The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-05

The following orders have been issued,
Headquarters Portland Camp, No. s.
u. r. X. of P.
Portland, July srd.
General Order No. I.
Sir Knights will assemble at Pythian
hall at o'clock sharp in2full uniform to
take part in the parade Monday, July
9TH. p. FL. HIGGINS,
Captain Commanding.
The city marshal has made the follow
ing assignment for the parade Detail of
mounted men, City Marshal George W.
Sylvester, Patrolmen G. A. Jones and J.
B. Henderson; platoon ten men, Hans P.
Smith, NJ j. Madden, N. E. Thompson,
G. W. Hanson, W. S. Morse, Stephen
Flynn, A. ]. Stewart, W. R. Frank, L.
e. Woodsum, Thomas E. Quinn.
Crack Flyers Which VIII Compete in the
Contests Monday.
The yacht races which will form an i'm
portant part of Portland s great Indepen-
denee Day celebration bid fair to out do
any similar contests ever held in the har-
Dor and that is saying good deal. Up
to Saturday noon, 80 boats had been en-
tered and it looked then as though the
number might be swelled to 30 before the
entries closed. The races are open to the
world and although the great yacht clubs
have not sent their cracks here to COM
pete, the Penobscot and Boothbay yacht
clubs will be well represented. Among
the racers will be large proportion of
new boats built in accordance with the
latest ideas in the construction Of racing
craft and they should make pretty fight
from start to finish. Two boats will come
from the Penobscot club. the Comet and
Ida and the Boothbay club will be repre-
sented by the Shechinah, Zeruah and
Florence. The Shechinah is the big sloop
built last year for Mr.. Frank L. Dingley
of Lewiston and the Zeruah is q flyer Of
great local reputation. The courses Of
the regatta have been SO arranged that q
good view of them may be obtained from
tho wharves, Fort Allen park and the
Eastern Promenade. The first class yachts
starting from a stake boat off the Port
land Yacht club house will sail down the
harbor out the ship channel and around
Ram island. Then they will sail along
the back side of Peaks and Cushing's
islands through Hussey's sound and
around Cow island. This will bring them
between the Diamond islands and Fal-
mouth shores where they will be in plain
sight of the people on the Eastern Prone
made and in Fort Allen park.
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fourth class yachts and the two classes of
Hampton boats will be from the stake
boat off the club house, out the ship chan
mel to the Birthstone ledge buoy, which
will be left on the port hand, and then
around House island, leaving 1t on the
point. The race for the firt' : lass yachts
will begin at quarter to TWO and the
other classes will follow at intervals of
! about fifteen minutes. These are the
entries:
First Class-Schooner Beatrice, j. G..
Hamlen, Portland; schooner Brynlys, the
Messrs. Clifford. Portland; sloop Viva,
j. W. Bowers, Portland ;sloop Shechinah,
F.. L. Dingley, Lewiston.
Second Class-Sloop Ida, George Eli
Oft, Thomaston; sloop Gwendolen, George
G. Owen, Portland; sloop Zeruah, Dr..
Portland; sloop Comet, o. E. Copeland,
Thomaston; sloop Mistress Mary, E. W..
Fox, Portland; sloop Pocahontas, E. A.
Randall, Portland.
Third Class-Sloop Sirocco, J. F. A.
Merrill, Portland; sloop Xanada, J. P.
Kelsey, Freeport; sloop Whist, George W.
Chase, Portland sloop Thalia, w F.
Libby, Portland; sloop Libbie r., E. n.
Rice, Portland; sloop Florence, f. O..
Watson, Lewiston; sloop All There, P.
McDonough, Portland; sloop /. F. r.,
". A. Allen, Portland; sloop Emma
G., Oliver Hadlock, Portland.
Fourth Glass Goats -Clarence, B. W.
Jones, Portland; Mistral, J. III. Carleton,
Portland; Beatrice, George G. Orr, Port
land.
L In addition to these boats there will be
large number of Hampton boats to be
designated by number. Mr.. Dingley's
Shechinah is placed in the first class in
the above list but she has not been meas
ured and may be found to come within
the limits of the second class boats.
Every Bicycle Rider Invited.
While the lantern parade to take place
the evening of July 9th is under the
auspices of the Portland Wheel club it
should be clearly understood that every
rider in the city is cordially invited to
decorate his or her wheel and take place
in the line. The prizes offered are
valuable, and to secure one will afford
ample recompense for the effort put forth
in adjoining the bicycle. Tho success of
the parade depends entirely upon the
| manner in which the wheelmen of this
city and vicinity look upon the idea. and
1t IS believed that they will not be lack