The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-30

Yesterday, with the exception OF
brief spell in the forenoon, was the
ideal day of the festive season which
closed at midnight, last night. II was
simply perfect; the sort OF weather
the Regatta committee and all loyal
Astorians anticipated for the -Four
teenth Annual" and did not get; but
which all hands bore with very COM
placently when it did arrive in the
closing hours. "Fun, and Impregna-
bic Patience" was the slogan of the
festival, and it was abided by faith
fully.
The grandstand on the Flavel dock
was crowded again yesterday morning
and for the first time since she was
crowned Queen Hattie and her court
were out in full regalia; and the
morning program was carried through
with every sign of success and pleas
ure. There were shell races of inter
est, in which Gloss and Sawyer and
Waite and Laing figured handsome
ly; canoe races, tub races, barge races
by the soldiers, cutter races from the
Columbine (the Columbine acting as
flagship for the nonce); and some
brilliant runs over the channel course
by the motor flyers Greenhorn and
Ethel, and enough of lively events of
different kinds to keep the big host
of people on the qui vive every mo-
ment till the noon whistles blew when
the river and harbor events were
brought to a fnality, and the eager
hundreds turned shoreward for rest,
lunch, and the long line of engage
ments scheduled for the afternoon
and evening on the hither side of the
water line OF Astoria.
Among the great groups conspic-
nous about the city after lunch, was
that in attendance upon the foot races
on Exchange street, where the
blocks between Tenth and Twelfth
were roped off for the events and
which were lined with eager hun
dreds Of people, the ladies nearly pre-
dominating There were some lively
races there and the interest never
tagged until the gentlemen conduct
ing the affairs cried quits. Following
is the list of races, runners, winners
and official time scores:
100-yard dash-Quade, 10s seconds,
protested; second: Quade, 10s Sec
onds; Houston, second.
High jump--Harber won; feet 8
inches.
High hurdle-l00 yards, Short won;
Harbert, second; time, 16 seconds.
440-yard relay race-High schools
VS.. soldiers; won by High School;
Morton, Harbert, Short, Houston; 48
seconds. -%
220-yard, low hurdle-Dead heat be-
tween Houston and Harbert; Hous-
ton relinquished it; time, rs seconds.
22O-yard dash-Won by Quade;
Grondahl, second; time 233 seconds
FRIENDLY WORDS.
DR.. Henry w. Coe, of Portland,
who is captain on the staff Of Admiral
Shepherd, is here in his cabin-launch,
"Anna Belle" brought down from
Portland, and is an active participant
in the festivities of the week. Captain
Coe has some interests in the low
Columbia and is director in the
Scandinavian-American Bank, of AS
toria, and is much pleased with the
progress and growth that institution
is showing. DR.. Coe expressed him
self last night as follows:
"Three years ago first brought the
Anna Belle to Astoria Regatta and
had weeks real outing with my
family; we lived on the boat, al
though we took our meals up town.
We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves
with the rare sports which the Re-
gatta offers, and have since then look
ed forward with much pleasure to