Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-08
Aquatic Sports.

THE FAT MEMS sINGLE-sCULL BOAT RACE.
A single. scnll boat race for the "fat mems
champion gold medal was rOwed yesterday on
Newtown creek, near New York. The only
entries were James Hagan, weight $50 pounds,
and Edward Jones, 216 pounds: The distance
was three miles, with a turn. The contestants
rOwed in 10 foot working boats. The race
was closely contested, and the athletes rowed
side by side until both fouled. Hagan, how
ever, drew clear, took the lead and won amid
loud cheers. Time, q minutes and 80 seconds.
large crowd witnessed the contest and
there was much merriment over the struggle.
Jones was dissatisfied and challenged Hagan
to row again for $3.50 side.
THE NORTHWEST ROWING REGATTA.
Yesterday was the first day of the north
west rowing regatta, at Detroit, Mich. The
first race, for junior double scuils, one mile
strong. Of the Wah- Wah-Sums, of East Sag
lnaW. and kaney and Taylor, of the Undines,
OF Toledo. The race was won by. the Wah-
scun race only Yates. of Grand Haven, and
Falker, of Fort Wayne, started Yates shell
hled and Swamped when about half way up
& me course, owing to the heavy sea, and the
boat. Falker pluckily continued the race, and
came home In lT:2S The junior pair-oared
race, an 4neventful contest. was won by Keat-
ing and Lynn, OF the Zephyr Club of Detroit.
The distance of the junior six cared and senior
f0urOared races was one and a-half miles and
return. In the six:Oared race, the Amateurs
of Monroe crossed the line first, i'm l3:3OT: Ex-
celsiors, of Detroit, second, in H:l5: Zephyrs
third: but owing to the fact that the stake was
turned the wrong way by the Amateurs the
race was awarded to the EXcelSiOrS The Sc.
nIor four cared was splendid race between
the Wah- Wah Sum and Floral City, of Monroe
the former winning by six boat lengths.
THIS WOMAN READS THE NEwSPAPERs.-A
welldressed man called on Mrs. Geo. Wood,
at 455 Washington avenue, Brooklyn, yeSter-
day, and after begging her not to be fright
ened, told her by degrees that her husband,
who is in the stationery business i'm this city
had got into trouble with one of his clerks and
In passion slapped his face. He had been
arrested and fined $50, all of which he had ex
cept $l4, and that sum the visitor desired.
Mrs. Wood at once asked why he didn't get
the money from his partner? "Oh, he had
gone out OF town." the visitor said. why
didn't he draw check?'' Mrs Wood persist
ed. "Well, the fact is.'' the visitor replied,
he had already Overdrawn his account
Well" Mrs. Wood said, ''if he needs only sl4
'Oh, wouldn't do that he said; ''I'll get the
money and attend to it, and he will come right
home" Mrs. Wood prepared to leave the
hOu1e, and her visitor, though nervous, tried
to be merry, and said that he would see her
then in New York. He hurried out and shot
around the corner. Then Mrs. Wood thought
he might have planned to get her out of the
house to rob it, and she sent for neighbOr
whom she put in charge Then cOmmunicat-
ing with the police, she aScertained that her
husband had not been arrested, and that her
visitor was a swndler.-[N. Y. Sun, 9Th.
COUNCIL OF EPISCOPAL BIsHOPs,-It is of
some interest to EpiscOpalians to know that
the presiding bishop has issued circular ad-
dressed to all the bishops at home and abroad
dwelling upon the great Importance of the
presence of as many of them rs possible TO