Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-10-18
Rowing Maich-Lake Championship.


The Canadians bore off the cash and the ban
ner at Detroit on Friday with great ease, the
Chicago Metropolitan Club proving but a
feeble match for the Shakespeare Toronto
rswers. The race excited much interest and
curiosity, and every good seeing spot along the
river was taken possession of by the people
The race was p miles and back for purse Of
$1,000 and the Championship OF the Lakes
The weather was delightful, though western
breeze which sprung up about the time Of
starting, made the river somewhat rongh. The
Tribune says:
The Toronto Club entered the club boat :" As
You Like It." Her dimensions are length IS
feet; breldth feet in; weight I30 lbs, and
averaged draft of three inches of water with
her men aboard, built by J. Mckay of Toronto,
who has had much experience in the business,
aud is the builder Of the famous Harvard Col
lege gigs, which challenge the world She is
built of pine and her sweeps, which are IL
l-2 feet long, are of the same material, with
spoon blades She was manned as follows:
VIM. Dilling stroke Oarsman; II. Teddy, lst
mid do; Thos. Tenning, ID mid do; John Ten
ming, bow do; Richard Tenning, coekswain.-
These men have had upwards of seven years
practice, and have pulled together five years /;
are not strictly men Of muscle, but have good
long reach They were supplied with toe straps
which enabled them to lift themselves forward
easily without deadening the headway of the
boat, and gave them grace and perfection Of
movement which could not be surpassed.
The Metropolitan Club entered their boat
Perhaps" 40 feet long ?! feet wide, weighs
I40 lbs, and with men aboard draws three in
ches water astern and inches at bows. She
was built in New York city by VIM. Darling.
Her bow and stern sweeps were l3 feet 2
inches long and mid sweeps l3 feet inches /;
much heavier than those Of her competitor
with wide and straight blades. She was man
ned by Levi W Hart, stroke oarsman W. T.
Ottegnon, mid stroke; W. B. Curtis, mid oar,
and John BabcOck, bow oar. She had no cock
swain, the stroke Oarsman communicating with
the rudder by his foot. This was a serious dis
advantage, as he was obliged TO steer by the
stern, as well as keep a lookout forward to
keep clear of obstacles. The men had no toe
straes, and their momentum in getting them
selves forward after each stroke, deadened the
headway of their boat The club had been or
ganized but a few months.
OF the Toronto Club the Advertiser says:
They were dressed SO as to catch as little
wind As possible, having shirts fitted close to
the skin, and woOlen drawers. Their arms
were bare to the shoulder.
OF the dress of the Chicago Club as follows
The crew wore neat white caps and loose red
flannel shirts, looking very picturesque while
Teposing on their oars, but not just the thing TO
row a race. Experienced oarsmen dress so as
to catch as little wind as possible.
Of the race it says
At about one-half past 10 the signal was Civ
en-, and the men bent to their oars. At the
first two or three strokes, the Toronto boat shot
ahead an entire length. and continued TO gain
very percep6bly, and it was quite evident at
once how the race would terminate. The AS
You Like It" made the distance five miles) in
40 minutes, having accomplished it before in
33 minutes. When they reached the turning
point the Perhaps" was nearly half a mile be-
hind. The latter filed with water, and when
oppoite the water works on the return, be-
came entirely submerged, and the men were
taken out of the water by another boat that
providentially saw their danger and came to
theirrelief
The "As You Like It. is built tight forward
to the bow puller and aft 70 the cOekswain.-
A sort of fender was placed in front TO prevent
water from washing over the bow into the boat
This Irecaution was not taken by the ''Per-
haps," nor were they able to bail out, as no
cOxswain was employed, the boat being steer
ed by the bow oarsmsn. The coxswain of the
Toronto was bailing all the way. The Metro
pOlitan Club has not been organized but short
time, and they have much 10 learn before they
can compete with so old a club as the Shak-
sPeare. They are good pluck, however, and
not discouraged by defeat The ''As You Like
Il" is for sale and valued at $500.
L.IEs Uizsss=-
The large Amer.cln scOw, laden with lum-
Der, driven ashore few miles below Gode1ich,
in the late gale, it is thought viii prove a to-
tai loss. The sehr. Mary Watson, wrecked
upon the pier at Goderieh is total wreck
The pig mon and part of the coal on board
will be saved The salt has lost its SAVIOR. Toe
'ch Wave, wrecked at Inver-H Huron Bay, is a |
.otal loss. Capt Thomas Warwick, and NJ |
5cKever, of GOderieh, a sailor lad, were |
lrowned
The owner of the Java, wrecked at Dun
lirk, estimates that from half TO twO-thirds
IF her cargo viii be saved
The damages in the collision between the
schrs- CouTtwnght and St. Paul. have been as
essed at $1,000 on the St. Paul, and 81, ,O47 on
he COurtvnght.