The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08
QUA TICS.


Annual Regatta of the Atlanta Ciub.
The rapidly increasing taste for outdoor sports in this
country rs now SO marked to require scarcely any
comment Base ball. cricket boating, and, in fact. ali
kinds OF sports which tend to the developments of mns
Gle and the qualification OF ambition have acquired within
. few years past almost num5sriess adherents. The
boat CLUBS Of this city stand high as If not higher
than, those OF any cv in the country. The ATLANTA
CLUB, the Wavery, Gulick, Columbia and formerly ne
Aurora Clubs the organizations Of the
metropolis. The Albania Clue Is now prominent err
ganzaon and its annual regatas therefore looked
forward 70 oy the friends OF aquatic sports with graf
deal OF anxiety The prze in the annual regatas pr
scu boats Is the silver belt OF the club which IS
held by tlie winner year.
Yesterday afternoon the regatta for 1857 took place IN
the usual track, from tho club house at Eysian Feis.
Hoboksn, 10 and around stakeooat stationed tone mile
and half up the river, and return. The contestants
yesterday were William Mainland George Roshr, Rusei
Wthsrs and Aderney swan Al the time OF starting oe
river was covered in the vicinity Of tho with d
sorts and sizes OF craft while the Hoboken shore ard
ellis In the neighborhood lined with interested
spectators On tho start swan led of finely, puliinga
very long steady stroke about 70 the minub
Roahr was close behind him, While Withers aud hiatt
land followed almost side by SIDE The progressed
finely tho friends OF either party rowing alongside AID
cheering him 10 renewed exerti0n. The steamboat r. y
Shult1, on which were the guests under the OF Ca
tain Pauimer, escorted the contestans and from is
race. Swan kept tho lbad far slmost Days po,
but in the meantime Withers had been working steady
along had passed Roahr and giving Swan aheavy usse
for the head rounded the stake boat slightly in advanfs
He lett gap in rounding, which swan Immediately
seized on and attempted to cut him or foul was the
consequence; but as Withers and Swan saw tina the
race was to be between them, their other contestants
being far behind they started evenly on the return.
Whers soon showed his superior skill and strenyi and
shot ahead OF Swan, leading hun at ono time by least
bali dozen lengths swan occasionally made hard
dash and closed the distance between himself AID the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the latter after hard in-shore
pull passed the judges boat first twenty minutes
and thirty seconds from tho time q starting. Swan
came in second, in twenty-five minutes and thirtysx
seconds; Roahr third in tweltysix minutes, aud Msin
Land last in twenty-six minutes and twenty-five sec
ouds The boats cedar working boats and weiihed
respectively sixty pounds hftysix pounds forty three
and half pounds aud ifty-eight pounds Witer
Browns time for the distance in single icull
wherry OF thirty five pounds with foot andout
riggers, on Quinsigamond Lake, with tide, was
twentythree minutes, SO that in comparison tho time
made By the amateurs yesterday much better Tho
judges were Benjamin +. Brady, Henry A. Dlngee and
g. y. Holden, and the referee, the OF that
position Charles A. Peverely.