Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-29
SHORT BEACH NOTES.

Life at the Pleasant Sea Shore Resort
The Features of the Great Festival
Occasion OF the Season.
Despite the inauspicuous weather, il
Elimination day at Short Beach, Friday
last was success, particularly the yacht
race.
The rain poured down in torrents at 10
O'Clock, but as double reefing breeze was
blowing from the eastward, it was decided
to start the race.
The entries we're as follows: Large
sloops, Mr.. Shepard's Vidette and Jesse
Welsh's Idyl May, both of New Haven;
secon5-olass large boats, Stanley Brothers
Poem, Frank Lockwood's Minnona and
William Knowles Topsy; third class,
small sloops and cat boats, Ned Richards
Helen, J. W. Eldridge's Falcon, Harwood
and Johnson's Nameless, Mr.. Browns
Siren, MI. Baldwin's sloop and Mr.. Moore's
sloop.
| The course was ten miles over a tri-
angle around New Reef buoy and Bran
ford Beacon.
The third class was started first, all the
boats crossing the line in a bunch except
the Helen, she holding back, crossing a
minute before the expiration Of the five
buoy the Helen had passed all except the
Falcon and Siren, the three making a very
pretty rounding simultaneously, the Helen
shooting to windward between the other
two and the buoy. Once on the wind,
which was then blowing a small gale, the
boats commenced the race in earnest, beat
ing up to the Beacon three miles to the
eastward, their lee decks under water.
The weather was too heavy for all the lit
tie craft except the Siren, Helen and Name
less. and the others put back. The race
was then practically between the Siren and
Helen, the former rounding the Beacon
four minutes ahead of the latter. The
Siren won In six minutes over the Helen
and nineteen minutes over tho Nameless,
taking tho first prize cup, the Helen SEQ
ond.
The large catboats were started five
minutes after the others. The Poem
proved herself fine sea boat, winning the
Bungalow cup by half mile. The race
between tho Topsy and the Minnona was
very close and exciting, the Minnona COM
ing in second, crossing the line twenty
seconds in advance of the Topsy.
The race between the Vidette and the
1dyl May was sore disappointment to thei1
respective owners and the spectators. Al
l NOW Ito0I pUCy Inc 1Oy1 may was 1oaOlue
the Vidette when her weather shroudf
iron snapped, cracking the mast and
crippling her. She put about and sailed
under jib for New Haven for repairs
the Vldette going alone over the course.
The cups for the yachts were offered by
William 81. Lockwood of Hartford and
Robert NJ. Wilcox of New York.
The officers of the day were: Judge
Robert M. Wilcox; starter, William b
Lockwood; timer. David Covey; commit
tee on yachting, Ransom Baldwin, Robert
Stanley, Edward L. Reckard.
The sports on shore in the afternoon
we're held in the rain on Long Beach. The
events and winners were as follows:
Ladies' swimming race, short distance
Miss Bertha Lockwood, first prize, silver
vase, offered by William 81. Lockwood
Miss Flora Baldwin came in second, anG
was awarded the Bungalow swimming cuI
, offered by Robert M. Wilcox. The Ions
, distance swimming race from Half Tide
rock to shore, distance nearly half mile
, was won by Miss Helen Jones of Shor
Beach, Miss Rhoda Burnham of New Yorl
second. The prizes were a large silve,
bonbonnaire box and silver souveni
spoon.
Miss Ada Strong of Springfield won tn,
l | swimming race, the prize being a gold rim,
with diamond setting, offered by Mr.. VIII
COX. Miss Gracio Clarke captured a lik,
. handsome prize by winning the potat,
' race. Harry Barnett won the boys swim
! ming race, Harry Woodward the runnin,
.. race for boys under ten years, and Willie
: Blunt the squirt for boys under twelve
Willie Booth of New Britain won the higl
kicking and high jumping prizes. Mis-
= Bertha Lockwood won the single tub rae
Z and Willie Blunt the double tub race.
The committee on shore sports wer
Gardner A. Reckard, Leighton Andrew
and Edward Russell; starter, Gardner A
Reckard.
The rain ceased at about dark, and al
? though everything and everybody wer
q mated from cellar to garrett, while count
less lanterns were suspended from veran
das, trees and on the lawns, the sigh
Q from any quarter, particularly from th
" water, being very brilliant and beautiful
8 Many of the oottagers burned red Ere b,
q the pound and quantities of fireworks wer
: set off.
a The committee on illumination, com
, posed of ladies, had intended to give tab
l ieaux on floats in the bay, but the weather
! prevented 1t, as it did the parade of illu
IL minated boats The ladies, however, at
, tired themselves in their costumes and as
I sembled at Ella Wheeler W1lcox's cottage
the Bungalow, and an informal dance wal
held. The poetess wore most fetching
costume, appearing as Cleopatra. The
, days enjoyment ended in hop at the
cottage Of Mr.. Sidney Clarke. The Bran
ford band furnished the music.
Dean,s RheumatIe Pulls absolutely ssf,
RhsUmata1m&NeuSaI4iA. ntiEely vsgetable.sEn