New-York tribune., 1867-09-12
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
ROWING
ROWING.
TIE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE


THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE
rsLEdHAPH
SPRINGFIELD Sept. 1.-THE InteTnational
Race, as il is called was contested today There Is
marked difference both in the men and the bca's' ino
st. John pull short stroke and their norman speu
is said to DO between and AS strokes minute I"o
Wards are well known for their long pull, their soke'
not rising 20 to the minute Other dssimaTiss rs
exist. The st. John Crew weigh nearly twon! pou pr ~ ~
the man more than the Wards The former ~ e.
174t pounds apiece, and the latter 1855 pounds Inc I
John boat is 81 feet inches long ana n hoh.s ~ ct
weighs l6O pounds The Ward boat is nearly " w w
longer and seven inches narrower III Is 40 ieet 0nE @
20 inches wide The St John boat is higher and shows
surface above the watcrlinc thhn the Other, i IA
therefore with wind in its favor would nave solH @
vantage But on the contrary against preens; - e
boat has the best chance All these olHIthu'
fS oer HSPOufn 30 many point. for q difference Of
opinion The burden OF favor goes with Tie Wards ana
week are now even The ST John men 40 not show any
anxiety to bet, though y Is known tley nave bToust
good deal of money with them II = certain that tney
ill have 70 DO lively work beat their antagonists The
Ward arc reported TO have made several trials al corn
wall in their shell and ACCORDING - the state ~ wind ana
tide made AZ down to 30 mnutc- But they ro"ed
SIX full mes at one OF Their lI.s IA 10 Hth n w, % @S
dar. The crews are is follows: ri
srose..............T .Th,m,. M.Csoi-,, I,aT
3....................I Mc,'afs-y Gh9eH
1hS no ,n, sccr e' & hc ard, re fortunate in
having their boat Of the best boat engineers III Tie
United States.
ing the boat, and no exercise is taken beyond tte
walking The Wards however for the first time 10 al
mad it polished like q piano II gstens with all that
depth OF reflection which in the best cab net work
The St John Is 10 be creased rs usual Polishing
the bottom has the advantage OF not taking up any drI
from the wator which might suck TO creased saGe.
The Wards have finally decided to name their boat he
SHERIDAN SHOOK after one OF the Revenue Collectors OF
New York Their backer and trainer Is Sr James Lee,
well known as successful boating man OF few years
ago Tho boat from 81 John y called the Ihetls Ano
| la rtgdI here
John Morrissey put up $4,000 on the wards pun helr
the Wards themselves nor Mr. Lee Their D"cker KNOWS
Mr. Roberts referee the Hamill Brown is here.
and OF the judges for the Wards. lie ssys
that ho has received the thanks and congratulations OF
numbers Of old boating men and referees IN former races
- scHEsE RACES ...
1pm-Mch beisssp ,he 1.psy and Baker Ioar' crews 'h'
S"foSro,i,d f,ce open to all three miles prizes 100 and SO
1-Gr,nd international between s Ward Brother Of Nv
sG5. T. and '''' fro" st '''' y B " miles stakes ''''
cared al, three miles; prize 81 cSsad so 40
Baker a. Lear ani T. H1flslonl three me' stakes 80
The race for the championship Of the world was, OF
course the principal attraction Of the day Inc shores
up dressed in white, and 10 hne iulle~
men. They in merino undercothes and red caps.
The Wards also IN white, barcheaded and had blue
handkerchief dotted with white stars, bound around
their heads The ward boat made of spanish cedar on
tamarac frame. The 81. John boat IS made of peculiar
We % PM pm h VIZ s tbapO u tps Robert DYf9n Of 81
Johns was builder OF this boat and acted rs Judge
for the St John men at the starting Dolt ana H. NJ
Pat at the lower stake boat stephen Roberts aed rs
Judge for the Wards at the starting boat and WhIiai
Blacke at tho lower boat Capt Gardner ot Boston acted
referee Mr. W Blacke, stroke Of tine famous Harvard
AS tho men come mp their superiority to the common
run OF rowers IL evident They seem 10 move WIN 90
liberation and ease and yet their boats glide through the
water with wonderful speed The Wards are scanned
with anxiety for It IA known that GDcTt mas p,e
under the weather for day Bu, they appear 20 be al
right and there decline In the enthusiasm oi her
friends They keep perfect silence except 10 cay where
they want to start from The ST. Johns men, on the con
trary loudly vaunt their determination to vii The coo
They are much more beey' about tie body than their
rivals but all have slender muscular They have
drawn the inside position and move to Their post
perfection itself The lie exactly in line, and at
the word 0O OF they are without excitement ana hpar
Ward, quicker than that Of their rivals. a. well AS
longer aud immediately thoy draw ahead. kapcly thoy
make their distance greater and hen an eghtn OF e
has been rOwed the Wards are full i've lengths ahead
sight the Wards are in a still better position. ,
At length the boats appeared beyond the bend on te
ahead and second after second passes before 81 John a
pears The powerful rowing of The Wards Is more APP
parent they IN at the end Of the course ana snow
their llthe and muscular backs As they curve 10 ho
stroke aud straighon up the boat responds win isn
such rowing has not been seen before today nc Dot
comes on with oars lyhy as hu.u au ~ 1,nt' the
when they made their first stroke Tor an instant ln
arms OF the r0wers resi- Dul II ~ oi W W. - 6 IL, an
Of the way. The smell hardY STACKS ,l V9" 81 a -. @
instant the are plying again ana anna gteAt eheel
~ ns elo W Te - iob, boat followed I'm Al minutes 10
seconds At the stakeb0a the Wards turned about ~
The winners row up 10 the Judges boat pause an In
stant and again with the champion hying
from the storm.
with the termination ~ this the principal event OF the
day. the crowd began to depart and the -Hoared men
row ed their race before rapidly lcssenIng multitude
The delight at Of America against England
for 40 this race considered, though 10 English crew
was present-was very great St John has, mp 10 TINS
time always had the victory IN competing with either
crew south OF the st. Lawrence could compete wh ltn
The time OF to-day Is better than ever made be
fore I'm any OF tho matches between the northern ana
Southern crews.
proposed decided I understood that they make
thing than usual out Of this anar as then baCker
promised them $1,000 extra for a victory.
THE LOCAL RACES.
The frat race was match Tor 800 side between the
sixoared boats W II Burial and the IT. X. Baker, the
latter winning good race by length In al minutes 2s
seconds ; distance three miles. Next came fourOafed
race for two prizes tO0 and $50 three miles IL Was
by the j. NJ Thompson OF Springfield, bearing the
What Cheer OF Boston, second the New-iork OF New
York third the W. Phelps OF Springfield and two other
crews; time 20 minutes n seconds. for single
wherrles open 20 ALL two miles Tor prizes OF $50 ana vs.
was won by T. Nickel OF Cold Spring, " Y, beating Iho.
Doyle and Dan Doyle both OF Boston, win great case
time II minutes 35 seconds.
In the slxOared three mile race to-day between the j.
W. Dickinson, j. +. Tapey, and Il. T. HAWKINS, inc
Tapley in l9:iO and Dickinson In 90
AMATEUR BOAI-RACE MAR HIGH BRIDGE.
An amateur bOat-race match for so took place on
TUESDAY ,erroon being from McComb BAN 10 Hgh
Bridge and the Ms Lewis ad Nudge Dcan oiufAn
t The grew Of discussion the respective merits
OF the late pi0nsp bJ Nudge Tie
later
BASEBALL.
YXCELsIOR OF ROCHESTER, VS.. ATLANTIC.