The Portland daily press., 1898-08-05

1t Is not necessary to tell who Rover Is.
For the uninitiated it may be said that
hover is the Mascot. Rover is fox ter
rier, and lively little chap, who knows
as much about fires and fremen's mus
ters as the Oldest member of the veteran
association. Rover helped "Doo"
wiggln to win great victory today. but
that is another story and comes later.
@Ihe Portland men were as trim and
spruce in their blue uniforms as the en-
glne In its glistening coat of mail. Then
there were one hundred or more of the
Old boys, the members Of the Portland
Veteran Eiremen's association, who
brought with them that sturdy relic of
bygone age of fire fighting, the James
W. Plaisted. With them came the
Maine State Fife, Drum and Bugle corps,
who rendered in fine style good marching
and were particularly popular in their
version of well-known air, the refrain
Of which is that there will be hot time
in the old town after night fall. The
veterans marched like youngsters and
shared with the other crack organiza-
tions the applause of tho multitude on
the curb stones and the door steps.
Westbrook flre1nen were on hand with
their Portland brethren, and brought the
American Cadet band to make music for
them, while Deering was represented by
a goodly team.
THE HAND TUB PLAYED OUT.
The parade was a great success. but af-
ter all it Is not the parade that makes the
f1remen's muster go. In the afternoon
came the various contests and then the
fun began in earnest. Down by the city
park the veterans took possession and
worked tbs brakes with all the vigor they
possessed, while the crowd cheered them
on and the rival companies watched
each other play and talked the thing
over and over again as the brake beams
went up and down and the judges hustled
to get dry paper under the fast falling
streams. This is the way the hand tubs
played.
Hand Tubs, first class-Gen. Bates,
Lisbon Falls, distance, 192 #. 10 In.
Tiger. Warren, distance 19A IT. Ia in.
J. W. Plaisted, Portland, distance,
tance, sOS #. in.; Citizen, Freeport,
distance, 1S3 ft
Thus in this contest the Niagara of
Brunswick won first prize, and Tiger
of Warren. second prize.
Hand Tubs, second dclass-Androscog-
gin, Topsham, 1914 #. 1.2 in.; Massasoit,
Damariscotta. 1876 #. Ia in; Amazon,
Wiscasset, 1874 It. 4 1-2 in; Hecla, Ran
dolph, 1876 #. l I-2 in.; Torrent, Lisbon,
1875 It. 1-2 in.
The Hecla won first prize and Torrent,
second.
PORTLAND's VICTORY.
While this was going on the steamers
were at work on Middle street, and all
the afternoon the water thrown from
their powerful pumps churned up the
roadway until that section of Bath looked
as If a cloudburst had struck it. The
greatest rivalry was between the Lewis
ton and Auburn companies, and when
after the Lewiston engine had played
244 feet, "Doc" Wiggin pulled his pet
lnJo place and shook her up, the mon
from the spindle city watched the paper
as eagerly and as anxiously as the Span
iards watched the advance of Teddy
Rooseyelt's Terrors on the hill of San
Juan. The stream crept up the street.
1t began to bulge the paper and when
with q squirt which made the engine
tremble and roar like a blast furnace
the water was sent over 20 feet beyond
the Lewiston record there was cheer
| $bn nd 90 On foot
was lead much too long to be explained
by saying that puff of wind helped out,
the Lewiston partisans fell back on the
assertion that the engine had more steam
as indicated on the gauge than the ITO
pounds allowed by the regulations. This
lead to protest which was heard by the
officers OF tho association tonight, but
decided in favor of Portland.
The following officers were in charge of
the playing: Timekeeper, W. r. Reed
of Deering; judge at the steamer. j. B.
Longley of Lewiston; judge at the pipe,
John Mason of Bangor; captain Il. of
E., Miiliken of Saoo; judges at the
steamer, Charles E. Corliss of Bath and
F. e. Bisbee of Auburn.
The steamers played as follows:
Long Reach, No2 of Bath, 2l9 TT. II in.
L. G. Peck Of Lewiston, 244 IT. in.
James S. Sears, Rockland, 1874 ft. 8 in.
Kennebec, No. 3, of Bath 239 #. 9 in.
Portland, No. g. 249 #. 3-4 in.
Fairfield, No. 3, 249 ft. 3-4 in.
Fairfield, No. 3. 222 fit. in.
Victory Of Bangor, 214 1T. in.
Thus Portland. No. 8, got first prize,
and j.. c. Peck of Lewiston, second; !;
Kennebec of Bath, third.
REEL RACES.
Down on Water street, the young men
with the fancy reels had their innings
and the races were watched by big
crowd. The judges of the reel races were
W. "a. Adams of Boston. and Chief j.
Clark Flagg of Richmond, ex-Chief R.
H. Ball Of Portland, time keeper. The
distances was 900 feet. running 400 feet
from the hydrant to reel, then back with
reel and and coupling to hydrant and
laying 100 feet of hose. This was the
reeuJt the teams running in the follow