Even into the uncertain weather of October, sailboats plied the lake, and steamers with crowded decks; regattas ruled the horizon, white-winged and thick as gulls, and across the whole of it one could often glimpse the mayor, a much-beloved Kentuckian named Carter Harrison, astride his horse, wearing a great-brimmed hat and waving triumphantly at his constituents, who gratefully waved back.
