New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-24
MARINE AFFAIRS.

MAXINE hfFALhS.
REGATTA OF The EMPIRE CITY CLUB.
The regatta Of the Empire City Boat Club took
place yesterday afternoon on the East River opposite
the Red House grounds Harlem Many thousands Of
spec,a,or- lined the west shore, and the river was
ia nv sve with multitude Of bo,ts all full of eager
lookersn After the refreshing showers OF the prev
Gus night ard morning the atmosphere cooled down TO
a delightful temperature, so that the manly contests
Of the bostmen were witnessed with unslloyed pleas
ure The river was calm and unrufied as q wood
lind bike ard II would have been difficult 10 select
more piopitious day for the occasion There were
three race.-fret, between touroared boat; second,
two pair Of scull. tbrd single pairs of scuh. The
contests wes for the following prizes:
First Race-Fop. Dared Boats First prize, $50;
second Prize, ESQ, third puze, $40.
Second Ract- Two PAIRS ScuRs-Fr.t prize, s25
secord prize, slO; third prize, So
Third -CkanpTons-Singk Par ScuHs-
Fin, prize, $50; second pze, s2O third prize, s..
In the first race the following fouroared boat. par
tcipaed, having by lot the choice OF position in the
order in which they designated, and each one car
ryng a distinctive number, from up to SIX, the
frst boa, taking the in-shore position:
F,ppraep'' MsroIS,.n Ot Club. Of williamsburg
tlora Temple. Of sewJersey.
Brootsn Belle. o. Nsw.IoIk.
Falcon Of Phil .delrhia
Americas, of GreeDpoiLt
The course Of the from the judges boat,
opposite sixth street. down the ryer,
to the take-bpat at foot OF Ninety first street.
turning il fr, the westward, thence up the river to
the stskt boat opposite One hundred sndseventeenth
street, turning it from the eastward and returning to
the Judges boat This conrse was rowed over twice
by each Glaze, making the dist 4Hce performed five
niles Ii would be extremely difficult If not inpOssi-
be to trace with accuracy the progress of each boat
Throughout the race from the large number Of other
boats which continually obscured our view; We will
thereit give the time at which they passed and re-
passed the jsdges boat At the word Co they
flew away over the water with surprising speed al
though some Of the osrsmen seemed 50 nervous that
their blades scarcely touched the wster. The Tarbos'
soon took the lead, and maintained II throughout.
After rourdipg the lower stskeboAt, they went past
the iudgeS boat in the al!os in0 time and ord m acc
W II T.rbo,, .......9 - 81
Flor. remrle........ 81 Brooklyn BeIe...'..."io -
A, the boats swept by the osrsmen were enthusias-
tealy cheered by the spectators, and the utmost eH
cite ment prevailed Returning from the upper stake
boat, they rtpassed us ar follows:
W II. T.rb.........Is 5sAuerieus.............8l y
Fcrs Temple ......... II IL Brooklyn Bele......g
Impairment ........l7 81 Falcon out
1t was Low evident that the Tarboss led her con-
pettors with comparative ease and her crew kept her
in place without much eAerton. The Experiment.
however, 70 lowed close, passing the Flora Tempe
On the second up stretch the boats went by Us a.
follow:
m.e @ sec;
h T.5So''..,H - slG,, Isnp.e -
Brooklyn Belle gave out,
The rice eude in the order.
ns.et m.sec
WI. T.rsc........si 81 Flor. Tsmple........S5 %
E,pern ent.............ss IS America, .....;.;..S
Tie Tarb,es won the rst prize, handsomely oea''ns
the Experiment % seconds and the Flora Temple %
seconds for which she was most heartily cheered "
the spectators. Mr. Chris Thoms built the is'oo'''
and sse manned BY Patrick Lynch, first osrsnani
Msttl--on, second; VIM. Woods, third ana hash
Buns alias Rsppahanock, fourth. The EAperhSn'
was built by John Mckay, and viii do better yet
Her used spoon oars," curved after the BRUSH
fashion. tso of which were finished only few minutes
before the began, 50 that they had no u nc 70
sccustC II themselves 10 thsir use.
SECOND RACE.
The second race was between l7.feet boat 'o"e3
by two pairs Of sculs The following boats entered
~i'h choice OF place in the order IN whoa 'ney arc
arranged. the wilkins taking the ip--hore position
% ;' fls.@i a'' jo'sPs Klas
This rsce wa over the same cour-s a. '-' ''
ard termit ated in the following time:
r,vu, ~, t. p wilkins .......fJ o.
william PilsOtt........A ialJsnes "ess's. .''.''. -
Boil the iiggot, and TIE wilkins lost then
turning the stake boat on the wrong side. Inc
sels turned it sgsiD once wrong, and then
the right eide, so she bore of the second PRE- TIC
Line Kiln Man taking the FIST
THIRD RACE.
1his was q oon,e-, between crack o'''"es'
feet shell boats, Ky .cks with single par
for the chan piopshp. The rsce wss between 'He 'O
lcwirg boats and men:
Tho CdrI.............ro v-d By naLl &c.,.
Aueries ................ rowec D.. -. nav
br csiyr boy...........rov-c ey''' 49, Ysy
Accepted Cirrer........ roved ey - .,ilo~;,,,
Tie distance was accomplished IN tne iOi0"1's
tne: NJ =.
BreotitH Boy...."D % ans1ss cits,en 10
Mr. Burns Isbored under the dtsacS Ao.ase =, -'e
roved before IN the FIRST race, and ne naa
fortune to ose considerable distance no" 0o ~