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The Lynn Brass Band stationed in the front balcony furnished music for promenading, and the Baldwin Cadet Orchestra stationed on the stage furnished that for dancing.
From eight till nine, the Governor received in the Mayor's room. Promptly at nine o'clock dancing commenced and the ball did not close until long after midnight.
MANAGERS.
WILLIAM A. HOMANS, JR., Floor Director.
JOHN H. DUNNELS and HOWARD STEELE, Assistant Floor Directors.
AIDS.
Asa G. Andrews.
Wilbur F. Locke.
Edward P. Ring.
Richard C. Steele.
Preston Friend.
Ralph W. Perkins.
John S. Presson.
Albert P. Balson.
Joseph H. Rowe.
E. Everett Webster.
Enoch Burnham. Frank F. Smith.
Robert T. Babson.
Addison P. Burnham.
Thomas L. Tarr.
Fred. A. Barker.
Benjamin A. Hotchkiss. Benjamin A. Smith.
Cornelius Coakley. Leonard J. Presson.
Aaron C. Lloyd. Charles S. Tappan.
Everett Babson. Edward Dolliver.
William T. Cunningham.
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RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Hon. ASA G. ANDREWS, Chairman.
Preston Friend.
William A. Homans, Jr.
Edward Dolliver. Charles S. Tappan.
Fred. A. Barker.
Addison P. Burnham.
Edward P. Ring. Frank F. Smith.
William T. Shute. E. Everett Webster.
Thomas L. Tarr.
John H. Dunnels.
John S. Presson.
William T. Cunningham.
ORDER OF DANCES.
MARCH AND CIRCLE.
WALTZ.
QUADRILLE, PLAIN. Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary.
SCHOTTISCHE.
LANCIERS. The Governor.
POLKA.
PORTLAND FANCY.
INTERMISSION.
WALTZ. SCHOTTISCHE. GALOP.
QUADRILLE, PLAIN. Our Mayor.
QUADRILLE, FANCY MEDLEY.
QUADRILLE, PLAIN. Fourth of July Committee. WALTZ.
Between the numbers there was promenade music.
Among the many distinguished guests were Governor Russell, and General Dalton, General Donahue, Colonel Cunningham, Colonel Russell, Colonel Carter, and Colonel Vincent of his staff ; Rear Ad- miral Gherardi, with Captain Barker, Captain Sicard, Captain White, Lieutenants Shroeder, VanDusen, Fremont, Colman, Hubbard, Hart- ney, Smith, Griffin, Hunt, Ensign Bostwick, Cadets McGraun, Grass, Smith, and Reed, from the warships in the harbor.
The ball card and order of dances were very tasty, and on its front cover bore a half tone picture of Gloucester Harbor.
An elaborate collation was served throughout the entire evening in the council chamber.
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BALL COMMITTEE.
William A. Homans, Jr.
Edward Dolliver.
Sylvester Cunningham.
Leonard J. Presson.
Asa G. Andrews.
Fred A. Barker.
John H. Dunnels.
Benjamin A. Smith.
Howard Steele.
Frank F. Smith.
Edward P. Ring.
Ralph W. Perkins.
Preston Friend.
Frank C. Parmenter.
John S. Presson.
Richard C. Steele.
Joseph H. Rowe.
William T. Shute.
Enoch Burnham.
William T. Cunningham.
Robert T. Babson.
Wilbur F. Locke.
Thomas L. Tarr.
Everett Babson.
Benjamin A. Hotchkiss.
Charles S. Tappan.
Cornelius Coakley.
Addison P. Burnham.
Aaron C. Lloyd.
E. Everett Webster.
Albert P. Babson.
Friday, August 26.
MORNING. FISHERMEN'S RACE FOR HOVEY CUP. AFTERNOON. REGATTA IN GLOUCESTER HARBOR. EVENING. FIREWORKS DISPLAY OFF STAGE FORT.
FISHERMEN'S RACE, YACHTING, FIREWORKS.
