New-York tribune., 1872-06-24

had waited so-ne hours at Barnes and hcrusko 70 see
the nish OF race the change was not agreeape' pu.
suppose outsiders IN such have no claim 10 DC
considered II was after hsfpast four when tne news
was brought TO us. and presently we saw the LONDON
crew coming OF in oIlyboat followed not long after
by the Atalantas both parties going on board ne un
pires steamer. The two outriggers had alreauSS
| started up stream, and We all followed; all
meaning the four steamers permitted TO accompany the
racing boats for each club, for the umpire ana
one for the press The Atlantas steamer had come
through Putncy bridge above there, gaiy decorated
with Magenta cloth and yellow fringes carrying mage
American flag at stern another amidshps bouquets
~ tandnrs English and American, wreathing the pad
| dIebo1es the band of the Coldstream Guards playing
And Lang Syne and SOME 900 people on board inc
natural result OF the evererOwding was 10 leave tne
steamer far behind in the race indeed her passengers
must have regaed themselves chiefly with view OF te
storms Of fls other seamers, and soraething Ike
half mile TO the rear when the race termnated. Con-
sdering how 70 terminated perhsps this arrsngenent
was not bad ono.
For us who were on the seaers, the change Of start
ING ot was pleasant enough as II gave us Tor the r
time an opportunity take leisurely look at the vast
crowd NJ srrctators While the is actually rowing
one can only venture to snatch hurried glance at s
wonderful paaaama. To-day 1t was unrolled while We
badnoAlhg to 90 but watch and admire the extraordI
nary eepts Of e masses Of human beings the fleets of
boats tho gre meadows. and the shifting eolors and
shadows uuder which and clouds showed rs at dt-
ferent moments views unlike and so nguIary bean-
tifu once stDfer5ake we began to speculate how we
should ever es down. all four of half the breadth Of
the river which Is there Narrow being taken up by an
chored barges md shoals Of boats That settled itself
for us I'm the end by Ge superior speed and gbt load OF
our steamer hsumpire's and the press steamer hadan
uninterrupted view from end to end.
IL took souAe little anchsr the starting boatS in
their places While they were getting TO rights the
fte IN rfF 11Oat
an admirable ipecinen Of J. H. 0lasper's work. For
some minutes we had them close alongside ship,
They are fine fellows TO look at, heavier ana more
powerful think than the oxford foJr which beat sr
ward. It Il aqeed by all the connoisseurs in such
matters TINT fow has not of late years appeared
erhaps never better and certainly nct often good
one In mere weight tey exceeded the Atalanas by
average Of 10 pounds each man. For race Of II miles
that excess weight Is an advantage. The Ataantss
thought not They had--f don't say they have
theory that anything over 1Is pounds in
a tour-oar Ia mere dead weight. When they
eot into their boat--in a bizarre and Unlocking
costume OF req shirts and bandkerchiefs n different
shade about their hea-tAsr nferiority In size and
general appearance very plain to Their boat
which was very Ightone and seemed to carry them |
we'll was tsuilt by Bfen of Hammersmith Tdan Of no
fame in con tructng racng fours. Why they chose him
after the f lure OF their American craft doFt know,
but IL wasmo great matter for Is not the toat that
lost them c he race In one respect, the boats |
were ,Quftei novel, the LOndoners having ac- |
cepted tho American stipulation that the race
should be ed without eoxswans, With anybody but
the London boat this might have both
cred them, anal would have been et-of to their supe
rfor knowledge Of the But Guston steer from
No. wen Smith from bow. and perhaps better and
beside that he had invented steering apparatus Of his
own, which he Thought better than tho American. 1
have had opp oruniy to examine either that the
new sliding seats which, after much doubt and many
experiments, ap pear TO be complete success.
The names and wNightg OF the crews were: