, 1874-07-24

sholle, Tor whicl, thoro had bosn four entries,
Ght tho Exoelsiora, of Detroit, lost sovoral oi
iher GROW BY tho daoision In roforonco to tho
come into roeltlon. ono Of Tho artillorymon
serving tho gnu Ind bis right arm blown on by a
rrematnrro explosion and tho stroko Of tho Tom
PIC. plysctnn; was requested to dross tile
hnpB, tho uurd broke hor rutllor az sho vas COM
ing into position, which compelled l,er With
trawal. This loft tho MoracoI. Conant. bo-
!ouEing to tho Floral City, now club belonging
to MonfpS Miel, tlo sole contestant for tle
I'll 22,14 IT..
THE SECOND nAoE
waa for bnrEoB, aud into thla cnmo the usual
clomons Of tliscordnnco in ro9nrd to tito allow
anco 10 ho msdo botwcou tho di:oront aigoa
boats. Thoro woro ontorod tho Wal,- Wal,. .Iazo,
ten onra: OF tho Zepiyrs, Of Detroit; tho Wlll.
INN D. Weeeoi,, ton oars, OF tho Watugns, Of
asaa % u Ia Mspeoks otss II s ea'' so,a Of III
manned by woll-traincd orews, and went through
their work most handsomely, Tho Wosaon coming
in III 1095ei, tho Wah-Wah-Tazo In 11:00 8-5,
md and tl,e Walahlsko In 1f:1i1l Tho judgos so-
Thiswas followed BY an amusing tub raco Of 100
yards, for D silver butter-tub. fiftapn cntrios
wbre made. and considerable merrimont mas
.otoatod by tho aaortty In sinking which many Of
tho contestants displayed. Tho raoo was won by
4. Potter, Of tho untllt!oH, who padlod hiB craft
backwards md got III In 10 minutes, % minutes
ahead OF bis ncaroat competitor
TIE SENIOR s1x-oANED RACE.
Tho rogRtta came down to BbriouB business
agafn III preparing tor tho great race Of tho day,
that botwoeu the Honor hfx-onrod HholH. Tour on.
tfcs weromale, and tho boata took position In tho
following 1rdS;r' 3; counting from The tudgoa'
E1ce!siors. A. tho signal they ali got away vol
togotbor, with tho Dotroits slightly loading tho
Wall-Wahs, the Undinos and tile ExcalBiorB fall
ing, = little behind. Al tho starting tho
Unlines', % and tho Excelaiors', g8. Tic En-
celBiors got to tho stake-boat first, and wero
halt-way around whom tho Wah-lYahs began to
turn. On tile return
TIE RACE aErMzD CLOSE,
until within abousa half milo Of tile finish, hon
tho Excolslora and tho al-Wah-sums began to
gradually pull away from the other two. Tho
Wah-Wahs 1an their strolto up to 90, tho
Excoisiors making 39, and striving desperately to
spnrt ahead. but their efforts counted nothing
againat the ateady long strokes OF tho Wah-Wal,s,
who came gliding in nt bowildering speed, fully
300 feot ahead OF the E1colsiorb, making tho
'unprocodonted time Of 17:37 Is tho Excesiors,
The Undinoa got out Of thoir water md fou1od
with tho Detroits, shortly before roaching tho
limo, and no time was allowed thom. Tho
excitement at tho conclusion was Intense; tho
steamers md tugs whistlod, cannon frod, and
their foetings ia rouslng choera. The timo
nude by tho Wah- -Wahs is claimed to be tho
DEsT EVER MADE UPON TIIlB coNT1NENT
In a return raco.
Following thfa came tho raco for tho senior
single SOULS. Tho entries for this woro the aamo
az already giyen. Curtis Was the fnroritc. In
the start. Allcock got placed at II disadvantage,
Which required extrn o1ortion on Lii
part, but le soon got up into
line With the others; Curtis pulled
with his well-known stcady, regular stroke, as
did also Corning, who prom,ses to develop into
magnificent onrsman.. Yatea' stroke WAS short
and nervoua, and ho caught crabs aeyeral times
very decidedly, but, In sIito Of those dnfoc.s LIE
came IN second tn l1:47 1-5; Uurtis coming in
first in 11:3a 3-5; Corning third Ia IA.
THE LAar. RACE
on tho programme WAS for tho Junior single
houlla. contested by O. Award, Of Battle Crock;
stand!sh, Of Detroit; Pearson, of Spring Lake;
Joseph Edclmann, Of Chicago; and D. W. Briggs
Of Saginaw. 1t was q fine race, but Of no par
ticalar ah interest. penrson can,e in first, in
mann, 'thiri, in 12:s1X. Ward and Briggs
fouled md ca,no ID far behind. The grand
banquet took place at tho Doody House.