F RIDAY, the closing day of the celebration, was given over to the fishermen's race, yachting, and, in the evening, fireworks. The events of the day had been planned to be the culmination of Anniver- sary week. Had the weather been pleasant, the crowds of people present would have taxed the resources of the city to the utmost. Thousands of people wanted to witness the race for the Hovey cup between the flyers of the fishing fleet. No other town or city cele- brating its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary could offer an event so unique as that. Then the liberal prizes offered in the yachting events had called together a star fleet of racers from all over New England. But the day was not pleasant. Far from it. The severe storm of Thursday afternoon did not spend its energy until late Friday after- noon. A howling northeasterly gale with wind and rain, and rain and wind. To those who had come to see the celebration through, the storm did not dampen the enthusiasm, however.
THE FISHERMEN'S RACE.
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR L. MILLETT.
Perhaps the event of the anniversary celebration which most dis- tinctively bore the true flavor of Gloucester and her people, was the great fishermen's race for the handsome silver trophy so generously contributed by Commodore Henry S. Hovey, of the Eastern Yacht Club, a summer resident, well known, and with an intense liking for yachting, both in the pleasure and racing lines.
For many months before, even while the committees were strug- gling with the outline of the three days of rejoicing, it was virtually agreed that a race between the pick of the fishing fleet, the " flying fishermen," so called, should be one of the leading features of the celebration, and working up from this came the almost endless but necessary arrangements for what proved to be one of the greatest contests ever sailed on water.
For years after, and even now, we find yachting men and experts
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comparing the particularly severe weather conditions under which some race was sailed, with that of the memorable August 26, 1892, when, in the midst of an extra heavy sea and a living gale of wind, the best of Gloucester's big fleet thrashed through the waters of Massachusetts Bay under a pressure of canvas which caused the few hardy spectators to look on in silent wonder.
Never before, or since, has a race been contested in the face of such a wind and sea. Seldom, if ever, has sail-carrying, such as was seen in this event from start to finish, been cqualled. From a novice's point of view it was wonderful. From the standpoint of a master mariner or fisherman, it simply showed that these crafts were what has always been claimed for them, the staunchest in the world.
No words can exaggerate this anniversary race of the Gloucester fishing vessels. All who saw it agreed that it was a wonderful perform- ance, and the foremost yachting editors and reporters who, from judges' boat and special tugs, viewed the contest from start to finish, used columns of space in describing it and praising not only the extraordinary weatherly qualities of the vessels, but the hardihood and skill of the men who sailed them.
One of the leading yachting writers of the country, who has wit- nessed nearly every yachting contest of note for twenty-five years or more, viewed the race from his special tug and thus wrote of it : "The vessels certainly were getting ready to start in conditions never before seen by the writer. True, the weather was ugly and dirty when the 'Puritan ' and ' Priscilla ' sailed their great race off Newport in 1885, but it was not so savage as yesterday, neither was the sea as nasty, and this is saying considerable."
Friday, Aug. 26, the appointed day of the race, opened chill and drear, with a pouring rain and a very heavy northeast wind, much to the disappointment of thousands who had figured upon witnessing the race from shore and excursion crafts. But there was no postpone- ment. The committee was ready to start the race and the skippers and crews were willing, even anxious, to sail.
The judges' boat, the tug "Wesley A. Gove," with the committee, newspaper correspondents, and invited guests, was early outside Eastern Point and pitching about so as to drive the party to the house deck to escape drenching. The course was a long and hard one, being from the starting line between the judges' boat and the Eastern Point whistling buoy, to a mark boat off Nahant, leaving Halfway Rock to port, thence to Davis' Ledge, off Minot's Ledge lighthouse, and thence to the finish line, a triangular course measuring forty-one miles.
"The Hovey Cup."
FISHERMEN'S RACE. Schooner " Harry L. Belden," Winner Hovey Cup, first prize, first class.
Captain Maurice Whalen.
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By ten o'clock most of the contestants were outside of the harbor, and, despite the raging northeaster, not one had a reef point tied on any sail ; they were bound to carry whole sail to the finish. It was a grand sight as they manœuvred about, first on one tack then on the other, and every now and then coming up in the wind, while this or that halyard was swayed up or slacked a little and every sheet was properly trimmed.
