The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-29


Long was tho delay before they could get the gun
fired 10 call The men into line. III they had war
new a, last they ioaad tho gun man lying on The
grass near thu gun last asleep aroused MN ana
olazed away Had the Ave scuers -., ap,
TO send them oil. there but four buoys SET at
the time, but Andrews OF the Watkins club failed 10
I.aferty, OF Tho Watkins Boat Club, on tho
west; Larmoo, Of Onion Springs. second GsseI.
MoMui n m''f P;sSurg ON ,S SA OUTSIDE.
Courtney shouts. s'Larmon, get up to your stake
boat I" Tor be was little ahead Of his starting buoy;
then, Back up there, Gasei" rand thcn they're on.
A teauturstarf, all getting tho water at once ard
Duckling at once 10 their work. McLanerty leads at
OF Pittsburg, Is scuddng away at tremendously
quick arm stroke, ana closing up FAST 'iie's got TO
he watches from the Referees boat and, brawny
fellow McMue is, II is easy TO SEQ that he could
not stand that stroke. Half the strength and twice
the skill and Judgment, and no would now have
been steady third or fourth. cooliy reserviDg
his strength for where II would do The most eood,
instead of tearing himself TO pieces the first quar-
with hts foolish Al stroke. A minute OUT
and u is anybodys race so even arc they anu as tho
four skim along over the calm, beautiful lake, tho
two cutters gradually working IN toward the course oil
their two inners, Is indeed pretty sight
THAT'S the incest race yet,' said Courtney. NO
he was, while instead Of Mca1erty doing tho load
Ing IT seems now TO be Gaisol VINO has actually drawn
dic,ca, IS coming back" ami is already
i ss~ G me s S ssr
but cannot pick up him, aad as the fourth minute
passed away McLsnerty's gradual, almost imper-
ceplible, gam is all the time going on he steadily
sticks to his 80 stroke. But he has Gaisel stiil
ahead OF him. withtwen ieet 10 spare and forty cct
astern Is tired Larmon, and eighty more the strong man
IRON the Monongahea. Gaisel's form stays WELL but
the snap Is getting oil him. and you not need
be close to him to that he Is going to pieces
The line training and steady work OF the Watkins man
had been too much for him, and was as surely now
Ing him down as II had already the sturdy Ptsburger
and the wry Harmon. Now McLanerty spurts, and,
co'laring ms man. IS just about driving ovo. when
III TN. los. from the start they reach the stake.
GAIsEL's MisFoRTUYEs
The Watkins man comes up to his stake, but Gaisel
s TOO lar west and has waste 1ty feet or moro to
reach his stake at all The Watkins man has him
now for as they round their buoys McLaIerty IS the
hrst 10 hold water. Bot Gnises misfortunes do not
end here. Scarcely is he about and hendoi homeward
whom comes the laundering McMulien tar out OF his
course, hondred and more feet west OF whore he
ought to be- and without looking whero he 10 going
W the water and both stopped rowing. Even
McLaGerty now begins 10 tire: but poor Gaisel
can do little more than paddle he Is 20
much used up, while Harmon considerably stays
TO keep him company, for that clumsy foul
OF McMuens hal also stovo tho forward part Of Gail
scrs boat, and set her to leaking. McMullen, how
forty southwark, but 200 yards behind hun; as the
latter SOULS on along the western bank his towns
men now find who Is ahead, and cheer after cheer
given him with the heart,cst good Will. He
returns the favor ny catching both SOULS in
one hand, throwing the othcr high III the air ana
waving back his gratitude Hc is doing thirty strokes
a minute and so well 10 he trained that, as he works
down toward the finish, he sccms as fresh ne over,
and again waves hts hand He crossed tho line IN
o os% ,sm easy for ws xas .assa
Of McMullen again. who now was distanced.
Both padded directly to their lighthouses, whilc
poor Gase, after struggling along very slowly, finds
very 1ne race and, at least up to the stake,
handsomely contested as any ono might wish TO soc.