The sun., 1896-07-22
LARCHMONl'S WATER FETE
TOM.Iy STOPS TIE TACHT RACING
TEMPORIRILT.
Gig, Naphtha, md Swimming Races, nnd
Marine Bns-bnii-EIcctric Fountains and
Thousands of Tiny Lamps Turn the
Grounds luto rniryinnd In the Eycning


Thousands of Tiny Lamps Turn the
Grounds Into FRiryinnd In the Eycuing
The Larchmont boys gave up yachting tenn
porarly yesterday. and for a few hours devoted
themselves to entertaining the fair sex who are
usually not very much in evidence at this es-
sentialv mems club. Like everything else that
the I.archmont Yacht Club or Augustin Monroe
undertakes tand they are synonymous terms SO
far Us this club is conccrned) everything Was
we'll managed. and. IL anything, enhanced the
reputation OF the foremost yachting and coun-
try club in America. From early In the after
noon until late last evening there was some
thing going on, ranging from gig and nnphtha
races dowa to water sports and band concert,
while IL the evening the grounds and club house
were illuminated by hundreds of electric lights,
fountains, and Japanese lanterns, 20 say noth-
ing Of thousands of parti-Co!ored fairy lamps
hanging from the trees and shrubbery in q
thousand peculiar and fantastic shapes. The
effect was like scene out OF fairyland.
The hundred or more yachts in the harbor all
contributed their quota of guests and added
not a little to the picturesque effect by dressing
ship at O'Clock yesterday afternoon. while last
night they were all brilliantly illuminated.
While the gig and naphtha launch races fur
nished lots Of fun, the water sports. with their
rarody on base ball. created more amusement
than anything else on the programme. The
game was pIhyeu III INC water Oh Tue CiuU
huge float just below the club house, and at
tr&cted nearly 1000 spectators. Ine game was
between the married and single men, and, ac-
cordIng to the programme was :" tor the cham-
pionship of the club and a piece OF pie
the Rocking Chair Fleet" were greatly in
terestcd in the game. a;id they had a lot OF fun
with the Mines on the programme. where they
called Commodore nillig. the captain anu
pitcher OF IL TIE married inens H!hr; " Fssutar
raj brr ~ I'm pIyu IL sIt M
il was stated "EaCons he can DO Kane or ANY
other member OF the single men" The other
members OF the nine also had II submit to q
lot OF chafiing. Tor their ecceutriCitlrs were
described ~ length AS follows:
Frank rulgraf, rst base. Frank by name, Full"
by Mature The Ar>' time ne was ever known to take
Mr., Harper al.aui acci'Irnty lit the bali cluo
VIE at once " s4ny T nyT fa set ps.
G.orss OF olu I'M. the most youthful man on Inc
I'VE don't beat them Of styht
on ,s n. S Ssy . "fa man
swear . 4 Of The :a>t steam launcn un'tr
could hamilton. .ett he!d. y Ham tatter than
Ausustus Thomas. centre field The Boy The Billy
One OF tho single men must have bren respon-
sib!e for the arrangement OF the programme.
Tor their claims ua the consideration ui t"e Iair
sex were set forth IN no uncertain terms aS
follows:
Just think Of It. girls; nine OF us all waiting to be
Alfred F. Canancho. captain, c. the DnSo who
Curr brokaw, PA boat goes with Gin. tho only an
The Butler boys LIST and I'd b. WIN and GeorSe)--
Here's where you get steam yacht; ..,,,.,,,ro,v
last ap,srAnee on ne siHFc mrns % nne fam, n.
soani 50 dusty that Sou couII not get 1ln in.
v. II. Hall. snM"re 'amiaFy known as Bad"
"a Unit Al. .Elsr nrotasr Of Zero or single g
the fair sex sex not to capture B.rt," caas
spare him
big float Tor home plate, three barrels were an-
chored facing it, about ten yards apart. aud
used for bases, whlle a red balloon was used Tor
a bail. The married men won, thanks TO Com
lnodore Gill iss brilliant play Of dragging first
base way down 70 second. where he nterTard
scored through Treasurer Murray falling into
the water. The single men kicked vigorously
nj the decision OF Referee Augustn Monroe,
and wound up the proceedings by throwing him
lradong into the water regardless OF his white
tiannels and patent leather shoes; Atterward
tile swimmers tried TO ride the slippery Dob
blus, and 10 one won the one thou:
sanp dollars so freely offered by Al
the ".Ni ieaI. Thcre were also swim,i:tns and tub
races, and all sorts or marine >lOrts. Earlier in
The afternoon The sailors ON the yachts had Q
chance TO win some money in Gig. dingy and
uaphtha launch races. Ia the uauhtha !adhch
race for boats over twenty one Feet the Repun-
lies boat wns first. the Embla sccoEd. and tho
Crescent third. In the race Tor boats under
twenty one feet nine started, and the Sachem's
was second. and the iampa tnrl, IN the four
cared gig race for the Hen and Chickens col2rs.
l
mona's gig won; the Amorita WAS second and
the Sachem third.
The pair-oared race for the Dauntless colors.
prpst nj ed by II. Is. Seeey. was won ny the Cruz
sader; the EmDla was second and the Atlantic
thlrd. The GIngy race ioT the Execution colors
was by the Amorila, the Sachem second.
and tho Carmita third. Among tho ladies
present at tns ea!! !S7 evsnims Mere Mr Ncnorouas
Mrs. f. T. Adams Or, AMI Mrs. Valentine Mutt. Mrs.
l.. T. Jenkius. Mr., G l.. leon"rr, Mr. aud Mr. Charles
Tobias. Miss Meme Mrrray, Cnmmo!or" ana MIS- [. h.
rosu.I, Nj. and Mrs " 5 Alryj Nr nj MrS Wei;on
Marshall. Mrs. a. A GICDnt7rr, Mrs H. ". Alhrn. hrs.
I. ". Webster, Mrs Qvac"' nhush, Mrs = g. Wallace.
Miss Minnie llro-uhn Miss G. a. Pruilrinn, hrs. II.
Hewitt Mlss Flint Miss Mari" Kch Miss lirrtln san
ger Nils, rW Westward, M,s Narm h"l,en Mrs
i,ryan Alley Mrs Thicker. Mrs r. Freeman, Mrs. H. J.
Sss..ha,rrr, Mrs lt"nHolpn iI9rry, Ms EAnh
v j. E,!,s Goqmod@r,, md Mr.; II y, Glllig.
Mr.. and Mrs 7. H. E'h Mrs. T. icl>tol. Mrs. T.. q.
tnlEran Mrs; AIr"i MarSail' Mr. d. r kmapn' Mrs.
T. I. Adams Miss Watson NiHs Jrs-l" L. murray, Mfe.
William MURRAY Mrs. " II. ilnll MisS jennie ,reen.
Mrs Joseph sterling lll,s Ida lrGnkS, MI, Cherry
BENDER. Miss SAkurn, MSS IuIioi humorrSt. Miss S-
Tucker, Mrs johnson, Mrs uramriun G"rli'y, Mr1
George @. Murray Nj, George sanger Mr.. and Mira
W, f. Pearl.
To-day there will be another open regatta,
slp lnus a. n lp hFA