Year: 1879

came up with their heavy underwear and ulsters
wish they had left them at home. Hanlan to-day
was complaining of the heat. and different times
has acted as II he dsliked to go out and
count of it. Still it is not uncomfortably warm
just pleasant and bright, when the blackest OF
black smoke from the anthracite in these four
story stern wheeers covers miles of the lake like
fog, and one straight from Pittsburg at that. The
trains coming in all packed to oyerfowing. You
will find on the hotel registers names from almost
every city in the North. and not few from Canada
Booths and beer stands. tents and sheds are
going up all around. bushel of tickets
them safely in the innermost recesses of
this now bustling. busy depot That is Passenger
Agent Baldwin. who. with full power of attorney
every way for him. is displaying very uncommon
facility and enterprise in the despatch of business
and in managing numberess details. Tomorrow
he will take steps to boom the entire turn tevery
thing must have q boom nowadays); that
no boat can come within 100 feet OF either
these buoys being but twenty-five yards apart, as
called for by the articles. they will probably be
shifted to forty yards apart and for the reason that
the central line of flags would give each man but
thirty-seven and half feet between his buoy and
to head for home, far too little for boat itself
upward OF thirty feet long. Again. IL the man on
would be in danger of meeting his antagonist just
coming up in the centre 10 begin his turn Both
must turn from port to starboard. but If either
crosses the dag line IT is pretty sure to prove fatal
should there be any foul. and the port man is at
disadvantage to which the other is not exposed.
Hence the proposed change. Hanlan has already
assented to 1t and so doubtless, on the morrow. Will
Courtney.


Mr. Soule came in to-day from Rochester-a sparel
thin man of fifty. quiet. sensible and novice in
this work OF boat racing. He with Courtney
long and did him world Of good. for the
great man OF Union Springs chafes and frets
like disturbed racehorse. borrowing bushels
of needless trouble and brooding over his great
wrong till he nterferes with his Sleep quite unlike
the calm. impassive tidily built little fellow who'll
row him the hardest race he rowed, even
Unforeseen prevent. Mr. soule also had pleasant
chat with Hanlan. He is impressed with the
idea that each man means to do his utmost. and
that each believes he can win. Turn his
attention to any point of this fast approaching
struggle ana he talks well and thoughtfully about
it. and is full Of eagerness to have everything off
smoothly. And won't there be multitudes of people
here though that evening who will have lively
Could the great observation train u be hauled
directly to Buffalo, or mp to the Lake
Shore line to Brocton. fourteen miles away to
the north, more such load would empty the
grand stand and make short work OF retiring this
horde of Americans some thirty thousand strong.
rections. and all trains must break bulk at the
station here and distribute among the many sec-
south. 'Twould be wise move II the owner
OF every hay rig hereabouts would have it on the
road near the grand enclosure just when the race
is over. How they would haul in the loose half
dollars. Even tho beer business would pail in
parison with it, and every mortgage in Chautauqua
county would ut least have its back interest paid off,
II not good bite out of the principal as well.


WANTED, A CLEAR CoURsE


Hanlan's judge, to accompany him the
referees boat. is here-John Davis Inspec tor Of
Dstilleries at Toronto manly, rugged Can
adan straightforward and urhane. SO, too, is
Courtneys-T. Hubbell, of the United States Navy,
q devoted friend Of his chief. and we'll posted on
the situation G. Kirk Munroe will probably
stand judge for both parties at the turn, and
follow the ON the whole stretch. with Captain
Whitney the steamer Mayvie, for there will be
q fleet of dozen more steam crafts OF all
descriptions chasing the all down the long
two and half miles OF the way from turn to
finish, held in place-most Of them. ut least-in
cortance with the following notice. which has gone
to all their captains and to the owners captains
of the Chautauqua Lake steamers:


Therefore, would that Messrs Hanlan Courtney
unite with him in requesting all and captains OF
steamboats, and launches Chautauqua Lake under
circumstances to allow any of their boats to attempt
tho outstretch-that is. from the start to the
turning buoys-as tho swash from any of them would
be almost certainly fatal To the No boats following
the the homestretch should BIO permitted under
circumstances than 200 feet of the
The strctest attentions to these will
be necessary to prevent Interference with the


WILLIAM BLAIKIE, Referee.


MAYvILLR, n. Y, Oct 13. 1879.


Tomorrow each man will name his judge to watch
the finish line, and the two are to fx on third to
heat-far from unlikely incident and ending of
what promises to be such a glorious race. The sun
set tonight without cloud before it, and this mild
October weather promises to hold on for day
more, least. If the lower left hand of tho
editorial page Of to-morrow's HERALD says it will
last for two days instead of one, then every man
who has $25 and one day to spare had better take
the fast six oclock evening Erie traiD landing him
here at twelve minutes to eleven next morning. in
ample time to partake OF good dinner before the
race, which will probably be called at four o'clock