New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-30
THE DAYS CONTESTS.

not easy TO take much interest In the fortunes OF nd
vidual oarsman. The grand stand half empty, and
instead OF heavy black border of spectators along the
river bank there only thin aud ragged fringe On
board the newspaper boat there chance TO and
the bow not usual filled with lot OF fellows
unknown to journalism except occasions where their
room would be good deal more desirable than their
company In the first heat the boats started promptly
O'Clock. The contestants j. Mccartney Of the
Friendship Club, New-York: Frank Henderson OF the
vesper Club OF Philadelphia G. Z. Mann Of the Argo-
nauta Of NewJersey and George w. Young Of the Cries.
cent OF Philadelphia. Mccartney In 1101@ without
much apparent troube Mann coming In second and tho
other two being too far behind to make IL worth
while TO notice their positions The race was exciting 70
nobody but the four oarsnen themselves.
In the second heat Ed Mills jr, of the Atlanta Club,
pulled against two Philadelphia sculers-J b. Sebert Of
the Vesper Club, and j. NJ Holsman Of the University.
Curtis OF the North-Westerns entered and
peced win the easily but for he did
not appear at the starting buoys. Mills and Seibert
pulled very pretty down to the end Of the first
mile neither having at any time the advantage Of q
boats length. Seibert then attacked with cramp,
and ceased rowing. H0lsman was q long way behind.
and could dispute the victory with Mills who reached
the judges stand in l0:594
The third close throughout and ended with
such spirited effort that it revived the dropping
of the spectators and sharpened their appetes
for the fouroared races to follow Four entries
the programme but one, Chas j. Corning OF the
Northwestern Club withdrew; r. A. Robinson OF the
Union Springs n Y, Club, 8. Gormley Of the Quaker
City, and c. p Tasker Of the Crescent Club OF Philade
phia started. Robinson the favorte, from his we'll
known record sculler and t no doubt surprised him
as much 1t did the crowd the steamers and the
Shore to find that he had a formidable antagonist In
Gormley. Leaving Tasker half dozen lengths behind
position that he kept pretty well throughout the two
pulled closely together that not until the Last half
mile was 1t evident that Gormley was leading. He
thaut nd Last anal nv viQ
GUS squirt on Robinsons part After that he Quickened
bis pace to meet every extra effort Of his rival display
ing Astonishing amount OF energy and skill, and win
ming race to the great JOY Of the Phadephans who
had scored heat before since the racing began last
week. Tme-Gormley. 1052%; Robinson, 1886;
Tasker, 11:l5.
By this time the crowds on and around the stand and
along shore had increased enormously In anticipation OF
the elatng struggle for the fouroared supremacy
little delay the Falls, not TO be ahead OF me
and the judges boat snaed for the crews In the first
heat to go down to the buoys. In this the
Beaverwycks easy vcor yesterday the Pittsburgh
crew. and the I" dark boat from Newark that
pectedly defeated the fine crew of Dublin University
graduates. Bow and bow the two boats shot tho
course one yard or 30 ahead and now the other
The Beaverwyck men rowed with curious swaying mo-
ton of their bodies from sde to side, and had thus
the appearance OF doing very ragged work,
but their stroke was in reality quite symmet-
rical and regular, varying from IS to the
minute. In much better form the Eurekas pulled "a
stroke with equal steadiness. They very light
crew, and would imagine from seeing them
stripped shore that they had so much good rowing
stuff In them At the beginning Of the last quarter the
Albany men, who had been gaining little by little by the
hardest work. cleared the Newark boat. It Tapped
them again. however but they had sufficient reserved
force for great browning effort and amid the shouting
OF muttudes shore crossed the line length
ahead. Tme-Beaverwycks, 9:o7; Eurekas, 9l3.
The next heat was bitter disappointment to two OF
the crews entered and TO all the spectators More Of
interest conferred In 1t than In any Of the day,
because the First Trinity oi Cambridge,
England Ut no longer figures the pro
grammes Q university crew. was matched for
the first time with the fine four from Column
bia College There every prospect Of square race
between the two college boats and patriotic feeling
high among the many English visitors present. while
every American hoped for victory for Columbia To
give added zest 10 the third crew, the Watkins
from Central New-York, who had done excellent work
yesterday, and had beaten Cambndges time
by half o second, made q third entry All
three boats dashed down to the buoys In handsome
STYLE but before the word go given Columbia pulled
around the judges steamer and drew out Of the
One Of the crew-Mr Boyd-had been quite III with
diarrhea and the captain knew he could not hold out
long SO 1t Watkins for America against the young
Engshmen from the Cam 1t was brilliant race at
urs Trinity fowed very smoothly stroke varying tom
AZ to a. and Watkins kept to steady 49, The haltmile
post was passed. and neither could be have the
lead Another quarter, and Watkins had half length
the lead and were increasing 1t slowly. The miepost
was almost reached, and the half had become little
over length, when Cambridge stopped rowing. Both
steamers checked up and after few seconds Of nxous
curiosity in the judges boat shouted to the
newspaper craft, "Take them on board" We lay still
till the Engishmen pulled alongside and then IL turned
out thatth trouble the same with Columbia No.
q Mr. (1uaa wh All eel
days. was taken with cramping pains, and could not
pull. The Watkins rowed on 20 the finish, and
made the excellent time record Of 9o1s, beating their
own time Of yesterday four seconds and a half
The last greatest Of the day-the greatest IN
fact OF she whole remarkable series Of fouroared con-
tests brought Yale University in direct antagonim with
the splendid London whose performance yesterday
in beating the Westerns, had marked them as the
champions Of the regatta Yale had little the advan
tage at the start but London soon recovered and the
boats went away side by side for half mile, the London
men keeping their a strokes with the regularity OF
swinging pendulum their beads and bodies in such per
feet alignment and their rising and falling in such
accurate accord, that viewed from behind the four
men became only one, and tho four oars only t"o
Yaes stroke Of 40 kept just as steadily ana oaP~
Cooks boys pulled with only little less nnisn o. s'
The steering good down to the hafmie post inen
the Iond6ners began series Of maneuyers OF ockeys
character pushing Yale repeatedly over TO the east
shore en- the outside of the there circling course
I, was not unfair according to boating rules ous
a. vas nnbandsone aud worthy only Of professional
narSmen These tactics lost Yale good two lengths
probably lost them the s race sys forced Te TO change
masr course or risk q foul and every such enanse'
where the river bends was serious less Q, dstaae'
% pe,er's Island where the last quarter mile begins
Yas was two lengths at least behind. Then Kennedy
rn , an the most powerful and magnincently sns-
p us a" .nnTt 7 have ever seen, keeping IL UP
the ns and passing the nne less than half sns re
hchind bis antagonIstss bow. hundred YARDS nosI
maze would have won. Observers on the grand syan
sav that the London boat crossed only I've feet
10y 49, -. .s1l,. Yale s.A2L this spfcnuM