New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

srurt and were gaining rapidly the Tyne boat which
water forcing them to sackcn their pace and go as mcn
ar 200 feet out H their Nay They sad thaa ts G ce
The Biss denied having got out Of their own war;.
uud Tho weight of circunsanta evidence WAS In theT
thought that the race was remarkably fair The
Wards admitted to have been four or hve
crew unable nttrwsrd to make up any n the loss
the decision could In no way affect the WlhnsI o & ere
R1 Rns Pr'e no FOUL mr. e
hundred feet behind the Bign crew and Taylor Wnsp
crews, and the Pittsburgh crew was long distance
2o'clock the Bigln crew pulled down the lake to
The Engiishnen and the Ncw-YoIk crews having each
entered for the singcsc,ll race neither was anx
ios to pull as the fate would endangcr their
At o'clock finally John Morrisscy wishing to have
nothing interfere with the great singescull contest
%"nd not n" Ss Her Considerable pary they con-
,udod to accept his offer.
AWARDING TIE PRIZES
1t then officially announced that the Ward Broth
ers the first prize of 5000. minutes 40
Cnds starting a 1919, rounding the stake boat at lob
som 20 sec. and passing the home stake at lOh 4sm.
40 sec. That the Tyne crew in second, and won
the prize OF 1870 and that the Tyor and Bglin crews
came IN third together The starters and Judges were
H. r. Brady for the Americans, and John Adams for the
Engishmen. The judges down the course were James
0Nen Tor ne Amcrieans and Jos Walton for the En-
glshmen. Referee, John Morrssey.
TIE SINGLE sCULL MATCH.
" Its the finest sight ever saw" exclaimed Taylor
the English oarsman as the six men drew up in line
for the great international single scu race There was
sadcr Of the Taylor Wnshp crew, an asprant for the
proud position Of champion sculler OF England. Kelley
of RenforthTyne crew. whose record English waters
both singy and in four-oared boats, is the envy Of
boating men: Ellis Ward who occupied an
% sfr' ii the x9ans sn SSa VIZ S
part in the regatta and another asplant for Engans
championship and John Biglin. sader pulled IN nis
boat, the Duke of Beaufort and out from the
boat in his brown Jersey. AZ In the morning lndiawig
eTn Of line Kelley whose place to
sadles on the right appeared in white shirt and was
first place the left assigned to Bright the spare
man, who came to America with Reuiorti, ana Who &
have to retire from frstclass The lasti
the right Bagrall, and his left hand ncehhor was
a. in the morning we're the judges Josh Ward TLy Tor,
and the representatives, of the press.
THE START,
At 42I5 the pistol fred and all SIX boats took the
water together Each. except Bright had removed his
shirt before starting and they went to their work the
hight shells seemed fairly leap through the water
Half mile down the two points of the had
decided sadlcr had left all the others several
ns,hs 6t to a ID i
while Kelley and Bign followed closely III the rear. The
Kelley pulled SMOOTH stroke S. or 20 to the minute, and
the OILERS, though they did not seem to bring
it in the rapid manner in which they rowed
Kelley taking it as easily Us Ward was. and gaining
Oh him Sadcr around his stakeboat first but
had hardly turned when the glistenng of tle others
oars showed that they, too were on the way
home. AS they passed on the last half Of the
Jas n at hs hf time w. s1 that JOHN Y Ta
picking up. As they entered the last mite the boats
stood, Sadler dozen lengths ahead of Kelley; Bgln
four or five behind Kelley and Ward and Bagnall close
together. and pressing hard upon Bglin. From this
time OH. Sader just about maintained HIS POSITION
Kcley reduced the gap between them at least four boats
lengths and gained an equal distance Bign, while
Ward and Bagna were nose and nose and remained so
until had pasfsd the home stake The time 30
nlinucs 55 seconds 1t is the unanimous opinion Of all
bOatlnen that this afternoons contest was the finest
single SOUL race ever rowcd In this country.
GENERAL ENTHUSIASM
Passing along the pazzas and through the corridors OF
the hotels hear nothing but the races talked about
Gray headed men who never saw race before are as
much interested any, aud the ladies scem not to tire
taking OF the beautiful way In which the Wards beat
the EnCshmpn and the "pcrfecty splendid rowing or
the single scus. OF the shops of the village
hags and illuminated in honor OF the
great American victory. One class of disappeared
from vicinity OF the Lake very suddenly this fore
noon after the result OF the fouT-oared
uouncct-the professional gamblers who have been bet
tng heavily the Tay yiorWnshp crew because they
were the ftvUrirs The amount OF money lost by some
OF these men must have Deep almost fabulous.