The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-09-21
The Maranocook Boat Race.


the regatta there. Supt. Tucker ought to be
Obliged to come over here, and get up, and
take our train every morning for week. The
result would be that he would start the train
at seven. instead of six. and run it up fast
enough 50 that in Il east iron dog happen
Ell TO be asleep on the track, the engine would
run over him, before he could get out of the
way. ltl all nonsense being nearly two hours
running up to Durham. Why. it run behind
its ticket worse than some of the defeated can
didate> did. at the last election.
Well. We got to the Lake ana after all the
excursion trains had arrived, | should say
there were some 300 or 1000 people on the
grounds. There was terrible lack of Sports
present; these fellows who wear their caps
pulled clear down to the tops Of their ears.
and who sport "B. j." pants, and double
breasted vests with long fronts. and lappcls on
the pockets: and whose conversation is repletc
with Biblical names. that one hears at camp
meeting. They were not there they did not
come; not one OF them. The crowd was as
orderly and quiet rs communion service.
Now want to tell YOU the facts about q boat
race; and propose TO do it in that clear and
truthful way. for which have cot Up il nation
al reputation, and when | am done. | don't
think there will Dc child who read, ii, that
will have the least idea what | mean. A Il
starter. let me say that a boat race is the big
gc>t unmitigatrd fraud in the light Of sport.
that ever WAS >hoWcrrd on an unsuspectinr
public. The excitement attending it can only
compare to watching the growth of hill of
Deans when the ground is not very highly
manfred You viii get up il pcr>piration
quicker To look ont Of the window and see a
| funeral procession W w, than you viii in Wit
Messing boat race. Seeing your mother darn
the hrrl Of stocking or putting patch on
| the seat Of q pair Of pants, is keen excitement
! compared To it. Let mc illustrate. During
tn" most cNeiting part Of the race | mean
| when There should have been excitement If il
Were possible. saw a young catholic priest
sitting On fence. directly facing the contest
ants, and what do YOU suppose he was doing !:
Holding On to that fence with his fingers sunk
INTO the boards and his legs twined around the
rails, his eyes staring and his mouth OPEN his
whole face radiant with pleasure ana excite
mont: Not bit Of it's He sat on that fence
| a carclesSly r. a wet flannel shirt across a
| clothes line diligently reading a Latin Bible ,
| That's th" Kind Of sport Il boat race is. There
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