six o'clock
Four blasts sounded far up and down the still waters , and four answering blasts came from each canoe . The first day 's race was done . The canoes headed for shore . It was six o'clock , and the Ellisons were still in the lead . But the margin was not now so great . Between them and the nearest canoe there was not over a quarter of a mile of winding stream . Harvey and Henry Burns had done well .