The herald., 1896-09-10
CELEBRATION
BY NATIVE SONS
OF the Birthday of Fair
California
NATIVE Daughters ably ASSIST
Together Making a Scene OF
Splendor
FROM DAYLIGHT UNTIL DARK
Stockton Streets Rang to the Tramp OF
housands
The Nisht Parade Exceeded Expectations and
Broke the Record
The Day and Night Passed Pleasantly, With
no Accidentst to rlar the Enjoyment.
Results Of the Races In
Boat or Bike
FROM DAYLIGHT UNTIL DARK
Stockton Streets Rang to the Tramp OF
thousands
The Night Parade Exceeded Expectations and
Broke the Record
The Day and Night Passed Pleasantly. With
no Accidents to riar the Enjoyment.
Results Of the Races In
Boat or Bike
A..oc,ated Press spec,al Wire

STCCkION, sept. S.-Ine water Cur
nival tonight was a magnificent affair
and was witnessed by many thousands
of people, a larger throng than was ever
seen here before. The night was per-
feet and the beautiful decorations and
illuminations surpassed anything ever
produced in the state. All kinds of water
craft were illuminated with Japanese.
lanterns and incandescent lights. and
along either side Of the channel were
strung the same kinds of lights. Hun
dreds of boats filled with charmingly
dressed ladies and happy escorts were
moving about here and there, and at
$3.50 the parade was started amid fire.
works that illuminated the heavens.
making magnificent spectacle. Sew
eral handsome floats were pulled along
by launches. Governor Budd had large
catamaran filed with friends. which
was pulled by the naval reserve launch
Comanche.
One Of the handsome floats was a
picture Of Inferno with imps and Me-
phistopheles burning birthstone. and the
illuminated legend inside was mo Ma
tive Sons Here"
ESLlH1dLeS OIL the CFOWQ are lIOIl lo,VVV
to 10000 people along the channel and
in the water. There were no accidents
and everything passed off to the great
credit Of the Native Sons.
Tonight the various parlors are hold
ing receptions at their headquarters
and general celebrations are following
the days festivities. On the whole it
was the most magnificent spectacle ever
seen in the interior and the attendance
was beyond expectations.
The interest IN the championship races
of the Amateur Athletic association
called half Of the great redoubled popu
Sation of Stockton to the channel banks
this afternoon. The. most interest GEN.
tered in the senior barge race between
the giant crew of Stockton and the mid
eet crew of the South End Rowing club
of San Francisco. The latter has long
been the champion crew Of the state,
and tho giants, who won the Junior race
at Ell Campo last spring, were anxious
to get at them for q trial of strength
and speed.
The crews rowed hard from the start
Though the pioneers had a club in the
race they were not counted after the
first half mile was passed. The South
Ends started to turn first, but the Stock
ons gained there and talso on the way
home, finishing ahead of their rivals
by two lengths in 9:52. Stockton also
won the Junior barge crew, beating the
South Ends by five lengths and the Pio-
neers by third of mile. A. L. Brown
of Stockton won the senior shell race,
MoCQuCla nd nj
Ariels. The local association had no
entries in the outrigger skiff races, and
they were captured by outsiders. The
senior event by G. w. Phelan Of the
Alameda club by foot and half from
C, c, Dennis of the same club. The jun
ior event was taken by ]. F. Wilson of
the Ariels The intermediate barge race
and the junior single sculls had to be
postponed until tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock
At the bicycle meet this afternoon p.
r. Mott of the Acme club took both of
the amateur events, the scratch half
mile in 1922 1-5 and the mile handicap
in 2:25.
w. A. Terrill of the Bay City Wheel
men took the scratch mile professional
In 2:35, and Whitman, L. A. A. c., took
the handicap in 2:14 As, having been
given seventy yards. In one Of the pro-
fessional heats there was a collision,
which used up Osen and Edwards to
such an extent that they were compelI-
ed to leave the track.
AT THE BAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.-Admis-
sion day was generally observed as q
holiday in this city, and there was al
most general exodus to the out-of-
town resorts, where variety of attrac
tions were offered for the entertainment
of the pleasure-seekers.
The Native Sons celebration at
Stockton was, of course, the star at.
traction, but nearer home there were
the bicycle meet at San Jose, the ten
mis- tournament at Del Monte, the an
nual regatta of the Pacific Inter-club
Yacht association on the bay, coursipg
and harness racing at Ingleside, target
shooting at Alameda point, the golf
tournament at the PRESIDED and a mil
itary athletic field day, besides innum
cradle picnics on both sides of the bay.
AT SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 9.-The Native
Sons Of San Diego and vicinity celebra-
ted Admission day In grand STYLE. In