The sound of the whistle on the judges' boat at eleven o'clock announced the start of the race of the century. The big craft had five minutes to cross the line and have their time taken before being handi- capped, while their smaller sisters in the second class were to start five minutes later.
Capt. John McDonald, since lost, put the schooner "James G. Blaine " over in the lead at 11.01.26, the other crafts crossing as follows : -
Schr. " Ethel B. Jacobs "
11.01.35
Schr. " James S. Steele" 11.03.05
Schr. " Joseph Rowe" 11.03.30
Schr. " Harry L. Belden" II.04.20
Schr. "Nannie C. Bohlin "
II.05.25
Schr. " Grayling " 11.05.35
The two latter crafts were handicapped twenty-five and thirty-five seconds respectively.
The first leg of the course was a run before the wind; and while the big boats were getting well on their course, the smaller crafts were starting, the " Lottie S. Haskins " crossing at 11.09.25, followed at 11.09.35 by the "Caviare," with the "Elsie F. Rowe," starting at II. 10.30. Like the larger crafts, these market boats carried all sail and would not think of reefing.
Before Halfway Rock was reached the " Ethel B. Jacobs " had secured the lead and was fairly flying toward the Nahant mark. The "Joseph Rowe " had moved up to second place, followed by the " James G. Blaine," "Harry L. Belden," " James S. Steele," " Nannie C. Bohlin," and "Grayling," in the order named. All the time, since morning, the wind had been increasing, and by noon was blowing thirty-five or forty miles an hour, and some competent judges placed its velocity even greater than these figures,
So thick was it that the racers had hard work to pick up the Nahant mark. The " Ethel B. Jacobs " went wide of the stake boat, and in jibing over to round the mark and start off on the second leg,
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she had the misfortune to break her main gaff, so that her big mainsail was useless, and this speedy craft, which was a favorite with many, was forced to withdraw. When the accident happened she had a splendid lead.
Down for the Nahant mark came the other crafts, running on the big seas with their decks awash. Most of them profited by the lesson of the "Jacobs' " accident, and all were more careful in jibing around the mark. The "Joseph Rowe " was, after the "Jacobs," the first boat around the mark and off on the reach across. The "Harry L. Belden " came next, then the " Nannie C. Bohlin " with the " James S. Steele " and " Grayling " just astern.
On the reach across to Davis' Ledge the " Belden," which had been steadily gaining, passed the "Rowe " and took the lead and was the first to tack around the mark and start on the dead beat to windward for the finish line. The "Joseph Rowe " was a good second at this mark with the " Nannie C. Bohlin," third, and the "James S. Steele," fourth, the "Grayling " and " James G. Blaine " having given up the contest.
And now, while the big fellows are racing for home, let us follow the smaller class along. The "Lottie S. Haskins," " Caviare," and " Elsie F. Rowe " were all well-known crafts and good sailors, and the captain of each was anxious to land the prize. After the start these boats sailed on surprisingly even terms. At Halfway Rock the " Has- kins" was ahead, but had gained but little on the " Rowe." The latter craft was struck by a heavy sea which threw her up in the wind, and for a few seconds she lay in the trough of the sea while several waves broke over her before she gathered headway. At this time the " Has- kins " drew away and the "Caviare " came up with the " Rowe." The former rounded the Nahant mark ahead, followed by the "Caviare " and the " Rowe" in the order named. On the reach across, it was a great race, the "Rowe " passing the "Caviare " and taking second place once more, while the "Haskins " rounded the Davis' Ledge mark still ahead.
And now all were on the beat home, the hardest and most trying leg of all the rough course. The big vessels all stood in on the shore tack looking for smoother water, but they did not find it. With every sheet hauled flat and every sail drawing, they pounded and staggered into the heavy seas, burying their bowsprits and washing decks at every jump. Lee rails were buried and the water was up to the hatches as the schooners laid over before the strength of the fierce northeaster. Sea after sea they shipped and sometimes dove into them to their
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foremasts. Again, to quote the yachting expert before referred to : " It is doubtful if ever a race was sailed under such savage conditions."
