The Portland daily press., 1897-08-16

Events-Many of Those at the Clam
bake-The United Mechanics at Long
Island.
The interest of the cottagers of Great
Diamond Island centers each year in
what is known as island day. 1t is de-
voted to the various athletic and aquatic
sports, and in the evening the annual
banquet and dance are held. The weather
OF Saturday was perfect for the events
and the attendance upon the exercises of
the day was large. Quite party of
| friends of the cottagers from Portland
were in attendance as guests. The
several races and events were in the hands
of competent judges and committees,
there being separate list of starters and
| Judges for each event. First on the pro-
gramme was the junior swimming race.
| Several entries were made and after an
interesting race W. Stewart was declared
the winner, with Ernest Orr as second.
The next event, the fast swimming
race, was entered by DIR. II. f. Twitchell,
William Thaxter and Weld Rollins. The
race was from the end of the wharf to a
distance of $50 feet in the direction Of the
channel. Weld Robbins was the winner
with DR.. a. F. Twitchel as second. One
of the prettiest events of the afternoon
was the yacht race. The yachts sailed
the wharf of the Freeport and Yarmouth
Steamboat Company in the direction of
Fort Georges, where the stake boat was
placed, and return to. q red buoy set near
Mackworth's Island. The entries were
Messrs. B. W. Brown, with the yacht
Imp; Fred Hooper, owner Of yacht
| Phillis; Franklin M. Lawrence, with
yacht Nautilus, and the yacht Kohenoor,
owned by Jos. 81. Day. The race was
very interesting and was won by the Imp
her corrected time being 10 minutes and
eleven seconds. The prize is pennant to
be carried at the mast head for the coming
year.
| In the tub race the entries were. r. r.
Brown, W. H. Thaxter, FL. F. Twitchell
Weld Rollins and W. Stewart.
The participants gave very interesting
exhibition of aquatic athletics and the
manoeuvreing of the men in sculling
their craft provoked considerable laughter
from their friends, the spectators. The
race was won by A. +. Brown, with Weld
Rollins second and H. F. Twitchell third.
| The last event in the aquatic line was
the rowing race. Two boats were entered,
the first being manned by E. Orr, W.
Stewart and George Libby. The second
boat was handled by Messrs. Crosby,
Stafford and Stevens. The race was in
teresting and was won by Coxswain
Libby's men.
An adjournment was then made to the
center of the island on an open lot, where
| tie land event contests were held.
The first event in this series was three
legged race, and was entered by Charles
Chapman, Jr., and franklin Lawrence
and Edward Moody and Harold Stevens.
| The young men made an excellent show
| ing and the race was awarded to Messrs.
Chapman and Lawrence.
| The sack race was participated in by
some of the younger men and boys on the
island, and as usual In races Of this kind
the spectators we're much amused by the
queer antics of the participants in en-
deavoring to regain their footing after
having fallen in the race. The race was
entered by five or six of the young men
and was for best two out of three trials.
The race was won by Philip Chapman,
with Charles Chapman, Jr., as close
second.
The potato race was an interesting
| ard xxro G cryo,, J,xy Cbor1oc Chairman
Jr., with Franklin Lawrence second.
The next event was the running broad
jump and the participants did some good
work for amateur athletes. The prize was
awarded to Mortimer Goodale, he having
cleared distance of Is feet and 2 inches;
Robert Orr received second prize, with a
distance of 10 feet inches to his credit.
The prizes awarded for the several races
were handsomely hand painted shells.
Each shell had painted on it either q
landscape or marine view of some point
on or near the island.
A game of ball was played on the hill
between the Diamond Islands and the
land. The Portland team is we'll or
ganized, while the island team was made
up for the occasion, SO that the game was
not particularly interesting, as the Port
land boys practically had the game from
the start. The game resulted at the end
of five innings in score of IS to 8 in
favor of the C.. T. AIS. 1t was then called
on account of darkness.
The Catholic. Total Abstinence nine is
composed Of Ward S., Locke IT,, Robin
son 2b., Wade p, Nugent c., Spinney. 3D.,
Devine h., McBrady CT, Shea IF.
The Diamonds were made up as follows:
A. f. Brown c., Rumery p, Lawrence
CT Hooper b., Goodale IT,, Perry 2b.,
Crosby S., B. W. B. Brown 1b., Sharples
IF.
At 6 O'Clock the annual dinner was
served in Elwell Hall. The dinner was
served under the direction of the COM
mittee, Messrs. W. H. Thaxter, George
H. Poor and George +. Moody.
After the dinner, beginning at eight
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