Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-08-06

\, Tenopscot Boy" and tsnoe n,snnad
H. W. wsrriors in fiery red undersb;rt.
pan, nJ ifyuns IN the latter boat. Mitchell,
mora anu anu .eweh Lola, took the cake. Tbe;r
Oecaoi. eoshomens are Lcne Wolf ami
Rov /" Mi. n came the canoe ..Penobscot
win bad Heart and Jim tho YoIIa.
IoP Tor the crew. ..Pomola,' ean e is a
-. uNh Little Bear and Man-who-c.n-, .,.iiu'
1ne-sun; while ''Penobscot Cba~l;a ;, .r:.t
the rear brought up
AhofEssIoNM SCULLERs' R,cr
anis was one of the most interesting and
| exciting struggles of the dav In ,,.s'n;s ana
places, George w. Lee of Newark ior
lhe nrst place; Mr.. Hill, or a. evervha ~.
cans MN, "Hilley," second Hooner -
1eorge A. HOsmer of Boston fanr,t -
Inward Hamilton of Bath, fifth. Hosmnr
Iouid De distinguished BY his blue sbirt and
re py blue handkerchief around his be,d
iiosmer made squirt and took the lead IT, u,
Ihe very start pulling 81 strokes to a m;rn,a
Lee, Lee made good second, while the otbers
nept neck and neck together. At the turning
Duoy the positions had not changed and
.,os,her was ou; length in advance of his
PUCK rivai. From the press boat it was
sient 10 see the men bending to their
oars on the home stretch. Hosmer,s Hin
SHIRT looked like indigo against the oraar |
water Of Maranacook. Lee kent neeginn
away and the two foremost oar.men &C., |
'Iaae gap between their boats and the other
'hree. at the last quarter Hosmer snur,ed
niue, and then relaxed his efforts shooting
past the buoys at 80 strokes a minnie win
Lee good five lengths behind Hamilton
tnrd; Hill, fourth; Hooper. fifth. lime
2l.20; 2l.44; q. %; pal.
AMATEUR Double ScULL RACE.
This wound up the day, and was a very
pretty AFFAIR, the men keeping close together
from start to finish. Three boats entered |
Inc contestants were +. Z. Holmes and Ros- !
coe Woodbury., Pawtucket. r. III Buckley
and w. OConnell, Portland: and the Davis |
Brothers of Portland. When the signal was
given, Buckley's boat was off like flash +.
but the others had considerable trouble in
ee'tihg stroke. Their oars skipped the water |
several times. As soon as the race was fairly |
started the Davis Brothers forged ahead. but
noihes ana mate soon supplanted them in
this position. The stake was turned in this |
order,-Hoimes and mate first; Davis Broth |
ers, second; Buckley and mate, third. This |
was the hottest race of day, and the winner |
could not be predicted until near the close |
when 1t seemed impossible for the Davis |
Brothers to reduce the lead of Holmes and
mate The boats reached the closing buoy |
IN the same relative order that they passed |
the turning stake Time,-2O. Os: 20. 10:
20.I3
The FOoT RACES
were not very successful being overshadowe |
probably by the races on the lake The |
track Is not in good condition. it being up |
hill and down, too narrow, and in bad shane |
There were two races. The first was a |
one mile dash and the contestants were H. |
Gay, J. Mckinsoy, killien, Delaney and |
Shea, all being of Portland except DELANEY.
Eight laps Of the track made mile. The |
referee was Mr.. Robinson of Bangor The |
best time was made by Delaney, l.. e. sos,
and he received the first prize of $40 Nc |
Kinney came in second, and received 40 per |
cent of the entrance fees
The first race took place at o'clock. and |
the second one, which was five mile go-as-
you-please, at o'clock. The entries were. |
J. Francis, an Indian lad from Brunswick, |
j. Clark, who was set down as from Angus
Ia, Delaney, Biddeford. J. McKinsey, Port |
land. c. Mclean, Portland, j. Flynn. Port |!
land. c. Williams, and Bird. This contest |
was more exciting than the first, and attract |
ed quite crowd. Delaney came in first his |
time being 3l.25. and just behind him Me
kinsey followed next: Mclean was third, |
Flynn fourth, and Bird fifth. The first prize |
was S25. the second 40 per cent. of entries, |
the next so, the next 20 and the last all the
res. The referee in this case was Mr.. Wins |
low of Portland.
Those who came BY the railroad were |
charged no admittance to the grove, but
those who came by other conveyances were
charged fifteen cents.
Some two hundred Augusta people went
by cars to the lake. If the affair could have |
taken place on the first day announced many |
more would have gone. A great many went
in teams from Augusta, lIall0wcll and Gar |
diner.
At Mr. James Sedgey place near the grove
some one hundred horses were taken care of |
and in frst-class style, too.
There was a lack of something to eat the
tail end of yesterday, as Smith 4 Leighton.
the caterers of Portland, got completely |
cleaned out They telegraphed for one in |
staliment from that city but this did not Ser' e
to fill the awful gap.
The Bangor Band was made up of nineteen
pieces. and presented fine appearance in
their SNOWY uniforms. The Lewiston Band
is composed of twenty-five pieces.
Everybody was delighted with Lake Mariana
cook and the arrangements made there by |
the railroad.
As twilight was beginning to steal over the
Augusta was on its way from Readfeld to
Belgrade, a young man on one OF the car
platforms lost his balance, and tumbled OIL
The train was going at the rate of about fit
teen miles an hour at the time. Al! the pas
sengers saw was a frantic flourish of arms
and legs and heard a ''voice in the dark
and the train sped on leaving one unhappy
excursionist behind in the gathering gloom.
The Executive Council has adjourned, to
meet again at the call of the Governor The
Governor has nominated Joel Pease of Orono
as constable for Pcnobscot county.
If some arrangement could be made TO
run special train to Gardiner and back. on
Saturday evening. we have ne doubt large
number would ne glad to go down from this
city and Hallowell. to the grand opening OF
the campaign by Senator Blaine and Hon
Thomas Fitch of Nevada
We are requested to state that the tickets
for the rniversalist excursion tomorrow,