The New York herald., 1871-03-12

in last at the Judges boat. AT a doube-scuil re-
gatta at Poughkeepsie. In the same season. Lrown
and Donoghue rowed against GIL Ward and John
Hancon In one boat and the two Barclay brothers I'm
another, and beat both. AZ q Fourth OF July re-
Ratta at the Battery In 1890, Brown rowed with q
four-oared crew and lost the race by foul. In the
same season his crew lost a rour-oared race ut
Albany and the day following he rowed in a six
Dared race. which his also lost In this season
also he rowed for the first time ut the Worcester re-
Ratta, and with Charles +. June, the champion
skater, took tho first prize IN the double-scull
race Daring the war regattas and matched races
were at discount. ard Brown removed 10 Portland,
where he engaged In the business OF bodybuilding.
In 1886 he r0wed In the Worcester races, when he
beat Josh Ward and other famous Oarsmen. The re-
suit OF this race was that Brown began TO be looked
upon AZ the ''comng MANI in boatdom, and q
match was soon fxed up between him and Josh
Ward, who was unwilling TO turn over his hard won
prestige and laurcls to ms boYsh rival. The match
was FOR $1,000 side. and took place at Portland,
Me. The race was very closely contested one and
Brown won by about one length. A lew DAYS after
this Brown rowed against John McKeill In re-
gatta at Springfield, Mass, and was beaten.
In 1865 he won race In Montreal, ana rowed In O
four-oared race at Worcester, which his crew won,
making the fastest time ever made on that course.
Tae other three 9arsme1 IN N tHs BOAT % Win MN were
In 1867 he rowed his first race with Jimmy ha-
mill. The match was for $1,000 side, and was
rowed at P1ttsburg Brown was the victor. lIa-
mill was OF course dissatisfied with the result, aud
second match was agreed upon. The race was
"
Brown the referee decided in favor oil Hamil. In
the same year Brown won the first prize IN Fourth
In 1868 Brown rowed two matche es with Tyler, one
at Philadelphia and the other at New York. and lost
both. 6otn OF - them; 1 Out O. these races match with
came or at Pittsburg and Brown beat Coulter badly,
the latter coming IN about two minutes behind.
Brown also won the first prize In the Boston regatta
Ia this year and race IN Toronto. Brown beat
iamll again In 1862 in the Fourth OF July regatta
at Boston, 1t was In This year also that Brown
maze MS Trip TO England to the cham.
pion, Renfur,h The match, however, "Ieil
fortune to lose all his money, and for the
time the race could not go on. Afterwards Brown
put II up on the same conditions before, but Rem
lurth insisted on making new articles, to whicn
Brown would not agree Then the American cham
plon challenged any man IN England TO row nm for
GlO0 side. Joseph Sadler took up the offer and The
match was made. But Brown fell Ill, and though
partially recovered when the day OF the race came,
q number of bolls which had made their appearance
on various parts of his put 1t out OF his power
1t his forfeit money. subsequently ne made match
with William H. sadler a brother OF Joseph. Tor
| the Tyne, ana Brown won easily. The people Of
that place Thought SO highly OF him tnat they gave
splendid gold watch and chain He returned to this
| country in December, 1859. On the Fourth or July,
1870 ne won the first prize IN the Boston regatta.
| He offered 10 row James Taylor, of the champion
four-o.red English crew. when the latter In this
country. end then offered. with John McRiel to
Taylor and Wlnship. but the Englishman would not
accept Brown then challenged Coulter. but the lat
ter declined to Brown and McKiell offered TO
any two men in the world for S. 900 side but
nobody took uD their offer.
Since the close of the season Of 1870 Brown has
been engaged In The business OF making boats and
oars in Boston. He wrote to friend in Newburg
just before he was taken Ill that boating a kind
Of second nature to him, and he never felt much
at home as when he was pulling the oars. He said
he intended to take care or himself for few years
and then challenge The English champion, who, ne
thought, could easily have beaten him IL they had
rowed when Brown went to England IN 1859. About
o month ago Browns noating boat house ut Boston
was destroyed by the Ice being driven against
1t in food and in the effort to save his
property he caught q cold which
resulted in his death on the Sd inst, as stated In
the HERALD of the next day. The medical attend
ants attributed his illness to enlargement
of the spleen, with dropsy, but pOstmortem
examination made showed that the cause OF
death had been large In the Intestines. The
dead oarsman leaves wife and chld, who were
o visit at Portland when Brown was taken ILL., In
their absence he thought the best thing he could do
was to spend week OIL two at his mothers, IN New
burg, where, with the careful nursing and attention
he was sure to get, he was confident Of speedy
c0very. But 1t turned out otherwise and, alter ex-
crutiating suffering OF three weeks duration, his
strong constitution succumbed and death ensued.