The New York herald., 1877-10-16
METROPOLITAN AMATEUR OARS
MEN.

THEIR FIRST ANNUAL REGATTA--THE ENTRIES
AND PosITIoNs-THE QUALIFICATION COM
MfrTEE.
Tho first annual regatta OF the Metropolitan Assoca-
ton OF Amateur Oarsmon will OF Tomorrow
afternoon, over new course, beginning at the Elm
Park dock, Staten Island and extending west toward
Elzabethport, N j., to the southwark Of Shooters
Island. There will be sixoared gig race four-oarcd
shell, fouroared gig, junior; paroared SHE'LL single
scull SHE'LL senior aud single scull shell, junior The
distance for all races IL one milo aud hall straight
away set Of coors Will bc the prizes for the van.
in the SIX, four and races, aud medals
will be given 10 the members oil the crows Badges
will be given the OF the senior and JUNIOR
single scull races. All to bo rowcd under the
laws oil boat racing aud tho regatta ules of
must be an amateur The INST of entries was closed
on the 9th INST, an yesterday, at No. 90 Broadway
ths drawing for positions took place, Mr. William
Blake, oil the New YORK bar, who viii act az referee
IN The coming regatta, drawing the numbers for The
CLUBS
TnE ENTRIES.
The following table shows the order OF the races the
position Of The clubs anu the persons entered:-
First Race-singe souls, JUNIOR. -Postons---1st,
entered W. I. Taylor; I'd, Neptune Boat Club,
s. l., =. l. Rode valid; 30, Nereid Boat Club, Brook
lyn, Joseph L. Earle; 4th, Nautilus Boat Club, New
York, William Ch,ids; 5th, Nassau Boat CLUB, New
York, Walter 5. Wilson
Second Rdce--Pair-oared heils-Positions-lst,
AtalaLta Boat Cub, New York entered Jonn f. Eustis
aud W. 81 Downs; ID, Nautilus Boat Cluo, Now
York, William Walsh and Frederick q. Lcvicn.
Third Rdce-Four-oarcd shels.-Postons-1st,
Arg0Dauta Rowing Association, Bergen Point, N. j.,
entered Wafer Man, Edward Smith, X. v. X. Schuy
Ter and I. f. Dunbar; substitutes. q. T. Man, W. +.
Taylor. Q. b. Greene aud William Gwynne; ID
Columbia College Boat Club, New York, Il. 4. Sage,
X. X Colgate, q. s. Boyd and J. l. Goodwin; substi-
tutes, Y. I. Tlmpson, Charles Edrcdgc, II. q. Rlda
book and Cyrus Edison.
Fourth Race-Four-oarcd gigs, Jun rs.-Positions-
LIST, Ncreld Boat Club Brooklyn, entered O. Bergen
+. I. Nichols, W. Fchr, Joseph 7. Earle and j. G. Eg
erion tcoxswaipj; substitutes, II. >. Bussing, W. d.
Johnson and H. L. Brown; I'd, Hesper Boat Club
Stalen Island, H. s. Pratt L. o. Henderson, T. Ii.
Pratt T. y. Dcdrickssn and J. W. Edwards (cox-
swami; substitutes, David Rowland and q. A. b. Irv-
Ing; Sd, Carman Rowing Association, New York,
" q. Audubon, ID. DE Long, A. b. Wilson, j. Man
gam and II. A. s. Martin tcoxswam): substitutes, u.
N. Cushing, A. Kcegau and w. Henderson,
FyM Rdce-5inge sculls, scnior--P0sitions-isL
Triton Boat Club, Brooklyn, entered George W. Leci
I'd. vespcr Boat Club, Yonkers, thomas Fcaron,
.Ststh Race--Six-oared ggs--Postlons-lst, Daunt-
less Boat Club, New YORK, entered GilIelan, e. h.
Knapp, II. W. Walter, H. W. Peckwell, W. Q. Dema-
rest, Rosch and W. II. Andrews tcoFwa'nl suostI-
tutes W. b. Pearl, y. n. Irotter, J. II. Redneid D. j.
Dun icoxswain) and Kyle, Jr coxswainl; "a, Argo-
nauta Rowing Association, Bergen Point, \. j., V b
Greene, W. I. Taylor, x. v. X schuyler, u n Dun-
tcoxswain): substitutes q. X. Man, W. Gwynnc, a ).
Iabriskie, e. X. Craft A. Gallup, j. McNidcr and Il.
W. Humphreys tcoxswaint
POSITIONS AND coLoRS.
The coors for the positions are:-lst, red noad-
dress; I'd, blue; 3D., white; 4th, yellow; 1th piacS.
The nrsl position is the next to the
Staten Island shore. Tho colors Will be placed on
being required TO keep It's coors 10 the north IN pass
ing tho slakcboats. The races Will begin about Two
O'Clock, each one N take about naIi nour.
TIE steamer Wsstheld will lo.ve sne loot OF white