one o'clock
Keyport and Lumberport had been drawn upon to swell the crowds of lookers-on . The railroads and steam-boats had brought crowds to the race . It was indeed a gala day . Promptly at one o'clock the events began . The trial of speed between the boys ' eight-oared shells was the first of the juvenile contests , and these latter trials gained almost as much interest from the crowds as did the first races . The boys of Central High , with Chet and Lance and six others at the sculls , and Short and Long to steer , pulled a splendid race , and came in second -- the junior crew of the famous Luna Boat Club being the winner . At least the boys of Central High won over the crews of all the other high schools on the lake .