New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-02
weigh about 200 pounds each, and are kept
as bright and nice as new piano.
The crews Of the different boats were as
follows:

/ l
No. g. Paul Chsudet l45
Stroke, John, COnnolly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l57
| SoXsWaln hO9eII Gase., NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
RIVERSIDE GREW (Colors Blue)
No. l, Thomas Gleason Observation-Disclosures. I40
No. 3 ]. 3. Kelly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 140
No. g. Robert f. Diamond. 1853
stroke, r. Gallsgher. lS6
Coxswain c. Gleason. n............................ -
| Waiting for the word, every one strained
| eagerly for the start. But first a word of
the crews. The St. John four showed up in
fine form; they had evidently been ju-
diciously trained. and were easy and grace
| ful, moving as a unit, with precision and
vigor. Nothing spasmodic in their quick,
nervous stroke, and in the rapid regularity
of their recover, giving promise of staying
| quality and endurance. The Pelican crew,
too showed up well, but somehow did not
Impress one so favorably as the st. John
club. People doubted their ability. too,
| from the fact that their stroke oarsman,
Connolly, has only lately recovered from
a severe attack of dengue. As for the
| Riversides. they exhibited fine capabilities
there was splendid physique, great strength
| and fine muscular development, but there
was an appearance of lack of unison and
I self.confdence that betokened i'll result.
| We did no: hear of much betting, though
| the wagers, if not numerous, were in some
instances quite lerge enough to make re-
porter stand aghast. In the pools, the St.
John held the call at two, and even three to
| one.
The Riverside crew was placed at great
disadvantage, owing to an accident which
| happened to Mr.. Rich, the original number
two man. By q fall yesterday morning he
was disabled, and Mr.. Kelley was substi-
tuted for him. Yesterday was the first
time the four put in the boat had rowed to-
gether.
When all was ready the signal gun was
! fired, and a fair start was effected at pre-
| cisely three minutes past six. For the first
| fifty yards no positive difference could be
| noted, but after that it soon became evident
that the training and experience of the
older crews would tell in the end.
The stroke at the start was forty-two to
the minute by all, but the Riversides who
were pulling longer and deeper stroke
soon dropped this to thirty nine At the
end of the first hundred yards the St.
Johns Tapped the Pelicans, leaving the Riv-
ersides we'll to the rear.
Four minutes gone and still the same.
Stroke called here and counted; showed no
alteration; st. Johns, forty-two; Pelicans,
forty-one. and Riversides, thirty nine. River
sides now eight lengths behind, Pelicans
a good second, and the snow white penuant
well to the fore. Now the race began to
tell somewhat, although perhaps the fore
most crew deemed it not necessary to push
themselves. At any rate at the ninth min.
| ute they were rowing easily at thirty-six to
the minute So on TO the finish.
Abreast of Dan HickOcks wharf, two
miles and three quarters from the start, the
Pelicans put on squirt, but the St. John
crew kept their advantage and resumed
their regular forty-two. The Riversides
were hundred yards behind. Time to
this point seventeen minutes thirty seconds.
Now for the last quarter mile The Peli-
cans we're responding to their coxswain's
call for a last grand effort. They push
their boat forward well; they gain on the
st. John; they make fine efforts, but the
| distance is too great, the advantage already
| obtained by their opponents is insurmount
able, and the white flag Of the St. John
| comes to the front an easy winner in eight
! cen minutes and thirty-nine seconds, beat
ing the Pelicans two boat lengths, and the
| Riversides two hundred yards.
| The st. John crew have been trained to
| and rowed with what is known as the
| English stroke one by which the whole
strength of the rover is put upon the rapid
| surge Of the oar through the water with a
slower recover. By this wind is saved but
every muscle in the human body is strained
to the utmost, the legs playing almost as
| important a part as the arms At the be-
| ginning of the stroke the legs are drawn
up with the knees apart, but when the
blade reaches the water they are straight
| ened out, and at the same time the body is
thrown back, the seat sliding about three
inches. The Pelican and Riverside crews
| pulled palmer stroke, with back and arms
| equally, reaching well forward. and with
pull and recover in about the same time.
Thus ended one of the finest races ever
seen in the South.
The prizes contested tor, aside from the
championship are: First prize, offered by
| the New Orleans and CarrolltOn Railroad
! Company. to first boat rich silver straw
| berry and cream bowl and ladle, of elegant
and peculiar construction second prize, Of
| fered by Colonel Dan Hickock, of Carrollton,
to second boat, set consisting of hand
some silver ice pitchhr, two goblets, slop
bowl and salver; third prize, offered by Mr..
E. A. Tyler himself, to the stroke oar of the
winning boat, massive silver napkin ring
of original design and appropriately orna-
mented with aquatic emblems Altogether
the prizes are valued at from four to FIVE
| thousand dollars.
The judges stationed on the tugboat
Tyler were c. Crowley, Esq, for the Peli-
| cans; B. NJ. Harrod, Esq, for the st. John,
| and Judge E. P. Fellowes, for the River
| side. Mr.. E. A. Tyler oficiated as time
| keeper. The prizes were handed to the
| winners on the boats, to which they re-
| turned, and all went home happy.
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