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PRICE TWO CENTS,icso'OSofilyofhim*iffheoniefh©onttfnsraterndr*tieor-ednyIf.*-idr.Fishermen Race for theHovey Gup,Harry S. Beltlen isthe Winner.Prize Taken from theYeasty WavesFair Weather Sailorsat a Discount.Last Day of the Celebrationof 250th AnniversaryiIfYachts Race in the CalmerInner Harbor.Mm*Search Linht Mihition WindsOp the Exercises,inwff—Hum’ . i •OtooniTll, Aug 28,—Notwithstanding the fact that the wind howled half a gale Irom the northeast today, that the sea mu high in the harbor and hither outside, and that squall* of mt»t and rain .want tha street at intervals, ttm last day of tha on?1* celebration was much more of a success than would have been expected from tha unfavorable waatbar conditions Tha fishermen and yachtsman, for a diaplay of whose prowess the day wasspwialjf set apart, braved tha storm and saa and sailed the course laid out for them, whila tha townspeople andmany visitor* thronged the shore and streets in' spite atthe rain, and seemed determined to extract enjoyment from everything which presented naeHlt;r*'«w~~noRATTO a meow.Chairman of lb* risltenusn'i R*»st«a,That the fishermen’s race was tbe event of the day goes almost without saying, fag Gloucester may claim to be tbe home of th* schooner, if not of the American tiahtag vessel itself, and from 1713, when the schooner was invented, until tbe present time, the hardy sailors at Cape Ann have always prided themselves on their ability to face any sort of wind or weather.For this race, the first prize in which the handsome silver cup offered by a» Com. Hovey of the Eastern Yacht Clulk more than the usual amount of interest had been aroused. *The chances of this or that boat entaaai had bean most thoroughly canvassed, thw boats themselves had been put in the beat possible trim, and all that the skippegg were praying for was wind and plenty of M,
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sat, Aug 27, 1892
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