The New York herald., 1876-09-02
THE OCEAN SWIM.

MAoNIFIcENT CONTEST BETWEEN ANDY TgAUTz
AND GEORGE wADE-A CLOSE RACE-TRAUTZ
THE WINNER By HALF YARD.
LONG BRANCH. Sept l. 1870
When this city by the sauted this morning
by the rays of the there very little ex-
element the great swimming race, which had
been long announced The truth Is that there was
very small belief IN the prospect of race Continual
posponement of tho time for the race between John
and Trautz two years ago, and the final abandon
ment of the for Pleasure Bay
made the Branchers regard all the fine promises OF a
magnificent struggle with easy seaside cyncism 1t
been announced that tho steamer Twilight to
from New York and act as the s,akeboat by re-
naming four miles off the Ocean Hotel Toward
word that the steamer had LETT New York. Stew
art the trainer of Wade said there had been a misun.
dersianding about the steamer but st there would be
a race. 81 tod you so, said a hundred easy cyncs.
.'Noxt thing the fishermen won't launch their boats
sure to have excuse to put It on." Consequently
Long Branch took little or no interest in the AFFAIR
Your correspondent could hear of single bona fde
bet. One shrewd New York lawyer said, swell,
might bet was present the last the
high contracting partes.n Tho morning all that
sunshine u pleasant southery breeze and gcntlo
could make IT. People breakiased and bathed
ard talked over Scymour's declinaton just Ncp-
nourshing their tridcn,s and blowing their concn
shells in anticipation OF the struggle to be.
THE PROGRAMME
as finally decided on, the largo surf boat to
take the referee judges and members OF the press
be used stake boat, and the start from the beach
was announced for o'clock. The start for the
TO be miles of shore and the contestants to swim
At one O'Clock there a small crowd the beach,
IN front of the Ocean Hotel bathing houses but no
signs of the swimmers. AT quarter past solitary
boatman appeared, with pair OF new sweeps over his
shoulders HIS hair weedy his beard was long
and weedy and long was he Another boaman with
Jack plano followed him. They began planning the
blades of the long sweeps with much dciibcraton as
II they were old Noah aud male relative building the
ark. About nfty.o small boys, mostly semi naked,
formed dense throng 10 witness this performance,
which they regarded mysterious rite necessary TO
n successful swimming match. Your correspondent
lay down calmly the sand and whistled popular
melody Illustrative OF a sensitive organization, prey
to melancholy. AT haf-past one ] was hailed by
a man bathing sui, and n wide awake
ha, and pencil behind his ear. / knew
hc had note book concealed his per.
son somewhere. Presently a tall, brown eyed,
sunburned man. OF athletic form, wearing patent
leather shoes bathing SUIT, with the crown of straw
hat his held accosted u.s. and told the boa,
was ready for launching We slowed ourselves in the
boat 10 the number OF ten, and showed of, run
through the surf IN delightfully."- cool and splashing
manner, and found ourselves outside the breakers
and going ahead very comfortably. There mild cx-
citemeut board the saunch craft caused mainly by
shipping small over the HERALD correspondent
1t was very amusing to the observer Time, seven
teen minutes two O'Clock y. VI. Two
minutes later small, green surf boat put OF,
bearing Andy Trauiz, ms fortunes and his
| stalucsquo trainer, Ben Whiieman Tho men
| pulled with WILL and halt mile from
shore and panorama OF Long Branch and the sweep
Of coast toward sandy Hook, with the dark line Of the
Navesnk Highlands towering above It in the distance
! to the northwest The shining, and the
southcrly breeze just touched the waves with white
cans ms we went up ana down with a pleasant motion
| over the green waters There sign of Wade s
boat putting OF tho shore There crowd gathered
about II, and at last it TO move, aud alto
| some noundering IN the suri TO return. We
| concluded II had been swamped and that
| they we're getting another boat THIS proved
| correct and a, ton minutes past two Newcrait was
seen by us to from the shore and como ior
! ward at a rapid rate, with shrec pair OF sculis
TIN RIVAL SWIMMERS.
While they were pulling out We had time 10 take a
| good look at the boat wi,h Andy IrautE in u.
J. Andy Is very handsome man Of thirty. He weighed