The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-21
ROWING ON THE HARLEM.

TIE ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE NEW YORK.
STOCK EXCHANGE ROWING AssocIATIoN-coN.
TESTS AND WINNERS.
The annual regatta OF the New York Stock EXCHANGE
Rowing ASSOCIATION came OF yesterday on the Harlem
River and three races were contested The steamer
w. II. Fletcher lug at tho dock at the foot OF Wall
street aud shortly ator throe NJ the bulls and bears
boarded her in gangs OF fifteen and twenty. rhcy
restless, moving around all tho time as II in
OF fun. and thirty forty congrcgatsd In
tho bow OF the boat wero paying strict attention TO
business Books were out and bets were being
written down very fast "Onc hundred to sixty on
the Ellison pair,n SAID well known hotel man.
A nod IRON . popular Spectator closed tho trans
action. Agaiu, another nod. Again, a third nod
the bot was closed, tho hotel man having laid 800
TO $50 on Ellison and Osricha Others were equally
busy making their bets ana we'll known broker that
backing the Stock Exchange pair must have used
up entire pad keeping ronord OF his transactions.
There . faint attsnpt az = chorus on "whoa,
Emmai" but the leading singer OF tho party was
rather indspossd the Cleo CLUB did not put In an
peculiarly ancient looking figure IN dust coiofsd
SUIT. on the end OF docs. recsived quito an ovsuon
from The boys, and he did mot ssem 20 like H. The
Fletcher touched NJ . dock on the Mott Haven side
OF the RIVER. and then steamed up to Aacomb's Dam
Bridge, whore the boats we're 70 start
After some short delay Ellison and oelrichs pEddcd
their pair and few min utes later DO GoIcolris
and Har.snorne also put IN an appearance. Ellison
had the north side Of the RIVER and the Stock Elk.
change PAIR wore assigned the soutboriy route just
before the start broker jumped on one OF the paddle
crew There were takers aud a m mute later
the pairs got tho word aud Ellison jumped OF Win
the lead, gaining n length Ia hall dozen strokes.
The stock Exchange pair were very slow In getting
OIL ana alter they did set 20 work they aid net
y opened the gap aud the others began 10 pull Wild,
finally ioulug Their steering gear, aud tnat stopped
tho Now YORK Rowing CLUB pair won They liked.
Time I'm. 43hs.
The second event tho progra lnmo the four.
Dared shell race, and as close race was anticipated
considerable money was vonturcd on the result ~
alter i've o'clock boore the respective crews took
up ther posions al tho stakeboat =. q. Peters was
pulling stroke for one crow and do GocourA occu-
PED that position with the otncr when the word was
gwen Gocouris got away with the load, and for tho
hrst hundred yards looked as II no meant TO hold
but presently Peters out reel and quickly closed
the gap eventually taking nrst position once they
were passed the Gocoura four began 10 pull Wild, and
Haghi, the bow oar. run tnsm inso a snas aud then
away in toward Mo., haven. The Peters crew kept
along steadily In tho centre OF the stream, catching
the strength Of the tide, and won by quarter Of
mile
Tue following 10 the summary OF the racc:-
c. @. Peters. stroke; II. w. Mason, No. 3; W. MIR
ray, No. =, aud H. Is. Hartshornc. No. I......... I
A. v. Do Goieouria, stroke; w. L. stowe. No. y;
4. A. DRAKE, No. 2, and y. A. Ha,ghi, No l...... .
Time, 0m 15x
the last Tor slxoarsd siss, and ai,or some
little troable tho crews got together aud pulled
up 10 ths starting point These were really well
matched TINS time, as tho race IRON start 20 finish
was qui,o Interesting. and was nnsily secured by
Mr. Haigbts crew. Tho following " a summary
six-oAKkD oiG RAcs--oSE MILE.
v. A. haight, stroke; IA. W. Mason, NO. s.; W. L.
stowe, No. Z; I. Young Jr, No. 3; A. Y. Dc
Goicouria. No =, and II. Prenucc. No. l, aud
n h Harsnorac. s,roke:w. Murray, No s: .j:.i .
Parker, No. IL n. A. DRAKE. No. .; T. b. Wili-
Iiams, No. 2; h. Chamberlain, No 1, add coz
swain.. ......................
lime not taken.
On the whole tho association had very pleasant
day aud enjoyed themselves thoroughly.