Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-29
SPORTING
cENTEs NAL REG RITA,

No. 2; John Higgins, No. 3, and t.
Green, stroke; and the Paris crew, OF
ST. Johns, n. b., arrived this mors-
ing. The great centennial regatta on
the Schuyikill course begins this af-
ternoon, when the international four
Dared race are to be rowed. Much
interest is manifested, and at an early
hour the spectators began to assem-
/ bic on the banks Of the river" Dur.
ing the morning the competing crews
pulled to and fro over the course, as a
hnal preparatory exercise. The day
is lovely, and could not have been
more favorable for the contest. =
/ In the first heat Of the -four oarcil
race between the Eurckas, Agonau,as
and Dublin university, the Enreka
was first, Dubiia second; time 9:29l
Fire second heatwas- -rnwed Ata2:l5
or half an hour before the schedule
time. The boats were "Vesperso of
.IPhiladelphia, Yale University aud
Crescent boat club. The Philadelphia
Is.Vespersn and Yale pulled a nice
race, and over half mile were up.
4 on equal terms, then the Yale lost
|gfound through bad steering, but
wos k began 70 .ell on the aVesper"
men when near Peters Island, and
their stroke fell over very much, Yale
ispurted and led by two lengths,
which they held as they passed the flag
in 9m 27 SEQ; "Vespers' 9m l5a sec;
Ceascont QmhaEl coo
/ The thiru race, between the Colum-
fbia college Grew, Elizabeth boat club,
Of Portsmouth, Va. the Quaker City
crew withdrew. The Columbia start
! ted splended course; the Elizabeth
crew suggested an eastern shore, and
did not steer we'll. When Nearing
Peters Island, the Elizabeth crew led
by length. CoIumhia then drew
SLOWLY up, aud the race from this
Ipoint to the finish vas a hard strug
lyle, Columbia winning ine9m ns.'s
The 4th heat WAS between the
: Brsvcrwicks, Falcons and Duquesnes
boat clubs The Beavers led IRON the
!, start with the Duqucsnes running her
hard .the aieot' ere VS. as they aeaTea
Peters Island, stoppedrowing. The
Beavers won in 8 minutes IA seconds,
) the ,Duqursncs three lengths behind
The 9th heat was between Penn
sylvania and WATKINS boat clubs, the
Malta having withdrawn. The Penn.
/ Itsy1ysnia boat stopped sevefsl -tiffes tire
! |and suddenly ceased pulling altpgeth-
/. let owing to weeds. The Watkins
cleared the course in 9 minutes 81
seconds. The mos. interesting hea,
commenced 1t 10 6 p. m, betweeu
!, a London rowing club and the North
y western club, of Chicago. The sigma
was given, and the London led by a
quarter Of length, making clear
and beautiful start.
4 Neither boats s.eered very weilE-A
the bond the Londoners were very
n little ahead, hut the Northwesterns
# steering badly lost ground. TIL.
i London crew kept mp a regular ma
chine like swing. Near Peter'a Is
land the Northwesterns caught WI
crabs and one near the start. Th,
: London was now lengths ahead
: The boats Increased thsir speed until
= amid cheers aud roaFs of the multi
= tude the Londons crew pulled pas
the flag in 9m 55s, followed by tn
Northwestern ina Is later. WI
Id The IiAae III and last heat WAS betwee
II, the 1st Trinity crew, Of Cam
to bridge and the Oneids's. The fol
W mer won in GIN 64s. The latte
I'D seemed exhausted and came in 9m G
winners -of@the seven heats Too
the Eurekas, Yale, Columbia. Bee
,st vsrwyoks, ). Watkins, London al,
ks Cambridge will row tomorrow
hv heats.
10 YACHT RACING.
of CulcAGo, August 2s-The ysch
ms Ina, of Toronto, and Frolic, Of CT
IA cago, sailed their second race to-ds
ed on Lake Michigan, running this tin
10 miles out to the stake boat, i
stead of seven, as before. The sta
y,e was made by the Ina at loh 36m 8
f. r. by the FFfelie at lob 3Bm 54s Thl
la rounded the FIRST stake boat al
= 35m ATS, aud N 39m Is respeetfvel
70 Fhe l6s reached the second stal
boat at 5h TN 2ls, rounding it
port, and tire F,rohc rounding to st'
board at 5h 9m 20s. Actual time
SD. favor of the Ina lh 35m Z The |
OF was ruled out, however, by the jud
po7 cs, after Ave. hours discussion
Mr. night, since she left the home stake
am port instead ot 10 stpr board, rs cal
1for by the Jag Eeernent Of stachs9, u
Z the 5rscc was given to the sFroiie.s y
MEL race WIS even more closely contes,
was than Saturdays, and wAsfnsensely
/ in citing. The Frolic is backed for
other race against the Ina, proyit
the latter will run.
A.. ILLINOIS sroRrsAKN.
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