The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-21
NEREID BOAT CLUB.
A BURLxsoUE RKoArrA ON TIE KILL Won
KULL-THE coRsAIR-LIKE CHAPS WHO
PLEASED TEx LADIES AND AMUSED THE

BURLxsQUE REoArrA ON TIE KILL Won
KuLL-THE coRsAIR-LIKE CHAPS WHO
PLEASED TIN LADIES AND AMUSED THE
REAL BOATING MEN.
Tho Nereid Boat Club OF Brooklyn held its annual
regatta the KIN Won Ku yesterday At four O'Clock
the steamboat Northneld chartered for the occasion,
left the foot Of Montague street. Brooklyn. having
large party of ladies' board and number Of boating
Arriving tho course there several bitches
in the management and q great deal OF uL-
necessary delay caused by the ignorance
OF the committee on placing stakeboats There
were three races rowed, four-oared race,
distance two miles, straight away from the can
buoy between Constable's Point and the New Brighton
dock, point little eastward Of tho lighthouse in
the XIII opposite Elm Park; pair cared and single
scul race a course Of one and half miles The
snd had much Irritation their minds that they
permitted tho regatta ITSELF Engshman on board
ITO GO TO rnx DoosED now Vows"
Tho following entries made Tor the regatta
yIRsr-youR-oARED GIGS
sPdnope''-Rcd Observation-Disclosures
Bow James A. Bergen Bowl c Broun.
No. 2-E I. Nichols. No. &C I. JeneriA
Coxswaln--R s. Morrison Coxswa,n-c c. Broun
sscosp-fAR-oARKD SHELLS 49,.
Bow-Chas n. Bull Bow Lawton.
Stroke-Frank B Tracy. Stroke-W. A. Brown.
THIRD--sIxCLE SOULS
For challenge cup presented 10 the club BY MT.
William H. Gladwtn.-Joa r Earle, red Benz "A.
Jessup blue and white; =. B. Rogers, white
There has been good deal OF boat racing on the XIII
Won ku in days gone by, but nothing has ever been
to compare with tho regatta Of the Nereld Boat
Club yesterday. There red capped and
blue capped crow in the four-oarcd race and to the
lockers the members OF the crews seemed 10 have
been made up 10 enact buriesque. None of the men
knew how pull with the exception OF Joe Earle the
stroke of the Reds and Bussing the stroke Of the
Blues Bussng did his best, but he had that
would have struck terror into Sheridan's
troopers at the Five Forks .'The Reds
have splendid catch, haven't theyy" asked
a man whose hat was adorned with big red ribbon.
eyes. they havc,' answered an old boating man, III
they keep that catch long they Will empty the Kill I"
The Reds beat the Blues by six lengths the time made
second paroarcd race the shouts OF laughter from
the spectators loud and long continued the two
rowed the Kill instead OF rowing down. and
touled each other with sort ccsacy. Then the Red
stood right still and the others rowed ahead with
awful appearance OF energy until they came under
the bows OF coal schooner which they ouled In the
most beautiful style. dashng the water around them
madly. Time, Am. 30s The Red pair-oared laid
the ceward eide OF the coal schooner Tor few moro
minutes, and were hidden away from all inspection
Then they appeared again In the meantime
the Blues wanted TO know II they would row
aud told to ''dr0wn themselves by the cnthu-
crowd. who cheered dersIvely from the Argo
nauta boat house. Tlmo was not taken IN this race
which was declared not 10 be race ut all The excite
mcnt terrible during this race, and at least ono
gentleman lost hall dollar on the result
In the single scull Joe Earle won by about ten
lengths Rogers coming IN second and Jessup the worst
third that ever was seen on any course.