Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-08
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
How the Day was Spent at MilWau-
kee and ElSeWhere-'VarSit
Victorious.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 5.-The Fourth
of July passed off pleasantly in the me-
tropolis. The small boy was careful
with his frecrackers and didn't set many
fires nor burn many fingers.
In the morning the main interest CEN
tered in the yacht race in Milwaukee
bay. Unfortunately a heavy fog hung
over the bay all morning and spoiled
what undoubtedly would have been the
has ever seen. for there were ninety
yachts on hand to enter the various
races. First the yachts were lost to
public view, then the yachtsmen couldn't
lind the buOys and many of the craft
were disqualified for having gone over
the wrong course, so that the race was
Il wholly unsatisfa Glory one. Following
were the winners: SchoOners, class G.,
first prize won by Mistrel and second
prize by Hawthorne; sloops, class A,
Nanenna won and class 3 Jeanette
Won.
In the afternoon thousands of persons
attended the races at State Fair park.
The Independence handicap was the
feature of the days card and the event
was won by Havoc, san outsider" as
against the favorites Muskalonge and
Sout1le. The betting was 10 to 1 on
Havoc.
Wisconsin VARSITY Wins.
Lake Minnetonka, Mimi, July 5.-The
elght-Oar crew of the University of Wis
consin last evening won the greatest race
ever rowed on Lake Minnetonka, their
competitors being the crew of the Min
nesota Boat club of st. Paul. The dis
lance was two miles, and the time made
was 1912, the distance between the
boats at the finish being only q scant
quarter of a length. 1t was race every
foot of the distance for two miles. An
accident occurred at the hour set for
l,,zI Ill
Just as the boats got away at 6:2O No.
3 in the Wisconsin boat broke his foot
board. The boat had to be sent to a
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 "a fine
breeze yesterday morning made the first
regatta of the season a grand success
Eight yachts entered the race, FIVE of
which are new boats. j. w. Ross won
the prize of a silver cup presented to the
yacht club by A. H Revell of Chicago.
The yachts finished the course in the fol-
lowing corrected time:
Pleasant Point, J. w. Ross, 1 so IA; Tin,
W. E. Haseltine, 1:57:4S; Hypatia. Gwyn
Garrett, 1:5S:41; st. Louis, n. D. Thomp-
son, 2:34:04; Bertha, e. L. Thatcher,
2:11 81 Horanet, George C. Edredge,
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
were: The Euliana, L. B. Jones of
Kenilworth: the Gree, William and PhiIo
King Of Villa Glare; EsteIIe, Edward
Davis of Fair Oaks, and the Lillian.
The boats crossed the line in the follow
ing time: Euliana, 1900; Gree,
1:37 H. EsteIIe, 1.37 80 After the race
it was found that the new sail area of
the Euliana will make a new measure
ment necessary, and it is now believed
that the Estelle's time allowance makes
her the winner by 80 seconds.