portion Of tie day WAS almost
depopulatsd.
The Pacific Cornet Band aud Elliott
Base Ball nine OF this city. were among
the number Who took passage on the
Zephyr. On arriving ct the terminus
Q procession was formed, headed By the
band, and marched to the pavilion
erected for the OCCASION. After the