The New York herald., 1877-07-05
AOUATICS.
THE ARGoNAUrA REGATTA AT BERGEN POINT
YESTERDAY


THE ARGoNAurA REGATTA AT BERGEN POINT
YESTERDAY.
The members of tho Argonauta Rowing Association
held their regatta Bergen Point yes
terdsy celebrating in this tho anniversary OF
American independence. The shore to the right and
left OF the ASSOCIATION Is boathouse lined by large
assemblage OF spectators, some OF whom were in
riages, whie up and down tho kills number Of
craft ol different rigs piled hher and thther In evil
dent enjoyment oil the delightful weather and tho
pleasing There we're i've races. which included
the oivating spectacle OF "'ub race" The sport be-
gan at W o'clock in the afternoon and was finished
by half-plst five.
The SIM gle shells race. mile and thrce-quarers
pull, ahe hrst the programme. There Ave
cn.ries--w. 4. Taylor, Arthur Duane. C. y. Greene,
J. McNidre and Fred Spring Mr. w. I. Taylor
easily Sm. 43s., Mr. Arthur Duane coming
four -oarcd gig which followed was looked
upon important event to the associa-
f. Rhoaes ns Bamha ray oa%sx Sisw and Messrs
zabrskic, with Z. humphrics as coxswan. fhe
other crew wa rrs composed Of Msssrs M H. Man. r.
coxswain. Ths tmo OF the winning gig could not DO
obtained, 1t Was not kept bv the judges.
The pair-oareS' shells the distance
called forth muoh interest from the members of the
association. whl.e was the Winning color IT, was
tho being ed by Messrs. W. T. Taylor and Il.
T.. Dunbar.
A race by four. oarrd harges with .'scratch" crews
which was ON the prog anime, did not come OIL.
The fouroared she'll race practically ended the days
work for the tub race winch followed can hardly oe
looked upon as worthy the attention OF boatmcn,
ceptng Tor the "run OF The thing" The Winning
shell bore the rcd coors ano was manned by Mcssrs.
j. McNlder @. b. Greene, X. " II. Schuyler and G. Il.
Man; the white boat was pulled by McGsrs. W. T..
Caldwell j. NJ Duane. william Gwynue and A. Gallup.
The Judges with their ireD Us, many OF whom were
OF the gentler sex, viewed the sport from board
the steamer Edward Annon.
THE NEWARK REGATTA GREAT CROWDS OF
PEOPLE AND GOOD DAYS RAcING--rHE
WINNING CREWS.
The regatta given under the auspices OF the Newark
Common Council came on yestcrday, on the Passalc
River course opposite the city. The distance for all
races was ono and a half miles straightaway. Tho
beautiful shores of the Passac densely crowded
and along the road hundreds of teams followed the
racers
Up and down tho course wero tugs and schooners
and barges filed with crowds There from
twenty i've thirty thousand people upon the river
banks.
There were ferty-three crews entered for the sew
eral and Of these twenty-two started, among
Them the Nautilus pair and four, OF Harlem River;
the Quaker City lour, from Philadelphia; the Friend
snip pair, OF New York, and many other well known
clubs from abroad, besides all the homo ciuos.
RACK. ',-''.,.
started at halfpast two, one hour late tthrough
iault the reteree Tho en,ri as iollows:--
bowl j. Riley, George Gcsci. John Reiei r. H. Mills,
Thomas Williams lstrokes eecoTge krali tcoy-
swan) No. ,ndI Mystic Boat c0O NeSsra; sare;0s ).
