, 1877-06-22
AQUATIC.
pHYIt3a iAKN, VILE.


Special btspdscA to 7as Tribune.
DEvfI's LAKr, Wis, June n1.-The largest
number Of pcopfo who lave ovcr visited tho
lake wcre present to-day, tho first of two set
apart for ooat-racing. These conteats nre tho
only ones Of tho kind which .1layo, ever taken
place here, md, paper shells being novelty
In this locality; everybody for miles
around came 10 eco tic sport. There wcre
special trains from Madison and Barbadoo, and,
III addition, many arrived on tho regular trains
from Chlcago and st. Paul. In ali, there must
have been 600 men, women, md children scat
tered around tho shore, cycry ono seeming to
take deep interest in tho oarsncn aud thclr
pcculiaritlcs OF dress, or rather undrcss. A
grcat many Of
THE COUNTY, GIRLS
wcrc aston!she1 and perhaps shocked, since
thcy looked at tho crewn only from slightly
sianted.uulcr suh-umbreias.
There were six clubs represcntcd.-tho
Club, thu Niles Rowling Club. the Northwestern
Rowing Association, tho Minnesota, Of st. Paul,
and tho FHrragut, Of ChicnEo,-hl1 having
hro!igh binElo or dotlllo sculls, Of four.oarcd
tlcir protection.
ior az tio raees e. exscpt, one 'sas IRON, stake-
ss Ssai opGos!ts t!lc citt House 70 another At tho
% e of i esasa sst: s:te s =. rsferes rStt
and Thoras Jenkins, Of tlls Fnrragut Club, nj
:i'nskeeper. Thy Judges werc ". =: Grublb, g.
4. swnclord, Fred Richards, and II. G. Buck
inghasn.
TIE FIRST RACE
was for single esulls. tho cntrics being ". II.
Myntlmnn and W. n. Butler Of tho Minnesota,
", ~ b R,s, WiltS Of tug Farragut e. A. billings of
Thon,us Thompson Of the Dafaboo. The prtzc
was gold medal worth $50. Tho start was
= good onc,, NIL going of evenly. In
the first hundred yaras Willie drop-
more to ,nli out. After rowing a quarter
af milo billings gave up. For tho first l,alf
barnard, lIyntinan, aud 1}utlcr kent weil To-
gcther, thompson following pretty close bchtnd.
cne1 at rough water. being lnndlc to swlm, md
nude for shnre. lie, however, rowcd home.
The telnalninE tltrce kept, OIL, llyndInan ilntah
ing the milo t!rst. lio made bad turn and lost
length or two. Darnnr1, who had pressed
hun i!ar1l, made beauty, md galncd considcra-
bic, tic two
STARTING FOR HOME =
abreast, Thompson being itcen or twenty
1ner had 1t nip and tuck, and tho race would
h1ye been very close hnd It not been for an arci-
dent. Wltn opposite tho DEVILS Footstool,
Nynlman stogo hole in llis boat, md the water
which rushed Into tho cockpit loaded him down
10 that 1t was useless to attempt to win. Bar
nard came homo In 15:47; uyndman, about ten
!sngths !, bSisl, 4, lsS In 1854; fhoupson, poor
THE SECOND pAon
was o scrub tlc boats being. tho ordinary ones
an ill.,. @ NM, nn thn nther 's .itstenc "s,
Wns an mile NH t'c IN nv ,.,5n AZ preenbanss
Thn grst.rn,cd wcrc n +hn roor ~ ~, sisrt IN
fhoy Went ntca en man,oinct II ti'ot nix, ut
until tho fnish. The tine was 10 :4aa| po''''''
-. fHE THIRD RACE
ami Wreht. Of liz N;nnnsnts ots III ias, nawna
irothcra. nj tbs Forrop,ta on.i nnrnor.a mi rns
liz. Of to Nnrtiwestrr ~" i"stt ..or n,t fvns
itcs viii monv hotI, hnvtnn ad nnra
once IN singles, at ieast, thau INV of tho oti,srs.
Tho nrcyta,,n rnrcs IA wi"d hnn oen i,ttin
etIi7, onI the water Mt tho unnnr staao ''s VIVA
1".i1,iiv ro,mh VVhan ~ s3 ssaAa ,n1 muS
m. thcrn was En-, siiUht frco7c M, T1,,I o tt,r,
wns nroticftsi. Tbc rrtyns wcrc ~ tue n,.iais
worth I'D cnci,. p"@ 's'S ~" 'A'""N'''
wv rt,r sr,ur
vas a nrettv fair onn. In Ninn..oto, b,r,,o ,
iittis tke hest ri Il. Fin Earsn',,,s f1R fn1nRso1