New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

race for me champion sculls in the Thames national r.
gaa Of iss. and came in second only 70 kssy Ey n ne
final heat for the single scui prize and came IN snIa
but he was DISQUALIFIED h, prize was gsen .econS 10 time
aud fairly beat him. IN 1870 sadlrr at m ~,
conquered his old adversary, Kelley and toliuMS ny ,he
s%s. 1ssDss ps ssats ast year T his hight q inches
and his weight "a gounds M vonrge man Of the crew.
and the youngest who pulled In the race to-day. ~
counts hs successes from the beginning Of this
hs record for one 20 yySn 81 Is RUS RSs' HacHp%ewSe
protege OF Renforth the st Of May last. he Ge9 .n0
present crew, and his history since tnat among
the English and Canadian betting men TOT , , nrhcs
scull race this afternoon. His hlght u ieo' i
Thomas Winshp, stroke Of the crew, IL IauVe
Tyne+der ?s years Of age waterni oy s rst race
with n man of acknowledged ability was Wnh james
TAYLOR who went away from him at the start ana ts h
from that time until he Joined the champion crew IN l6s
lie part Of the honors OF tha crew M r E in
~ ~ al OF ther M ,cnc sf YEAR. !' won srvc1a import
ant victories the Tyne during the present s'''' I ,
honorably fills the position of slIoAe Ii 'A.'
''' TIE BIGLIN CREW.
The Bslin crew the only one from the 'hi''u
States which part in the late Halifax reeaa
it was beaten by the TaylorWnshp crew and the Pyfor
crew OF Nova Scotia 1t is composed OF Henry Con'e.
Of Ptttsburgh (stroke) 16o n weight John Biein OF
New-York CNo. 81, 1853 10 weight Joseph Kaye, Jrr oI
Ptsburgh ono. ~, 142 n weight. and Bernard biehh VI
New-York how) 159 n. Coulter, who was suffering M o..
Halifax from q chill and so was not III coh1toi
to do his best, s looked upon as the champion scun va
America, and was certainly the finest LOOKING 1ls ,
who pulled I'm the Halifax regatta The BSIh bIo'i W.
were members Of the old champion four, wh" III i'D'
made the fastest five mile race on record lntir non.
the America, Is "a new shell built by Ellihtt ~ H. ~
long and 10 H. wide, and weighs with ou'rgeers' Only
30 pounds
TIE ToUGYKLEPslE CREW.
Though the Duchess County boys have been treatcu
with something almost akin contempt by the Iroies-
ona sports their record in the to-day VIII nave
more Of interest In it to the great mass OF people t
that OF the professional racers, inasmuch as 1t shows
what honest SONS Of toll with no training othcr thah
that of daily labor and practice together can DO and
that In boat weighing almost twice as niich us IVsc
which their opponents pulled. This crew consists W
Homer Wooden William Stevens. william Rnrgher am
Charles Burgher, all strong, muscular teliows oiu
fashioned fishermen who have r"wed all thelI HNs
ships Their weights respectively l76 pounds, l6o
pounds 1856 pounds and lG5 pounds 1hrce members Oi
the crrE-WoOden stevens. and VIM. BurRhcr-were
members Of the old fourOared crew that pulled in the
boat stranger, which never was beaten IN july, loo'
tbey rowed hye-me race with the Biglin crew, AMI
they were ruled beaten in 81 min. 20 sec although
they claimed foul. While the decision was pending
disturbance occurred which came near ending IN ter
burn the Poughkeepsic Hotel, paRed houses, and
the people Wooden, Stevens, ana " n BurgHtr
have never rowed together in race since that time til
and their training before they came here consisted
diet mode Of life Their boat IA the old Floy Ficlds
in which they rowed with the Bgln crew IN loGj IL Is
feet long q inches wide and inches deep, Weighing
IT'S mounds. They did not come here expecting to win
the st prize but determined TO do their best and In
any event their presence to-day, added much OF interest
~ the contest.