Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-14
BOAT RACE.
On lake LabeIla, near MilEaHkse-The
Twilight, Of East Saginaw, winner
Of the First Prize.

/ 1$ONOMOWOC, Wis, July l2.-Th(
| dsv ,Nas been lovely and the waters Oi
| TsIre Labells have been calm anC
| sooOtb No more favorable OppOr
fnnifv CON, Il have possibly presented
ifseit Tba town is filed up with
| rsvalars ano last night and thi:
noorning the rD Nh began. The gath
arint- 81 Isrge an, rapidly increasing
AT 10 o'cI6ck a m there was bust
ness meeting of the Association a.
Draper Hall, and lots v 'efe >GaWn tol
the several stations of the con. VetA3lA
boats. The members Of the Chi, Wy
| Rowing Club only put in au appea
| ance for the contest with single Sculls.
| Thomas A. AlcOck drew No. /; r. ID.
Cleveland, No. ?; and w. B. Curtis,
No. 3. Distance Of this race, two
miles.
The Rowing Club, for the trial Of
fOur-Oared shells, distance three miles,
prize one hundred and fifty dollars, to
row tomorrow morning at IL o'clock,
drew as follows: Sylph, Of Neptune
Boat Club, East Saginaw, No. l !; Sa-
rah A. Bullock, Saginaw City, No. 2;
Lady Putnam, Chicago Rowing Club,
No. 3; Spirit, Neptune Boat Club,
East Saginaw, No. 4, and Lady Ev-
elyn, Milwaukee Boat Club, No. 5.
The club of barges drew Milwaukee
Boat Club, No. 1, and the Eclipse, of
the WahWah Boat Club, of Saginaw
City, No. 2.
At the hour for the races 70 COM
mence, the Chicago rowing club with
drew and declined TO pull. Only one
race came Oh, which was the contest
between the siX-Oared shells. The Mem
tune, Milwaukee boat club, Excelsj. or.
WahWah Sum and Undine came To
the score and got away in fine st vie.
The race was closely contested and
vastly exciting, and resulted in ia vor
Of the WahWah Sums, of Sagiu ay
City, having crossed the line q rst.
Tune, Is minutes 533 seconds; lis
tance, 3 miles; prize, 500. The N ep-
tune came in second, the MilWaul zee
boys third, Excelsior fourth and the
Undine last. Owing to the fact Il ,at
the Wahwah Sums, Of Saginaw City,
and Undines, of Erie, turned tile
wrong stake-bOat, they were ruled
out by the judges. The judges an
nounced the result TO be the Twilight,
OF East Saginaw, first prize; time IS |
minutes Al seconds; Milwaukee club. l
Lady Alice, second; ExcelsiOns, OF
Detroit, third.
SECOND DAY.
0CONOMOWAC, Wis, July l3.-Sec-
Ond days regatta. Morning pleasant
wind fresh and sea a little rough. In
the race of pleasure and working |
boats, distance two miles, prize, S25'
Gus Meyers, OF OconOmOWac, was the |
victor. Time, twenty-One miAutes |
thirty seconds. The fOur-Oared race
shell was won by the Wahwa.hsums.
of Saginaw City. Time, twenty min
utes One-quarter second. The LADY |
Evelyn, Milwaukee Boat Club, Contest |
ed every inch Of the course and came /
In but eight seconds behind. The |
Sylph, of East Saginaw, came third. |
and the Sprite, OF the same place
last. The race between the last named |
boats was decided by boats length.
The Chicago Rowing Club withdrew /
from all the races yesterday. This /
has caused much dissatisfaction among
of the Association. The /
gathering Is greater than yesterday,
and everything worked pleasantly /
and satisfactorily. The club barges
will appear at two O'Clock, which will
finish the programme here.
OCoNOMoWOC, WIS, July I3.-In
the second days regatta in the trial
OF club barges, there were but two en-
tries, the Eclipse, of Saginaw, and
Milwaukee, of the Milwaukee boat
club. The Milwaukee boys merely
pulled to make up the programme,
and the WahWah-Sums went over
the course, winning the race in I9
minutes and $50 seconds; distance
two miles, prize fifty dollars. Then
came grand review at 3 O'Clock; the
display was splendid and the affair
was a success throughout.
The WahWah-Sums have had il all
their own way, winning all the races
and are entitled to all the prizes. There
will be a banquet tonight, at the
NewhalI House, Milwaukee, which
concludes the programme. The mem
bers Of the various clubs departed for
that city late this afternoon.