The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-16
NOW FOR THE
GREAT CARNIVAL
Regatta and Piremen's Tournament
kill Be lnaugurated Tues
day Morning.
LET EVERYBODY DECORATE
4 Large NHmbeT Of rntries ior the various
Lyeats Made Yesterday Strange
Craft 10 Take rhu IN
the hsees.

A. the tins draws near fCg the
opening Of the third annual regatta
and fiTvmcn'E tournament, interest iH
deepening on all sides II is expected
! ~ thr committee that every business
house In the city wfll be Handsomely
decorated. Quite number OF houses
have already made "A portion u their
decorations. and others have prepared
for an early starr tomorrow morning.
| AHtorinna cannot arord 10 be- behind
the times In this matter, even " busi-
ness IN dull The coming season of
1 sports promises 20 br 0cic of the moBt
/ Interesting and lively eVir witnessed on
the northwest coast. and the commit
tee make AN earnest appeal 20 each
and every opc 10 assist In making a
groa, success Of the 20 regatta White
caps are already iR evidence on the
ptrcotE The committee In charge Of
tine boxing contest report that all ar
ranRemcnH have been completed, and
n siS.roubI bout on strictly scientific
~ lnciplca VIII take place. Those who
may hnv. any Scar that the contest
viii descend 20 brutality can easily
secure The services Of the sheriff and
IUhief Of police TO stop the entertain
Imant
Judging from the manner la which
the various events allied M yesterday
at regatta headquarters, there remains
no doubt that ghls weeks aquatic sports
viii prove great success. Every
event has enough entries % maioe u
good race. and the fish hoat sailing
ovonu have large number uf cutr
fur each day
The cnnpvry tenders schooner race
has been declared %. Enough inter
est could not be- aroused among the
cannsrymen 10 make this event a sue
cess. so ia" committee yesterday de-
clded 20 do away with H. The cata-
maran man-of-war race WAS changed
tu single scull pleasure bouts. and the
! gig man-uf-wur was given To- second
race for the ships boat The commit
tee decided TO lncrcAsc the Whitehall
sailing prirc 70 SIS. and make an extra
race FOR this class of boats on the third
day To takr the place Of the nlan-df-NRr
barge race
An oddlooklnR craft arrived down
from Portland yesterday for the negat-
Ia. she ~ named the Constitution and
is In command Of Il. W Taylor. Her
model lS after the Question" q half
.rRter freak that asionlshed eastern
yachtsmon last year by outsailing ihe
Ethelwyn IN the trial race thar was 20
decide which was to compete with the
Iirltishcr IN the international races.
The shoalwater Bay fleet will arrive in
today or tomorrow, and Sill probably
comprise Idur boats The White-w w1ngH
10 new Sloop belonging TO Captain
Ray Mills. and he expects 10 do some
was entered for the sloop races last /
night. and Rs she has splendid rig |
ging her captain thinks she win be |
ahlr to capture a pennRnt Yesterday (
tue htN 10 lfililhHhH anu iilt Cuul- i
modure's flag arrived and were placed /
on exhibition at the headquarters, The
commodore's rag Is u thing OF beauty
and win make "A very fine souvenir for
the captain OF the flagship The grand
stand un FlavelH dock win he in charge
OF Mr. Richard Carruthers.
The bicycle parade on Thursday
promises to be u big attraction, and II
is thought that fuIly l5O wheels will be
In line or course one OF the most
pleasing features ot this event viii be
the decorations the wheelmen are ex-
pected TO make, Quite number OF
entries are expected at headquarters
today and tomorrow. and II is especial
ly desired by those In charge that those
entering viii call at as early an hour
as possible, Even the merry -go-rounds
have entered the field. new one hav-
ing made its appearance yesterday at
the corner of Ninth and Bond streets,
Competition Is the life Of all trade and
II things are not merry this week 1t
viii not be the fault of the contestants.