The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-17
THE ATALANTA BOAT CLUB.

Splendid Racing on the Harlem Rivcr~f
Senior and Junior COntcsts-The Ata<
lanta and Columbia Carsmcn on Their
Muscle-A FOur-Oared Shell Trial-Tho
Winners and the Prizes.
The twenty fifth annual regatta OF the Atalanta
Boat Club came Off yesterday afternoon the Har-
lem River. The Club has been organized long since
and can boast Of fine display or sinew and muscle,
but until yesterday has made no display OF any,
noticeable kind. The races duly organized
by an acting committee yesterday afternoon and
there was nothing to deter the members from hav~
ing a reasonable days sport.
The river was tranquil, except when the rushing
OF the tide or the passing of ferrybo ts dsturbed
its waters, and the racing was looked for bH
several hundreds OF persons hours before the
matches took place.
The first was termed
THE SENIOR RACE, y
for the Atlanta champion prize, and. the eutfieA
were as follows, viz. e. Loosely, " Blake and u
c. ONeill. The race was we'll Contested Blakid
took the lead from he start. but when he had
mile Loosely picked up AID rode up upon Blakie,s
outrigger which was c3Anted foul, and Mr. G. E.
cision. Time, lam. sos. distance, two miles,
TIE SECOND RACE
was the junior race Tor the Columbia Champioy
Rhe entries sseGe YoSo@ Sads
Penny, E. Mills James Goodrich Young took
working boat against a SHE'LL which was very much
to YOungs disadvantage. as the shell should beat.
the working boat by at least one minute Young
came in first Notwithstanding, and w. A. Penny
second, winning the gold badge. The time OF this
race was lam 43s., and the distance two miles,,
Penny's time was about thirty seconds over
Young's, and Mills about forty-fve seconds stilI
over
THE THIRD RACE
was one which was inaugurated for the purpose Of
deciding the championship OF the Gulick Boat
Club. The entries were william II. Speer, J. H.
Kabbe, J0hn Bryson and Thomas Moore. The race
was wsn apparently with perfect ease, by John
Bryson, and he was awarded a gold badge worth
$3.50 he made the time In Ism. 1os., the distance
Delng as In the others, two miles.
THE FOURTH RACE
was an eight-oar barge race for Ladies' Plate, by
George W. Young, Charles 4. Wicker, George
Ackerson W. Mack, A. X Haddock, Joseph Freyer,
w. Brown, W. Sulkin and Alden c. Swan. on
the opposite side the members composed
OF the Columbia Barge Club, whose entries were,
w Z. Mainland, W; J.. Knight, Q. zackman. Z;
J. p. Burrill. The Columbia Ciuo took the lead and
Kept IT throughout, returning to the starting point
ahead by about two lengths. The distance was, as
usual, two miles, and the time was made in lam.
los
THE LAST RACE,
on account OF It's pecuiaritles. was by far the
most interesting. 1t was iour-oared shell-boa5
race between the married and unmarried members
Of the club. The entries were, of the married men,
y. Venzant, T. Vanraden, A. Handy and A. 81
Swan, and OF the unmarried }. q. ONeil, He
B. Leroy, K. Blake and G. Osborne.
The race was for the champion dag Of the club.
The stroke OF the single men was O'Neill ana tnd
bow Blake; Vanraden the stroke OF the MARI
Rod men and swan bow The unmarried menl
showed their muscle to advan tage, AMI though
several appeared to be old bachelors the marrled
men were finally dIstanced. The time was made
distance being two miles. THIS IL the first INSTANCE
in twenty years where the single men nave Deaten
the married members, and on TINS account Is
worthy Of record the annals Of the Harleny
ATLANTA Regatta Club