Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-18
THE REGATTA.
THE START TO BE MADE AT -FOUR o'crocK-
THE RULES QnYERNINQ THE pAcr

THE START TO BE MADE AT -FOUR O'CLOCK
THE RULES GOVERNING THE RACE.
All arrangements for this afternoons re-
gelta are now completed, and there is no doubt
u VIII De highly successful affair. 1t Is pro.
posed to start the first race at o'clock The
ioIowing are the governing rules:
i. All races shall be started In the following
manner: The starter shall askthe question:
Are you ready 2" and receiving no answer
after waiting at least five seconds, shall give
Co.. " '"' "o'"
@ If the starter considers the start unfair
ne shall at once recall the boats to their sta
lions and any boat refusing 10 start again
snail be ruled out of the race
T.. D. a start shall be considered unfair, If, dur
ing the first ten strokes any of the competing
boats shall he disabled by The breaking of an
oar, or any other accident.
4 no fouling whatever shall be allowed.
o. lc ~ The province of the referee. when
appealed to, but not before, to decide a foul !;
ana the boat decided by him to have fouled
shall be ruled out of the race.
7; In case Of foul the umpire, IL appealed
10 during the race, shall direct the non.fouled
boat 70 row on, which shall in every case row
over the remainder of the course In order to
calm the race.
Z. 1t shall be considered q foul when. after
a race has commenced, any competitor by his
oar poat or person comes in contact with the
oaf, Doat or person of another competitor :
ana nothing else shall be considered foul,
., any competitor who comes In contact
WITH another competitor, as defined in rule 9TH
py crossing INTO his competitors water, COM
hlits a loul, and when boat has once taken
another boats water, by a clear lead, it main
tain5 that water at its own risk
D.. a boat shall be decided to have n clear
lead OF another boat when its stern is clearly
past the bow of that other boat
10. IL shall be held that boat 5 own water
is straight or bow course from the station as
signed to it at starting. But il two boa,s are
racing, and one fairly takes the others water
py clear lead, it shall not be entitled 10 keen
the wafer so taken to the end of the course
ana II the two boats come In contact while the
ieadlng boat remains In The water so taken the
Doat which has taken the water shall be deem.
ed to have committed the foul.
IL. The referees who shall be ppointed h v
the Naval Board shall be sole Judges of a boat :
straight or bowcourse during every part of the
race. " '.e
IL. ii IN sny race in which more than two
boats start, foul takes place, and the boat ad.
Judged BY the umpire to have been fouled reach
es the winning post first, the race shall be de,
cided as the boats come in; but if the boat
fouled does not come in first, or the referees
are unable 10 decide which boat committed the
foul, the race shall be rowed over again, unless
the referees shall decide that the boat which
came in fist had n sufficient lead at the mo :
ment OF The foul to warrant the race being as
signed 10 it.
l3. claim of foul (Which must be entered
py Inc captain OF the crew considering itself
iouled, and not BY any one on his bebalf) must
be made to the referees previously to the crew
touled getting out Of their boat
IA. Every boat shall stand BY its own scci.
dents occurring during the rack.
10. In event of dead heat taking place the
same crews shall contend sgain, or The crew or
crews refusing shall be adjndged to have lost
the race.
IL. No boat shall be allowed to accompanv
l! competing boat for The purpose of directing
Its course or afording other assistance, aud the
refe, ees shall be at liberty TO declare any com.
petiDg boat out of the race that may have de-
rived an unfair advantage thereby.
IL. The race shall not be awarded to any
competitor or crew unless he or they shall have
rowed over the whole of the course.
lS The decision of the referees shall, in all
clses, be fnal.