, 1870-09-18
INTERNATIONAL HOAT-RACE,

y hc Tyne Crc" NSE III ~ .1aNNtts |
ano Sd 3-3 Seconds = 1nasa.rMsc
E.ntlsllr inhtiss
oat1eal tsk IL Dxspafeh 10 The .N<sr Tork 7sutA.
Alter considerable dispute aul delay, the
,reat INTERNATIONAL boat-rac6 came OF. this
lfteEnoon. at Lachine, in the presence Of fully
e, Goo spectators. and resulted In \ decided
nd handsome victory for the Tyne crew.
houGh the stFugg,e was necessarily seysre
ont, 70 mag1idcenty did the St. Johns craw
contest the race. The large number OF visit |
,Ts to the city, who have poured into the |
place during the past two days by train and !
l'oaf, suddenly disappeared this morning. and,
deLts, set out for 1.achiue In order to View
tue race.
The me at the latter village VAS an az
one, owing 10 the slg1nttc prepart-
tienr N ft1e fur the eseht that has caused 20
much connection in the buatinE wo1lJ. Nhoie
besides the numerous t-a,ns ehit h were Heut
NJ l'y the Grand Trrnt. Tie "asun road from
this city to 1.aclll:.r wa. lu-:ively crowded to
runoeatirn i,y the counties, vcl.icics Ut Ail
descriptions, that were eccninyiy pnt into
service for the occssior. Al Lachiue tile
grant sssn1s remained almost forgotten, in
consequence Of tumot bsiug circulated thai
they wire unsafe. so that tho I.achine D,at-
ing Club found no luhcnlty III making rapid
sni rcnnueratye sale OF their tive-.lolia1
b,.tEeA. eutitling the wearer to accommola-
tions upon one Of tile namcsutls barset. or
steamers chartered by the club. i vast null
ii, ulr conteutea themselves with taking
rear. able ppsressitsn OF tha ehoEe. AMI III
TINT In.it er gained di.taut ari1 very lulpel-
5tct view o: the E-v:st race. The excu4slon
eteameTs a. the wh.rf were al-. crowded l.y
tIectators. aid l.s the hour ,ixel for tho race
took up cUuseulent Positions a:1nE the luHer
end of the cUur-e. Whsn tho Il .ur Ut 3 o'cIu%k
arrived the excitement vas must Intense, aud
the eccnc as viewed from the Judges boat nas
brilliant one, AID tull OF Interest. Flags
an1 banners lutteTsd from every mast, aud
from the trincil,nl s:anle n,.l h:si..,ngs along
the khoTe. while the diversity ut color notie:-
able in tho crowds tl,as thrnasel the sctue.
gave the cou1sc AL appearance OF beauty and
novelty seldom with. .sed. The t'raal expallse
OF the River st. Lawrence on the onu hauJ,
aud the itnuicuse multitude Tn tue othe1, Cone
llurl with tue ehatll whistles Of the steamers,
The cr'es aud cheers OF the spectators, and
the loud huErAhs Of rival ',arti a,ls. co1spifel
10 n,ake up picture Of exccstins beauty.
At 3 O'clock tue jutiger tired the two st1uts
.Erted upon III slYI.i to the rival crew. ~
rtrraro for The start, aud = loud chcct fEul1
thnse uu shure announced l!a. one ef the
r.ews Was cothinG. Il proved ito be the IA
;uUus Tyne crew, Of Ens|and. and it was with
sudden thrill that those on tho Judges boat
raw the EuHlislIu,ea -hoUt away from tne
wharf and come with ru-h toward the start
ing p.,sts. i faint rlleer followed the men Of
Tyne a. they left the shore, and the crv was
taken up !'yt:n-c OIL the steamers aud barge-,
though it was easy to 500 that they we're nn;
tie popular favoIitet in tho race. Tie crew
retutues. tue salutatiou givelstllcsn by . spun-
taneous ~ase Of thrir ra,'s, III they rested on
their oars and permitted their ftlll craft to
rapidly glide over tic rin,1iug water Tho
naen we're dressed in white drawers and sleeve
ltss shirts, and wcro the very embodiment Of
health and strength. They managed their
ss'at With = careless grace tLst =Av5ed their
rerfect training. and the tide began to turn
iu favor OF the Tyne Mt,l~
Minute after minute passed by. and vet the
81. JOHNS crew failed to mako it, appearance,
anu warm dispute arose Oh tbs ju;lgus' hoas
between the uulpareet relative to the cJull-
tiun OF tho water. Nr. 5hvritf Harding
claimed that the water wa@ too rough for
race. but Jack AdnM., tse Tyne iutse was
Wiling to lei his ulell make the racc, win,l or
no wind. The row grew fast aud furious,
until the rpferee, Mr. Nelson, decided to ,u.t-
rone the race for another day. The newt
slIread with marvellous rapidi1v through tlle
ileet. and L. the Tyne crew rtwcd lack II tllu
Landing. the spectators heEau 10 he 1e-sivc.
and were tot easily Eacified hr the ap!,eal-
a1ce VI the Indians aud their canoes. the race
scarcely attracting any attention. Id ,!,r pro-
ceettlnE was farcicai one in eyery es:tits.
Ncanwile Mr. Adams t,esan Erumlli,:y in 10
hlnialle pootl and created IL mach Ut lli=-
tnrl ace in his peculiarly energetic manner,
Until hc was asked TO stoi, aud tutes iuko coli.
yersa:ton.. Considerable discussion ensued,
and the rdTult vas that the referee oraorei
the race IL take place, and fixed the hour at
5t@ u. H.. blow OF m blow.
The crews wers notified Of the decision. anil
simultaneously ri 5:lo. The st. J.,l,,,s nle,
cacc up, looking like ordinary toatul III, Ii, Old
halls aIu clathes. Tho TYNE roen were attirel
.. on their first appearance, aud locked far