The New York herald., 1879-07-11

following were the starters Watkins crew. of
Watkins Glen n Yi Aaansa M,.n crew; c OF New YORK;
Cohoes n. "; st. Johns crew, of New Orleans, aud
tine wyandotte crew. of Wyandotte. Mich The
result was q surprise and sumner to the friends of
the Atalantas who had backed their to
even but who were beaten at the finish
with the lead quickly followed by the Atalantas At
the eighth the Atalantas drew ahead. Hisdale being
second. Watkins third. st. Johns fourth. Cohoes
and Wyandottes last. Going to the quarter the
Wyandottes moved up to the st. Johns and passed
them. Nearing the half mile the Atalantas and Hills
dales went well to the front. followed by the Wyan
dottes Watkins. Cohoes and st. Johns. At three
quarters of mile from the start the Hlsdaes drew
up the Atalantas. and began to push them.
Eustice was evidently surprised at the speed they
suddenly showed. and hurried his stroke little
only fnd that the Hllsdaes held him we'll. Mean
the rest OF the crews were left behind. the
Cohoes fouling the st. Johns here. who
stopped rowing at once. At the mile the
the formers boat travelling very fast. the lead
on it held The Hisdaes and Wyandottes
both steered bad course here. and the Atalantas
gained first place, but the Hillsdale boat straight
ened out for the finish line, crowded Eustce and his
good men hard. then drew up even. and finally. to
the intense aston ishment OF beat them in
by half length Time. Sm. ANS There was
considerable dispute to the location of the other
boats, Wyandotte being placed third, Watkins fourth
and St Johns NTH. on the claim of foul The Hills
dale another surprise party the know
ing ones not having picked them out for winners.
and after the start made, IL one can judge
anything from the way u crew row. no one would
have placed them first. Eustce had even
given them a thought as dangerous competitors.
Bow and No. meet their oars badly, so much so
that they do not seem to pull their stroke more than
two-thirds through To-day they used very long
slide, depending almost entirely on this, without
using their backs. They feathered under water
somewhat and tripped badly. They rowed n strokes
minute and spurted even higher. Their form was
poor that they looked everDmoment as though they
could not pull another hundred yards. The Ata-
isnta crew although beaten pulled in better % form
well together and in as good style. believe they
beaten because they did not fear the Hllsdaes
and allowed themselves to be trapped into row.
ing waiting race At the finish they
found that the .Hillsdales a little too
speedy for them No. OF the AT Ataianta aaata
he pulls his oar out ut the end OF the stroke No.
does not swing his shoulders back quite as far as
AZ strokes to the minute. The wyandotte
handled their oars WELL and got their hands away
rasas nicely The Wkns did no
row in as good form as we anticipated thcy would
The time and swing was bad. and was coupled with
many other faults. which the cause of their
being far behind at the close of the The st.
Johns crew did not well together. and had
faults OF similar nature to those seen III the other
boats.
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The annual Convention of the Association OF ANA
After reading of minutes and hearing reports Of
standing committees, they proceeded to elect three
members to serve on the Executive Committee, to
fill the expired terms of H. f. Buermeyer.
of the New York Athletic Club; J. X.
Stevens, Of the Wah- -wah-sum Boat Club, and j. H.
c. Watts, of the Undine Boat Club of Baltimore
On ballot j. X. Stevens and j. II. G. Watts, with
G. &. Peterson, Of the Nassau Boat Club,
were declared elected to serve Tor three years.
At the convention held at Newark in 1873
resolution passed to the effect that any dsqua
fed oarsman could at any time demand that his case
be reheard. Tonight resolution was passed virtn-
ally resembling the former Now one can have
his reopened, unless the committee chooses to
do SO, except in cases where it can be shown that
some testimony is to be offered on behalf Of the
person disqualified. The subject of next years re-
gatta left for future discussion.
William Rathborne, Of the New York Athletic
Club, winner. yesterday, Of his heat in the single
scull race and one of the winning crew to-day in
heat Of the double scull was tomorrow in the
final heats OF both classes Your correspondent saw
him at his quarters this afternoon. where Mr.. Rath
borne told him that he had concluded positively not
to tomorrow. He is strong second favorite,
and first favorite yesterday. In consequence
influence will be used to get him to row. but he
your represen tative that he determined
not to do Quite heavy rain began to fall about
seven O'Clock this evening and many feared that to-
morrow would prove y stormy day, but ut eleven
o'clock the storm had passed and not cloud is to
be seen. There is every indication now that
there will be good water for rowing IN the
morning, that the day will be clear and hot.
The Wah-wah-sums seem to be the favorites for the
final fours tomorrow. The Shoe ewae-caemettes feel
very confident of winning. but the crews are so
evenly matched that the condition Of the water may
win or lose the for any III the wind Is
blowing from the west the inside crew will have
decided advantage. II there is choice in positions
account of wind there may be another surprise
on the lake for the wise ones before night