Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-06-07
Saturdays BOat Race.

LIVELY ooNTEsT--THE BACHELOR AND PIONEER
GIGS FOUL, AND THE UNDINE WINS
Except a lively breeze which threatened to
make the water rough, the weather, at o. clock
on Saturday evening suited the boat race. The
three gigs the Thistle, of the Pioneer Club Ida
liza, Of the Bachelors; and White Cap Of the I'm
dimes; appeared at the starting-point, at the
mouth of Mill Greek few minutes ahead Of
time and in position waiting for the word "go.'
The Undine, according to arrangement, occu-
pied the north waters, the Bachelor the middle,
and the Pioneer the South.
The crews of the several boats were as fol-
lows
Undine-J. H. Lewis, stroke ~. D. Conrow,
second ~. Paul Brown, third w. N. Hamilton,
Jr., fourth Jos. l.. Jackson, coxswain.
Pioneer.-G. G. Garsed, stroke ]. II. Gamer
ON, second j. L. Smith, third; A. FL. Smith,
fourth; j. i. Smith, coxswain.
Bdcl,elor.-T. j. Lewis stroke; VIM. Bowers,
second; Edw Sparks third; G. A. Mccall, fourth
@. J. Campbell, coxswain.
Precisely as the clocks and bells of tho City
were ringing 6 O'Clock the starter, Thomas Rile,
gave the word "go;" when each club started off
but they had given but few pulls, when No. g.,
OF the Pioneer crow broke his oar. The clubs
all, by common consent, then rowed to the boat
house below the w. Il w. II. II. bridge. and got
another ono when they proceeded back and
took new star rt, the Undine getting the lead.
tho Undin, still led, with the Bach
elors, and Pioneers nearly abreast OF each other.
At this time the Bachelor and Pioneer boats
fouled tho oars of one becoming interlocked
with those of the other. Comprehending the
difficulty the Pioneers though contending that
they were in their own water, dropped behind
and cleared the foul. All this time, the I'M
dimes were making good use of their lead, and
were in full stretch for the goal.
The Pioneers after getting righted, by bold
steady pulling, reached abreast the Bachelors,
and 30 continued to Church street wharf, where
another foul occurred and in some unaccounta-
BILE manner both the Bachelors and Pioneers
stuck in the mud. 1t will be seen however, that
both boats to take advantage of the curve of the
river left their own waters and were in that al
lotted to the Undines. This accident caused
considerable delay. but in1a shorter time than
might have been expected both crews had eXtri-
Gated themselves and were again on their way,
by which time the Undines had reached Third
Street Bridge, and were the vctors, the Bache-
lor coming in next about two boat lengths ahead
of the Pioneer.
Though but a scrub race it was one of the
most exciting ever participated in by the Christi
ana Navy, and not only afforded vast amount
of amusement to the large crowd of spectators,
but put to practical test the skill and strength
of the respective clubs.
1t is understood that the Pioneers are to
challenge the other clubs to another friendly
contest, either on Thursday next or next Satur-
day, but most probably the latter day.
tits but proper to state that the Pioneers labor
ed under the disadvantage of a crippled oar, that
which they obtained in lieu of the broken one,
being several inches shorter than the regular
oars used by the club.