Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-20
Great Crowds Enjoying The
Beauties Of Mt. kineo.
All Kind Of Sports, with Yacht
Racing the Favorite.
Some Motor Boats that Fairly Make
The Water Boil.

-hooseieao Lake, Aug. 19.--
'"p' ciai). In rare atmosphere that
makes this spot of the Maine woods
unique and delightful, one of the lare-
eSt August crowds in it's history is en-
Joyiig the open air life to the fullest
measure Never has Kineo Witnessed
so many matches on the golf links
ana tennis courts and rifle range as
during this summer. But an innoya-
l. tlon IN the waters of old Moosehead
Lake IS power boat racing. If the alb
os1elhles could return to see these
queer crafts cutting their white crests
about the lake, they would look upon
them as animated creatures from an
| other world
| Fer two years the Moosehead Lake
acht club, which has become so i'm
PeTtaht a factor in the summer life
| mere mas been conducting races each
| saturday Of the season. Gradu-
any the new boats coming in have
! increased in racing ability The
race OF the club on Saturday last.
| brought out the fastest boat vet seen
III these waters, the Ouananiche the
| iadl;ln name for salmon) owned by
| Mf. w. H. WcssOn OF the Smith &.
| Nesson Company, Springfield. Mass.
| Inc BOAT attainS a speed of between
II and y miles san hour, and goes
| around the ten mile course of the
yacht club in flash. The next fast
est boat is the Nee Bana, owned by
Mr. j. X. Clarke. manufacturer of the
| AutOcar of Ardmore, Pa, which runs
| oyer * miles an hour The latter boat
was in the races last year. Other
boats vary from to IA miles. All
races are handicap. the slower ones
starting first. and the others waiting,
them ut the finish line. Fourteen boats
We're in Saturday s race and the large
crowd that had gathered on the break
water at kineo point, and on the spa
cious porches of the clubhouse. were
thrilled with excitement as the speed
boats, starting half an hour after the
| others, chased each other and the pre-
ceding group over the ten miles of
water, the spray boiling off their bows
III a white sheet. Coming down the
last stretch they rushed up into the
| bunch. but could not quite overcome
/ l..
owned by Rev. Stuart Tyson of See
vance. Tenn. cutting the line first
the others following at intervals of a
| few inches and a few yards behind
rhe finishing order was as follows
White Arrow II: Wissahickon IL.
G. Allen Smith. Phila. Lucretia, r.
| II. Dousherty. BROOKLYN; Biwa. John
| Reilly, Jr., Salem; Nee Bana: Unome,
l ~
mlente. MIS-. NJ. d. Paterson, New
York: Ouananiche; Clematis. Henry
Sheafer, Potsville. Pa: White Arrow
III. Vice Com. w Fl. Dougherty.
Brooklyn: Runabout. w. L. Sheafer:
Eleanor, Col. c. A. Judkns; Onaway,
Francis West, Boston.
| This week brings a motor boat race
for ladies, all the boats to be steered
| over the course by lady pilots, the only
man allowed on board being the engi-
| neer. Prizes for this event are eX-
! tremely beautiful and costly. being
| offered by M Arthur b. Waring of
| New York. Saturday night the yacht
| club will be a gay scene of beauty and
life. for the annual masquerade is TO
| be neld. over one hundred maSkers
| taking part.
ON the golf links during the week
| there We're two very, interesting
| matches. one was the finals of an 49,
| hole handicap, between two brothers.
| Arthur and Lamar Seelgson, of San
| Antonio, Tex. who had come through
| to the end from a field of thirty. The
| former won the tournament by 2 up
| The other match was between two
professionals, Tom Mcnamara of Bos-
| ton, ana Lawrence Striiey of North
| Hampton. A large crowd followed the
| players around the Sc holes. but Nc
| Namara had 50 easy a time defeating
Striley that the last part of the match
was devoid of interest. The Summer
| people had contributed a purse of $50
| for the contest.
Kineo played two games of ball with
| q summer camp located on Moosehead
| lake. near Greenville, camp Moose
| head. a summer school. The first was
| quite remarkable. Paul Coburn, an old
! Harvard pitcher, pitched for the visit
| ors striking out IA and only allowing
| two hits: hut Jerauld. from the state
, college of Pennsylvania, pitching for
| kineo, scored nO-hit, no-run victory,
! striking out 10 and winning his game
| S to O. In the second game EkstrOm,
| Il Dartmouth pitcher, was in the box
| for Kineo. and Coburn for the visitors
! kineo winning II to 8.
| Much interest is shown in rifle shoot
ing, some splendid scores being made
! Some Of. the contestants are people
who remain over for the fall hunting.
Campers and canoeists still make
| their way To and from this point into
| the woods, and it is estimated that
there are thousands along the water
ways in this section of the state
| The Mt Kineo House. which is full,
will remain open until after October
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