The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-21
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN THE
 sHARPIE AND CANOE RACES.

Which wIII be Held on the heQuinnipIack River saturday-Fine List of Prizes to be Awarded-The List of EntrIes- Items of Social and Personal Iterest.
 Programmes of the sharpie and canoe races which will take place on the Quinnipiac river on Saturday afternoon at 2:3O D. m. will be ready for distri- button on Saturday morning. Much in- terest is being taken by the owners of sharpies and also by the canoe club. The prizes are to be very fine. It can- not be definitely stated at this time just how much will be devoted to prizes, but the first and second prizes for the sharpie races will be cash, The first prize in the canoe race will be a silver loving cup called the Quinnipiac Canoe cup and this with second prize will be presented by the W. A. Warner & Gro. O., and for perpetual ownership the cup must be won three times. The list of entries for both sharpies and canoe races up to o'clock last night were as follows: Edith, owner E. c. Rowe; Lizzie, owner F. Laraby; Alice, owner F. Barnes; Hattie. owned J. Nel- son; Rarus, owner F. Rowe, and Maria, owner L. Sears.
 Canoes-Shamrock, paddlers Frank Wicks and Robert Blakeslee; Minneha- ha, paddlers Homer Denison and Ray mond Doty; Mohegan, paddlers Charles BlatchIey and William Blatchley; Tip pecanoe, paddlers Robert Kelsey and Charles Saunders; Powhattan, paddlers Robert Bennett and George Sturges and the Sachem with Fred Smith ant H. Johnson as paddlers.
 Large crowds of voters gathered al the republican primaries held at Polar Star hall and Central hall last evening to elect delegates to seven conventions The results were very close on the frs two ballots, showing that both fac tions had been hard at work.
 On Saturday last a party of yount men mostly all of whom reside in thi section enjoyed a sail to Pawson parl in the naphtha launch owned by MT White of Exchange street. The part! left here shortly after ? o'clock p. m reaching the park about 3:S0 Athlet games were indulged in and clan bake was served after which they pro ceded to Double Beach, where the, spent the evening. They reached hom about Il o'clock, all concluding that tn Iouting had been a success. Among tn party were Morris Higgins, Harry Hig gins, Robert Goffe, L.. sHealy, Williar Laden, Walter Story, William Bum ster, George French, William Powers James Murphy B. Rompf, Gus Chir man, Chester seeley, William Jacobson
 and A. Delacey. |
 George Dadman of Houston stree
 accompanied by Harvey Pond, will |
 the guest of Paul K. SAnnes of Ba
 Shore, l.. l., on Saturday and Sunda next. Mir. An1es is president of tf ELong Beach Transportation Co.,, (
 Long Island. Horatio Pond of Clinto
 avenue is captain of one of the boa owned by this company, which plys b' tween Bay Shore and Fire Island.
 The August meeting of the Epwort
 league of East Pearl street M.
 church will be held this evening. at u ! home of Miss Susie Mansfield, 1T9 Qui, ripiac avenue. It Is expected a lars |. number will be present as the subject outing on Labor day will be discusse . Mrs. Eliza Whitney, of Greenflel Mass, who has been spending the la
 two weeks with her aunt. Mrs. E. 3 Tyler of Quinnipiac avenue, returnt 5 home yesterday.
 ; Frank P. Tyler, supreme secretaI
 and other supreme officers of the Err
 ternal Benefit league, will attend u
 meeting of Waterbury council this e ; ening. The order is making rap
 growth in membership throughout t = Naugatuck Valley.
 - Mrs. William Newton of 11S Exchan
 street is on short visit with relativ ]. in Kent.
 Mrs. Daniel Talmadge of Stratford
 visiting Mrs. George Towner of 123 E
 change street.
 }. Unclaimed letters at station A are :. {. Allen. Frank D. Bryan, Miss K.
 TIangher, and Miss Munel D. Roboin |