The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-07
YESTERDAYS REGATTA.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE AND FINE
SPORT.

A LARGE ATTENDANCE AND FINE
SPORT.
The Hope Club Entries victorious i'm the
single scuIi and Gig Races and the
st. John In the Double scull.
The regatta yesterday was quite well attended
there being present upwards Of three Thousand
persons, enough to leave but little standing room
for any on tile bank OF the bayou leading out
from Browns. The pavilion, too, was well pat.
ronzed. and all sorts Of sailing craft were brought
into requisition to secure positions in the lake
commandinga
VIEW OF THE COURSE.
Ships, schbonerp. luggers, skffJ, dugouts, and 10
fact everything that could be secured, was Dor
rowed or hired for the occasion, the interest taken
in the races indicating that each club had hun
dreds of friends on hand and that the general
public took more than an ordinary interest in the
affair.
The 81. John Club accommodated about 800 OF
their friends--ladies and gentiemen--on the gal
leres OF their handsome club house, and on the
lower gallery was located one Of tho city bands to
discourse music. About half.pss 8 o'clock q
squall sprang up, which lasted few moments
giving those not under shelter
A SPLENDID DuoRINa,
Just before that time several of the judges start
cd and Immediately afterwsrd shower fell, fol-
lowed by the second and third, compelling post.
ponement OF the first race until o'clock.
out Of the bayou on the steam yacht Myrtle, the
timer aud one Judge taking his position on the
flagship Gov. Claiborne, aud soon everything was
in readiness for the first race.
This was single scull shell race, distance one
mile to the stake and return, and had as entries
O. T. Soniat, OF the st. John; James Keegan, of
the Perseverance; r. g. Musgrove, OF the st.
John; James O'Do,nell. of the Hope; Z. Foley,
OF the Atlantic, and M. Dallas, OF the Orleans
Club. In the order named the oarsmen took po-
sition at their flags, soniat having the outside
and Dallas the ineide. or shore position. When
the gun was fred
ron THE START,
Musgrove jumped out ahead. followed by O'Don-
nell, with Soniat third, this position being main.
tanned for about 200 yards, when O'Donnell be.
gan to crawl up on Musgrove, and at tho half
dear life and the prize. O'Donnell's long and
steady pulls began soon to show and bio soon
made gap, which at the three-quarter stake
had increased to fully one hundred yards. He
turned
the mile stake, which he did in very neat style.
and manifesting no hurry whatever he
WAS WELL ON HIS WAY HOME
when soniat, who had passed Musgrove, turned,
followed closely by Musgrove, the others being |
some distance behind.
BY this time the water had become eighty
rufiled, and the wind blowing off shore, ODon. |
mel! thought he wonld take advantage of his po- |
siton and pull nearer the shore, where the water
was almost calm. He did so, and permitted both |
Soniat and musgrove to gain on him somewhat. |
ne pulled away again, however. and at the half |
mile stake was hundred yards ahead with So |
Mat and Musgrove pulling hard and about even, |
the Orleans, Perseverance and Atlantic scullers
far behind, In the order given.
:, When within quarter of mile of the starting
line 0Donnel
GOT DOWN TO HIS WORK,
pulling about thirty-nne strokes to the minute |
sending his boat through the water at railroad /
speed. coming in 200 yards ahead Of soniat. who |
led Musgrove 100 yards, O'Donnel making the |
two miles 10 15l7s4.
THE SECOND RACE
double scul shell, one mile to stake and return,
had Is competitors Messrs. NJ. Wheeless and J, |
Murphy, Of the sontherns; 7. II. Bayhi and |
James Connolly, of'the st. Johns, and Thomas /
Barrett and J. r. Fitze, Of ,the Howard; the /
southern having the outside and the Towards
The inside. At the start the st. Johns took the
cad aud kept 1t until the three-quarter stake
DruHh0d
and lapped them, and for over hundred Yards
t was dead pull, the Towards having been left
some distance behind,
In turning the mile stake the 1T. Johns were
slightly ''
IN THE LEAD, |,
The Southerns following close. and the Towards
, doz lengths In the rear. In this order they
ing on the st. Johns until the latter were not
over half q boats length ahead, and when the
irst quarter Of mile had been reached they were
'ven, but the ST. Johns pulled out ahead again,
md when within quarter of mile of the start
ADVANCE.
About this time the Towards began putting in
SOME HEAVY STROKES,
to pass the Southerns, and in that
order the race was ended. the ST. Johns winning
BY ten boats lengths in 1455, the Towards Sec
md In 1859 and the Southerns third in 1902
The third race for four-oared gigs, one mile
md return, found entries from five clubs as fol.
ows:
perseyeranee-E, g: zeigler No. l. H. Bland
Magnolia Hadey No. /, P. Carr M. Q.
P Stubbefeld No 8, A. Mcdonald stroke.
Orleans-H. Cline No. l, W. L. Peyton No. Q.
L. 9. Watrous No. 8, @. Buchanan stroke.
Hoppe. Wilson No. l. J. Redmond No. g. M.
Lightly No. 8, P. Powers stroke.
Riverside-Thos O'Hsrs No. /, Henry Frazer :
No. 2, NJ. Gallager No. 3, r. E. Diamond stroke.
The Perseverance, crew had the outside, the
Riversides second, Magnolia third, Orleans
ourth and the Hopes the shore stake.
In the start the last named crew took the lead:
he Riversides. Perseverance, Orleans and MAG. c
lolia following in the order named, and in this
way the half.mile stake was reached when !!
dcDonald, of the Magnolia !
SLIPPED HIS SEAT,
shich put sudden stop to his pulling and that
4 his crew; and when he got it righted the !
thers were 80 far ahead that his crew turned
bout and went home. At the three-quarter
take the Riversides had gained on the Hopes
Until thew were even and from there tn the tnrn |