The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-27
rHE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, MAY "a 1879

and pn aRd aa Smooth water and this order
vas ' maintained to The finish the s ~ poe =;
passing he hq r. ssm ana j. the
81 ~ heels s OF the Olivia was the Glpsy Mary
4 and the CLARA Z. just comrletng their second
rrnnnd. Lady Emma finished at 5.40:45, Oydnus
.1t:o2X. Pluck and Luck 5:A:35. No Name ana
LaBelle. after pretty race came "a VIII gun VI
top sails. the former at s;b7 ~ ana ue Yinhias
winning the prize Of her class lthe eighteenth
winning In twenty-five rpns) at 6:2 ~: n aass tba
. The Juantta which n sa a 1ea n the rst
position won the prize &C 6:24.ashss. a ~ t th
reach there lively contest between me
tbat o was sic leading her after rounding the east
ward stake and came II winner % hsr Marw K
6:31 ~, and the eatamaran next. Win brenoa
last. at 6:3918a. .zE
THE zoE's MIsHAP.
AS the Zoe was on her first round. Mr.; Chas.
Labouss OF the erdW v was aug the e LAKE,
about ten feet from the boat. The breeze was
blowing stiff be sank and reappeared. and be-
the water and kept sfioat by dint of science
and energy The waves. however. ran high.
and he had swallowed much salt wafer before
he recovered from the shock OF immersion. sG
that he stood In imminent danger. The Loe
though we'll in the wind. and anxious to secure
good position Ia the race. veered aboutto come
was too strong. and the tremulous hearts on
board saw the moment when their friend and
companion would be engllfed under the green
there. one who joined bravery with presence oil
mind; young Mr.. Fenner 1.-THE son Of Mr.. Fen
ner, Of the house Of Horter Fennerl. 10
rescue. He seized upon spare spar on BOARD.
threw 1t In the surgfnR water and leaped after
It. He pushed Il. swimming through the waves waves
the rescuing spar came within striking distance.
had only strength enough left to seize upon IT,
and being sbn ana cb Vy
almost fainting Happily Mr.. Labouisse d1d
not suffer ulteriorly from bis watery expert.
of having fought nobly for life and the satlsIac-
ton Of owing his rescue to true and worthy
gentleman.
When the race was over and all the white
winged flyers OF the lake had come nome. me
real fun, the fun that is appreciated Dy ouT
hardy youths and be slow the
araeefnI promenade under the influence OF
which the Invited guests partook o. NE noap,
prised every thing that was palatable IN the
| way OF Ice cream biscuits. glaces and cakes; IN
fact all those IDEAL gems q fancy gi nook III
stomach. and which are Of such pr2digions
help to wooing youths that one. OF Frances
| most delicate ets. has sung their eharms In
'''les nui's Espagnoles 50 well as to make them
Hpeakfng of bis lady love. whom he adores
and how he made her conquest. No says.
Or 81 adventure on s'enauete.
/ Qui ma valu teIle conQnete-
| C'est Failure de mon cheval.
/ I'm compliment sur So manttlle.
| Puts des bonbons a la vanille'
/ Par un beau satr de carnaval!
"Des bonbons a la vanille" and q few compli-
/ ments this ts enough to create love, Darticu-
| arly II the weather ID propitfous ss y was as1
night: If the sun was gorgeous, Mt its setting
as 1t surely was Ii the stars are bright aud the
| moOnli ght balmy and serene, whilst Joyous ana
soul stirring music lifts up all the latent poet.
jeai energies that make man godlike. Aud so 1t
| all was.
elry. Com Emile O'Bren called tbs assembly
to order. announcing that the distribution q
prizes would be made. and instructed gapti -. :;
| been persuaded to undertake the difficult task
Of distributing the prizes with appropriate re-
| marks. TO the yictOrs.
Ii must be observed that there were two sets
of prizes. which had been ordered by, the club
| through some misunderstanding Goth beautt-
from Strong's emporium and the other from
| Lilipnthars One piece Of each was set upon
i the table and the captain, or sailing master oil
each winning boat called upon 70 make
Com. E. j. O'Brien. who sailed the Susie s..
was first called up BY Mr.. Nixon. VINO paid
from Northern waters to win larrels ia the
Sunny South. and the Commodore chose Lil1en-
that's beautiful piece OF WOt kmansh1p. repre-
ssatns s'!yss yacht snasT a ss ~
7 WE fsxt called 10 Tor the second class prize,
and acknowledged the compliment in beftting
! terms.
Cries were then heard Of Joe, Mcneil. the
CAPTAIN Of the Jnantd who had
Nixon spoke poetically about the sweet name
Of Junnta appearing pleased, as # SINE
to give them tone and iife, that a boat 50 we'll
spoke Of the name Of Mcneil as being historic
in connection with our aquatic sports. where
white winged racers We'd with the wind ii
grace and speed.
The prize for the fourth class was awarded to
quite neat Improvisation Capt Nixon gave the
history and diyed into the merits OF the double
keeed catamarans. when he presented the
OBtien, captain of the Ulmann.
., we have Kept, perhaps purposely for the last
,es saed Ps Nss r. ss
Ilnafore. the winner In the race among The
class called cabin boats. Quite compliment
the cay, who pointed out their peculiar quail
dos. which combined grace with speed, and
utility witt. pleasure and comfort.
1t was then announced that the Challenge
Cup would be contested for on the first Monday
In June. and alter much applause given to the
sR ,h e. ana Visitors the gay crowd insptrted
dancing and we left them there. not knowing
or being able to Judge when they could posi-
Dly % made to stop.
WEDNESDAYS RACES.
The races on Wednesday, which are opened
TO all will be conducted under the auspices of
the Southern Yacht Cub The prizes will bs
money ones. Every boat entered yesterday
has been entered for the second days sport.
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