Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-09
EDEN'S CENTENNIAL.
BAR HARBOR CELEBRATED AND
THE TOWN LOOKED ON.
THE HOSE RACE DISAPPOINTING
GRAVE CHARGES MADE BY THE
ELLSWORTH COMPANY.

with music and bunting, enthusiastic
natives, amused cOttagers, and tired
visitors. The local news correspond
ents have sent out glowing accounts
of Eden's centennial celebration. The
reports were well written, exceedingly
interesting. The native Rugged himself
complacently as he read. 1t was glori-
GUS celebration.
The sureole of the Orioles is given a
brilliant lustre in these news reports, and
the claim OF worlds champions is un-
blushingly made for them. They have
established new record! Aye, verify!
They have established new race.
THE CELEBRATION.
Let ne tell the readers of TIE ANFRf-
CAN OF the celebration as | saw it.
went to Bar Harbor prepared TO thor
oughly enjoy everything that WAS set
before me for entertainment; but | was
disappointed. While there was much
Of merit in the celebration. there was
lack Of system. confusion OF events,
neglect OF details, which married the
whole.
Many Ellsworth people who went to
Bar Harhor intending to remain two days,
returned ON the evenin. of the first day.
But the celebration had its redeeming
features. The parade on the morning OF
the first day was a success-a credit to he
managers of this part OF the programme,
! and 10 the business men and associations
+ participating.
Another successful and very interesting
+ +
at Grand Army hall.
The business men ard citizens Of Bar
+ Harbor showed commendable pride and
interest in he occasion by the generous
and tasty display Of bunting. Gay Bar
Harbor never wore more gorgeous dress.
The literary exercises at the Rodick
house. it is said were interesting. Much
to my regret was unable to be present.
At he hour for the exercises | WAS wait
ing for the beginning of the hose races,
which for some reason, were delayed long
after he appointed hour.
THE HOSE RACE.
1t Is in the hose races that the people
Of Ellsworth are most interested, and
of which they most desire TO read 1t Is
no secret in Ellsworth that the boys OF
the Senator Hale hose team feel very Bit
ter over their treatment ut Der Harbor.
| will tel the story 81 he race just as it
occurred, and the substance OF the charges
made by the Senators.
The hour appointed for the races Was
l o'clock. 1t WAS 8 O'Clock before they
began. Only three companies were en-
tered-the Orioles, Of Bar Harbor, the
Eagles, of Orono, and Senator Hsles, Of
Ellsworth. There was prize for each
500 TO first, $50 to second and s25 10 third.
But it vas not the prize they were bat
thing for. Il was glory.
1t fell to the lot of the Senators to run
first. The usual preliminaries were gone
through measuring of he hose, the
march to the end OF the POO yards with
the csrrjage-and hen the Senators lined
up for the start. They got away badly,
but made good run. Their actual time
was 1.O3 3-5; corrected time, 1.Oi 3-5.
| learned after the race the cause OF the
Senators struggling start. Usually in
starting race, after the starters word OF
warning, "all ready sufficient time-a
second or two-is allowed for the run
ners 10 prepare for the spring away from
the line. But at Bar Harbor this custom
was disregarded. The pistol shot fol-
lowed fraction OF second after the
word. The runners being unprepared
for it, struggling start resulted, and
valuable time was lost. The Senators be-
lieve this was pre-srranged plan.
But the Senators make another charge
which, iftrue, should bar the Orioles from
further recognition by any hose company.
w hen t he Senators were making their run
two dogs sprsng at them from the bushes.
One of the runners, Charles Higgins, was
bitten on the hand.
The Ellsworth boys refuse to believe any
thing else than that The dogs were turned
loose upon them for the purpose of in
tertering with them, and that the Bar
Harbor team was cognizant OF the plan.
Their foundation for their charge is that
the Senators, on the way up the track
with the cart, saw man in the bushes
nothing of it. They further say that an
other man from Ellsworth, not a member
of the company, before the race over
heard conversation regarding the dogs,
but thought nothing of it until it re-
CURED to him with significance after
the race.
| cannot believe that any company
would resort to so despicab BILE a trick but
there are many who give the report Gre
dence.
The Eagles, the second team at the line,
made the run in los 3-5.
THE SENATORS PROTEST.
The Orioles, of Bar Har Dor, were the
last to run. There was longer delay
than usual, in the preliminaries, due to
the Discrimination of the Bar Har Dor
company to break coupling at the end
OF their $50 feet OF hose. But the Ellis