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WATER SPORTS. 
Annual Event of Manchester Yacht Club a 
Grand Success. Much interest Taken. 
The annual water sports of the Man- 
chester Yacht club held last Saturday af- 
ternoon drew out a large crowd, especial- 
ly from the younger members of the 
summer colony from all along the Man- 
chester and Beverly Shore. 
The sports this year proved a grand 
success, both from the number of people 
on hand, from the number of contestants 
and from the manner in which the events 
were run off. This was due largely to 
the committee of arrangements, Wiliam 
L. Putnam, John H. Storer and James 
Means. Mr. Storer was master of cer- 
emonies. “The judges were William A. 
Tucker, Harrison K. Caner and A. 
Henry Higginson. 
A touch of color was added to the oc- 
casion when the mammoth _ new cruiser 
Salem passed in the outer harbor, a mile 
away, on her way to Salem. 
Young Charlie Taft was one of the 
most active boys competing in the races. 
In the walking the pole contest his fancy 
costume was very catchy. He made a 
good make-up as Rufus Rastus Johnson 
Brown. 
The first event was walking the pole, 
in which the participants wore fancy cos- 
rumes. Jack Merrill, dressed in a blue 
silk gown, with parasol of same color, 
took first prize, and James Means, as a 
pink baby, took second. Lloyd Means 
won first prize for distance walked on the 
pole. Charlie Taft walked out eleven 
feet on the pole before dropping off into 
the water. Other contestants were Rog- 
er Putnam, representing a Hindoo maid- 
en; John Lavalle, clown; T. G. Rice, 
jr., Indian; Samuel Mandell, farmer; 
Lloyd Means. 
The senior canoe race was won by 
two young men from Bass Rocks, G: P. 
Sargent and S. H. Ayer, jr. Robert 
Storer and Melville Weston were second. 
Other contestants were Frank Wiggles- 
worth and C. S. Ayer, Clarence Clark 
and Norman Mackie. 
The junior canoe race was won by 
James Means and Oliver Church, Jack 
Caner and Tad Rice coming in second. 
Charlie Taft and Sam Mandell, finished 
third and Jack Merrill and Lloyd Means, 
fourth. 
The tub races as usual, offered a great 
deal of fun. Theodore Storer finished 
first in the first heat, with Charlie Taft 
second. Jack Merrill won the second 
heat, and the cup was awarded to Storer 
on time. The other contestants were 
Lloyd Means, Jack Caner, S. P. Man- 
dell, Tad Rice, J. Lavalle, A. E. Ken- 
nedy, jr. 
‘The boys’ swimming race, 50 yards, 
was prettily contested. The boys lined 
up on the Khalifa, W. A. Tucker’s 
yacht, fifty yards away from the float and 
at a signal they all jumped overboard. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
It was nip and tuck between Tad Rice, 
Charlie Taft and A. E. Kennedy. Rice 
finished first, Kennedy, second, and 
young Taft, third. The other contest- 
ants were Jack Caner, John Lavalle, 
Lloyd Means, Theodore Storer and Jack 
Merrill. 
The senior swimming race was won 
by G. P. Sargent, F. Sargent, second. 
‘The other contestants were Clarence 
Clark, S. H. Ayers, C. S. Ayers, Oliver 
Church, Frank Wigglesworth, James 
Cabot and Robert Storer. 
A life saving exhibition by some of 
the boys was very amazing. The prize 
was awarded to Roger Putnam and Theo- 
dore Storer. Sam Mandell and Jack 
Caner won second place. 
The diving contest was one ofthe 
prettiest features of the afternoon. Each 
contestant was given four chances—stand- 
ing, running, back and fancy. The cup 
was awarded to Frank Wigglesworth. 
G. E. P. Rice won second and S. H. 
Ayer, jr., third. 
Comical in the extreme was the canoe 
tilting by pairs of boys in canoes. The 
canoes started towards each other at full 
tilt, with one man in each canoe stand- 
ing, with long stick in hand, on the end 
of which was a heavily padded head. 
The first man to push the other over- 
board was the winner. G. P. Sargent 
and S. H. Ayer, jr., won the prize in 
this event. They won first from Robt. 
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T. P. Storer and Melville Weston, and 
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Church. 
The canoe polo match was won by 
the team composed of Robert T. P. 
Storer, Melville Weston and S. H. Ayer, 
The losing team was com- 
posed of A. P. Sargent, F. Wiggles- 
worth and S. W. Sargent. 
An exhibition of fancy diving, from a 
stand twenty feet high, was given by 
Captain Arthur T. Saddler of the Ter- 
minal Boathouse, Riverside. J. B. 
Green of Brookline gave a splendid ex- 
hibition of fancy swimming and diving. 
‘Tea was served after the sports, Mrs. 
C. Howard Clark, jr., wife of vice com- 
modore Clark, Mrs. William Lowell 
Putnam and Mrs. James Means haying 
charge of this. Prominent among those 
present were Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C. 
Fitch, Mrs. E. C. Fitch, jr.,. Miss Mari- 
on Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Ward, Mrs. Gordon Abbott and chil- 
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hodges, 
Mrs. F. T. Bradbury and her brother 
George R. White, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 
Storer, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Putnam, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Read, Miss Char- 
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glesworth, Mr. and Mrs. Norton Wig- 
glesworth, Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren- 
Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Board 
man, Mrs. E. A. Boardman, Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward S. Grew, Miss Amie Clark. 
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