The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-16
Detroit Regatta.


postponemeLt Of the programme The
contests today were those OF the Il tn
annual regatta OF the Nal.ona. Associ7.
tlon OF Amateur Oarsmen and the prizes
awarded were the elegant and costly
challenge cups OF the association, and
the individual prizes 10 each WIN
ming oarsmsn, a. well as the
silkcn banners TO the winning
clubs. Not less than 10000 people
viewed the animated scene. At 1 O'Clock,
the rain having subsidized, and the water
beng -. smooth As n mirror, the fist trial
heat OF the tour.Oared shells, tor which
there were nine entries, was sent OF.
The course was mile and n half straight
AWAY down stresm, the current moving
At - rate approximatlng Two miles An
hour. The competitors IN the first heat
were a. follows, ranging IN position
I from the shore IN the order named:
| Detroit Club. Eureka OF Newark, \. j ,
| Emerald of Saginaw, NnCo- WaI-Cai-
. Met,e Of Monroe, sad Excelsior OF d..
troIt. The start WAS fair snd the eager
oarsmen gave way with energy. Ih"
. Newark crew soon took th" .ead, the
. SagIraws second and the EEceIslors third.
. The Shoe Wal Csl.Mette crew pulled sn
/ extraordinary stroke, which though
we'll maintained. did not seem
t. send them shest fast enough
/ 10 ovcrtake turIr antagonists.
/ rur Saginaw crew pulled with the New
arks, rstsinIug = composed and steady
/ stroke not quite 50 artistic IS that OF the
/ Jersey men, but seemingly more power
/ ui. Soon they forged uheaG, the strug-
/ gle tor ,ead being prolonged and exert
/ Iag. The Emerald, came in first, WIN
nug the heat in 7:5S, boatirg by Is
seconds the fastest tour-Oared time ever
made IN the ASSOCIATION, VIZ: 10y IN"
Argonart- At Philadelphia IN 1873. The
| Eur"kas were EsCOnd IN the i.0S race,
| Suo- Wal CaI-Mcttes third, Excelsior
/ ourth According To- the rules the
/ result of this neat gave the Emeralds ana
| Newarks place IN the dnsl heat The
/ -rgond usaJ 30 this same race had four
contestants, VII: Uniou Springs, OF
| New York Zephyr, of DsLroIt, Mlchl-
/ ral. Watkins, OF Watkins. New ! ork'
srd Waluenbrook, Of Green Bush, New
] ! DIh n l4lhN Alt# IA''''4A'N : '''''s '''
/ start could be tAlrcr, the rOwers Al! TAX
| my II lively spurt IN which the L'phyrs
| mad the advantage. being n length aheAd,
/ aud continually increasing this distance
| no Union Springs crew took the second
| place, the Watkins tRIrd, while the Wal
venhooks. who yesterday did 50 well,
| came last. The Watkins crew soon
! npLured ths second place from the
! Union Springs and were running up on
! the Iephvry. when the iNtler crew gave
another spur. which carried them 10 the
advance. Finer or more artistic rowing
was never seen than that of the Unlon
| springs. The strokes were deliberate,
! I1ug and recovered for them some dl--
lance At every dip. Half way down the
course II was impossible 10 tell which OF
ms three, I'phyrs, Wstkin- or Union
| Springs, would Wit. L. was apparent
that he latter gaiuei, and directly
IL captured the second place from the
! Watkins crow The Iphyrs were m
the middle, the Union Springs on the
! hlther and .he Watkins on tho farther
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