The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-23
Last Day Best Of All. aud Crowds
Well Pleased,
MATTsoN WAS THE WINNER
Teok the rnIs for rishias Boats, RasiuS
Ssils--Jsst Rsid the kiussr 10 the
Shitshsll Ssilisg Race.

| Il
.s - participated in an excursion to
:. A Seaside. given in honor =, the
le Manila guards, who were enter
talned By host Dillon az lunch az the sea-
side house In the evening eaered so0'
II cert was given az Fishers opera house
N by the First Regiment hSnd, assisted by
4, Miss Snyder, the Misses II Sbo. Patty, snd
n Gortner of the Manila guarty The large
audience enjoyed q treat and rose 10 their
feet In enthusiasm during the reIdiuou
+ of America. The queen and court oceu-
: pied one box and the mayor the uther.
y During tho afternoon the judges rem
= dered decisions in the following racer o'
Saturday;
Cutter race. between crew OF the As
, toria naval reserves and a crew Of the CO.
: ,umbine, won by the Columbine. Time,
a lS;l;s-&
h Single sculls Portland, White and
Black. South Ends san Francisco; Port
land White. won by DR.. pupleSsa, South
e Ends. Time. ls;ts:s-&
Indian canoe race, won by Cosmopolis
Pete, John John second.
outrigger skis Alamedas, South Ends.
oiympias; won by Pope, olympias. Time
u:s:9-5
Whitehall rowing. between Wickman
and Candy. won by Candy Time. l;.Sa.
F'our-oared shells. between Portlands
and Burrari Inlets; won by Burrard In
lets Time io:I;s-s; Postlands time
lO:s4;&
The fish boats and Whitehall sailing
races were ordered 70 be resa.led on Mon
day.
Gasolene launches. Ethel first. Time |
a:iSai; Independent. Triton and Iris fol- |
lowing in order named.
Sloops, s-foo;ers. Naiad 1851: Agnes. |
li:2s:5l: Curio i.S5:g7
THE CLOSING DAY.
The closing day OF the regatta opened
yesterday morning bright and warm. with 1
a fair Wind. LARGE crowds continued IN
Attendance and the bay was another
scene of interest and excitement.
| The second race between outrieger
skins was the most Interesting even; OF
the morning. Ochs Dennis. and Thomas
Of the san Francisco crews We're the en-
tries. ard they made beautiful race
over thI course. Il was hoped By many
that Dennis, Of the South Ends. would
be able TO pn; up a better race than be
did on saturday. when Pape % the Olym-
D.as. mucu 20 the regret of Dennis
friends. and much 70 that gentleman
surprise beat him badly The start was
fair md the frs, half OF the mile and a 9
half course was made with scarcely u lap
between the boats. Olhs made his buoy
first and turned full before Dennis. Thom-
as, who followed the inside close 10 the
wharyes. turned last, fully laps behind
Dennis The finish was very exciting.
Ochs vas first, Time u:E.4-5. Dennis |
second, n:is.2-j. ana Thomas third.
I.ss.e-5
In the gig race between two crews u :
the L. ;. 5 Colum5lue Lund. coxwsln u
% crew No. L won from Jones, NJ. . In ;
1895: course mile and half
The Whitehall rowing race betwesn
Mace Grant and Jack HIll mile and a
half, was won by Hiu in s;ls.2-5
The Fort Candy life saving crew. Cap
tain Stuart. gave fine capslzing drill =
and the balloon ascension from iioaI In =
the middle Of the river by Professor
EaTlston was very successful He
dropped from his parachute back into the =
L,
on SHORE. -
During the finishing Of the resailed fish pl
ng boat and Whitehall races In the az cr
ernOOa an immense crowd gathered al 81
Van Dusens grounds and Witnessed the o
most interesting sports ever put up on b,
} similar occasion here. Following are se
ne results. az reported BY Scorer r, Of
Gum: ID,
The shooting contest In which all the r.
,portsnen were greatly interested. came ci
on a. I'D in front u the grand stand.
Peoria blackbirds were used and thrown "
from a barge. twenty-five shots we're "
n-d BY each contestant. the score made W
being as follows: h.,
....uUl JllU iii ulu I'LL Iu
Haa .........lllu 1ll1 uMl uIl lJlO "
Boetgen ......lJll "II Nul liNu HIOl tc
hume .........Iyy9 ppiJ pgty "
Iaw .........lylu Nlul ulp l0JJ ml W
Cook .........olN glll glg yNu COLI a
BOYS SHOOT "
sicCann ......Jlyv gypp lJlu JllJ I'LL fr
Jssenberger ..1yp1 VgJ lyo gpJlJ 60G vs.
10 yard dasH-Dan Allen first; Curtis o.
second; time 1925 %
~ yards-Allen, first; Curtis, second. OF
lime, q Is. In,
quarter mile dash-E. W. Crosby, first Ii
Mccain, second. m
Half mile-Lewis first; time 2:lj.
Running high jump-Allen, feet )
inches; Ohler feet Inches. o-
Broad jump-G. II. Ohler, first, IS feet; ~
2. W. Crosby second.
Pole yault-W. Painter. 70 feet; q. II. %.
Jhler second, feet Y inches. i,
l20-yard hurdle-G. II. Ohler, first; time
0l-j w. c. Curtis, second.
Putting lG-pound shOt-U. S. Burris. ~
irst, 3L7Ia y
Bicycle race, Chinese and Indians cs
Wheelbarrow race-Henry SalyaH, first;
Winter Kyle, second. .
Sack race-Henry salyon, first; Eich- dr.
nan, second. IN
Three-iegged race-Russel and Ross, 2s
rst; Pollard and Wood second. IC,
Finnish national sports-Alex Dixon, ~
rst hl
Bicycle race-boys under l5-Chalres A. q,
tockton, first, three-quarters mile. an
Trick bicycle riding.
Throwing jG-pound weight W Cros-
Six mile bicycle race-Vaught won; time n n
j;221a. ,r r.
Yesterdays sailing races were decided =,
3 follows: ~
The slOop race between the Pearl ana r.
Columbia Of shoalwater Bay VAS won by n.
he Pearl in 1891 over the Columbia. - ~
The Whitehall sailing race between G
ack Reed and William Talant was won ~
y Reed in 2:4S over Tallant. go,
Columbia river .6sh boats-No. H. Emil gd
won first prize; No. A. Joseph c.
leeham. second No. 3. third, No. 10, ar
5urth; No: %, hfth; No. IS, sixth; No. 5, "
eventh; No II. eighth; No. 8, ninth; No.
tenth; No. g. eleventh.
SAD DDOWNING ACCIDENT. da
no
uring the Fishing Boat Race-Brave nu
Work Of the Columbine Boys OCT