Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-12
GALA DAY AT SHORT BEACH.

| The A nnual Jubilee Of the Cottager, | Yesterday-Crowds or Vfsitors-Ths I Winners in the Yachting. Boating ! and Other Conresrs-Grand IlIumin. ation in the Evening. The third annual celebration aud grand illumination of the cottagers at Short
 Beach was held yesterday, and 6 most de- lightful day was passed by all. As early | as 2 o'clock the various committees sp- pointed to make necessary arrangements for the fete were around attending to the hundred and one different details of the celebration. The day was get aside as e general holiday by all the cottagers and everyone summerinG at this popular sum- mer resort. The first event of the day was race between the yachts owned by the cottsgers.
 The entries for the race was as follows: Idyl May, owned by Jesse D. Welch; Mside, owned by Burr Johnson; Siren, owned by Robert A. Brown of the New Haven Savings bank; Poem, owned by Walter Stanley of New Britain; Cassie, owned by A. W. 0. Williams of New York; Star, owned by Ransom Baldwin; Vidette, owned by H. G. Shepard, and the Retriever. owned by W. G. Shepard.
 The start was made from Long Pier at 10 o'clock, the course being from her dock around the new reef, around Branford Point beacon and return to the dook-s distance of sboue fifteen miles. The yachts got away in good form and the brushes between them at times were quite exciting. They finished in the fol lowing order:
 Claes No. 1-ldyl May frat, time 2:5s:3O; Vidette second, time 3:02:5S; Poem third, 3:04; Maide fourth, 3:11:55; Cassie fifth, 3:16:34
 Glass No. 2-Siren 3:1s:25, Star 3:19:3O, Retriever 3:24:45. Among the prizes for this racs were a number of valuable silver cups, cracker dish and silver spoons.
 The race for nsptha launches came next. Among the entries were the RObells, owned by Robert and Ella Wheeler Wilcox of New York; the Jusnita, owned by W. H. Lock wood of Hartford, and the Madeline, owned by Edward Oakley of this city. The course was from the dock around the Cow and Calf, around Browns reef and back, & dis tsnce of five miles. The launches came in in the following order: Juanits, time 29:50; Robells, 30:38; Madeline, 3:32:20.
 The flat bottom rowboat races were won OJ noLSo II iOAa oalo dLu nlS5 2Nasu.
 The tub race was won by Miss Helena Haywood.
 There were seven potato races, and the winners were as follows: Gilbert Stevens, Howard Hall, Albert Strong, Russell Bun nell, Miss Louise Pruddep, Ella Beach, Jessie Beach.
 The swimming races were divided into three clssses-men's ladies' and girls In the girls race Miss E. Hsrwood was the winner; ladies' race, Miss Bertha Lock wood; ana in the mems race William Bar nett.
 This closed the festivities of the day time. At sundown the evenings festivi- | ties were begun. The Chinese lanterns were brought out and each cottage was hung from the roof to the ground with these lights and the fronts were similarly decorated.
 The long pier WAS hung with hundreds | of Chinese lanterns, the whole pretty soene being one long to be remembered. It was early this morning when the celebration wss ended and all voted it the most suc- cessful one that has ever been held at the Beach. The committees who had charge of the days celebration are deserving of great credit for the success in which the day passed off. The committees were as follows:
  liam H. Lockwood, Mrs. Albert Stanley. Yachting-Mr David Corey, Mr. Reuben Kel- sey, jr., Mr. A. H. Andress.
 Secretary-Mr. A. II. Andrews.
 Amusement-Shore sports swimming races and rowing races; Mir. Gardner A. Hecard and aides,
 SHORT BEACH NOTES
 Mir. George A. Maycons entertained a party of twenty five friends from this city at his cottage at Short Beach last evening.
 Harrison Willard of New York and his beautiful daughter, Miss Marie Willard, were guests recently at the Bungalow. MT. Willard is the we'll known composer and wrote the music for these. upopular songs: Waiting" "When the ffds Comes i'm and has recently composed charming air for the poem written by Mrs. Wilcox, "Lsugh, and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone"
 Miss Mae Anson, Dakota girl. has been c.ruik ikS=