The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-17
THE REGATTA.
nunoNn DAY-TBE WATER ROUGH
Arb TOO MEAVY-RACEs
POSTPONED.
whc Hopes win the Barge Race, TIVE
MILES, In BA;l1h-TO-Day's
FnHnsNp.

sphr wopes win the Barge Race, Two
MILES, In IA:IIH-TO-Day's
programme.
III yesterdays races were not SUCCESS
from the standpoint of the average specta-
Tor. or IL the programme was not carried out,
II vvas not the fault of either the regatta COM
mittee or the judges, as both did the very
heat IN their power, but either Prof. Tice or
old Probs. we're the only ones to be held &C
DOuntable
FOR THE FAILURE,
ag Il was such, and made so by the weather,
which made the water 50 "lumpy" that any
thing but barge or high gunwaled skif
could hardly live outside or on the lower end
Of the course,
AS early as o'clock the crowds began TO
gather on Canal sire and at the various
cross streets which the Canal Street and
Lake Railroad term stations, and the train
that left half hour later was crowded full,
as was each train that left after that and up
to5 o'clock ., m, when there was crowd at
the lake Of not less than COCO or 1000 persons,
every foot Of available space being filled,
even TO the shore along the lake leading to-
wards the Spanish Fort from Browns.
At O'Clock the regatta committee met at
Browns Parlor P, there being present repre-
sentatives from the Orleans Southern Allan
tic, Riverside, Hope, Louisiana and Perse-
vBfance clubs, and
CHAIRMAN FITZPATRICK PRESIDING.
The weather being quite rough, Mr.. Fitz-
patrick stated that it was for the committee
To decide whether or not any or all of the
-. A.. 49, Y1nl
Mr.. Burkhardt, Of the Hopes, moved that
The matter OF postponement or starting be
left to the discretion Of the judges and UNI
pire and that the races he postponed for an
hour to sec what the weather would be then.
Carried.
The committee on prizes and medals re-
ported that the manu- acturer, Mr.. SCOOTER,
had not fulfilled his contract In the matter of
workmanship or material; that he had pro
posed to re-enamel them OF the original
price, but that they had declined to receive
them,
Their report was received, and on motion
of Mr. BurkhaTdt, of the Hope Club, 1t was
decided that the next lower bidder be award
cd the contract for making the badges and
medals,
was read from the next lowest bidder, Mr..
Griswold, announcing that he would make
the twenty badges out OF fourteen karat gold
for $500.
III r.. hHTUIlpJL
given the same privilege Lost, and Mr..
Burkhardts motion prevailed.
The committee then adjourned and at p.
NJ. the
JUDGES HELD MEETING,
The umpire being present.
After some discussion over the weather and
the prODriety of postpoDement of the days
races until to-day, It was decided that, as the
bRrges were the only boats that could live in
the rough water that race should be run, and
should the wind lull sufficiently it should be
left TO the umpire TO start the other races or
not
Instructions were then given for the howit-
ger to be turned loose which was done, and
the clubs notified that their barge crews
must come to the line,
The judges then retired to their boats, the
pwer stake judges boat starting for It's posi-
don, and the cline" boat with Judges and
timers taking position ut the line after each
of the five entries had taken their position at
6heir flags the Lee crew taking It's place at
flag Mo. 1, the Perseverance, of No.2 Hopes at
y, RlNersides at 4and the Atlantics on the out
Sidg. In the pools sold during the morning at
Fsawldne', and on the ground, the Hopes sold
FOR SIS, .Riversides second at $35;. the Perse-
verance found friends at $40 for third choice,
and the Atlantic and Lee entries
WENT IN THE FIELD,
with takers at 49,
AS the barges sat In the water at their re-
spective flags, each being rocked by the swell,
IL was observed that the new barge in which
the Hope crew were comfortably seated was
much more symmetrical than the Others and
it was stated that she had not as much beam
as the rest and was a shell bottom. This
caused the Hope stock TO go up q few pegs,
and before the go was given $50 to $40 on the
Hopes winning the race went without takers
fair start was made, the Atlantics getting
slight advantage, the Riversides getting off
next, the Hopes, Perseverance and Lees fol-
lowing In turn and not over half length be-
.t-sl ttNA fnFt
ed off brash at about thirty-nine or forty
strokes to the minute the Riversides pulling
a steady "3S, and the Hopes making telling
sweeps at "36, which soon told on the ATTAIN
tics Tor they Tapped them and made for the
Riyersides at the half mile flag the Persever-
ance and Lee clubs being but short distance
ln the rear 1t was noticed then that the Lee
coxswain was making for the dead water
nearer the shore, and it was seen, too, that the
Hopes and Riversides were getting too far
out, while the Atlantics kept nearly straight.
This was shown later, for when within q
hundred yards OF the turning stake, although
the Hopes had
GAINED THREE LENGTHS
ON the Riversides they lost considerable time
in going to their own stake, but got around
first and Strengthened up in good style for
home.
The Riversides turned next they losing
Time ton, by being out of line and when they
Strengthened up the Atlantics were after them,
about forty yards behind, and the Lee pulIers
bringing up the rear. When the mile and
half had been made the positions had not
materially changed, excepting, perhaps, that
the Hopes were slowly crawling away from
fhe Riversides, and the Atlanttcs, increasing
the rapidity of their stroke, were endeavoring
to collar the Riversides, the two other clubs
dropping back to catch their breath.
At the mile and hree-Quarters stake the
Hopes had opened quite gap between them
selves and the Riversides, and their red shirts
being quite prominent, their stroke was
counted and found to have
INCREASED TO 'FoRTY"
to the minute; but that did not last long and
was put on, so to speak, for a "spurt," and,
that making enough daylight between them
rest of the way, winning the race in 14:11H,
leading the Riversdes about eight lengths,
and that club having as much as it could do
70 keep away from the Atlantics, who were a
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