The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-28

will be away with tue lead, tho Atalantas lhlrd
up the course, when, judging from The rec
ord Of the Ataianta pair, matters will grow
and stead,ness may leave enough In thamMior seey
good condition, save that Downs is tr.he nno
and has some cold IN his throatto draw upon II not
pass tho Northwesterns, and either row a dead heat
or win the race II Curtis new boat works well he
ought to beat Jerome's pair, but 1t is risky getting
her so late In the day, and the chances rather
them. The Dctroits pair Is confident that 1t
viii win, but they have well concealed tho proof
OF il.
Then follow the junior singles, already referred to,
interval enough being allowed between for Referee
Courtney TO steam back up the course above tho
start.
The final event Of the day will be tho "tnree milo
pair cared special MATCH" IL which Clegg and Cam
pon, OF the Detroits row Curtis Ard mate, not yet
named, but, OF course, OF ms own iour, proba-
bly, whichever is freshest after tho previous race.
Arrangements are fast gong forward TO have every
arrived. and the steam tug Estec, alleged 10 fast
is carry him. representatives the principal Jour-
nails and some others. He that Inc lake steam
crs the Onondaga ana Schuyler, which look Ike
EDITIONS oil the Harlem boats win maze such a swasn
as 10 swamp some OF The Shells ana adds that anlcsn
they Will only follow on the homestretch OF tho turn
ing aud keep well behind IN the straightaway
somebody else Will have TO be reerec.
INTERVIEWING COURTNEY.
have just seen Courtney Asking him about the
Hanan Plaisted race, he said the latter dd begin
to dash away fast at tho start he did when he
noycd Riley so much at Saratoga; that Hanlan did
ho l ~ hsa - uObouaaed ny adnIras,an Il h,s
own neghb0rh0od ana is undoubtedly hard man
to beat; that he is accustomed 70 very rough water
ut homo In II, ana that hc ought TO win the
Morris race al Pittsburg The goth OF June. He
thinks that the American oarsnan who ought TO row
Hanan Is James Riley Of Saratoga, and says that at
Owasco Lake last tail tho laters with him prac-
tlcaily ended at the tnrnu Gstakc.
THE MATCH WITH TRICKErT.
Speaking to him Of the Two best known rowers in
the word to-diy, the two Trickctts Que OF whom Is
SAID TO nave recently two fingers he says hst he
does not believe the story, and from tho way he has
been deceived by dispatches in English papers pur.
porting TO come rom Australia, ne cannol DC blamed.
Iya tAut xat la mani iu
alleged challenge from rrckett have fallen through
representative, Mr Case. had actually Mr. Punch,
April he Courtney scnta challenge TO !rckelt
INN IN Australia or this country Tor $4,000 side or
any sum he iked and to give $500 Tor cxpen-
try or no to receive $1,000 should he 20
10 Australia; that no has considerable hope
rrickeu's) money making at tho In Australia is
at end as II he wins no one else hero viii ever
row him, aud Il Courtney wins The same result is
likely to follow; that the best way would be for
Irickctt 10 come mere ana get on match
with Aanan, Higgins, the English champion and
whoovee would lace nim, aud save his race with
Courtney TIL all the others first DISPOSED o..
He adds also that the people about Owasco Lake Sc
riousy design gcitng up professional single scull
with very large prizes. IN case the English cham
pion Hanlau or TricAett, w,ll contend.
Whine talking with Courtney received a despatch
to al SSaneatees on the Fourth of July tor $500
1t Is hardly necessary to ADD that his visit mere
stantly surrounded with friends men are glad
to meet him. He looks hearty, says he weighs 1913
pounds ana mas not Oeen working much lately.
MEETING or THE REGATTA COMMITTEE.
The final meeting Of the regatta committee took
place tonight at the Jefferson House, which was
packed with members OF the many clubs repre-
sented For over two hours matters went very
lively. A motion was made 10 suspend rules 10 and
ii OF the American Laws Of Boat Racing winch
read
RULE H. In OF foul the umpire shall have the
power SA) 20 place The boats except The boat commit
ia which shey come in; 90 TO order The eoats
eomnisiing the foul 10 row again on the same or anoahc
day; o. TO the qualified boats the place
G@e IA. Every boat shall abide by its accident.
