The New York herald., 1870-09-14
THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.
Five Thousand Dollar Stakes and tho Champion
ship Of the World-Praotics Of Both Crews
Betting Almost Even ON the Result-A
Herald Correspondent Visits the Oars
men-Ths Long and Short stroke--
The Course - Pool Selling
Other Races - Gossip.


section just now is the great international acquaiic
contest In the St. Lawrence at Lachine next Thurs
day afternoon Both the Tyne crew from Eng
land, and the st. John crew, from New
Brunswick, have been In daily practice near
the scene OF the coming struggle for up
wards OF fortnight, and 1t ia reasonable to
believe that their thorough and constant training,
together with seeming confidence of success on both
Sides will render the one OF the most exciting
aud interesting in the whole history or rowboating
1t Is well known the race Is four-Oared one dis
tance six miles, and the laures are 5000 In gold
ana aquatic championship Of the world. Both crews
are muscular pucky and skilled and neither Of them
admit Tor moment the possibility Of defeat and
hence IL Is there Is SO much interest clustering
around the event and that the friends of the respect
I've oarsmen are so backward In stalking their sur
plus finances upon the result Notwithstanding,
however, there Is an apathy and evenness IN the
betting and pool selling, 1t Is nevertheless clear that
the public confidence leans In favor of the ST. John
crew.
The HERALD correspondent visited the rival oars
men al their training quarters, and AZ before int
mated, found them both already eated with the
visions OF coming glory. 1t must be confessed, In
an impartial view, that the New Brunswick crew IL
the superior OF the two In point of physical
appearance strength, skill and endurance; but it
should be remembered that in matter OF this kind
personal attraction and fine physique should
not be too highly estimated while the ST. John boys
are the perfection Of humanity, apparently OF
aquatic SKILL the fact should not be overlooked that
their rivals are OF that indomitaDle persevering
temperament which, il backed by sufficient physical
strength and aquatic skill, ought to be almost
sufhclent To justify them In the perfect
confidence OF victory witch they seem to
indulge ln Ine 81. J0hn men pull the
short quick stroke IN N n
and the Tyne crew believe In and practice the long ana
steady claiming that thiry-eight strokes per minute
the race will, therefore, be rowed III a manner which
Will contribute some enlightenment upon the supe-
r0rity or inferiority of the long short stroke.
The course which the crews are to pull is not
the best but almost the worse which could have
been selected. To-day with only moderate breeze
along shore and scarcely azephyr in this city, there
was such heavy swell or sea that 1t was almost
impossible for either OF the competitors to indulge
IN their customary practice. The Tyne crew. alter
going over the course, came with their little
boat half full OF water, and the St. John men were
so dissatisfied that they positively declare their In
tention OF insisting on pOstpOnement OF the race
on Thursday II the Is not smoother The Tyne
crew, on the other hand while they admit that the
course iS not desirable Will not they say agree to
p0stpOnement, and 1t Is therefore certain that the
race Will come off as arranged
The Importance and interest In this international
contest are manifest not only from the large crowds
gathering to witness II bu: from the telegrams from
all SECTIONS seeking advice as TO the prospects OF
this or the other crew, to all Of which nothing OF
definite character can be SAID IN reply.
An attempt at pool selling was made in Chadwick's
billiard nan this evening" and although the friends
or the respective crews were present with well
stuffed feathers, they were all reluctant to wager
upon the contest Now and then small pool.
and quickly taken, and then it would
instantly be Offset by similar pool IN favor of the
other crew. and be as readily accepted by the op-
posite side. few such incidents as these show
the evenly balanced opinion here, and until the race
ID begun and ended nothing more definite In the line
of intelligence, foreboding the result, can be tele-
graphed abroad.
Besides this international race there will he seve-
Lacnine Boating Club, some Of them coming or to.
morrow and others on Friday. Reniorth, of the
latter day. and also Wnsap and Tayor o eac sS
pulling IN single SOULS. Walter Brown II
M also me mere. mingilng freely with the Tyne and
| the Englishmen He Is accompanied by Captain
Gardner. the Harbor Master OF Boston, who IS re
the Brown boy will challenge the best man OF the
winning crew In the contest Of Thursday. Renf0rth
the credited crack man of the Tyne aauacs does moi
believe Brown will do anything OF the kind and d
great many others familiar with his boating HISTORY
share in the same opinion. Old Bob Berry, Ol
Toronto, as black as charcoal ana the champion OF
the st. Lawrence talks OF challenging Brown II he
can obtain backer, and the experiment OF Anglo
saxon sal; ,e versus M Caucasian In aquatic matters
OF strangers. Every inward train Is crowded. The
hotels are crammed. Private dwellings are being
hlled up, and everything promises to bring about
lively and interesting times the balance of the week
Empire City Rowing Regatta CIub-The
Ladies' MISREPRESENTATION of Prizes.
Last night the distribution OF the prizes won by
the contestants In the rowing regatta OF this clul
took place In Muller's Hall. corner Of l19th street
and Third avenue, Harlem. The room in which the
distribution took place was handsomely decorated
with nags. A large assemblage OF ladies' and gen.
temen were present Several prominent oarsmen
were also In attendance. and members from
the Nautilus, Nassau, Gramercy and Empire City
Rowing Clubs were among the guests Of the even
Ing About nine O'Clock Mr.. Stephen Roberts, Presi-
dent of the Empire City Club, announced that the
prizes would be distributed. First on the list was
Miss Sheehan, who carried Off the ladies' prize q
handsome gold watch. Owing to illness, a cir
cumstance much regretted by all present the
dashng young oarswoman was not In attend.
ance. so the prize was handed over to her
representative The names OF the other lad es who
received prizes consisting OF small gold medals and
gold boats, were Miss Mary Walters, Miss Mary
Kyle. Miss Olivia Roberts and Miss Ann Williams.
The other prizes consisted or large and small gold
medals and gold boats and sums OF money The
names OF the Oar5men who succeeded In carrying
of these were Mcssrs Beglin, Blue, Sheehan,
Roberts, Reilly, DeCamp, Byron, Frances and
Quinlan.
After the distribution was over the guests sat
down to fruitful repast, and the evening closed
with singing, dancing and speech-making.
GREAT TGMPER iNCE DEMONSTRATION.