New-York tribune., 1876-08-23
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE REGATTA ON THE sCHUYLKILL.

THE ON IuE OSAO Ai~iNhH'
iIlR ArALANTAs AND CoLUMBrAs WIN HEATS OF IHE
FoUR-OARED RACE-AKERMAN AND COURTNEY
WIN HEATS IN THR SINGLE sCULL RACE.
rpeoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEJ
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.-Still water, clear
,ky and little of the crspness and cooness OF coming
Autumn IN the air made the conditions OF weather ana
river to-day such no boating man coolu nave sus
gested an Improvement upon The0pcnng events Oh tue
annual regatta Of the NatOnal Amateur Association
were rowed on the SehuylkiN course, from the FANS
Bridge to Rockland Landing, just above the Reading
Railroad Bridge, distance Of exactly mile ana haii
s measured upon the ice U is beautiful course so aT
as picturesque environments are concerned anu
it has the special merit Of lying low down IN Vaey
sheltered from the wind by bold banks, so that tie
water is seldom disturbed Its defects are penu III the
last half mile and the OF the stream-lhe
ltter making Il unsafe TO start than three four
Dared shells at once Where there are number OF COM
netting crews il is therefore necessary 10 10" III
heats the winning crew in each heat alone nav
ing place in the final decisive contest AAhc
races to-day were of this preliminary chdao-
Ter They began with two fOur-oared heats, faie
milling I'm the first against fine amateur crews-thc
Atalantas Of Newly ard the Heaverwycks OF Albany
and in the second Columbia College being ptted against
the yesper Club crow OF Philadelphia The great interest
In these races grew out Of the novelty OF college crews
contendnc with the veteran amateur clubs whose con
stant practice gives them almost as much power ana
Yale went into the under very serious disad-
vantage The crew was fine one, perhaps the best the
University sent out, and It's performance
during its training had given its friends msh
hopes OF its success. But rev oa9s aE'
the stroke oarsman Mr.. Wood, bstercd one of his
fingers aud caught cold in it, so that an ugly sore was
the result the only man accustomed to sceihE'
and it wasimpossibe to fill hs place Capt Cook might
have taken any other seat in the boat but he was not
willing to undertake the double duty hat had dcvoved
upon the DOW. With admirable pluck Mr Wood deter
mined 10 rull in spite of his finger He did pun
wel but steering shockingly bad, ana lo't tno
crew the second place certainly and perhaps the hrst
IL was nearly an hour behind time, as usual on such oc
cosons before the waiting got the word 10 START
The Ataan az had the western shore the Beaverwyckshe
center and the Yale the eastern side All gOt uhoer
way rather tardy the Beaverwyeks obtaining the lead
but soon losing TO the Aalanas who Kept thcr ad-
vantage the end of the Yale fell behind aIter
dozen strokes, but spuIted finely, aud was pulling MP
and tapping the Albany boat when she was met oy IT'S
wash and again fell behind Away went ;fe Ataantas
with steady and powerful stroke hugglng the west
ern shore and showing by doing so their howledge
of the river close after them and frequently tapping
them came the Beaverwycks, and for nearly mic thc
race between the two boats close and ez-
citing Meanwhile, where were the college boysi They
were pulling magnifcenuy, hut their unfortunate steer
in, lost them half dozen lengths. They shcrrod of
an unaccountabe manner, and went clear over 10 "o
shore.
pulled across the river 10 the western bank where by
tremendous work they caught m with the Beaverwycls
boat got its water again, then gOt out of 1t, ana
gave the Albany boys sharp tusse Tor quar-
Ter of a mile Soon there Was q foul under the lee
of Peters Island. for which Yale Was clearly to blame
for she was Ou way out OF her course The oars were
disentanged but the Albany boys shrewdy gave their
competitors no room to row between them and the
island 80 the college had to take water again and
get around to the other side Of her rival before the final
squirt The Atalantas, meanwhile wore leslreN
padding down to the stakeboats, long way ahead.
T,me-Ataanta s:l32; Beayerwycks 9:2Sl4; Yale,
e39 The result proved that the crack amateur clubs
have no marked superiority over hne crew OF under
graduates II Yale had been well gtecrcd she would
have beaten the Albany boat and given the Atalantas
close pull.
The second heat between the Columbia College crew
of NewYOrk and the VcSper amateur crew OF Phlade-
phia was a fine race, close Throughout with splendid
s.t by both boats the finish and was won by Colur-
ba by a quarter Of n second only. They started well to-
eetber Columbia got little the lead at first and kept
it throughout, although often closely pushed
Tie vespeTs steered badly, and seemed
midway Of the course to he determined
10 mark ont the site of rail fence zgzaggng from side
70 side of the opposing boat Columbia pulled with
Good smooth stroke, getting furried only once,
aud steered well until IN the last quarter
when she made a bad sheer toward tie eastern
bank and lost the advantage OF length which she had
ahead but the NewYork boys, by immense effort,
gained the lost distance and got their bow across the
line just the of the Vespcr boat reached IT, co
close was the finish that none OF the spectators on ihs
Judges or the newspaper boat knew who had won util
they heard COlumb!a peculiar cheer and saw the Yes
pefs salung the vctors with Their oars. Tme-Colgn
ba 9:l3l4; Vpsper OLA SO Columbia won place inf'o
fnal heat and will pull with the Atan;as on Thursday
Three heats for sngesculls followed the iouI-oaftd
races The first was easily by T. C. AkeThan OF the
ATLANTA Club York, pulling against r. II Robinson
Of Union Springs New-York ard Charles T. Tasser Of
the Crescent Club Philadelphia. Taskcr fell badly he
hind at the start and did not Akerman shock
oF Robinson after the first half mile and went very
leisurey the rest Of the course making onh ~
strokes n minute and winning the race IN lO;%s ROBIN
son, 1855; Iasker. 1l;lol2
The second heat was no race at all Julian Kenncdy
stroke of The Yale crew. withdrew and there was no one
lc, To null against Charles F. Courtney the cham
sculer of America Int Frank PleasontOn O tie Quaker
City crew. good oarsman. but no match fcr H antago
mist Courtney distanccd him without any eholt.
RACING AT SARATOGA.