PROTESTS OFFERED.
After much discussion II WAS voted not 10 suspend
the rules. Protests were then taken up. Two were
oiIored, against R,bcrs Larmon, Of Union
Springs, Cour,ney's nephew, offered by the Do
scuilers' Ulut, of Detroit Mich. aud the other
against Frederick A. Layien ana William Wash, OF tho
Nautilus Boat CiuD, vi New York city. Both
referred TO special committee. Mr. Larmon
charged with hayin. rowed In open regatta ut
Geneva, which debarred him from rowing again In a
junior race Ac admitted the act but the rules we're
detective in that they do not cover this case and
was allowed 10 row.
NAUTILUS FAIR RULED our.
The protest against Messrs. Levien ana Walsh sim
ply stated that they mad rowed re. alta against
TINT not word Of evidence was offered 10 sus-
tain the statement Mr.. Walsh denied the right Of the
so-called National ASSOCIATION 10 disbar Them as
amateurs, ana maintained that the managers OF
this, much broader meeting than any Tue National
nad be ever rs San nsv
those Of any one Of dozen other assocla-
.lons In .h,s country. Of equal standing and
and aer this mockery OF trial. and without one
particle OF proof or any admission by these two
modest. deserving and justly popular eentlemcn, the
learned committee reached THIS concius,on:-
In Wow Of hc protest against the Nautilus pair Messr
Walsh and Levien We report the following preamble and
win ,s w vi are wy assured n that The
ve themselves 50 Disqualification. deem IL duty
Walsh ana frederick A Leyion from entering into open
WATKINS REGATTA COMMITTEE.
One OF the three who constituted this special COM
nttec. prominent lawyer hore-Mr Van Allcn-
wholly refused 10 be party to such proceeding, and
hastily expressed his views Ia the following minority
rcport:-
MINORITY wALsHLnvIEs ptsQuALiYicA ALTON
their 10 excluding Msssra Walsh and
sesns as.ins, the action Of tho National Sssoei,-
u. On o ,s' .s %sn , aas
assussa The p.oeesaa,s 's.ul,,ng in such a'aau.lae.
them and without opportunity being given hoarng
August last, ,rowod against EDWARD smith, a Long
smith had before nshsd Tor him ftc Kind Of
nor .. dead NON ss tales .ns mprsS
m..ssi 4 svdeaay destined 70 remain hidden
were whales, sharks, suckers e saaveons. IN short
ass . a n sa ss ss @ /. .. 81 Tie so
no 0'ls s s'n to se. them wg9s
the race ana against them; therefore. BY force
OF circumstances. Obliged perform
81 great Injustice by excluding them sustaining
.se hea *, s. ssgy rsos ssd goye .ne
them were IL practicable for them do.
JOHN j. VAN ALLEN,
Member Watkins Regatta Committee.
WATKINS May "a. 1875.
CHANGE NEEDED.
II ever the need oil an ASSOCIATION broad enoexh
include all tao others was brought out promii3 Lty,
this harsh decision brought out. The next\time
regatta oil The scope OF this got,eA up
IL would be well enough 10 nave its management
trusted to men Who are aware that there arc
dpzen assc Citations OF boat clubs thus
country instead OF ono, and that where
members OF clubs from tho other eieven
are invited TO an important race II would be good
plan 10 consult tho ralcs ana laws winch they coem
wise ana just, and TO give them at least equal
weight with that Of tho solitary one. Nor have tho
DaDas cnent here worked Ia entire harmony.
HEATS
Tho next question up for discussion was the matter
OF heats Tue committee stated that as they had
nouBced there would DO heats they could now
cnapg0 the plaa, though no substantial reason Was
given why those who tdo ne plan could alter
lncy deemed Us, and while " out very clearly