The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-09-02
THE INTERNATIONAL RACE.
VA sK~FuerH's HEART BR KEN BY MS CRIw'-
DEFEAT.

Wa SE~FuETHs HEART KEN BY MS CRIw :
| ST. JOHN, n B, Aus. z3-The great scull
| race between he St. john and T he crews for
he championship Of the world was contest
his morning. The weather VA clear and
bright aud the water smooth. Thoustuds Of
spectators assembled on the shore, snd o hers
seameTs and small boats Ths choice Of
position tel to the Tyne crew, VINO took the
inside course.
A. z IS the word ego" was given, ana both
boats 4 away, the 81. John slightly lie iding
rhe Tyne crew then made a squirt and the s.
John fell behind; but the steady stroke Of th,
ST John told, aud gradually they drew ahead
keeping the lead, although tie distance va.
every noF and then shorteLe ed by the m ghty
-purts OF the Tyne.
When three-quarters of a mile was reached
the st. John led three lengths. Suddenly Rem
forth diOpp,d his oar, and fell over into the
ooat, apparently in ut. The boat turned
"a shore, and accompanied by Chambers, he
vas taken back 10 his gu trteTs III a coach
pale a. death. The ST. JOhn quietly pulled
over the course.
THE DTATH OF RKEFCRTH.
After Renforth had been taken ashore BIZ
recovery was but temporary, aud he had nus
| Oeen ia the Cierm,nt House twenty mlnut ;
when he died. Tue cause Of his death was
| apoplexy. Three medical men We c ia attend
'uce when be bIeathed his last, at eignt minutes
"a nine O'clock HIS eR are deeply d cted
! rh- scene about the Tyue headquarters Us ia
drscr Da.Ie.
| IL Is admitted that the race Was fairly Lost 70
the Tyne crew before Reniorih W-s 4ttacked
/ Tue Paris crew vas TOO much abe id to be over
tiAeu, ard the Condition If the men was ex-
litnt. they reached the stake in eightrtn
minutes and de the entiIe raoe in IhirtY-
/ nIne mlnu Is. On coming in they SHOW 4
na'd sgu OF fatigue. TIE betting had ueen
Zee at Two 60 one IN the Tlne, chic d. anOu-
Canadians and P .ttsburg men.
THE LnE OF Tux oAEsEAN
James Renforth. the late champion scaler OF
Great Britain, Was born At Ga -sh -ad, uetr
| Newcastle upon-LyLr, i'll 1912 He was itel
| u IA, hes ia hrigh and his wi ( weight l6I
FUNDS. From lnv time that h, was oil ehoug
! 20 4, rfuIm such labor until hr Ia d pa SEQ i,
sIxte, nth birthday lie worked as rlker ia on .
OF the TyLe-iUe fou' dries. He sf erward ell
used in tue British army and was seut u Oh
foreign service. Alter absence OF severe
wears his father obtained his discharge, AND
ReniUrIh returned home.
tie to,k 10 the water as naturally as a span
tuat portion IF Elgand by
HIS LxrLuITs AS A SWIMMER
rowing victor over some IL The most note
-xperts 1t is Ieated Of him that being de-
,ir,us Of par'' cipatiug ~ a swlmm n. cou e,t
which was ~ :aOe place on d sheet OF waite
called Takin Tam, distant nearly fifty m Il,
rem Newcastle, ana not having sufficient mune,
20 pay IaII Oad fare, he walked The entire d.
.aLUe il little over thirteen hours, TOOK p4rt
"a the race lev hours af,er his arrival au..
sOn with ease OL account of the stIpuIa-
siuns contained il the rules governing the
&c, he failed TO receive the prize 50 gallant /
won.
hebfOrth did not develop any special love
Or aptitude Tor rowing until he year 1866 H..
| lad been employed for several mouths In null
iug TO and from the old Tyne BRIDE the me
Engaged in removing thai structure, aud At
aimed to considerable proficiency a, al o4rsman
HIS FIRST RowIS4 MATCH.
In the spring # 1867 some frie,ds Matched
him against r Curry. Reuforth v4rquished
nm with scarcely an effort He next d feared
W. scarborough, then r Boyd Boyd John
Bright, Joe sadler, Taylor, Robert Cham
/ oer', and other men Of less note a. regatta.
His GROWING triumoh, however. which game!
Tor him the title OF Champion of England va.
u.
Kelley, who's overwhelming defeat of Jane
! II mill in $50 is still well remembered Th
race was ter f4nO, and came off over the usual
course, from Pu ney to Mortlake on tn
| IL mes, Nov Is, 1858. He aiterward made
match nth John Bright, all wing tie IA to-
20 lengths, ID open boat. Tury rowei w
he Tyne, October 5, 1863, but on account Of
a foul the referee ordered thin to row over
next day. Unluckily there was another foul
the second day, ard SIC referees cizion WIS
in favor o. Blight though it was app ir.nt TO All
hat hdd the race been ished without mishap
/ Renfurh must have won.
A the lames National gatta in the sum
mer OF 1869, r nIorth made his appeararc- i
! hrst-clasE crew, having as comp tuious
/ Taylor, Wndship, and Martin al from The
/ black ecu ~. rhey were, in consequence ~
bid steering, combined with other di.advan-
! ages beaten ia the trial heat and thus thrown
! out Of the race.
4 About tbs line w liter Brow, the ate cham
! Dion sculle- of Anne lea, was on a visit % Fog
aud, and tffrc ed match with Renf.rt. but il
vas broken of by Brown The after aftgrward
/ ie.red to 60 on with it as originally made. b It
Rsnforth refused to make a match for less than
Duble the SUN previously agreed upon, ana
/ ,"utt not consent q row upon any course but
the Tyne. Thus ended the mater.
WANING TIKI FOUR DARED CHAMPIONSHIP
In 1859 TIE Tyne cr-w chalrng the cham
pi1n TOUR Of the Thames e Ter, II r.,
ks ley, senRer, aud tmmer or, md w..
| { ces we're arranged, each for - 600 il ., Ia
i They took place respective On the Til ,me
and Ty ., ana in both Reuf,rth's cres wrr,
the winners. So much prestige did he double
victory give them tat they would prcb,bI,
have bet perm tied 10 h Id the championshit
I'm isturbe l until the present time, b "a not III,
agreement been entered into between theu
and The Paris crew Of St. Johns to row TX
mile race at Lachne last .ptember. In thu
race the TYNE Grew bad n com ,ere walk over
and thereby became champions o the worli.
| With this race, hrw-ver, departed IN
me ,sure the glory Of the Tyne crew, for a j
Guilty betw-en Renforth and the others led tn
hi. withdrawal from the DO,
MOI long after th'ir return home, Renfor'h
pub i.hed a challenge to row anybody single
b. would choose a man To pull Win him
Agai Of any p,ir in the w'rli- TIE latt"r
challenge taken up by TAYLOR and Win
hip, nj in January last they 'et the
TYNE el0.t md the double a. N ri n nniOn |