The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-09
FINE ROWiNG SARATOGA.
The Union Strings Crew Galnntiy winning
tha DeubIe.-culIs Race.

SARATooi, Aug. S.-rhe double SOULS
race was rowed this afternoon on water smooth
as glass. Extraordinary time was m ade, beating
that Of last year (which wa very fastl by nearly
half . minute. Tho race " exceedingly close
up to 200 yeTds OF the finish between two Of the
crews, anu contested In tue camiest manner
throughout. a gun called the crews into line
sharp on tire, and they took up . position In
the following oruer, from the west to east: Alta.
ianias-P. Z. Aokerman, bow; II. Rodgers,
stroke. Union SpTings-Frank Il. Yates. bow
c. K. Courtenay, stroke. Neptune-rhos II.
Kater. bow; Jas Riley, stroke. wolverhook-
J 5. j. Miles, bow; c. c. Craig, stroke. The
Union s. rings, Neptdnes. and Atalsntas were
Ieary even as 10 average weight aud age: the
wolyerhooks were mere boys. Mr.. Courtenay
was not going to start, In consequence Of bis
friends having by advice backed the Neptune
crew heavily but the pool-box diiiculty having
been settled, Robinson at tue last moment, went
out, aud cOurtenay took his seat In the boat.
Afer the usual precautionary Instructions, ST.
hlch.rd l.. Neville, tho referee, gave the word
"Go."
The Atsiantss caugh' the water nrst, and, In
fact, their oai3 were IN the later at tho word.
ana they shot ahead a haif length. For shOrt
distance the Union Spri Is and Neptunes Kept
on "a me trne astern. aud MOverhouks we're
u length behind them Before the eighth Of the
mle the work began In dead earnest, and WAS
kept w 10 the tnish as In the pair-Oar-d contest
Yesterday. At this rOint toe Neptunes and
thions forged up to the Atal antas, Ind the
Nt,y-rhOuks were two lengths behind. 10 the
turning point a cluser race was never seen. Al
the quarter there Was not half length
difference between the three bead boats.
ever, and they continued To the
three-quaiters. The three crews swung back
tut II took sharp eye to discover who had the
advantage, 40 they went w To- the turning point
, where for the FIRST tine tae ?ion Spriugs boys
showed their BOW tip fairly to the front. But
as they whrled round SO old the Neptunes snd
So did the Atalantas The turn was IN min
utes 81 seconds foi toe L dion springs crew, and
three seconds later or the Neptuues. The lat
ter Strengthened out hrst aud got u length lead
OF the linton springs crew On the nome stretch,
the Ataianta' OeinL over alenRth tehind the lat.
ter. Ali three worked then. slowly but surely.
however, Cour pey ana iatos rowing superbly
uvernauleu the Nep'unos. The latter, however,
contested every inch of ground obstlnate!y anu
punished their opponents severely. 1he CnIon
Springs boys forged their DOW abreust, then
aheao, and IN minute more had a length and
then olesr water low Ird the 1nsh the Ne,-
tunes gathered tbemseiVes for st desperate
effort, Out II Was useless, and ths Union springs
| crews oalhed by the rnisn winner of tue most
hOtly contested double souil race on record IN
! the eitraortinaly tune Of l2.l6 Time Of the
| Neptunes, l2:2U; Atalautas, l2:'5. Courtney and
HUoinsOn won last year in LA lhe Atolantas
protested on The ground that the uLich Springs
crew tCOk their water, nut the referee ruled the
protest out az absurd. SAID Courtney. I'm the
| W ~ used up Christian you ever saw. He as
| taken as hUre, aud theTe was seized With IA yom-
| itine hi, lie Is all rgnt nov, however.
Ihe events II 10 morrow wnl lie the senior
| snge scan, ana four-odred shell races. fhey
| nre regarded as giving "A clew 10 tue issue "
these iupurtnnt events at the Centennial regatta.
! Ia tho single scE.l race Courtney Of Union
| springs, hitherto inyin,be, VIII have, IL IL
| ihougut, his most d nserous antagonls.s in
| Julian keune1y of Yale ana James Riley Uf tho
| Nsptuues. Courtney was nuri badly IA the side
sometime ago by collision with another snell
on CAyuga Lake. nut he has rec Overcd.
Tue interest Of the meeting centres on the
| four -OaTcd contest. In this the famous Beaver
NAcks, winners IN 1875 out Of 10 crews; the Alta
lahtls, winners "a 1915; the ArRondutBs, tue
Snoe-W ae-cae- Nettes, and the Southwestern
crews witt start. The victory Of lie Northwest
ern four Yesterday briggs Odt un unexpected
rl. h rse IN those with the 1dwbfe kiug name.
he crew deserve desc~iDtton. for they are Ger
tain.y the greatest originals that ever handed
wnite ash. When asked by learned critic
what Kind Of "A stroke they pulled whether Eng
llsh or American. Dusseau tue capt IN aud
know much ROOut your Euglish strokes or your
American strokes, ours 10 the Got there
stroke" and II apparently h, for this same
crew beat "A four with ease this summer out
Wsst, Of which tue Northwestern Dair that
made such dash Yesterday formed
part. Dussedu is feet 1 Inches high,
tne Nadeau brothers and B0wlesby are little
named are Frenchnen and the last a genuine
Yankee. lheir stroke Is satirically called the
"grndstOno' stroke. they all sorts OF
WAYS with no regard at all apparently 10 form.
I hey hail from Monroe, Micn. IL II said that
they can keen up that terrible stroke used by
the pbir yesterday with ease, aud II 30 there
will be mourning to morrow night IN the new
settlement On the Harlem and down Ia the
Kills. The stroke was siCk yesterd ", but w.s
out It u practice pull to-day ana uIuon better.
Gov. HendfiOks will present Tho prizes TO-
morrow ev1ulDs.