, 1876-08-13
SPORTS ON THE WATER.

SPORTS ON THE WATER.
WESTERN TRIUMPH AT SARATOGA.
Our respected, but slightly effete, brethren
Of the East are in a sad way over the Saratoga
amateur regatta which revealed to them the
fact that the great Northwest is the home Of I'LL
that is triumphant in skill or muscle. The fact
that the Northwestern and Michigan crews took
first and second place in the three-mi1e race for
four-oars rowed on Saratoga Lake Wednesday
last, fills the press with unpleasant wrath, and
they comment Oh the fact that neither OF the
Western crews know how to row. It may be
SO, gentlemen, but thev arrived at the winning
post first. Following are some extracts from
New York dailies: The Tribune said:
The result was proud victory OF Western pluck
and muscle over Eastern finish, style, and ponder
osity. The Showaecacmettes excited merriment
by their quick stroke which ran up to IS q minute,
iny straight back, but determination to win.
were @ dubbed tho grassbopper crew. The North
which carried them quickly to the front.
The showaecaenettes, who had not tired as pre-
dcted nov made spnr and rowed s al about a9
pulled to overtale the Nortlwcsterns, and came
within four lengths OF it, rowing their exciting
chop stroke to the last while the Northwesterns M
the Reaverwycks IN 1874 by 29A seconds.
The World has the following:
To-day brought grand and sweeping victory for
the Vert in sport in which the East has hitherto
always excelled. The pioneer oarsmen OF Illinois
way OF " inning racc,-not By dainty elegance OF
''style," nor by the lavish outlay OF money in
training, but by endurance as grand. and strug-
gle as hcrcn1can and heroic, ~ strong men deter
mined to conquer have ever made. Sarltoga Lake
has never been the theatre Of SO valiant 4 contest
The Northwesterns were rowing stroke
Of 38 per minute. It was marked by all c1traordi-
nary length Of reach and wonderful amount Of
t.dash. y Instead of ''bracng the shoulders - Ut
the end Of the stroke, all the men but Gartte
reaerving himself for lacr in the race: All swung
out of the boat badly and made no pro:
tension to 'sitting up straight" The chcf n,
the quickness with which their hands left
their bodies and the uniformity Of the oars. They
were steering course straight and beautiful not
dcviatng an inch from the line. in this respect
contrasting favorabig with both Ata1antas and
Showaecaemettes- In the meantime the
showaecaemettes, who were abrcnst OF the Ata-
lantas, we're rowing in that strange irregular
their stroke ran up TO - and never fell below 4o
Though they had fowed the first mile at the top OF
slightest indication OF exhaustion, but, on the
contrary, seemed. as the race advanced, to be
composed Of catch and jerk. 1t would have been
impossible for larger men TO have rowed it, but
it was, perhaps, well adapted to the Size OF the
crew. Its merits we're the decided beginning and
sharp, quick tug; and the crew pulled It we'll
together. That they could keep it up through
3-mlle race is indeed remarkable, and leads
for their endurance more than for their knowl-
edge Of the principles Of rowing: ..,..,
In justice 10 the Argonautas it should be said that
they were rowing more smoothly and elegantly
than any of the other crews. What they lacked
WAS deyil,'' and lacking that, they we're sure to
fail behind crews every man Of whom was charged
half In IN fha ffFn nit1n-2 n Ia
the contest for the lead was furious and exciting
Now the powerful Northwesterns had it; now the
graceful Atalantas: and now the wiry, aeEy
one could tell which one led until they began to
turn Then it appeared that the Northwesterns
were n second ahead. They turned their stake in
Showaccacmettes theirs in SIN. 53s. Ten seconds
later the Bcavcrwycks turned: and after them, in
twenty seconds or more, the Areonautas. IS soon
stake boat Curtis called to his men. Responsive
his CALL they their stroke up to forty and, af,
ter as terrific struggle as was ever seen showed
the lead or perish in the attempt. Still,
n, more ~ than half a length IN adSancc Il
oue,s race Each Of those twelve men felt that the
ail-i,nportant moment had conlc and each one
tuggcd on his oar as II life depended on every
rowing IS per minute in miserable form, but keep
ing up with admirable endurance their long, pow
crful stroke. Curtis was still steering straight
was still excellent, bnt tho force OF the stroke was
growing less aud less: and for q moment their
friends were apprehensive that they could not en-
Showaecaemcttes, was shouting in French encores
to lis crew, and at every sound of his voice the
stroke was quckencd, and M the boat 5nmpsa WITH
!yses sPsea had lead Of or t enshs and tue
Showarcaemettcs had succeeded IN passing the
Ata1antas. whose chances for victory were s
fRe two %s*sn Crews ff Twes before
they had pulled against each other such u race as
this, and twice the Siovaecaemcttes had won
But to day the fortune that had gn!ued them be-
fore was tickle, No struggle. however haru-no
stroke. however lively, could in the short distance
that remained. I'LL Ihe gap tat LAY between then'
on which the Wards and Cornell had won; the
shonts Of the spectators. now mad With excite,
mcnt rung in their ears; the Captain again called
on his mcn-and raising hia stroke to forty five
pusse tue eighth Of mile of scanolding in the in
credible time Of "a secondz. But the gallant e.
fort was too late. The NorthwcsteEns haa already
steamhoats, booming of cannon, and shouts Of the
1nnltitude told them that further c5erion was IN.
tile; tllat the prize was already won. The time Of
II if :, h'ter by tew seconds tan the famous time
Of the Ward brothers over the same course.
The names Of the winning. crews and their
time were as follows:
rsTS;*t<S. rGs1t;4 Ssx As r3z"' e !iS, 9s ,so s,%S
Henry Smith, No. 2,.....-.53 15{ a,W
John KIllorln, No. 3....-.:J l59 5.l01
Charles Corning. stroke...33 1a@ 6.V0
SN0'F1ec&tn1tlf<. -
Jnscrh Kadeau No. 2---9e 1N 5-u
S1esls1 Me;S Saisa.: Sassts a.. ;troxe.s 1S a 5
1t has already been noted, but snould be
aguin mentioned in this connection: that Mcssrs.
Henry Smith anlI JOHN kjllorin Of the winning
crew landed the prize for pair oars on previous
tlay, beating four other pairs quite easily in
Il 10.
Capt. J. n. Ostrom, of the Cornell University
crew, has been engaged to report the Centennial
Rowing Regatta for the Spirit Of the Times. The
regatta will be held under the auspices OF the
United States Centennial Commission and
schuylldll Navy, at Philadelphia, Aug. Il to
September Is.
NEw YORK, Aug. 12.-The yachts Madeline
and Countess of Duflerin entered to-day upon