The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-04
NOW FOR A FAIR DAY.
GOOD WEATHER ALL THAT Is
NEEDED FOR THE CELEBRATION.
Day-ReE.ua VIII Attract =
Large Crowd 90 the Water Front
Cycle Races 1T y. NJ. c. A. Park

A fine day r. all that Is required 70 make
the celebration of Labor day = complete
s2ccess- AL that human e-c<t can do has
been done by the committee having the
matter In charge ana the state OF the
weather Is ths only thing that Is worrying
the committee. Secretary Middleton says
that Tor ;he last Elk years the day OF TIA
celebration has always started threaten
tngiy. bat nas cleared up for the after
noon. and he aHgurs from the past that
the clerk Of the weather will not
cesert them this year when they are max
Ing extra efforts 10 surpaSs the previous
record
The ball az Madison park pavilion VIII
b. one Of the chief features Of the celebra-
ton The cable company Is renoyatang the
hah and the committee Is making arrange
Inents for extensive decorations The cars
VIII De ran until % or 2 o'clock a. IN 10
accommodate those who cannot tear them
selves away from the fasc.nations Of the
light fantastic toe earlier.
The Elliott Bay Yacht Club is sfrafning
It's treasury 10 the utmost 10 make It's
lzaft OF the days entertainment a credit 10
me club and TO the city. The yachts en-
tered for the races are being tuned an ana
Pot lead and varnish are plentiful. The
yachiSmen are all praying for breeze and
D good one. At the regatta on Jaly I the
WIND blew hurricane and the boats were
not prepared for such storm. bur they
are no@ on the lockout for as strong a
wind as blows ca Puget sound.
IN the nrsi class the sloops Eelpse. Capt
london and Rainier, Capt. Hansen. and
the schooner Halcyon. Capt KiIberr AZ
Seattle, are entered. The Gracse elitz
of Tacoma. and possibly one or two Vic
toria boats are expected 70 compete II
II among the seconds boats however
tndh most interest centers. on account OF
the Albert Hansen challenge cup. which
was won last year BY Capt. Nelson's sloop
Faicon, and the year before Capt Bill
ings' Cape Cod cat Truant. both Of which
are over al Eagle harbor preparing for
the race. II the Falcon Is successful this
year, the cup becomes lis owners private
property. Capt. Fishers sloop Cahsta
and Capt Fairs sloop White Star are also
entered In this class.
In the third class the sloops Mamie.
Capt. Mcclellan. Ksleta. Capt. ssixrud.
and Evelyn May. Capt Jones. are entered.
and the slo0p Ariaane. OF Whatcom, Is
expected.
Vice Commodore Thompson's celebrated
Hattie" the Imp, which has won every
race In which she has sailed Is expected
20 carry OF the honors In the fourth class.
but new boat built b. Tom Grimths.
which was only launched yesterday and
which wlll De sailed BY Capt. Broom. Is
causing much speculation. The craft IS
stlll unnamed. She was designed and
built by an amateur in the art, on lines
differing from any boat on the Sound.
The yachts entering the race are expect
ed 10 be ready 10 cross the starting line
promptly at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Ia the evening a smoker VIII be held az
the clubhouse, to which visitors are cor
daily invited.
The flyers who are to participate in the
4 A. all
in Victoria. where they will take part in
the race today Before they left how
ever. they did considerable training on
the Y NJ c. A track. and asfonisaed the
natives by whirling around the track AZ
a rate that fairly took ones breath away.
Allan Jones knocked of quarter IN -
Just for fun. and otto Zeigler did one IN
- and didn't seem % think that he had
been riding fast. either.
The programme for the afternoons
sport has been arranged as follows:
Cre-miie novice. medal.
one-half mile professional, scratch, SO.
divided into -, So, s.
f'ive-mile amateur handicap. rserchen-
disc value $40.
one-rnile professional match. zeigler vs..
George Sharick. 80.
Two-m mile professional, handicap. s..
divided into sie SO s..
The evening programme IS:
Concert by the FIRST Regiment hand.
One-balf mile amateur. scratch. iGer-
chanasse value So
one mile professional. open. Size. divided
into S9S 81. $50.
Two mile amateur. Northwest tCotter
AMI Shippl ~. California Wing and
Motif. FneFg handlse. value so
Display ~ fireworks. consisting Cf set
pieces rockets. bombs candles. etc.
should the rain continue long enough
70 leave the track soft. which is not prob
able IL viii he dried 0ut with naphtha.
n process used on horse race courses ~
the East. but has never yet been tried
here.