The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-10
FAST TIME ON GREENWOOD LAKE,
The Beet Record Ever Made In n Pair.Oared
Race-Tbe Winners.

At the second days meeting Of the
Greenwood Lake sportsmen's Club yesterday
the event, were the races for pair cared shells
and Junior sipee scuils Both races were two
miles straight away. rowed on smooth water.
The pair Dared race brought out three famous
crews, and the time made was the fastest on
record, eclpsing proportionately the 2l min. 90
sec. made by the Northwestern pair In the
three-nile turn about race at Saratoga 10 Au-
gust. The starters were James II. Riley, bow |;
Julian Kennedy, stroke, Neptunes; Ed. Smith,
bow; Fred. Eldred. stroke, ArgonAutas; and W.
II. Downs, bow; J. E Eustis, stroke, Atalantas.
beautiful start was effected, the Neptunss aud
Argonautss rowing about % and the Atalantas
"a. 1t was very close work for an eishth Of q
mile, ana prettier rowing has not been seen.
Going up to the quarter the Neptunes' bow tip
showed to the front trihe, and at the half
mile they had hard work 20 get a half length
ahead. The Befson Point boys were second.
With about the same lead over the AtaIantas.
IL was auybody's race yet. and the excitement
among the paitisaus q the crews was at fever
neat. Although the Neptunes had no fudder.
their steering wac superb, while that OF the Alta
ntas was rather poor. On they dashed W TO
science con bined had sent their shell nearly
two lengths TO the fore. The Atalantas drew
slowly up to and then away from the Argonau-
tas. who. however, strove desperately for an
otaer eighth Of m lle to retain second place.
Iben tudinE their Efforts useless. they put their
he M up and started for nome.
At the mile and haf the ale boy and Sara
toga Riley had lengtoened out their lead TO
nearly 1--WE lengths, nor could the Atalantas de-
crease the distance. With this lesd the Nep-
tunes slowed down their stroke to thirty. and
Eept on increasing their distance. On the last
quarter the AtelsntAs made desperate spurt,
reducing the Neptunes lead, that was al one
time over coIen lengths. to about eight or
nine al tie huish. Neptunes' time. l. minutes
2lh seconds; Atalantas'. II minutes bSA sec
ou1s. Kennedy. Of the Neptunes. Is famous In
time on record IN tie senior single rsce at .ra-
tOsa last summer, beating even Courtney's fast
est Time, though not piited against him, BY Is
seconds.
In the Junior single scuils, out Of fourteen
entries; SIX ttsrted: L; 4 Or, seswsphakas;
Emil COnlon, FRIENDSHIPS; J. u. Foot. Nsssaus
Gerald MoL4ugh an, Nautilus. Tney went on
well together. Before hundred yards had
been rowed. Orr took the lead, nan following
CoDlon. With Mclaughlin snd Foot dghung for
tne honoss OF Last place. The race evidently
was between tire trst three, and for haf mile
IL was close. Then Orr Grew Hwav into a de-
cided lead, though up 70 the mile both Man and
Mills ressed him hotly. AT tue mile hcLaugh-
followed suit. orr kept leugtnening out bis
lead 10 the fnisb, and won by four or i've
lengths. Orr's tine. l4il5 Man, 1882; NILS,
lfp; Couion, l5:02.
Inc prizes for the m eetins, consisting Of costly
nass 20 wipning crews and elegant lockets TO
indiviiu.l members, were presented in the after
mon by MIR. Albert II. Neruam, Cuairman Of the
Regatta Committee.
The M etlng closes with tie race for profess
sioLal single scullers. on "wednesday. Among
DER, PAisied, Luther, Coulter, ana other nosed
Sc1Lers.