Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-07-08

headed by Aids James +. Parsons, George
A. Parcher, S. G. Stevens, A. r. Dew
ereux and Charles Eppes, followed by
a cavalcade OF twenty horses. Then fol-
lowed the trades procession. The BUSH
ness men represented in line were II. f..
Davis, carriages; "Shore Acres" hotel, in
costume, accompanied by the yellow
KID; Frank >. Lord, coal; John Malone,
restaurant, two teams; y. T.. Cole * Co.
shoe factory; p II. Bonzey, bakery; J. T.
Crippen, musical instruments aud sewing
machines; Curtis X, Foster, furniture; T..
f. Gray, hay and straw; A. II. Joy, gro
ceries; w. II. Dresser, market; NJ J.
Drummey, groceries and general store
dienrose soap company, soap and per-
fumes; ). l.. Lord, carriages. Perhaps he
most attractive teams in line were those
OF NJ. J. Drummey and 4. H. JOY.
MINOR SPORTS.
Following he parade, the minor sports
were begun on Main street The first
event was the potato race. Morrill, Gar
land won first prize, Herbert Redding,
second. Others who ran were George
Slack, George Alley and Roy Redding.
The sack race was won by Henry Slack,
with Herbert Redding second. Waiter
and Eddie Sullivan, Roy Redding and
George Slack, also competed in this race
The wheel barrow race WAS won by
Fred Thomas, William Corners, second
Merrill Garland, Henry Slack and Her
bert Redding also ran.
There was not time before the hose race
to finish the her minor sports arranged
for. In the evening the trial at putting
the shot created considerable interest
The shot weighed 1914 pounds. David F.
Jarvis won the first prize, putting the
shot twenty-nine feet, nine inches. Fred
Drake was second, twenty feet,
eight inches. This distance was beaten
several times later by both Jarvis and
Drake, as well as by others who tried
their strength, but in the official trials the
distances given above were made.
THE WET HOSE RACE.
The wet hose race took place on Water
street just before noon. The Judges were
+. ). Lord, A. w. Greedy and John p.
EIdrldge; timers, E. f. Robinson and E.
+. joy starter, James II. Gillispee, of
Bangor.
Only the three Ellsworth hose teams
participated in the race, but the bitter
rivalry existing between the Senators and
Dlrlgos gave interest enough to he race
The Senators drew first run. After they
mud lined up for the start, there was some
delay and several false starts because of
he swapping of the starters pistol
When they finally got away it was i'll
good shape, however. They made a
pretty run, making all connections and
getting water without hitch. Their
time vas thlrty-six seconds. This, it is
claimed by some, is record time for this
races The Senators expected to beat it,
having equalled it i'll practice without
their racing costumes.
The Eagles were the second company to
run. They had not practiced the run,
and went in simply to get third money
They got it, without further mishap than
running over one man, who escaped fatal
injury, and the wetting of those in the
crowd collected on the stoop OF Dresser 8
market, near the hydrant, and who found
out to their entire satisfaction what a
wet race is. The Eagles time was fifty
seconds. The time was materially length
ened by the bouncing off OF the pipe near
the start.
The Dirigos were the last to rum A
howl Of protest went up from the crowd
when the starters pistol gave them the
signal with the men in motion and ten
feet over the line. 1t WAS most pa pa bic
mistake on the part Of the starter. The
judges saw the advantage gained by the
Dirigos in the start, and tried to call
them back, but without success. The
Dirigos went on and made their run.
An argument, which was the most un-
fortunate feature Of the day, followed the
run. The official time had been withheld
by he judges, but it was perfectly well
not equalled the Senator's time. The
Dirisos demanded another trial. on the
ground that the attempt OF the Judges to
call them back had caused them to lose
time. The Senators protested that there
was nothing in the rules to provide for a
second trial, that the Dirigos had made
their run and that the time lost, il any,
by the action Of the judges in trying to
call them back, had been more nan offset
by the start.
The judges were placed in an exceed
ingly trying position. At first they
seemed inclined to give the Dirigos an
other run, but after further consideration
they decided to call it a race The Dirt
gos' time was then officially announced
as thirty-seven seconds. During the argu-
ment, the starter made his escape.
IN THE AFTERNOON
the scene of the entertainment shifted to
Wyman park, where horse, bicycle and
foot racing, base ball and other sports
We're enjoyed. There was u large attend
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