The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-27
GREAT scULLERs' RACE.
THE couIrNEY-RrIEY RETURN MATCH TO-
pAY-THE MEN ALL READY DANGEROUS
RlvALs-PosiTIoSs pRAws--rwo AFRICANS
THE FIHIn-

RlvALs-PosiTIoSs pRAwS--rwo AFRICANS
IN THE FIELD. MnH.
AvBrRs, N Y, sept 20. 1871.
Auburn Ithaca Syracuse and all the towns aud vii
lagos for many miles about all naturally looking
forward to the great Of the with keen in
,erest No less than six professional scusrs al
ready entered, among them the great Courtney OF
Union sprlngs; his daring antagonist Reilly,
OF Saratoga johnson, the best man In all New
England. Ten Eycx, OF Peekskiil who has
shown tho way, young as he is--be,ng only
twenty-nve--to q good Gil Ward, John
Bisnu, Faulkner, NcKcn and others we'll known in
more than hard race. Courtney and Riley have
wisely been here already for whole week getting
familiar with the water and tho course. while John
son and Ten Eyck have Just come Laoerger, OF Pitts
bura who has good nans there being also here. whe
Bnrt Brown, OF Utica, is expected to DO on hand all
rght. All agree that Is hne stretch OF water and
unless the wind Ia fresh from the SOUTH suih-
GENTLY sheltered to secure good racing water.
Courtney looks uncommonly large and strong, q
much bigger man, in fact, than any OF his rivax lie
says that for tour days he has been suffering from
boil. located where often have them, and that
II naturally unsettlcs him. Otherwise he liz well and
hearty. Both he ana Riley will the boats they
rowcd In recently at Saratoga paper craft from Waters
x Sons, OF Troy. johnson has Blnkcy boat and
Ten Eyck one built this season by Fearon, OF Yonscr
from white not rcd cedar, ~ feet long, III y inches
wde y inches deep, and weighing he says only so
pounds.
Riley thinks Courtney's boil viii do the latter no
good, but as II Is about ready TO burst no he all
right by tomorrow afternoon though should II pen
that IN his seventy four races Courtney should meet
bis hrst defeat this pretty Owasco Lake there
10 no doubt that this same small boil VIII have had
large share tpkiny away the champion
ship OF America from u wonderfully good man. But
Riley while admitting that Courtney probably heat
HIM. holds -toutly with good show OF renson tnat
the result the other day at saaoga did accurately
gauge their relative morts tnat there rs no disputug
that PA istod started at could hold that
whatever has purpose may have been ne did
mont Of Riley 3s 10 hard some thirty odd Drckctfuls OF
rough water each minute directly under klcy's boat
while beta no and Courtney were rowing IN smooth
water; that Riley shipped great deal OF water that
iaised's pace DID tell. aud broke nim dawn that
he could not row home aud had TO stop far up The
course and that he not here to-day, though
his bGcker says he Is aching to be- bat that
the strain across his abdomen will not be
shaken oil Riley further poiuts to tho tact that
Courtney never rowed the Saratog, track public
private but what he caught his ume that never
better than tho 20m. 47sls in which he won; that
Riley himself rowed thrc" miles at Greenwood Lax IN
hs walk ov.r IN 20m 47as., or hall q second better.
On the other hand Courtney has always won with
seeming ease, ana AS no came down the mile and q
halt home at Saratoga aster thnu he went out, It
does look as II tho reserve power unquestioEably
there still that poor little boil may turn tue scales.