The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-04
AQUATICS.
The Race Yesterday Between the Mutuals Of
Albany and lhe Nnssaus Of New York City
Defeat Of the New Workers..


The Race Yesterday Between the Mutua's Of
Albany and she Nnssaus Of New York City
Defeat Of the New Workers.
The six-oared crew OF the Nassau Boat Club came
TO grief again yesterday in its encounter with the
six-oared crew OF the Mutual Club OF Albany. II
Will be remembered that during the past week
these two crews had race at Albany, in which
the Nassaus came out second best. The lat
ters boat got aground during the contest, and
the crew, II IL said, had TO get into the water
ana push their craft or They naturally felt very
much dissatisfied with the way they cain
they got beaten although the Albany folks
who put up their money on their friends contend
that the Mutnas were victorious in point OF fact
before the Others got agroundl ana challenged their
victors to second race for set OF colors. The
challenge was accepted, and the result the three
mile straight away race or yesterday.
The time fixed for the contest was in the after
noon, and long before that hour several tugs crowded
with passengers and goodly number OF small craft
had assembled opposite the Pleasant Valley wharf.
The following were the crews:-
NASSAU MUTUAL.
lbs. lbs.
J. G; Babcock bow. LAB Geo. Whitney how .i4s
G. f. Jones. ..-.....l3S George Swartz. ......1 las
r "a. brown. ". Marey
+. Bacon. ............l46 Alonzo Adams. .....4S
J. H. Miller (strokeJ .l3s O. Tuttenbrnk strOkc)l35
little after four O'Clock the two crews put In an
appearance the Mutuals wearing merno shirts and
having their heads bound up In blue kerchleis. The
Nassaus stripped TO the waists, and before they
touched their oars certainly looked lar the superior
crew Of the two. They were as brown as berries and
their muscles stood ont like cords The Albany boys
appeared rather heavy. ana by no means as supple
as their antagonists when they first took their seats
IN their boat, and the members OF the Nassau Club,
who were present in large numbers In all the glory
Of white caps and nobby blue roundabouts bet their
money accordingly There were few Albany men
present, ana they showed their confidence la their
crew by taking an the bets offered. At sixteen
minutes past four the two boats got IN position.
There mad been nearly ali the afternoon pretty
stlr breeze from the northwest and the
| water had been extremely rough but when
| time was called and everything mad been got in
readiness for the start the water was as calm as
could be desired and the wind mad completely died
out There was good start, the Nassau gett ng the
lead OF boats length during the first 100 yards.
When they lost this lead they regalned 1t after
| wards during the race TIE Nassau for the first
quarter of mile made thirty eight strokes minute
but rapidly fell to thirtylve alter that and at the
! close had let themselves down TO thlrty-ionr.
The Mutuais began with a stroke Of for
y a e an" when sy fell to up TO nH ,hs sss
had been any difference of opinion as to the merits
after they had rowed over the first mile, and the
| friends OF the Nassaus, who had been so ready TO
bet before the start, kept pretty close mouth and
evidently wished they had not gohe 1t so strong be-
fore they had learned more about the Muuals. Still
the race was not sure Thing for the Albany fellows,
| for the Nassaus worked stouly from beginning 70
| end, and made their antagonists perspire for the
lead. Indeed two or three tunes the New
enp Which er as gP aa
L
between them after the rst half mile, but they were
not able TO hold their own for any length OF time,
and were quickly dropped again. The Nassaus had
the inside OF the course, and i've six times they
drew IN upon the other boat to such a dangerous
proximity that foul wa, imminent every time, but
the Albanyites took good care not to give even an
| excuse for foul. and so every time they were ap-
preached rowed further out into the river. II may
| be that the whole thing was purely accidental on
the part OF the Nassaus; for their during the
! gag run that made them lose ground every
| mlnute-but the desperate attempts their
| opponents had to make 10 keep away from them
looked ugly from the Judges boat TO say the least
| The two boats reached the OIL vitlol works with the
Nassaus fully five lengths behind, and one Two OF
the crew looked distressed, three successive "crabs
being the evidence OF IL. The crew put squirt,
| however, at this point and managed to get their
| bow even with the stern Of the other boat, but as
before, they were soon shaken of, and the Mutuals
forced them to take their water In fine style minute
! afterwards. The Nassaus, however, were pluck to
| the end, and had gained length and a half on
the Mutuas just the latter reached the
| gaOl, in ION. rs. beating the New Yorker
by three lengths ana a half. The Mutuals were
evidently the superior crew. and appeared almost az
fresh at the close OF the race they were at the
| start. The Nassaus made spirited fight for the
victory, and they owe their defeat much tS
| miserable steering as anything else. Some OF tn,
Nassaus claimed that the zigZaU course OF theil
crew was not due to bad steering but to the fac
that their boat twisted" Such may have been tn
for n boat that 'twists'' Ia certainly not In
right Kind OF u boat TO row a race in