The Portland daily press., 1877-07-19
BOATING.
Three Good Race. a. Evergreen Landing.

The boat races adv ertised to come off at Ev-
ergreen Landing yesterday morning drew
large crowd, and the races were very interest,"
ing. AS usual in boat races there was delay
in starting the first class, and although adver-
tised to commence at II o'clock it was nearly
two hours later before the word was given. 1t
appears that the race was gotten up by the peo
pie at Evergreen. Mr.. W. H. ii. Caef of Bos-
ton, started the affair for the amusement of the
boarders in that vicinity. He was assisted in
the labors by G. L. Bailey of this city, and Hal-
ry Skinner Of Boston. Messrs. Bailey Calef
and Skinner acted as judges on the upper boat,
which was anchored off old field point buoy,
and was in charge of Messrs. T. P Beals and
A. G. Sterling. 1t was decided to have three
classes single working boats, four oars and Ian
streaks four cared.
In the first class there were six boats euter-
ed, but Mr.. Sheehan, one of the men, was
obliged to Withdraw as his boat leaked badly
The five boats which started were given DO ST.
tions in the following order: Blue Jacket, Thos.
ONeal; Early, j. FL. Littleiohn; Clamshell, S.
Cummings; Canvas, w. H. Durgin; Race
Horse, james E. Murphy. They were started
by gun from the judges boat at 1244 Lit
t!ejohn started with sharp, quick stroke and
led all his competitors from the first dip of the
oars. O'Neal started slowly and turned badly,
and In short time stopped rowing for some
reason, but soon resumed. In the meantime
Cummings was pressing Littlejohn, and the
others were scattered behind. The first two
turned the stake boat but short distance apart
and came to the judges beat in the same order
Littlejohn's time was % minutes, and Cum
mings' was one minute later Durgin was third
and the others were far behind. Littiej ohn re-
ceived the prize of three government flags.
The second class was for four-oared boats
-Four boats appeared in this class. The Alex
andra was very heavy boat and she was How
ed TO carry three men and cockswain, which
about evenly matched the boats. The boats
and crews were given positions in the order
named:
Our Boys-William Feehau and Joseph Nc
Closky.
Alexandra-James W. McC.osky, William
Ballard. Mr.. Whitley, and George Porteous
cockswain.
Tsro-Fred Knight and L. E Smith
Silver Cloud-Wiliam Trefethen and Mr..
Fisher.
They were given tie word at 1876 Silver
Cloud led little on the staff, but so small was
the distance that it was scarcely perceptble.
The Alexandra came second and the Tyro third
These positions were kept during the whole
race. AT the lower stake boat the three men
were long distance behind Silver Cloud, but
their three oars told very much in turning,
where they made gain. Silver Cloud made
the distance in % minutes and won the prize of
$10 The Alexandra was one minute later, and
the Tyro third, the Our Boys not going over
the course.
In the third class there were two four-oared
crews in lapstreaks. This was the best race of |
the day and was very exciting, as there were
good Oarsmen in each boat. The Speedway
was much the lighter boat, but no time was al |
lowed. The following boats appeared in the Or
der named:
Speedaway-W Payne, Thos O'Neal, |
John Faxten and Dennis O'Connell.
Fair Play-G. O'Connell, John Murray, Luke |
Donahue and G. O'Neal.
The boats got good start at 2 O4. The Speed
away led after going short distance and con-
tinued to go throughout the race. In coming /
in, however, there was but little difference |
The Speedway won in 81 minutes, and receiv-
ed the prizs of $40, while the Fair Play was /
but half minute later.