G. G. FreImshuyson' sem" II. p aaynessD E. e. rn,hi, ). a.
T. punnins !srsrokeIW a, BrSwa Scsxs%aln, G , No >,
Clark, J. Young, W. Rcyuo, p Young, j. Angeman
(streke. J. r. Centrlll (coxswainl
Tbe positions were numbered from the Newark or
west shor They all got well oil together. At tho
halt mile the Gramcrcy crew were leading, with Er-
rckas second, bat Tho latter wont ahead, and
the Gramercies c to secopd and naly To third place
the Eurckas won in sm. 53s., Mystic secoud, Gra-
The following tho the nrst trial heat
OF the single sculIsNo. l, Geora, W. Lee, Triton
J. G. Bassett Nautilus; No. 4, w. O. Hail. carteret.
Bassett ana Pieasanton both drew out before the
Second Heot.-No. l, J. W. Adams, Mystic; No .,
C. H x. Halsey, Viking; No. 8, =. Conon, Friend
ship; Nc. 4, Daniel Lynch, Waveriy.
Lynch and HaIsey were left far behind and did not
finish. Conion won easily In om 42a
THIRD Heat t-No. l, Il. Mills, Jr., New York Ath-
leiic; No. ?, Joseph MaGlnn. wavery.
Maginn had some trouble before lie had reached tho
quarter-me. point and dropped out OF the race Mills
rowed over the course In 9m 26s r.
Final Hedt-Between The winners OF the trial
heats-No !. Q. ". Lee, Triton Club; No. 2, Il.
Mills. New York Athletic Club; No. 3. 4. Cohlon,
Friendship Club.
They goI we'll of together. but Mills began to
20 to tho 'front.' by the quarter
OF mile int had halt lensth's ciear water be-
tween his boat aud Lee, who was sccond He kept in-
creasing his lead tho end OF the race, winning In
9m., Lee second, Conlon third.
PAIR-oARsD SHELL RACE.
The following entered Tor the paIr-osred shell -:
No. l. Nautilus-WIlliam Waisn (bow), 4. A. Lcvicn
No 4 Triton-S A. Smith bowl +. TownIcy
The Nautilus took the lead tho aud held st to
the end, winning in 9m 43i4s The Nautilus bow
about ne could do TO paddle and keep time and
make stroke do the work by pulling against the rud
PAIR-oARED GIG RACE.
The following clubs contested tho pa!r-oared gig
No l. Nonparcl Club, New York--George johnson
bowl W. T. Kent ls,roke), c. Cater lcoxswainl No.
Mystic Club, Newark-Gardiner (oow), Dunuing
moci, ship Club, New York~M Robinson lbowJ Mecart
ney (styoke) NJ. :; Murray tcoxsw.inl No. Wing
G'uo tsrokc II neasuburs coxsws~ @ poG " '"''e''
This was very pretty race tho Mystic and Friend
ship asnung hard Tor hrst place The Mystic won in
PouR-oARED SHELL RACE
This looked upon the race OF the day. The
crews were NO l, Quaker city, OF Phiiadcphia--
J. ID. McBea,h (bow), +. GormIcy, f. Henderson aud
os% ano Youn@ sns %nean
tsroke); No. 3, Nautilus, New York-h Waist, (Dow),
l.. L Rouse William Chllds and +. A. Lcvcin lslroke)
The Eurckas tovk the lead on the start m heid IL
the nnish followed dpsely by Tho Gu ker Guy crew.
The Nautilus rowcd N the best style, bat they
sleered wildly, running from one side of the
steercd well and kept close together. TIE
Eurekas won in SIN. 14As., Quaker City second d
Nautilus third. THcrc time made, but tho
wind md tide with them and all starts
little the starting pon,, 30 that the course
u little short
REG TIA OF THE sAUGERTIEs ROWING CLUB
INTERESTING EVENTS AND LARGE ATTEND
ANCE.
sAuGERTiEs, N. Y, July T. 1871
The Saugerties Rowing CiuD regatta took place this
afternoon. The attendance large, the water good,
and the day Gne.
The first single scull race between the WoIvcn-
hooks, OF Albany, aud the sauserties. romkius, OF
the Wolvenhooks, beat Pdgcon, OF the Saugertics by
hall "a length. Time, I'M 23s.
Tho second, n double scuii between the Ulysses