, 1875-08-08

| j -: 6HAnP WORK.
| Red Wing and Saltwater, two Minnesots
| rivar-towns have been for several wears bittel
| rivals Of each other in aquatic sports, The re-
| cen. contest between the two places at Rec
Wing whe1{ single and fonr-oared race tool
place, resulted in victory for the latter city. II
has produced much li-feeling among the crew
and citizens Of Saltwater, owing to Z rather
sharp trick played upon them by their advsrsa-
ries. 1t turns ont that the man j. Fo1. who rep
resented Red Wing in the single-oar race and
won it easily, AMI who alao pulled bow in the
four-oar, is no other than Ellis Ward, Of New
burg n. T., one Of the best oarsmeu in the
world. The Red Wing Republican says:
The Red Wing Club made m arrangement With Ella
Ward to spend short time in this eity In trimming
themselves, Mr. Wards identity was NOT MS de- known.
psrs vbaeyer IN ha 4ee.a md IT, It was ony
mishap occurred to one Of the crew in training I'm
consequence Of which Nr. penamore positively with
should at the regatta Thta he considered entire
ly Teorer. the Saltwater Ind done the same
thing already having 81. Johns man trainer and
bow car, WIN had rowed IN fifteen races and had also
rowel with the Paris crew, and Mr. Wright had made
hinuelt professional hy rowing for purse u 1872.
The services Of Mr. Ward were not secured for pur
poses Of betting In shown by the fact that those
who did the betting in no manner concerned in
p1tyy to the procurement Of lts services The
son Saltwater men @ lost on ;neE esew WIS that they
zenA tanntingly calling out: "Whares Red
wlng7" THE neoplo are not At Al hnme,n II Where's
der such circumstance there seas little occasion for
pity Or regret.
1Asr OF TIE pAn1s CHEW.
The Paris crew, the champion four-oared crew
OF tho world, Of st. Johns, N. B., has disbandod.
The Ne,os Of tha. city says:
The disorganization caused by tho disagreement
Of the views Of Ar. Hutton with those Of the crews
9h te t6a hGo i th and
That they will ever come together ag1tn Is not roa-
bic. Price says be won't row any more; and Fulton
say, that s impossible to gel along where al not
good friends. The breaking up Of the will be
the regretted it IL said that they had never
The crew gained their first victories July sud g.
1857, when they Defeated ut Paris, the celebrated
German. FRENCH and English tn the races in IN
Of t victories that they were named the Paris crew.
On tneir return from the Seine they were rowed
crew; but on the following year tley gained great
vitory over the 1ndantown foar. In October, 1868,
At Springfield. Mass, they gave the Ward brothers,
reachtug the winning post fully one minute in ad-
Tho following rear they victorious at
gatsas on tho 81. Lawrence at Toronto and Niagara
and only defeat from the time Of their receiv-
ing their tttie. They wero matched against
James Taylor. Thomas W!nahtp, John Martin. and
came off 1t LachIne. The water had not been az
smooth al desired by boys. and ST. John citizens
who Witnessed the contest offered to put mp 900 tt
have snoshsr match made at once. Nothing was done
till the following year, when Renforth James Percy
Robert Chamoers, aud Harry Kelly, Is the champions
Of England, met men in q match OF the Keunebe
casis. The St. John oarsnen were the victor., but
the sudden death Of Rentorth mada them downcast
looking - the vanguished.
It ID betevei that Messrs. Fulton and Ross. will
two now men. will he put in training to sustain the
aquatic reputation Of ST. John at the Philadelphia Ell
hibltion,