The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-08
THE REGATTA---sECOND DAY.
A SPLENDID DAY AND AN IuMENsl
CuowD or SPECTATORS.


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The 81. John victors In the First, the
work,nw noat; and the Hopes win
the nargc and shell Races.
The weather yesterday was most proprtious
for the regatta, and as result the attendance at
the New Lake End doubled that OF the day
nravious. Al / o'clock In the afternoon the
oIouds gathered and appearances indicated q
shower. but IL did not come, and the general pub
In taking for granted that the day WAS bound TO
be pleasant found It's way TO Canal strest. where
from, until $3.50 o'clock p. nj. each outgoing
train for the
NEW LAKE END
was crowded with those DESTROYS of witnessing
the ast and. M 10 resulted the best races Of the
regatta.
AT $3.50 the crowd OF people had accumulated
until ii had reached fully six thousand including
ladies' and gentlemen and children, and not only
was every available position commanding view
Of the couree flied, but every known species Of
water craft was brought into requsition, aud be-
fore the first gun was fred from tho revenue CUT
ter Dix for the working boats to take their places
the banks OF the bayou, the st. John boat.house,
the pavilion and every available inch OF ground
was filed with spectators.
At four o'clock the judges, with representa-
tive from each Of the boat clubs and the press
gang boarded
HAWKINS STEAM YACHT Myrtle,
provided for the occasion, and went from the
bayou into the lake, where the water was not 10
calm as IL was ON the day previous, although not
rough enough TO seriously interfere with the
wherryists.
The flagship Gov Claiborne had in the mean
time been anchored al tho line III the lake, having
on board The starter and timer and at 4:3O, every
thing being IN readiness, the signal gun belehed
forth from the Dix, which, by the way, had been,
as she was the day previous, gaiy decorated with
che
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS.
out and took their places at their respective flags
for the pull for one mile aud return.
WIN. Rafferty,, OF the Howard Club, had flag
No. 1, the outside; Soniat, OF the ~, John, acc.
ond; u. Durnia, OF the Magnoliss. third; Keegan,
Of che Perseverance,, fourth; L. Fsvares, OF the
Pickwicks. fifth; James o'Donnell, Of the Hopes,
sixth, and Thomas Gleason. OF the Riversides,
the shore or inside.
When the pistol was fred for the start. Sopiat
took the lead al about thirty.nine strokes TO the
minute, followed next by Rafferty,, O'Donnell and
Gleason in turn, the Magnolia, Piokwick and
Perseverance pullers following in the order
named.
had taken the third place from o'Donnell. who
sEEMEp A TnfrLE LAZY,
the others keeping the places named. In this
order they went through the miniature seas, 30.
Mat endeavoring to increase the gap b stween
him and the Howard man until the three.quarter
stake was reached, which was passed;n the same
order, and the mile stake was reached without
any accident.
Honias made neat turn, followed by the How
ard man aud O Donnell. who had gained third
place, next, and in turning he struck the stake
with bis boat, which delayed him some, and the
Piekwick man in turning, upset and got q fresh
water bath, having subsequently to tow h's beat
ia with skiff.
Down the home.stresch Soniat and Gleason
started out we'll together, leading o'Donnell,
Gleason. aud. increasing his stroke, gained on
him. Durnia following close until 0'Donnell got
10 close to Gleason that they fouled, and each
eased up until they had cleared, which gave
Boniat
QUITE A START,
and he was not slow In taking advantage OF, and
O'Donnell then, for the frat time. noticing this
fact, began 10 spread himself, passing in turn
Gleason aud Keegan OF the half mite stake, and
made break for Soniat, but had lost too much
space, and consequently made good second;
Honiat winning by boats length In l6:40L.
U'Donnell second in 17:0l. Gleason third in
l70S. and the Perseverance fourth, the others
not being placed.
Keegan then entered protest upon the foul
u withdrew u and O'Donnell renewed IL, but, like
Keegan, withdrew IL, leaving the victory to Soniat
without any drawbacks.
The first race completed, tho
DIX BELcHEp AWAY AGAIN,
letting 20 blank cartridge to notify the compe-
tion at their respective stakes. which they did,
the Atlantics taking the outside; Hopes second,
and Aspinwals flag No. 3 on the inside.
When all were ready the 'pop" was fred, and
the Aspinwalls got away In the lead, followed by
the Hopes for nearly hundred yards, when the
latter passed the Aspinwalls, and as the half mile
stake was three lengths ahead, the Atlsntics
bringing up the rear. About this time the At
lantics made dash for second place,
PULLING LIKE TRoJANs
TO win IL, but could not pull strong enough or
fast enough, and in the order named each crew
WAS dead ahead, and had raised something of
sea, which the Hopes buffated without any APP
parent difficulty, widening ut each stroke the dis
lance between them and the Aspinwalls, the At
lantics dropping completely behind, and when
the three-quarter stake was reached the Hope
chaps began calling to the Aspinwalls to
COME ON uP,'
which they did not do, the victorious red.shrts
passing the line twelve boat lengths ahead and
the Aspinwalls ten boat lengths aheai of the Al
AAuttCcy tue Ltue mdue peiuR. hopes, lO.tUas At.
pinwalls. 1874; Atlantics, 1905, prolonged
cheer from the spectators greeting the Hopes ~
they put in some OF their best strokes at the nish
Just about this time 1t was discovered that
there was one flag missing at the mile and half
stakes. Consequently another had to be pro-
yided and placed, which occasioned some delay
and which was received by the crowd with any
thing but good grace, rs they were anxious 70
witness the
CRACK RACE OF THE REGATTA,
the four-oared shell race, one mile and half and
return, that being all the more interesting, as
the two crack crews of the South, the Hopes and
Riversides, we're pitted against each other.
In this race there we're four entries, includings
crews Of the Hope, Riverside, Southern and Per-
severance clubs, and in the order named they
took their positions at their stakes, each OF the
crews appearing to good advantage, and the we'll
developed muscles Of the Hopes aud Riversides
showing that the victory, ii for either, was not to
be won
WITHOUT SEVERE STRUGGLE.
When the starter let go his revolver all oars
were ready for the Dip and the echo had hardly