The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-21
A BRILLIANT sCULL RACE.
Manhattan Rowing CIub Regatta Eight
Champions Contending for victory-Eiiis
Ward the Winner.

Mammalian Rowing Club Regatta Eight
champions Contending for victory-Eiiis
Ward the Winner.
The annual regatta Of the Manhattan Rowing
Club took place yesterday afternoon on the East
River, at the foot Of Ninety second street. Shortly
after o'clock large crowd Of people began to line
the docks in the neighborhood Of Ninety-seeond
street. and took possession Of cvory prominent po
siton on the line OF the course. Tho s,oop Yacht
Maggie was anchored on the foot OF Ninety second
street as stake boat aud accommodated the Judges
and the members OF tho Press. The Judges were
Messrs. Robert Foster, Peter Warren, John Evans.
Thomas Connolly and Jacob Rupert. The officers
OF the Club are Leonard II. Gates, President; John
Schmidt VicePresident; Edward Browne, secre
tary and Thomas Fletcher, Treasurer.
THE COURSE FOR ruE RACES
was nom tho stake boat St tho foot OF Ninety.
second street 20 stske-boat at 1i7,h street and
return. making the distance twice over, q race Of
about 8 miles all. John Dalton was tue referee.
pulling too sud fro, and under tie watchfui ere
Of these police boats that were hand 70 keep
over an hour elapsed before the eontestrng crews
cot Ia Readiness for the nrst race, and rhen
THE SIGNAL aUr WAS TIRED
or tho double scull boats to ret in ine only three
came TO the scratch Byron and Nissan, the victors
IN the Empire City regatta, the first to appear
on the water, and took up position next the stake
boat, vita ftanci. and Piniay mex. aud Mosaer and
Ryan inside toward the shore.
At EH:3O tire word Was given, Byron ard Kis.am
getting away with the cad. and within 90 Yards Of
The start the other two boats fouled one another
ana both lost considerable tine. Byron and Nissan
we're pulling a very last stroke, and soon wldened
the gep between them END their competitors. Byron
tuuadei We sake boat AZ i'm strOst lrst, anil
started OF along the Marus Island shore, while The
others hung on tie Harlem side Of tile river. All
tnreo seemed 10 be coming together, bat Byron aud
Nissan sh' oting in from the main stream rounded
lcngtls
Fnlay who cane next The third crew gave up
before reaching the sta boat Byron and Nissan
shot away on The last round ne m defyius pursuit
and notwithstanding the strenuous efforts OF Fran.
the rap that separated them n, 70, ponossS on
nth street sake boat I've lengths in aG Tance and
kept thci lead on the road home, passing the judges
els and Finiay. TIE 10 blowing
SUMMARY OF rus RACE.
FIT E1ee1pau6le Sens. n is-fooi WORKING boats.
50 second pTEe piece OF siiyer. value 80
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Arer delay OF about twenty minutes the con.
testan,s Tor
THR SINGLE scULL RACE
padded ont and commenced getting into l'ne The
hue field that ever started IN single scull race on
the Harlem river were soon drawn up In line be.
tween The shore ana the jaA.es' boat They iay IN
the following order: X. Rue pext stake boat W
HIes, John Bisiin, NJ G,enny, Ellis WarJ' John
Blue, Frank Bell and John RTle next Me shore
They go an excellent start and tho sixteen oars
dipped simultaneously In the water and the eight
6oais shot forward on their road 70 fame. Ellis
Ward, J. Bglin, and W. HAYES were the nrst 70 Low
- nont, VITA tbs others IN line eose behind them
Ward VAS pulling remarkabl, essy graceful stroke,
and soon gained petceptbe advantage over Hayes
and ana p,;h ~, About ihfesqasr'ers Of mile from
Hayes, shile Blglin who had been sek during The
past week, dropped q little ssteru. Ellis Ward was
TIE FIRST TO TURK THE STAKE boat
at nth street and started on his back trio, with
Glenny snd Hayes close on his heels, foIlo-ed Dy
John Biglu. Once more IN the straight run Ward
made pay, but found considerable difficulty in ajax.
ing o. Glen9y, whoscinns % him wish determined
In lis wake. Hayes came IN next, followed by Biz.
lin, John Blue, John Kyle, and II. Blue. flank
Bell lao given up.
rnE sAcE NOW LAT BETWEEN WARD AND aLESEY,
and although the Ne wburGh represe NATIVE occasion.
ails made SQUIRT he could not mapaxe TO drop his
Ward's Island opponent. They rounded the nth
street within hVe seconds OF one another, and
down home at a ratung pace. IL was one OF tie
finest race ever witnessed On the Harlem liver and
both men strained every sinew and muscle for the
mastery. Coming down to the Judges boat, Ward
mot looking before him, he was nearly pulling into
the crowd OF boats that lay alongside the judges
while GlennV crossed tho line On the inside alb out
four aeconds later
GLZNSr's Party CLAIMED THE RACE
on the grounds that Ward was bound 20 pull be.
tween the judges boat and the Norkyille shore
Tie judges and referee then went on shore to con
suit on the merits OF the race Tho barr0om soon
became full VI excited friends OF both parties,
prominent among whom was the Hon. Mike Reid,
would.be candidate for Assembly, who, standing
pSooeeSns. Alter delay II %boua ndf an 70 ro 1aS
the judges measured Ward'e boat, and finding II
only ia inches, and thers being rule against his
passing the jIdges boat On whenever side he
pleased, they gave him the race. There was a very
hard crowd preaant, aud some strong language
used by the Genny party, but they refused to match
their man for another rnce. This following Is .
SUMMARY OF THE RACE.
Second Race-Single scull 10 II foot working boats
tAlfa prize SO.
~ kass. IONS.
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