The "Belden " still held her lead, but the "Rowe " was having trouble. Her jibs were torn by the force of the wind and the clew of her foresail started. The " Bohlin," which had been driving along all the time, passed her and took second berth, but could not seem to gain niuch on the " Belden."
The vessels made a tack in shore. from Minot's, and all fetched to the northward of Pig Rocks. They then stood off on the port tack and soon were headed landward, again making in near Norman's Woe. From there short hitches were made to the finish line. The " Bel- den's " jibs started on the last hitch and, although torn badly, held until she was safe across the line, a winner.
The finish was spectacular and never to be forgotten by the few privileged to witness it. Half buried in foam, and belted with life lines, the contesting crafts neared the mark. First came the " Belden," rushing through the water like mad, and laying over under her press of canvas. Such a shout as went up from those on the judges' boat as she crossed the line ! Capt. Whalen, all oiled up, stood by the wheel of his staunch craft and waved his hand gleefully in reply to the greeting.
Next came the "Nannie C. Bohlin," all slick and shiny, looking very yachty as she glided through the water. She lay well over, and it was plain to all that she had not been spared, but had been sailed for all there was in her. She finished with her lee rail buried front view and the water rushing over the deck, a marine picture seldom equalled.
The "Joseph Rowe," which had put up such a game battle with her torn head sails, came quickly after the " Bohlin," while the " James S. Steele," some ways behind her, canie up to the line, but did not cross it. Both the "Bohlin" and "Rowe " received a splendid ovation as they finished.
Then almost an hour afterward came the little boats. They evi- dently found full sail a detriment in beating to windward in such a gale, for the " Lottie S. Haskins," which came across the line, a handsome winner, had a reef in her foresail while the " Caviare " had the same. The " Elsie F. Rowe" did not finish. Both the winning " Haskins " and the " Caviare " received as warm a greeting as that given to the bigger craft at the finish.
After the race, some of the contesting schooners towed, while others sailed up the harbor, while the winners were greeted with salutes on every hand, and thus ended the fishermen's race, a contest for marine supremacy unsurpassed and never to be forgotten.
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Following is the official summary of the race : -
FIRST CLASS. SCHOONERS FROM 85 TO 1IO FEET, WATER LINE.
NAME.
OWNER.
Actual Time.
Corrected Time.
Harry L. Belden. . . George Clark & Co ..
5 38
35
5
36
4
Nannie C. Bohlin ..
William H. Jordan
5
50
45
5
50
45
Joseph Rowe
William H. Jordan
5
54 30
5
53
3
James S. Steele ...
George Steele.
Did not finish.
Ethel B. Jacobs. . ..
Capt. Solomon Jacobs
Did not finish.
James G. Blaine . ..
Hodge & Pool
Did not finish.
Grayling .
William H. Jordan
Did not finish.
SECOND CLASS. SCHOONERS FROM 65 TO 85 FEET, WATER LINE.
NAME. .
. OWNER.
Actual Time.
Corrected Time.
H.
M.
S.
H.
M.
S.
Lottie S. Haskins . .
George Steele & Co.
€ 23
30
6
19
54
Caviare
Nagle & Powers
7
4 35
7 4
35
Elsie F. Rowe. ...
Capt. James C. Gannon . .
Did not finish.
The vessels, with their lengths and skippers, were as follows :
" James S. Steele," 85 feet, Capt. Charles Olsen.
"James G. Blaine," 87 feet 7 inches, Capt. John McDonald. "Grayling," -, Capt. Charles H. Harty.
" Nannie C. Bohlin," 102 feet 9 inches, Capt. Thomas Bohlin. "Joseph Rowe," 101 feet 7 inches, Capt. Reuben Cameron.
" Ethel B. Jacobs," 101 feet 7 inches, Capt. Solomon Jacobs.
