New-York tribune., 1867-09-07
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
TIE BOAT RACE.


,,,r,,r,-nrs OF vlsIToRs-THE METRO
roIITANs ON THE CROUND-l'IOf IN NEW
RuRGU-RACE POSTPONED
'''" V1 NEwBURGH, Sept. 6, 1867.
At least 1900 people were here to-day
to witness the great boat race between Walter
prou,n and James HaInil for $1,000 side Prob
,, Ino former boat race between any other two
aver excited so much this one, America
From dawn this morning the usually quiet streets or
Newbureh were filed with men, women, and children IN
oy % G foot and others having ridden 20 or 30 miles in
wagons and all kinds OF turnouts to get glimpse
11 Curing Ho the night Walter Brown remained
quietly at the United states Hotel while Ham tdIea %
at Cornwall, about half dozen miles up the lNt nn
Ter silent but confident, and showed exGeiel Idlh
Ing and handling on the part OF his tutors nc %
Now0urgh' dreadng fepeilloh OI lhe tI ~, 5od
last Summer, when boat race was cohlesttu heIc au
summoned to his assistance body OF polce rom New
York. and accordingly during the day. 5ne l"l'' u otu
uniforms of the Metropolitan POhce ana lhe "Sh1%UMn %
features Of John s Young and his Mulberlyst
were everywhere conspicuous an 'hi 0ioT% tTo ' air
thr0nged the streets: All uay I1ig tcs an a.
steamboats, arriving from NewYork city. Brooklyn Al
bany Troy, and other towns on the tiudSOn lauh o we
on Rrown and Hamu a. the sympatmes Of the betters
might happen TO be Influenced. number of the boats
accompanied by bands ana gamblers thleSes Plo %
titute, and OF various grades were all rep
resented the docks and in the saloons our xiv IU
which was GhaiteieS ~ 2yonier NtH lanes McNlann,
CnImrn the CHAMPION was board. with other sporting
men At 1890 your correspondent visited waiter BrOWh
t HIS Toon in the United States Hotel, where ne was
living on bed surrounded by half dozen OF MS personal
friends lie looked well and said that he weighed liS
pounds having been trimmed down from io7, ne ue,,
clsred his willingness TO pull in any water ana seeneu
sure of victory. COburn offered 500 10 SlW
on that, which not taken Honr cor
respondent also visited Hamill on board me
steamboat where he waiting for the chop 10 cease IN
tho waters OF the Hudson He said that ne weighed i6
hNying been trained down from l9l pounds lie
looked very well but much esh'er than Brown He did
not wish however 10 pull until the water settled Wle
Brown aVerred that any water suited him, ana became
excited stating that he could pull all around lan Az
O'Clock to-day the water was not smooth enough
stephen Roberts, the referee, made speech from the
balcony 20 about 5000 people who were as
sembled in front Of the United States Hotel
were crying out for Hamil, but the majority Wore
enthusiastic for Walter Brown. Roberts SAID; " am
sorry but impossible for the TO take place TO-
day water Is rough, and cannot honestly per-
win" iCres of Brown, BrOwn-Wot's the matter wild
lamil Is he sick, has he funked0 Three drunken
men were making speeches at the same time with Rob
ers and almost impossible distinctly 10 hear what
he saying Joe COburn said TO Brown in his bed
room, before the race, "Sa-ay, honey, jest you
win that race, and then think how you Will be Ie
ceiyed by Her Majesty when you take that out
rgger of yours 10 IngaDd; and jest think of
what the gals VIII say about ye why all the servant
gals wild about you HOW Itisfcared that there may
thousand strangers half of whom rOughS and pick
pockets here from NewYork. Captain Hodngs detec
tves arrested to-day three notorious pckpOckcs Jesse
Allen TheO Davis, Pinchmg Mol 4" and twentysiX
other wellknOwn thieves who all imprisoned In the
fail As write desperate fights going on beneath
gagged The police working manfuly with their clubs,