The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-01

The midday Of the Astoria regatta
showed marked Improvement on the
first, in every way, The sun shown
brighter, the wind was fuller, the pro-
gram was more elaborate, the hours
schedule were better observed an,
crowd was bigger, the zest and snap ant
realiEations Of the day were ampler, anC
there was absolutely no ''dragging;" ev
eryhcdy was possessed of a lively
friendly. hunting spirit that served
its end wonderfully in making it rec
breaker for entertainment,
At 10 o'clock the grand stand and the
water front was solid mass OF peo
pie, out for the best Of times, and
pleased with anything and everything;
and il there was hiatus OF any sort
it was filed in by the volunteer fur
Of the hest, and the laugh was kept
humming along with the swing of the
music and the splash of the tides, the
shouts of the boatmen and the hailinG
OF the megaphones. And just when all
hands were feeling happy and easy, the
signal came that the lovely sovereign
and her court were coming and amid
the thunder Of band music and the ae-
claim Of the great crowd, Queen Esther
entered the grand stand on the arm of
Admiral kuettnen preceded by the
young ladies of the navy and the
queens middies, She returned the
courtesies of the morning with the
people and then went aboard the steam
er Electro which had been turned over
to the royal party for a cruise on the
hay, by Dr. MeKeon. of the federal hos
pital service, and as she left the Fla
vel pier, the crowd settled down to
watch the unfolding of the fine program
arranged for the DAY.
The first thing to engage their atten.
tion was the log-rolliug contest between
Messrs. Spencer and Peterson. which, for
half an hour made any amount OF gen
nine fun for the on-lookers, Spencer
won the trick by forcing his colleage
into the water three several times.
4 snappy single.seull race was then
pulled off. between Patton and Gloss
over mile and half course, Gloss
taking the event without any sort OF
trouble The same race will be rowed
this morning with minute and a half
allowance in favor Of Patton.
George Beard. Ivers Johnson and Wes'
lev Welch then treated the crowd to
the humor of a creased pole contest
for the flag and IS in cash which was
captured handily by Beard. But it was
funny enough if no one had Won it.
The fshboat rowing race was then
called and started with three entries,
and which resulted in The success of J.
Taraborchia, with Anton Pinch second.
and \. Taraborchia third.
In the double canoe race which fol-
lowed Gloss and Gansmiller were the
winners. The canoes were then brought
over to the grand stand and the fun OF
the hour was increased notably by the
fitting contests which ensued and which
was thorough appreciated.
The star event of the forenoon then
took place. 1t was the cutter race be-
tween two crews and boats from the
warship Dogalia, and was the most pre-
else and methodical engagement of the
day. The boats got superb start from
the flagship and went over the course
to the blare of whistles and cyrens and
brass bands and water-level daylight
was never seen between them all the
way over. They finished with a mag
nifcent squirt and less than a boat
length to spare, and as they swung
down in front of the grandstand the