Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-09
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
How the Day was Spent at Mnwau-
kee and Elsewhere-'Vars'ty
Victorious.

,,,waukee. Wis, July 5.-The Fourth
90 I,,,v nassed off pleasantly IN the me-
~ e,;s The small boy was careful
eio ~ ,,;s frecrackers and didn't set many
fres nor burn many nHse:s. ;,+ros+ ~
III f,s Tho morning the main interest cen
III ~ in the yacht race IN milwaukee
h 80 unfortunately heavy iog hung
over the bay all morning anu h spo, tel
what undoubtedly ted s wecta Milwauk ee
pre- ever seen, for there were ninety
nus ,,+s on hand to enter the various
yae as First the yachts were lost to
nnhlic view, then the yachtsmenl couldn't
fnd the buoys and many oI tne cia1t
nnu d;snualified for having gone over
M Ne ,.rnna course. so that the race was
- wholly unsatisfactory one. FoiloWlns
Il 80 W no The winners: Schooners, class Z,
srs+ nrize won by Mistrel and second
Vie by Hawthorne; sloops, class A,
Vanenna won and class 'eahettle
won. 4,.,s,nds Of narsons
o+tandnd the races at State Fair park.
The independence handicap was the
faatnre of the days card and the event
was won by Havoc, IAN outsider, as
. oainst the favorites Muskalonge and
Sonffle. The betting was 10 TO L on
Havoc.
wisconsin VARSITY Wins.
lake Minnetonka, Mimi, July 5.-The
o;ght-oar crew of the University of Wis
cnnsin last evening won the greatest race
over rowed on Lake MinnetOnka, their
councillors being the crew or the MIN
nesota Boat club of st. Paul. The dis
tance was two miles, and the time made
was 1912 the distance between the
quarter of length. It was race every
foot of the distance for two miles. An
accident occurred at the hour set for
the race, which caused long delay.
Just as the boats got away at o:2O NO.
3 in the Wisconsin boat broke his foot
board. The boat had to be sent to
carpenter across the lake for repairs, and
it was nearly two hours before the boats
could be lined up The crowd of 1000
people, however, was good-natured and
patiently waited till the sun had set and
the water had quoted down to almost
a dead calm. The race was close and ex-
citing, and Wisconsin's victory is one of
the best won this year.
Green Lake Regatta.
Green Lake, Wis, July ga fine
breeze yesterday morning made the first
regatta of the season Il grand success.
Eight yachts entered the race, five of
which are new boats. J. w. Ross won
TIE prize of silver cup presented to the
yacht club by a. III. Revell of Chicago.
The yachts finished the course in the fol-
Pleasant Point, ]. w. Ross, 1:52:14 Tin
w. b. Haseltine, 1857: 4S; Hypatia, Gwyn
Garnett, 1871; st. Louis, ~ D.: Thomp
son aaian ssrfh George Edredss
2:12:26.
Regatta at Delavan.
Delavan Wis, July 5-The first race
of the every Saturday all season regattas
of the Delavan Lake Yacht club was
sailed this morning. The boats entered
MI: nf
Kenilworth: the Circe, William and Philo
King of Villa Glare; Estelle, Edward
Davis of Fair Oaks, and the Lillian.
The boats crossed the line in the follow
ing time: Euliana, 1:37:O9; Gree,
1:37:11; Estelle, / :37:32 After the race
it was found that the new sail area of
the EuIiana will make a new measure
ment necessary, and it is now believed
that the EstelIe's time allowance makes
her the winner by 30 seconds.