The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-08-28
CARNIVAL AT HoPATCONC.
To be Held To-Morrow Evening.
sheriff Takes Hand In Ameri-
can House Bar Affairs.

To be Held To-Morrow Evening.
sheriff Takes Hand In Ameri-
can House Bar Afrairs.
The aquatic events at the Hotel
Breslin dock last Saturday were largely
attended, the number at the dock in
the afternoon, being estimated at fully
1000, and Chincopee Cove was so
crowded with power boats, catboats
and skiffs that the steamboat captains
were puzzled to make their landings.
The first event was a canoe sailing
race in the morning. There were six
entries, but one did not come to time.
The winners we're Raymond Woods
Cricket and Walter Rand's Elsie"
Two canoes capsized and one was dis
abled.
In the afternoon, the boys doubles,
rowing race, was won by S. Demarell
and Albert Cruden. The gentlemen's
singles by D. Gibbs. The tub race by
Charles Nichols, and the boys swim
ming match by p Piper.
The regatta committee of the Hopat-
cong Lake and Field Club have an
nOunced a consolation race for motor
boats, to start from the BreSlin dock
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The
various boats entering this race will
be handicapped according to their act
ual performance made on the race Of
August s. Prizes will be given to the
first and second winners.
The dancing event of the season was
a cOtillion on Saturday evening at the
Breslin. There was a large gathering
from the various cottages by the lake
side
The annual water carnival will be
held tomorrow evening, should the
weather be favorable, starting from
the Breslin dock at $50 p. m. The
procession will be led by the judges
boat, the mystic Shrine. There are
thirteen boats on the lake propelled by
steam and twenty-one power boats
thirty feet and more in length, and the
procession, all ablaze with lights, will
furnish pretty sight Besides these
there are more than forty power boats
of smaller size which will contribute,
on a smaller scale, to the general effect.
The procession will, on leaving Chin
copee Cove, follow the eastern shore
line as near in as practicable, making a
detour into Great Cove, thence to No
lan's Point, crossing to Halsey Island !;
thence over to Bonaparte's Landing
along the western shore to the River
Styx, passing the cottages on this arm
of the lake; thence down to Point
Pleasant, rounding Bertrand's Island
and crossing to Mount Arlington land
ing, and then back to the place of
starting.
1t has been customary for the cot
tages as well as the waterside hotels to
Illuminate their grounds, and it is in
timated that this custom will be en-
larged on this year. As the procession
passes the different cottages it will be
greeted with fireworks.
Handsome first and second prizes
will be awarded for the best boat and
shore illuminations The judges
named are Mrs. w. H. Barron, Mrs.
A. p. Hexamer, Mrs K. A. Richard,
Mrs. Roderick Byington, Mrs. Joseph
r. King, Mrs. Herman Kahlbusch, and
George W. Campbell.
@. w. Maloney, who rented the
American House bar this season, seems
to have been unfortunate in his VEN
ture, as the sheriff levied on his stock
last Friday to satisfy New York credi-
tors.
Captain John Todd, of the 'sHopat-
cong,n is usually good-natured man,
but sometimes he gets little rolled.
Last week a rather "spoony" young
pair boarded the boat at Nolan's S Point.
They were strangers, and the infer
ence was that they had but shortly left
the presence of some minister with a
certificate that they had sworn to love
and cherish, honor and obey each other
until the divorce court did them part.
So, young men and maidens who had
gathered at the Lake Pavilion for a
dance concluded to give this cooling
pair a bridal send-off and Aliens gro
Gerry was held up for rice and the closets
invaded for old shoes. Both were OBJ
tanned, and when the presumably mar
ried pair reached the steamboat they
were deluged with these evidences Of
good wishes for prosperous life jour
ney, The young man was clearly
wroth the girls glowing face could
have furnished sufficient color for a
hundred Italian sunset land or sea-
scapes as they were not married, nor
didn't intend to be till winter Cap
tain Todd thought it would have been
much nicer to have furnished the rice
in bulk and cast the old shoes into the
lake, and there would not have been
SO much need Of white wings work.
The three-card monte sharps were
at work last Sunday. There seems to
be but little effort on the part of the
local authorities to capture these chaps
it may be they have pull. Perhaps
if Sheriff Ryerson would take hand
in there might be "su'thin' doin'
DAMAGED BY WIND AND RAIN.