The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-08
RowING ON GREENWOOD LAKE.
An Exciting Four-Onred Contest OF Two
Miles Won by the Araonautas.

The Greenwood Lake Sportsmen's Club
conducted rowing races yesterday. Tho organi-
xation is composed Of brokers and merchants.
The course for all the races was two miles
straight away on the lake. which is a beautiful
sheet Of water on the northern border Of New
jersey.
The nrst race was for six -oared gigs, with coz
swain. 1t was rowed in the morning, on rough
water. The starting boats were Dauntless, Nep-
tune, and Eureka, which got away together, and
for a short distance the race was close. The
Eurekas, however, broke a stretoher. Tho Nep-
tune and Dauntess had II close together, with
the advantage all In favor OF the former, until
the latter steerod into smooth water along
shore, and after close and exciting struggle
came In the winner by nearly two lengths In ll55
The other races were postponed until after
noon. The double scullers were to be 7. II.
Keator and James II. Riley OF tho Neptunes,
aud H. V. Young and Geo. Thomas OF the
| ArllnRtons. The latter did not appear, owing.
as they said to not having heard the gun, and
the Neptunes had II all to themselves Time.
1327k. In a senior single scull race Julian
Kennedy, Neptune; Il. II. Orr, seawanhaka ;
and Thomas Fe0ron, Vesper, started. On the
nrst hundred yards Orr crowded Kennedy. who
soon drew to the front and at tho half mile had
| lead. Orr also drew away from Fearon and
| maue a struggle to catch Kennedy. 1t was. how
| ever. without avail. The Yale, bv pulling u
| superb stroke won as he pleased IN 1854.
| The hest race OF the day was the four-oared.
| The starters were
.Asoneg,a1Frsd Eldrsd, bowi Ed. Smith. No. 81 @.
| L ,Min, No; 3; Charles Dunbar, stroke NJ. -.
tuty yka-Juhn Young, bows WATSON Ryuo NO. u
| Peter Young. No. 8 John AngelmAn, stroke
| rtitou.-S. A. smith. bow NJ. r. lnync, No. 2; W.
| NJ. Smith. No. 3 Z. l.. Phillips. stroke.
Attautt- Edward Blukc. now I'd. Mills, No. 2; W.
| II. Downs, No. =; John F. Eustis stroke
| ArnngtOn-j u. White, bow; George Thomas, No. q
| j. r. White, No. y; X. " Young. stroke.
| A good start was effected, and for the lis,
| eighth Of mile there was little change In posi-
| tiOn. Then the ArgOnautas, pulling good
stroke OF %. with Ed Smith steering as straight
an arrow. slowly. but surely, sent their bow
tip ahead. At the mile they led tribe, aud
between the Eurekas and Atalsntas there was
no distance to speak Of. The Tritons were over
two lengths astern OF the Atalantas, and the
Atlingtons bad fallen back to over four lengths
ast ern OF the Tritons. The race clearly lay with
| the frat three crews. There was old grudge
| to settle between the Argonautas and Atalantas,
| and on the fret half OF the last mile "A bitter
| struggle ensued. the Eurekas bearing their part
| gallautly In the melee far over toward the west
| ern shore. As they approached the last half,
| the superb stroke and steering of the Argonau-
| tas began to tell and the race for the Atalant0s
| was clearly over The Eurekas made a last
| spurt toward the finish, ana passing the Atalan-
| tns endeaNored to oVeTtake tho leaders. The
| Arconautas won by over three lengths. Tine
| Arconautas, IL min. 56k sec; Eufekas, l2.0s4
Atalantas. R:lOs; lritons, Ri2h; Arlingtons
not taken.