New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-16
Local Intelligence.

wxrER CRArT-11s Assssewr Rowing
Regatss Tho leading smateuf rowing
-clahs yesterday furnished adnissEs u shas
sport . regular esat On The diver. snd
evsrythips passed 81 spasadidly, sven sasisr
fAstorily, net enly 70 the viasen bat 70 lie
lossEs. ~
The first ssatsse w. IT sisgls seull
shslls, with tvo eatsjse, nansly: ODseasl,
Of the Hope, sd J. Kes9A0, Of ~ rse
ssvseancs; psiss, chsapasa Ds1aa; distance.
two miles. straight dawn stream. The fsvoe-
lite wss O'Donssn b. . li4tls eaas. ~ ths
start he broke away h lpsst9 styls, sssa
taking the bank, thoagh olossly, pushsA BY
Ksegaa. TAs men had not pulled fas bs6sss
the Hopes bost was noticed 70 fell beek .
little, OF perhaps It may b that the Per
ssvssancs- picked up; however,. II was osiy
. spurt and O'Donnsu quickly began to
leave his opponent, taking IN indispstsble
lead. At the ice factory the Hope she'll was
90 far ahead that he hsd ths race, getting
homo in ID vance. Both men halted o. the
way NOSE than once, sppassatly insliaed 70
take things easy; KesGAn, seeing that Ae
w0 almost certain to lose To Isee, halss6,
- If to land, and ,O'Dosneil, aoting that
fast, laid on his oars lightly, but got home
in good time-l2:56. i t''r.' W. r =
The second race was for singls scall
working boats, with two entries; II. Bren'
nard, Of the Hope, and Mr.. Rafferty,, OF the
Howard Club; two miles straight down
stFssm. , The Hope boat led of lively
enough, but the Howard man had no time
I'd waste, 80 put ON elbow grease, and not
Only overlook his opponent, but managed
tomas HIN. Several squares before they
reached tho 10 factory tho race va CON
ce1ed 70 the Howard men,. Time-l342 ii
,In-ths third race, two miles. double, sheil,
the aowasds nset with 10 opposition, tat
nscessarily pulled over the oeurse. -
The fourth contest, four cared shells,
bsoaght cut the Hope, Southern, Orleans
and Riverside clubs, to pull for the cham
pion flag; three miles down stream. The
boats vere In line without much tceuhle,
and it Vas believed that the Hops Of the
Riverside club would be victorious; - for
the Orleans and Southsrns, though IN sp-
parent fine condition, they did not call for
any odds among betting mon. Soon sftss
the send.off, the two last named found
themselves in the rear, and not worth
much. The trial WAS thenceforward BE-
tween the Hope and Riverside mon. The
Biverside led in the beginning, and put IN
some excellent pulling, but the Hope boet
stmply kept second place. Before half
mile had been msde, tho Hope boys pat
themselves down to work, and forged for
ward somewhat. but every inch Wa fought
bv tho Riverside crew. Both boats strag-
aled hard for tho mastery, and the men
rowed splendidly. Before reachisg tho ice
factory, the Hope crew Showed tho osss
muscle, going to the fore and remaining
there until the homo stake IVES reaobeov'
taking the race in l6:26-aot hAk . lenglA
ahead.
The fifth race, three miles, found only the
Hopes fonr-oared gig on tho surface, ana
that Vas Q walk over. Time-16:lC. d..
Tho sixth race, four-oared bsrges, three
miles, interested the Hope, AspinwAll, Mag
,nolis and the Perseverance. The Aspin.
vsll pulled out bravely from tho stakes,
and held talerable lead short time, but
the Hope boys quickly settled the matter
by shooting shead under strong pull,
soon leaving ell the opDonents struggling
along at various distances. The Hope got
home in l7:47. man..
A ftesh wind interrupted the racing, un'
doing all the advantage gained ~ . our
rent; besides, the steam tugs and otnef ves-
sells caused Q disagreesbls swsai N the
river, retarding progress. The manager
deserve praise for their accommodsthS
conduct - go
The levee, the wharves and the chipping
were thronged with anxious sight seskess'
An ANXIOUS CANDIDATH.-A story i told
concerning gentleman who is doing his
hat TO secure tho nomination of up town
coroner, and 1t seems to b quite true. He
VA only . short distance from the scene OF
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