Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-04
BATHS WATER CARNIVAL,
Big Crowd Attends and Everything
Passes oft Successfully.

| Bath, Me-, Aug. 3.-The greatest aquatic
carnival held in Maine for many years
| took place here, Saturday, on the Kenne-
bee river course and was conducted by
the Kennebec Yacht Club, Herbert II.
| Holton of the Boston Athletic Association,
| being in charge of the several events
This being the opening day of Old Home
week, the club had selected this date for
holding its carnival and a large number
| Of strangers from all parts of Maine came
| to this city.
| There We're also about 60 Massachusetts
oarsmen with large following of friends
and they made things lively around the
| clubhouse.
The only event scheduled for the fore,
noon was a sailing race, being the second
in series of three for silver cup worth
| 800, offered by Commodore Edward w.
| Hyde OF the club. 1t was good race
with a fair breeze prevailing and the re-
| suit was as follows:
Elapsed Cor.
time, time,
Name and owner. Inns. h. ms.
Dewey CBonney and Farar) I2557 125.0S
| Aspenet Of. NJ. CooO, 125.5S 1.25.5S
Swift o. owen Ledyard), 1.5S.21 1.52.39
The afternoon events were what at
| tracted the crowd and hundreds gathered
| along the. wharves to witness the races.
The summaries:
Canoe singles, half mile-Carl Hanks,
| Wabeawawa c. c.. Auburndale; Arthur
G. Mather, Medford 3. c.. Medford; ID.
y. Johnson, Wabeawawa C. c., Auburn
dale. Won by Johnson. Time, SIN. SIS.
| Canoe doubles, one mile with turn, by
members of kennebec Y. &C. Cook ard
r. Fowle, J. Noyes and H. belong, A. Gill
more and G. Martin. Won by Noyes and
| Delong. Time, I'm. 35s.
| Single scull shells, one and one-half
| miles with turn-P. J. Shields, Shawmlt
| X. G., Boston; James O'Brien, Riverside
3. c.. Cambridge. Won by Shields. Time.
| Ism. IS.
| Club four singles, canoe, half mile
Medford 3. c., Medford Jack Howard
stroke, Ralph Sawyer, Arthur Mather,
burndale. VIM. E. stanwood stroke. Carl
Hanks, d. A. Johnson, D. s. Pratt Won
by Wabeawawa Time, 5m. ASS.
miles, with turn-Joseph B. Mcguire,
Bradford Boat Club Cambridge; Frank
B. Greer, .Jeffries Point Rowing Assocla-
ton, East Boston. Won by MaGuire.
Time, lin. 20$is.
War canoes, one mile, straightaway-
Wabeawawa Canoe Club, Auburndale,
VIM. E. Standwood stroke. VIM. j. Os-
good, Roger b. Conant, Carl Hanks, Dan
iel A. Johnson, julius Note, Lewis X. Co
nant, Daniel S. Pratt, Jr. captain, Louis
S. Drake helmsman, Harold 2. Smith
Howard I' stroke. o Edward P vose Wl liam
Nelson, William Corey, Ralph Sawyer.
Arthur Mather, T Price Wilson, Guy j.
by Medford. Time, 11m los.
Single scull, shells, one and one-hale
miles with turn-Everett L. Pope, Boston
Athletic Association. Boston: Charles a.
Barker, Jeffries Point Rowing Associa-
ton, East Boston. Won by Pope. Time,
I'm 80 3-5s.
Tandem double blade canoe half-mile
simultaneously dford Boat Club, Med
| ford; Guy i. Garland and Edward Vose
Wabeawawa Canoe Club. Auburndale;
team l, John Il. May and Walter G. Bill
lings; team 2. w. j. Osgood and d. s.
Pratt, Jr. Won by Medford. Time. Am.
Ais.
Double scul. shells. one and one.hals
mile with turn-Joseph B. Mcguire and T..
J. Brignolia, Broadford Boat Club, Cam
bridge; Rudolph Thanisch and Ernest
George. Boston Athletic Association. Bos-
ton. Won by Mcguire and Brignolia.
Tibe, ION. lbs.
Tandem singles. canoe half-mile
lstraighta ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Canoe CLUB,
Auburndale; team l, d. \. Johnson and
VIM. E. Stanwood; Medford Boat Club.
Medford; team /. William Corey and 7.
PriceWilson team 2, Jack Howard and
Ralph Hunter. Won by Wabeawawa.
, Time 5m. sos.
Eight-oared shells. IL miles straight
away-Riverside Boat Club, Cambridge;
bow, L. Berkeley; 2, F. Heynes; 8, E.
Brown; 4: w; Hagan; s. j. Gaynor; 6, j.
Holt; !, p. Crosby; stroke, w. Sullivan
coxswain, j. o. Bren; subs, l.. ]. Brown.
C. A. Barker; Jeffries Point Rowing AS
ISOLATION, East Boston; bow, l.. Hayes
2. II. Carmichael; 3. J. Walsh; 4, +.
Walsh; 5. 7. Glavin; 6. f. King; I. 8.
Greer; stroke. T. Sullivan; coxswain, w.
| Burke; subs. f. j. Brown G. A. Barker:
dead heat, to be finished on the Charles
river.
This evening, there was a magnificent
illuminated parade on the river. On ac-
count of the weather this part of the
program was necessarily cut short
| Following the parade was a grand dis
lplay of fireworks from scow moored in
the river and opposite the clubhouse
| The Kennebec Yacht ClIb. today, enter
| tanned the visiting oarsmen with eX-
curson to Pemaquid, where a banquet
was held at the Hotel jamestown