, 1874-08-23
SPORTING NEWS.
Ludicrous Scenes at a Tub-KaCe
on the Lake Basin.
0'Leary, the Pedestrian, Accom-
plishes His Undertaking.
The Turf--.Cricket.
AQUATIC.
THE Tt1I{ RACE.

AQUATIC.
THE TUB RACE.
Aquatic aports are rarity IN chicago. l u
oes-souny nature OF our river's waters, and tn
stormy tendencies OF the lake, alike stand IN sh
gay of CLicaeo's becoming great boat-racln:
ritz. That Chicago will eventually beat thf
world at aquatic sports, as st everything else
Of courro there is no question; Due a.
.he caunot hops to do everything
at once, and more soHous objects do
maud her immediate attention, she must oide
ewce before sha undertakes to eepd along her
REV to suatch the ]aurclB alike from Columbia
and Harvard, and Oxford, aud Cambridge. In
the meantime however, it is not the intention o1
her sons to allow aquatic sports to 60 altogether
nncultivatcl.
Among the most reraeyering OF ChicaEo's
a1uyLic men arc the Btaffs of tho different nali'
,iuery establishments Of the city. Whenever the
surface Of the lake is favorable they euter thol1
hoats and cnJog q good, old fashioned t or
Z milo row, habit which has resulted in making
them. physically, the superior Of auy similar set
Of 1ncu in tue city. Now that tho season OF
aquatic sports las drawn nigh to close 1t we'll
became tl,cse cxponcnts of aquatic sports III
Chicago to get up something IN the SHAPE OF 9
reratta az a proof OF the SUCCESS Which had
ruco which they got up was be,tct adapted for
public amusement than q whole list of
contests with out-1iggers and ln-r1egers
and the rest. Tie peculiar c-aft which
tho millinery boys chose Tor THO DIS
rlay Of their boating pro"ess was tho
o1dlnacy wasl-tub. Now. the sympathy bo-
tween millinery Al! washtubs Is SO sls1it 81 10
bc almost unworthy Of mention. No one ever
beard Of l2dy's entrsstns the renovation Of OF
last years bonnet to washer"onlan. INC
IT, >f
to bunch OF artificial flowers needs nelth+r e3-
pertinent nor tue explanation OF one VINO nas
made it. 1i:adSear III general, even that ".heA
Is famed to surinount the masculine Drain
basket. il az sensitive OF al overdose OF
water as chrome rheumatic, Tact which
anundantly rroyo. Not~lthsF and1ng 81 thls. the
boy. connected With our millinery establish
nsuts, feeling q generous 11va'ry III aquatic
sports. hit upon tub-race as the best mean5 OF
deciding The question OF supremacy.
Wi.hot1t solog as fnily INTO the preliminary
details az is done IN sporting contests OF greater
moment, II ~ well 10 STATE that tne prizes 1of tne
race were loRu III NUMBER, oeOb s1o " Iue VIII
Ecr OF the race, ~ TO the second 20 10 the
third aad u cents and leather medal to tic
fourth. The distance to be tubbed WAS
settled at loo feet lhe TIME
liked for tna race "as yesterday afternoon st
O'clock: and the locality that portion OF the lake
at tho loot OF Twelfth street which lies between
sheet Of water some few acres in extent.
t. ropfed s iS 1s1 tue friends o Of Of the &c eonte:s
auts, aud others who had come to see the fun,
10 tho number OF about 500 Thanks to good
arrangements, there was not much delay. At
ordered to man their tubs, which we're
placed on ba'se anchored 100 feet from
he las.o ehore. They did 30 as follows: Gage
Bros Co.'S tuebers, William Bauer: William
Davis u. B. Fisk & IN y tnhbert. Wal1el Bow
man. Ma:nus Anderson, N1i:am smith; Walsh
d Hutchinsous tnbbe,s, Albert starit aud
Joseph Jupsou. Al is the custom With tub rac-
ing the star: was not effected without number
OF nnuslng fpil:s On the start OF. hut at last the
tubs got OF together, Jupson taking strong
stat, ~hich he maintained throughout, reaching
tho shore winner IN one minute and
furtT-flve seconds with Anderson q good
second, Bowman third, and Smith fourth
Tue race from beginning to end proved
intensely amusing to the crowd who had gath
erct: to view it, and there is dnuot that If tho
milllncrs wonld only get up boua iIac regatta
they would not, at any rate, find L lack OF spec
tators.
nEGATrA AT GENEVA LAKE..
.S1~cia{ DiSpat:h to TIE Cfscaa0 Iri6unr.
GENEVA LANE. " IT,. AHc. 22.-frobahiy one
OF tile best contested re:httas ever held In the
West was sailed here to-day Inc yachts en-
tered were the following: Tho Aettle, owned by
Julian $. Eumscy the Lotus, owned by Gen;
arthur =. Uucat lne 1lencu, o""ea
by Mr.. French, of Geneva the Nettie.
owned by A.. Z. Colkln: the
Lion. By W T. alll'5an; the Shooting Star
owned ~ A1r. Lrtle; tho White Swan, owned
north WIND, INCREASED to gale oeloEe the race
"ds ha4 sahea, WIN net'} s'q"al40' ne
,.iIc. bark to W1ndxa1d. nef.,re it wos
half over the contest was between the
Lotus. Ncttie. and the French, and the making
to "lt'a"std rested tue men ann Yachts most
t ,a, a ,;,,n,o nG1 ~ he5a-o ta ciasa
cou1d mt DESIGNATE tho winner, ,rhe