The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
Full Programme of Sports Today
On Land and Water.
MANY VISITING DELEGATIONS.
Round of Pleasure From Early
Morning Until Mtdnight-Opens
With IN Industrial Parade and
Closes With = Grand Bnll-Entries
Madison Park-Literary Exercises

The laboxing man holds high revel today.
From The rising 10 the setting OF the sun
he VIII devote himself 10 the full enjoy
ment OF the holiday created in his honor.
The hammer Of the carpenter IS
laid aside; the 'longshoreman has dropped
his truck. the painter his brush. the plum
Der his gauge. The workingman rejoices.
and never with greater cause than IN this
prosperous year OF isss. There will be
sports on land and on water and literary
entertainment, and a. the close grand
bali. where the last hours of the mechan-
les annual jubilee viii be merrily danced
away
Delegations from the workngmen's
unions Of outside towns are slowly arriv-
ing. A party of about i5g arrived yester-
day morning at ) O'Clock from Roslyn, and
from Everett and several other towns large
numbers OF visitors arrived. In the af-
ternoon the Vancouver lacrosse team
reached here. The Issaqaah delegation.
100 strong. and members Of the Black Dia-
mond and Cedar Mountain unions. 400 in
number, are expected here ar O'Clock
this morning. Delegations from Victoria
and Olympia, comprising III all about l,aoo
men, viii not arrive until noon today. TOO
late to participate in the parade.
Al Madison Park.
The sports az Madison park will be freq
The following extensive programme has
been arranged:
Officials-Anaouncer, William Pulver;
Judges Duncan Taylor, William A. Balm.
PAU Land; starter. w. H. Middleton.
il :59-Bascbail. Roslyn vs.. RenIon.
/ p. m.-iacrosse game. Victoria VS.. Van
At the conclusion of the lacrosse game
the following sports will take place. AL!
entries will be made at the grounds:
loo yards dash. professional-First prize,
SIC; second prize. s..
$50 yards dash. union men only-First
prize, clock value slV, by Louis klodt: see
ond prize umbrella, value s.. by Graham
* Moore: third prize. case OF wine. by A.
+. Buck.
70 yards dash. union newsboys only-First
prize, 50; second prize. s.; third prize. 81.
fine silver teapot. value s.. by Albert Han
sen: second prize, perfume, value 81. by
Smith & Kennedy third prize one pair Of
slippers value $50. by Northwestern Shoe
80 yards race for girls under u years
First prize. g. by ", H. Fin n,k,. second
distributed on the grounds.
IS yards race tor boys under II years
First prize, merchandise, value. So, by
Es sghskSs c9 Value s"sers BY ssfGna pFaf
Arms Company; third prize, aluminium cof-
fee pot value $l.7.5, by r. Lamont.
100 yards race FOR boys over II ana IN
der 16-First prize. merchandise. value s..
by Il. l.. Jacobson; second prize, merchan-
disc. value s.. 10y Spelger Il Hurlbut:
th,rd prize, merchandise. value s., by Spel-
ger * Hurlbut.
Running high jump for men---First prize.
shaving outfit, value s.. by Spangenberg:
second prize, tea, value s2.Jo, by Hughes
Running broad Jump for men-Firss
prize. 700 cigars. value $40. by l.. Drey-
Zoos x Co: second prize port wine, value
$3.50. by Chopard q Cosgrove.
Running hop. step ana Jump-First prize.
carving set. value $50, by G. II. Wood
house; second prize, 100 cigars. by l. Drey-
foos * Co.
lin. value $40 10y Sherman, Clay X Co.:
case OF liquors value 81, by l.. Drey-
foos. The winner 10 take his choice: Sec
ond. the remaining prize.
The committee reserves the right to han
dicdp the different events.
At the Armory
At the close of the day literary exercises
viii be held In the Armory. Mayor Humes
has been invited to preside and will prob
ably accept. short address will be de-
lvered by Gov. John II. Rogers, The ora
tor Of the day is Congressman James
Hamilton Lewis.
Tn. Yachting Reuot,,
The fifth annual regatta Of the Elliott
p.,, yaoh. 1anh veil, ia ea;,a, ,hir ,,,-,
''' Wis ~
ing the start being made about III O'Clock
from the clubs boat house at the foot of
Battery street. Ii the clubs usual forum,
in breeZes holds good, the races will be n
glorious success. Three or four yachts
from Tacoma and Victoria We're expected
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