The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-16
THE REGATTA.
FIRST DAY-LIvELY sPORT-THE FA-
vORITEs BEATEN.
The Galveston Chap warns the Single
@CmlEera-TNshRY's Pr0Eramnae

The Galveston Chap warns the Single
SCuIEers-TO-day's Programme
AS anticipated, the crowd at the New Lake
End yesterday, to witness the first days row.
Ing, was quite large. numbering in all. perhaps.
five or Elk thousand. They did not. as is usually
the case wait for the latest trains but from Q
D. IN. until each train was filed to its utmost
capacity. to cay nothing of the hundreds of
public and private eonveyances that went out
full.
| At o'clock both banks of the bayou, from
| HoYT's AND BROWNS.
we're lined with people; the st. John boat
house, the pavilion Browns, and In fact every
inch of space commanding q view of the course
was filed with spectators.
Shortly after o. m. the Hope Club withdrew
their entry. Moulin, from the single scull race
for heavy weights. and the Perseverance Club
withdrew their entry. Graham. from the wher-
ry race. both men
BEING TOO SICK
to pull In the broiling SUM- Rafferty,. of the
| Towards, had previously been Withdrawn from
the last named race which lett In that hut seven
| entries. The final arrangements being com
pleled and the stakes and buoys having been
msgs ook her oston al eber' end IF e
! course In sail boats or yachts, but this was not
gec3mplls he'd until after o'clock. At ABOUT
! that time the Washington Artillery mountain
howitzer belched forth the signal for
THE FIRST RACE.
the single scull distance. one mile and return
| which was thought then TO be the feature of the
day. In thus there, were six entries; viz: Foley,
of the Atlantic G ub: Musgr0ye, Of The st. John :
E wards, of the Orleans; OrOtty. Of Texas !;
! Mumford. of the Perseverance. aud O'DOnneli
| of the Hope. In the pools ODonnBll was the
favurite by large od,is and Musgrove sod sec.
ond choice, while CrOtty, the dark horse was
| third, the balance
GOING IN THE FIELD.
About half an hour after the gun fired the
men came out of the basin in Indian file in
their cookie shells. and taking their positions
| In the order named.
| When the pistol WI fired for the start O'Don-
nell got the lead. Crotty jumping in next III.
perseve auce St John. Atlantic and Orl ans
clubs following in the order named, and In this
posi- ion they kept distances to the three quar-
| ter, where ODonneli sprt ad himself some and
left Cr0tty. but like all the rest got mixed np a
the s,akes, having got off his course aud there
by lost time, ICroty got fooled TN that. too, he
having taken MusgrOyr's course as q guide, and
thereby lost fully q minute in rowing from
stake o his own stake. Coming back CrtttI
saw work ahead of him. and even with the high
~eated boat and the rough water. he laid him
self down to about thirty strokes
TO THE MINUTE,
and kept that up until he had passed Mumford
and UDonnell the latter showing by his nBr-
vuus pulling that he didn't think there was 80
much in the Galveston man.
AT the hall Crotty was good three lengths
| aht ad OF the Hope man, and even MumfOrd had
passed lin and was leading him to the string.
Mumford made a terrible break for the flrs
place. but it wasn't In him no more than It was
Crotty. won the race by one fourth of J. length.
two miles, Ia 16:O2A, MumtOrd second, O'Don,
nell third. MusgI Ova fourth, Orleans fifth, and
Atlantic sixth. Thus was favorite beaten, and
thus did many hundred shekels fall into the
hands OF those who were squarey on the inside
and knew Crotty's gait anu endurance. When
the crowd .aW that the stranger was the victor
the 81 mpathy of the masses was wi him, even
though the old favorite had been b.aten, and
q IN sDh nn flr n
around into the basin might have been heard at
Mandeville-had Edison's telephone been con-
meet under the lake.
The neat was the single scull working boat,
OR wHERRY RACE,
that having seven entries, as follows: Orleans.
Pickwtck. Riverside H"pe. Lee Southern an
Louisiana In the pools there was no change
others, was for a distance Of one m lie and re-"
turn. At the tart the Louisiana entry got the
Brooks, Of the Lee club. took 1t and Kept it from
the turn to the line winning the race ia il :59A,
by about four lengths; the Riverside entry
second Orleans fourth Southern fifth Louist-
ana sixth. and ths PIckwicE seventh.
The next was the four-oared gig race. with
six entries, as follows: Perseverance,, Lee, Mag
nolia Hope. Howard and Southern. In the
Perseverance entry. Graham pulled stroke in.
stead OF Meany as the bills stated. At he start
the Hope VS. shot their boat through The wat err
at about a twenty-nlne to thirty stroke and
were followed by the Magnolia. Southern. How
ard and Louisiana crews. At the turn the posi-
dropping b ok Just ahead Of the Louisiana
crew. which was last. and The HowardS and
Southern taking, second aud third places. When
within half mile of the line the Towards and
SouiherDs changed places. and changed back
again by squirt from the Howards. The Hopes
' ALL THE WAY AROUND
and went to the line Ave lengths ahead of the
| next boat, The HowarGs second. Southern third,
Magnolia fourth. Perseverance fifth and Louis
The fourth was the single ecull shell race,
weights under 125 pounds, with four entries,
the Hope having withdrawn, leaving the perse-
In the send: off the Louisiana man got the
lead, but soon lostit. and LeMonnier. of the st.
John, getti 1t kept it down and back. win
ming the race in 15:14h, some Of the sculIers
steering wild on the lower end Of the course.
summary.
LOUISIANA STATE AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION
FIRST REGATTA. FIRST DAY. MONDAY. JULY ~
1878.
First Race-Slngle scull shell; distance one
mile and return: open to all weights:
Galveston Rowing Club. Galveston. Texas
sgU5'y3i SonH Ir0Tg Mumford
Hope (Alce G J. James O'Donne I.-.......... 8
st. John-tMa,uie). r. G. Musgrove.
Orleaus-( Emma. @. N; warde.
Atlantie-(A IA. Aba1call, w. Foley .''''''''''''
Second RGce-single Soul Working Boat. Al
L. E. Lee-tE W. Fl. Brooks............ /
Rlvrrsid fanny. J. W. Geegan. ............. 2
Oreans-tAmy), j. J. Carroll. .......-...
Hope John Canneyan. ..... ...... .......'....
Southern-( Daisy. Henry Deckbar
Louisiaua-(tIyl, Jaue5 RocQuet 900.
Plckwick-( Frou Frou). L. Vadres.
Time-l5:59A.
/ Third Race-Four- Dared Gig. All weights:
, Hope-(Ne tie Norton) &. iWilson, NJ. Lightly,
| J. Young, aud Pat. Powers, stroke; L.
Br 3dburry, coxswain .........:............:
Howard-A. Stein. j. Eagan, J. Furong and
T. Burk, str ke; J. Dounelly, coxsWain..
, Southern-(O. q. Allenl, John Bostick. T.
sleesinger, W: Zeiger, and G. Fl. Deck
bar, str Ike: Chas. Bartchay, coxswain.
Magnolia Cora W, +. Gross. P. Carr, Geo.
Green, and P. J. Stubbleaeld, stroke; L.
Rooney, coxswain.
Perseverance, Katie FL. E. G. Zevler. G.
Ruth E. p Robbers, and Fl. M. Meaney.
stroke; Peter YOunker, cOxswain. -.
LOuisiaua--( Blond J. P. G. Masuero. T. E.
Bernard, John A. Wagan and Paul Chau"
7 lime 13:12A.
Fourth Race-Single Scull Shell. Weights
under lbs pounds.