The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-03

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Az the crews pulled quickly back from the dam
they were loudly cheered by the spectators from the
barges and the ladies' nuttered their dainty little
moucioirs at the knights OF the oar, who had &C
cOmpshed their deUOir so gallantly. After lapse
of about ten fifteen minutes Mr. O'Neil again got
to work getting she starters in the
FIRST TRIAL HEAT
for the Diamond Challenge Scuiis into line. The
three that were drawn to pull IN the first heat
were Frank Ellison, David ROACH and william +
was attlred IN blue; Roach, OF the Nautilus, wore
white shirt and cap and blue drawers; ana
McCredy, OF the Athletics appeared In white SHIRT
and red pantaloons and cap. They made good
start, with ..
in the centre, Ellison on the New York and McCredy
on the Westchester shore. All three kept we'll to-
gradually the steady stroke Of the Nautilus leather
ahead wisely taking thecentre Of the river in
Ellison lost a little by getting too near
shore and having to pull out, but he
judges steamer Roach led by two lengths, pulling
easy within himself and followed by Ellison and
McCredy.. The latter however, iouled row boat
that was holding on to the stern OF one OF the
barges and lost his chance Of the heat, which was
eventually won by Roach, beating Ellison by two
lengths. The following Is summary OF the
SECOND RAcE-FoR THE DIAMOND CHALLENGE
sCULLs-FIRsT TRIAL HEAT.
ESnnk Ellison York Rowing Cub
Time, min sec
During the intervals between the heats the
barges OF the different clubs pulled about, and,
advantage before the fair sex. The new barge OF
the Nautilus Club was much admired, and appeared
TO be very fast boat. About four 7. NJ. Mr..
O'Neil raised his white nag and brought up the
contestants for the
This was one OF the most interesting heats in the
race, as three good men-Curtis Losee and Myers
were pitted against one another. Eben Losee, the
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cap, and white pants; William b. Curtis, OF the
Athletics. the Chicago pet, wore IL white
Charles Myers Of the xassaus CAP appear eS
IN white shirt and blue pants and cap. Myers had
on e IN
was good deal Of betting on this heat and the
% re- rather to grief Ss as they n 1s asss
cleyerly together, and for moment 1t was hard to
say who would take the lead, but presently
ahead and got lead Of hal. length, which ne
soon increased; and Losee, not liking the West
chester shore. cut across Curtis wake to join
York side. The Chicago representative in
the meanwhile s,o was crawling steadily ahead
steadily and well. Losee was never once in the
race, as Myers had him beat from the start.
from the start, accident that gave Curtis little
advantage. After passing tine judges steamer
a little too near the New York shore had to pun
out to clear some small boats, letting Curtis win
easily by about three lengths Myers was second
and Losee third. The following is summary Of
THIRD RAcE-sEcoND TRIAL HEAT.
W. H. Curtis New York Athletic Club ................ ]
Charles Myers; Nassau club.
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The defeat OF the invincible Losee served az a
topic OF conversation among the boating men on
board the judges steamer between the heats. and
many expressed their opinion that he would have
pulled great deal better without sliding seat;
Mr. ONel, however, did not let the sport stop, and
THIRD TRIAL HEAT
This was the last heat OF the first set and brought
out only two contestants, Messrs- +. r Keator and
George M. Young. keator. OF the Harlem Rowing
Club, had the New York side, and Young, of the
wore blue shirt, red cap and gray pants and Young
appeared In red shirt and cap and white pants. At
the word go" Keator jumped away with a ad,
pulling long, easy stroke that appeared to be tell
ing WELL Young pulled rather wildly, and event
ually crossed keator's wake. and took the New
York side OF the river keator pulled very quietly.
as he had the race In his own hands and kept
a lew lengths ahead watching, the wild
efforts OF his antagonist to close the gap be tween
them. Keator finally won by four or i've lengths.
The following IS summary Of the heat
FOURTH RACE-THIRD TRIAL HEAT.
r Kcator, Harlem Rowing Club. l
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Now that the three heats for the diamond souls
were decided, speculation became brisk upon the
result OF the final heat, and each OF the winners,
favorites. The committee, however, in order to
give the single scu champions time TO recupera,e
lOr tner Hndl race, SandWlched IN the for the
PAIR OAR CHALLENGE CUP,
for which the starter Immediately proceeded to
get the contestants in line There were repre-
seniatlves from the New York Athletic, Nassau
and Harlem Rowing Clubs. The Harlem boys wore
blue shirts. red caps and gray pants; the
and caps, and the Athletics were attired
In white shirts with red pants and
caps. Mr.. 0'Neill finally got them in line, with
the HarIems on the Westchester shore, the Mas.
saus IN the centre and the Athletics on the New
York side OF the river. AT the word Ego" the Mas
saus were the first to catch water, and, shooting
forward, took the lead, pressed pretty closely by
both the other crews For the first few
hundred Yards there was not much difference be-
tween any one OF the three boats. but finally the
steady stroke OF the Nassaus began to tell, and
their shell slowly forged ahead. The Athletics were
doing well along the New York shore and the Har-
lem were hanging close alongside, lighting for
every inch. Passing the judges stand
THE NASSAU CREW
had lead Of clear length. The Athletics finally
spurted, and, passing the Harlem boys made bril-
liant effort to catch the Nassaus. but the latter
were too NJ TO quit on the last quarter and won
the Ladies' Challenge Cup in handsome style,
beating the Athletics by about two or three lengths
The following is summary OF the race -
RAcH-FoR LADIES' CHALLENGE CUP FOR PAIR
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