" Harry L. Belden," 100 feet 4 inches, Capt. Maurice Whalen.
"Caviare," 72 feet 10 inches, Capt. Frank Stevens.
" Lottie S. Haskins," 69 feet 6 inches, Capt. Bernard Malone.
" Elsie F. Rowe," 68 feet, Capt. James C. Gannon.
H. M.
S.
H.
M.
S.
Captain Thomas Bohlin.
FISHERMEN'S RACE. Schooner " Nannie C. Bohlin," Winner second prize, first class.
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The schooner " Harry L. Belden," winner of the Hovey cup, was a handsome vessel, 123.37 tons gross, 117.20 tons net, designed by D. J. Lawlor, since deceased, owned by George Clark & Co., and built at Essex in 1889. She was of the plumb stem type and had always enjoyed the reputation of being a fast sailer and an extra good sea boat. Her skipper, Capt. Maurice Whalen, was a master mariner of well known ability, a good fisherman, and one who knew how to sail his vessel.
The " Belden," at present, is owned in Boston, and is still com- manded by Captain Whalen, who now resides in Boston. Mr. Harry L. Belden, for whom the vessel was named and who, at the time of the race, was book-keeper for George Clark & Co., sailed on the " Belden " during the contest. The victory for the "Belden " was more pro- nounced as she had just arrived from a fishing trip, and had had no time to get herself in readiness. As the old saying is, " she raced just as she was."
The schooner " Lottie S. Haskins," winner of the silver cup, first prize in the second class, was a beautiful little craft of fifty-eight and forty-seven hundredths tons gross, fifty-five and fifty-five hundredths tons net, designed by Capt. George M. McClain, owned by George Steele & Co., and built at Essex in 1890. Her sailing qualities were well known, and she was generally looked upon as a winner. Her skipper, Capt. Bernard Malone, was a young, hustling fellow, who knew his craft and how to sail her.
The " Haskins," at present, is owned in Pensacola, Fla., while Captain Malone is now in the vessel outfitting business, in Boston.
Besides the cup won by the "Belden," the other prizes were $150 in cash to the schooner making the second quickest corrected time in the first class. This was won by the " Nannie C. Bohlin."
The prize for first place in the second class was a $150 silver cup. This the "Lottie S. Haskins" secured. The money for the prizes, other than the Hovey cup, was subscribed by a number of citizens, all interested in vessels and in the great race.
There was a prize of $75 offered for the second boat in the second class, providing three or more finished. In view of the conditions under which the race was sailed and the splendid showing made by the " Caviare," she was awarded this prize, as she finished second, while the "Elsie F. Rowe," behind her, did not finish.
The committee and board of judges having the fishermen's race in charge were : -
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Horatio Babson. William Parsons.
William Thompson.
John E. Thurston.
Roger W. Wonson. Capt. Thomas Hodge.
D. Sherman Tarr. Jeremiah Foster.
David B. Smith. William F. Moore.
Nathaniel Babson. William Cronin.
The sailing directions, courses, signals, and rules were printed on a handsome quarto sheet, having on its front page a half-tone cut of " Mother Ann" and the words : -
"City of Gloucester, Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary. Flying Fishermen's Race, Friday, August 26, 1892.
Off Eastern Point, at 9 o'clock A. M., unless unfavorable weather necessitates postponement. Open to all Cape Ann schooners between fifty and one hundred and ten feet water line."
The sailing directions, etc., were as follows : -
PRIZES.
First Class. Three hundred dollar silver cup, presented by Henry S. Hovey, to be given to the schooner making the quickest corrected time. One hundred and fifty dollars in cash to be given to the schooner making the second quickest corrected time.
Second Class. One hundred and fifty dollar silver cup, to be given to the schooner making the quickest corrected time. Seventy- five dollars in cash to the schooner making the second quickest corrected time.
ENTRIES.
Entries to be made in writing to Horatio Babson, chairman of Fishermen's Race Committee, on or before Thursday, August 25, at 12 o'clock, noon, at Fernwood Lake Ice Company's office, Main Street.
