The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-18
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R.x.,s. or the Empire CITY n,r..,- :, j..

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IN accordance With the previous announcement ,ha
regatta Of his club came OF yesterday aus wa on y
w mot successful that has ever taken p.Ace in mi,
~ An The world wa invited and II they did mo,
saefe was certainly a tolerably fair represoot.
~ 'nefe could not have been less than ten thous,ns
\ .h aa, ~ ne most Intense interest was manifested
/ IN. ~, ''V'' me day was all that could be d.
sired @'' 'ae refreshing breeze hardly agi,at,d the
waters be,, -" : gentle ripple. The regatta took
p'ce IN the f''' n'ef' At the Red House pieasur.
grounds hsrituf. tne ume appointed for ths start
Ing of the hrst set Of boats was half p,s, a..
o'clock but long before thai time the shore vas linz
WIN spectators nnd the water crowded with boat
of every description. tn s,eamlost cr,.on syo..
had nearly THOUSAND per.on. ap,onu rbom ~er.
a@se number a ladies. We we're infnned t,o b- ous
OF the members Of the club that among the lmueo..
crowd assembled this occasion there er. no, la.
than three thousand from Boston St John \ n ana
Toronto who came expressly witness the regatta
The men who announced TO row the boat. vs-.
working men and She affair nigh, naurally DE sun
posed, was thoroughly democratic. 1t was a people.
regatta and i therefore wonder tina, /, w.s ~
numerously attended. We hope IT T. not the as, hut
that the with which II attended will MAKE
The Empire City Regatta Club one Of permaucn, In
The aggregate value q the prizes amounted 20
about foui hundred dollars, rhlch 10 be distributes
IN the following proportions TO the successful compes
tors -
Finr RAeE-Fora osRkp Boar.
Four men and -Four dnr..
Second pri,e, pa!se. 20 Entrance fee sIo.
' ass ass sIasa a, 90 e g s the a,s prize
Seventeen feet sri,oib work boats
First pie pntse....s9 80 Tbira prize. ........1
'' Pun & ~ sa'iansf Fas 80 &C.
~, ,, Nineteen net e., Whitehall rog.iag boa''
.eeond pr1s, pure so FOURTH prize ......... 10
fhrd prize Pufse.....,. 20
Zach Of the bat, entered bal pay Zee of sio The
fein~ing the rules governing the -fe and appost
neat. OF the bosts -
TIE four boat no restrisons eroep, thst cock
sli'' b. propelled BY m'tve power Of f'ar Ass
In he two pais n soull- -see the boat shall b.
not nsie than seteaiecn feef nng, and smooth wssA
Ia ,hr single pair oscus race ,hs boss shaa be no.
more thF nineteen icct long rss than fur Get Gvv
inches in width and rheieen inches deep the abssp
70 be fcis not more than eleven and half ineh@s
apart and eleven .xee sis Of inrh thick the boat.
20 be bni smooth work sib thvarts not ess this
less than bsf inch thls the gonsales 10 be also 81
ose ot eue 1nei aai three -rhihs Ia ackness No ass
Tsgsrs utsi shn be ncie than foug inches outb,srs
g The tboic PINS All the usual loose work and
sheeis 'nny bcremoyed q 'se party rowing desires.
difference VI two inches los Ia the leh OF the bsa
VII not bc considered.
The distance 70 bc roved Owe miss--the JuAxe-'
boat from which they 70 start being anchored In
the mde q The liver opposi,s The 600, Of ono Hundred
9nd siath street one stake Loaf anchored on u.r
foot a Nury srst street anil the other the tsst
of one Hundred ana sixteenth street snd according
The fule they we're 70 be turned tsice. The b,ats"
tss The order tpr the Ahnii The snuthssty
stake boat whc must BE- mel from the wes, towards
the east then rowing 20 the nor,heiy staAe boat pas-
ing the judges iost The side and tarnlpg ad
nurhfriy stake boat ffom the toward the S
ihencr thev will rcs sgrn % 'hc ssnthefy stalks beat,
The stake bat the belofe and then again % ths
nohsfls stake lot tarnsns Il again from he ea., To-
and milling thu iudsr, boat the west side
The entfancea we're a. foii0ws - ~