The New York herald., 1878-07-05
BOSTON ROWING REGATTA.

FIVE EXCITING IA Es ON THE CHARLES
RIvRR-sIxGLE AND DOUBLE SOULS, PAIR
DARED AND FoUR-oAnED BOATS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
BosroS, July 4 1878
About forty thousand people witnessed the rowipg
rssatsa Charles River tnis afternoon. whieh was
held under the auspices Of committee OF the City
Council There were Eve races.
In the single scu all those entered reported At
the judgos' boat, excep Mccain and Butter. At fty-
three minutes and twenty SECONDS past Que O'Clock
the word go" was given, ana the five oarsmen took
tho water with johnson In advance Line second and
Morris third johnson settled down steady stroke
OF So ahead AZ rate, sweeping away
from bis competitors Norris made pad start, but
soon got away from Lane and Lynch and commenced
to pull up on johnson, who was rowing magnificent
stroke. Morris made spurt at the mile buoy and
closed up Frenchy, but could not get even with
him. aud latter turned the stake with good lead
The race home was onc-sded for johnson pulled his
s,oady sweeping stroke. and came over the line in
21m 42s Morris pulling eisureiy home, as he mad 10
row in the four-9ared working boat race later.
The pouBLE SOULS.
The second race Was or tho douOie scuiis, l0S
which she entries as i0li0ws:- ~
Three crews starred. Aii aud 1. G. Butler; Hegner
boats 70, oil we'll =. tho start and for the first mile The
struggle sharp and hot Hill and Butler look the
LEAD at the start but McGahcy and Hosmsr soon over
lapped tn EN- aud got u hall length ot LEAD. rhs they
lost before tho turn Butler aud Hill again pulled
TO the front held the load 10 The finish, crossing
the line iu 22m. O6s.
rAIR-oARrD BOATS
rbe next race was pair-oarcd boats, the entries
beng as foll0ws:-rhe Ward prothers, Biglln ana
Mahoney, Cusey brothers aud CouwsiI and O'Brien
reported lor wurH. The Casey 1rothers gol the lead
a. the start ana pasa na Waras secons
Mahoney aud Bsgn spurted tor the lead aud WIN
magnificent s..oke OF ,orty to Inc minute aasneo s
magnificent rowing The latter turned the cake nrst,
having shaken OF Bgiin and Manonry, and squared
away Tor the home stake with three lengths
OF q lead. ConweM ANA O'Brisn followed with good
spurt but could not close the gap between Them and
the Ward brothers, VINO neid the first place TO the
stakeboai, crossing tho line IN 20m. IS "a. ConweI
anu O'Bren, 20m 59}ss
The best the day that Tor four-oared
working boats o. the thirteen entries ten reported
the Judges boat, T. Malone, Riverside, No. 2. aud
s.ur. the Cne,scs, LaIeman, no /. West End ana
House crews got away together. and mad sharp
oil in a struggling manner. Tho House
soon joined the renr guard, AID the race virtually
lay between the three oaeers Ihs west Ena
had the lead at the hrst turn The course was
mile ana repeat twice, givius three turnA For the
next mlls tue contest very snarp ana exc,i'ng,
there being ~ no time loot Of difference between
them. Evan Morris pulled in The LAkcman crew 10
place OF Fsnnery, ana this iact was not generally
almost Impossible TO tell Ars,, but the Chsl
seas by hard work, turned the stake hrst, but LETT
gap so wide that The West Ends got SNORT turn ana
away s~i soe So
the crews got away pretty evenly the LaKeman crew
slightly ahead the West End second and tho Cnelsess
third. At the end Of the third mile there was NO
change every man pulling his best The Lake
man crew came around the last turn aud the slight
advantage lhoy had gained improved their chances.
They pulled strong, powerful stroke to .ne anish,
crossing limo frsl 27m 15s, the CheissAs sec
ond in 27m. 24A West End, 27m. 26has The struggle
for second place was terrific, ana the race, as
wnoie, was magnificent
FOUR-OARRD BOATS.
or the six crews entered for The iour-oared boats,
three came pulled The Portland crew,
Boston Boat Club and Bglin ana MAhoney. Al The
start all three of good style and rowing forty
stroKes 70 the minute, keeping together Tor the
first hall mile; then the Faulkner ana Reagan crew
gradually drew ahead but the Portland crew closed
up bat could not keep It up, and owing " an
accident to their boat they were compelled TO fall
back, and the fight lay between the Bigln crew and
the Boston boys Tue latter held clear load 70 the
nnish coming IN with stroke OF "a IN 27m. 1Ss !;
BipIin,a n I7m