The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
THE BOAT RACE.
What Both Sides Have to say, Red
Wing and St. Paul.
The st. Paul Boys Back Down.

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Below we give the statements of both
parties relating to the trouble which has
lately taken place between the Minnesota,
Boat Club and the Red Wing Boat Club:
WHAT THE RED WING BOYS SAY:
We have no desire to rush into print 1t
may be that the Minnesota Club has con-
cluded to drop the quotation business; if so,.
we have nothing more to say. They started
off in this affair at thirty-six whines per
minute, and have gallantly kept it up.
They have been subjected to alcohol baths
and crash towel treatment until their skin
has become so thin that they are little too,
sensitive. All the trouble there is about it,
we wanted to row on day they would not,
and they on day we could not, and so the
match fell through. We could not come to
a mutual understanding. We did not think
five days practice enough, when one of our
men had never seen shell before in his
life, and one had been in one but half a
dozen times; two Of us were in practice.
In your issue Of Saturday you say ''we de-
clined the contest" Beg your pardon
only declined the day they so generously
set for us. We never agreed to row on the
18th, but told them we would let them
know the day, and it would not be before
the 18th
WHAT ST. PAUL SAYS:
About July 18th, the Red Wing Rowing
Club challenged the Minnesota Boat Club
to row four cared race two miles with
turn, for test Of superiority. Said race
to take place at Red Wing before Aug. 1st.
The Minnesota having, at that time no crew
in practice, their four cared shell, in fact,
having been out three times during the sea-
son, refused to row on such a short notice
unless the Red Wings would agree to come
to St. Paul and row return match later in
the season. This they positively refused
to do, and in a letter full Of bravado Offer
ed to row the Minnesota Boat Club on
sight.
Finally to keep up friendly relations, the
Minnesotas, about August lst, wrote to the
Red Wings proposing to row them on their
own course, between the 18th and Goth of
August, stating at the same time that they
could not postpone it later, as one Of their.
crew, Col. Granger, Of Granger s Hodge,
would be called away on business after that
time. Another reason, not stated, was that
MIR. Corning, their stroke oar, would have
to 60 into practice after that time for his
single scull race with Mr.. Curtis, Of Chica-
60, which takes place on the 10th Of Sep
tember. In answer, the Red Wings accept
ed the proposition, and agreed to row the
race during the stated time.
Owing to the unexpected delay of Mr..
Corning in returning from the East, the
Minnesota crew did not sit together in their
boat until August 18th, the balance of the
crew having practiced with substitute
from the I'd of August only. However they
notified the Red Wings. naming Monday,
the 18th, for the race, selecting that day
in particular so as to spend Sunday in Red
Wing, by going down on the boat Saturday
afternoon. ':i
Now comes the point. On the 18th, the
Red Wings wrote stating that as the fourth
man Of their crew had only commenced
practice on the 18th, N. B. the same day
that Mr.. Corning commenced with the Min
nesota crew. they would not row before
the 24th. The Minnesotas replied immedi-
ately reiterating the points before stated,
i. e., that their crew must Of necessity be
broken up after the Goth, &c., and request
ing an answer by telegraph. The follow
ing answer was received: Our day or aev-
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The above extracts are from the St. Paul
Pioneer. They do not give the Red Wing
boys fair showing. The Pioneer wrote to
the Secretary of our clubs asking for
statement Of our side which was sent them
and now they only publish such extracts as
they see fit to. It is not fair, and in the
name Of justice we protest against any such
way Of doing business.
The whole trouble has been caused by
the .hoggish'' manner in which the St.
Paul Club have acted. If they are afraid
to test the muscle of our crew why don't
they come out like men and acknowledge it
ZONES & MOORE,