All entries must be accompanied by five dollars, and must specify name of vessel, with a certificate of the WATER LINE LENGTH, signed by the authorized measurer, H. N. Andrews.
CLASSES.
First Class. Eighty-five to one hundred and ten feet, on the water line.
Second Class. Fifty to eighty-five feet, on the water line.
Silver Cup, first prize, second-class.
FISHERMEN'S RACE Schooner " Lottie S. Haskins," Winner Silver Cup, first prize, second class.
Captain E. A. Malone. (Bernard.)
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MEASUREMENT.
Time allowance will be figured by length of water line, Herreshoff tables.
BALLAST.
No ballast shall be taken in or thrown out, and no cables or anchors taken off the vessel within twelve hours of the time of starting.
CREWS.
Schooners of the first class will be allowed to carry twenty-four men, and those of the second class, twenty men.
SAILS.
Schooners in both classes will be restricted to carrying their regular sails. No spinnakers, club-top-sails, large balloons, gotten up especially for this race, will be allowed, and any vessel using such sails will be debarred from the race.
SAILING RULES.
The race will be sailed under the general sailing rules of which all nautical men are supposed to be acquainted, and each- captain must understand that if he fouls either of the course buoys or any vessel in the race, his competitor has the right to protest him, and if to blame, his vessel will be debarred from the race.
No experts allowed to go on any of the vessels, to take part in handling them ; each captain must steer his own vessel.
NUMBERS.
All vessels will be furnished with two numbers, which must be fastened on each side of the mainsail as near the middle of the sail as it can be placed.
Any vessel failing to comply with this rule WILL NOT have her time taken.
PROTEST.
Protest must be made in writing, signed by the captain of the protesting vessel, within thirty minutes after the vessel crosses the finish line.
COURSES.
The starting line and finish line will be between the whistling buoy off Eastern Point, and the pilot house of the committee steamer.
The E. Y. C. Turning Buoy, in courses I. and II., is a white iron spar buoy, fifty feet, bearing a black cage, placed eight miles E. g N. from Graves whistling buoy, and nine and one half miles S. by W. 2 W. from whistling buoy off Eastern Point.
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The Nahant mark in courses III., IV., V., and VI., will be a dory with a mast twelve feet high, bearing a red flag, anchored half a mile due east off East Point, Nahant Head.
The outer mark used in courses V. and VI., will be the same as the Nahant mark : a dory with mast and red flag.
COURSE I. From the judges' line, leaving whistling buoy on the port, judges' steamer on starboard ; thence, leaving Southeast Breaker's buoy on starboard, S. W. by W. ¿ W. to Halfway Rock, leaving it on port ; thence S. S. W. ¿ W. to the bell buoy off Harding's Ledge, leaving it on port ; thence N. E. by E. ¿ E. to Eastern Yacht Club buoy, leaving it on port; thence N. by E. & E. to the whistling buoy off Eastern Point, the starting place, leaving it on port, judges' steamer on starboard. Distance, thirty-seven miles for allowance.
COURSE II. Reverse of Course I.
COURSE III. From the Judges' line, leaving whistling buoy on starboard, judges' steamer on port ; thence S. S. W. ¿ W. to and around buoy on Davis' Ledge, near Minot's Light, leaving buoy on starboard ; thence N. N. W. ¿ N. to the stake boat off Nahant, leaving it on starboard ; thence to the finish line, leaving Halfway Rock on star- board, Southeast Breaker's buoy on port, judges' steamer on starboard, whistling buoy on port. Distance, forty-one miles for allowance.
COURSE IV. Reverse of Course III.
COURSE V. From the starting line, leaving whistling buoy on port, judges' steamer on starboard, buoy on South East Breaker on star- board, Halfway Rock on port, to and around the Nahant mark, leaving it on port ; thence E. S. E. ¿ S. thirteen miles, to and around the outer mark, leaving it on port; thence to the finish line, due N. twelve and one quarter miles, leaving whistling buoy on port, judges' steamer on starboard. Distance, thirty-nine miles for allowance.
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