The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-22
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RoAr RACE IL BOSTON BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
ST. john, y. B-Ntw y9fKERs BEATEN.
Ibis race wheh asd been tee ,apis Tor nearly
year Az haif aui was the al absorbing topic o.
veisa,ion amcag tie oni admirers Of aquatic
tpcits IN New YORK, Hoslon, 81. John, \. b and we
Inehi say IN amos, every place tbs continent which
lays cont, guous ocean, lake bay on Charles
f.vtr Boston Saturday The .o.a last Tie greatest
n.e, tsi unaffected ii regard TO the result, aad
truly great was the excitement which was elected from
hose Witnessed the contest People began to arise
IN tie utshbo hcod Of The course about twelve O'Clock
aId before thrce the time announced for the boti 10
start, every available spot from which view OF the
water t,uld be obtained was appropriated covering
tasmaG's Baths the Mil bsm r)r the length 0. \ mile
ard hsf. Cambridge briige and the docks dacen to
the baths with living There could not have been
hsG gate q forty thousand people At those
vsf.sys POINTS. Al ttrce O'Clock precisely the hoa,s
brog ghi INTO ne preparatory Tor ttaet. Toe Nev
YerS beat, tclcrgrg 10 the Metropolitan Regatta Ciab
wss named by Stephen Roberts. Charles wciherel
william Sellers and Thomas icrr-CoxswAin, Joseph 81
oit IT. The oi the st. John boat belonging the
CaIc;'u sasa Cove Club contisted Of Edward Welsh
tohn Morris, leunis Morris and John Lambert
~ CoAswain. II required ycTy little preliminary ar
rhhs.mehs BEFORE Ice wore Wa given Tor them 10 50,
sud "a both boats fashed, with tart just at
his time the ran ccmmenced TO fall and there was
every inctation ~ aa approaching Atorm, The New
hcr. beat Sas plainly observed be taking thu lead aud
whtn fhe aIilycdat The upper stake boat, mile
ha isiant she ui boats leug In advance or her
adversary. The storm, ~ the mean while, nrreas-
e. and both boats keemed to Dc leeing ELECTS. When
Aey arrived back ~ lie lover stake Jcp, Inc * ohuers
wsie aacai about twenty scconls, aud hroe miles had
been accomplished III 1858. Then the storm, apparently
deitmnea io 10 is Utmost, commenced 70 rage with 70.
doubled Try. TIC ind blew almost hurricane and
1uch trivirg GItLciing ran Is seldom witnessed II
required the grcacsi exerton the part of both the
Crcvs 10 ~ ep ifom being swsmped, and particular.
" was The rgcnuiy o. tho New Workers taxed 10 pre-.
serve hemseisfs account OF the igh.ness OF their
beat The 81 John boat much the largest and hca
West and was consequently better able to bunot the
to m hey beth succeeded, however ir accomplishing
her "a x and came back to tie starting point after
having ro~td six miles the st. John in forty.
two minutes and the New York boat mute behind.
The rain seemed 10 have had very little efac, driving
away the spectators most OF them with the exception
n he ladies' maintained their positions determined at
any cos TO see the race and few there no
reached their homes with dry skins. The bet in
he eight hr rdrcd Gollns side, but previous
ic the start both parties seemed 10 be sangune OF
c,ts there was great amount OF money staked upon
The esult In bets ranging from dollar TO Eve hun
dred dollars, which in the aggregate wouli probably
amount 10 lifty thousand dollars.