The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-07-22
LAST DAY OF THE REGATTA.
fcur-oar Race Rowed Twice--Sho-w ae'
cae.mettes and Wah-wah-sums
Ruled Out-The Hills.
dales Win the Cham.
Championship.

Ruled Out-1he Hills.
dales Win the Cham.
Championship.
Prom the New YORK Times.
SARATOGA, July 1.-The great three
days rowing regatta IL over, the win
ming crews have been announced and
the champions for 1879 named.
Preparations were made for the great
race of the day, in fact OF the regatta
the final heat OF the fours. As the line
was formed at the upper end OF the
course 10 was a sight TO warm tho blood
Of the most indifferent 10 see the Sho-
wae-cae- mettes, Hillsdales, Elizabeths.
/ Wah-wah.sums, and Mutuals, with
backs bent and oars thrown back, in
readiness for the desperate struggle
about TO ensue. At length the align
ment was perfected, the report OF the
pistol rang out over the placid surface
/ OF the lake, that was unbroken by a
ripple, aud they were of. The Hills
dales were the last 10 catch the water.
and the Shos were trihe the quickest,
/ but for n few seconds there was as lit
tie difference between them as between
the several rockets Of sheaf as they
4 flew upward. So punched were they
I that fouls were q natural consequence
and were inevitable. The first occurred
/ between the quarter aud the half mile
| flags, and was occasioned 10y the Shos
getting into the Elizabeths' water, and
and just grazed their boat, but neither
stopped rowing. The pace was now
tremendous. The Shos were pulling
IS, the Hillsdales 43, the Wah- wahs 40,
the Elizabeths 40, aud the MutHals Al.
At the half, the Shos led tho Hillsdales
| by half length, Wahs and Elizabeths
were abreast about IA far behind, aud
the Mutuals were about length in the
rear. The Wah-wahs had just fouled
the Mntnals and the latter had stopped
for a second. On sped the boats. the
strokes calling for sput after spurt. and
these calls meeting with ready answers
from the powerful crews. The Shos
pulled with a terrible energy, but their
neighbors from Michigan clung to them
like grim death, forcing them as they
had never before been forced in race.
At the three-quarter mile flag the Hills
dales led by half length, and both
crews were pulling as. At the mile the
ter of n length. but during the next
quarter they hal run il mp TO length
and half. All this time the Wah-
wah-sums, as outside crew, had been
crowding the entire field in toward the
shore, until all were whirling along
close under the bank. from which they
were greeted by frantic cheers and
yells OF encouragement from their
friends. At 100 yards from the finish
both the Shos and Hillsdales were
squirting tremendously nt n stroke OF
30, with the Shos close in shore, the
Hillsdales outside and somewhat
ahead, and the Elizabeths Just outside
of the Hillsdales and even with the
Shos. Suddenly the Hillsdales' port
stroke slid his seat, his oar missed the
water, aud the boat. turning in shore
at an angle, ran in TO the Shos boat,
making a bad foul and bring both
boats to a stand-still for a moment
The Elizabeths seized the opportunity
to hurry over the line. The Shos re-
covered 40 quickly that they crossed
only four feet behind the Elizab1 hs.
A quarter OF q length behind came the
Wah-wah-sums, and still another quar-
ter behind came the Mutuals. The
time of the Elizabeths was S:37, and Of
the Shos, S.3S.
All the crews rowel mp to the ref
eree's boat, and then ensued a scene OF
indescribable confusion. Betting men
clamored for a decision, aud everybody
shouted az once. Mr.. Curtis remained
perfectly cool and collected until the
clamor had somewhat subsided, and
then announced in n voice 10 he heard
10y all, and with manner that allowed
of no hope for a reversal OF his decis-
ion. that the race must be rowed again
within two hours, and that both the
! Sho-wae-cae-m mettes aud Wah-wah-sums
we're disqualified from again contesting
IL, on account of their fouls early in the
race. The Hillsdales were not disqual-
ified for fouling the Shes, because at
the time they did so the latter crew
were already disqualified aud out OF
the race on account OF their previous
fouls. The hot-headed Shos rebelled
vigorously against the decision, but
Mr.. Curtis would not give way to them,
aud they had to submit. The betting
men, aud especially the book. makers,
were in despair, for both the barred
crews had been great favorites, aud
these gentry hurried Oft TO make what
terms they could for the race that was
still to come of. The crowd rushed 30
Moons for dinner, and he reaped n
rich harvest. Many returned to town
rather than wait
At $50 O'Clock the three crews, one
/ OF which was 10 be the four-oared
| champion crew for the ensuing year,
again took up their positions at the
head OF the course. BY this time O
breeze was blowing down the lake
strong enough to make the water very
fast. The Elizabeths had the inside,
the Hillsdales the middle, aud the Mu-
tuals the ontsIde position. The line
remained intact from the start 10 the
end Of the first quarter, when the Hills
dales began to draw away from the
other two. who still remained on even
terms. The Hillsdales aud Elizabeths
we're pulling 40 strokes PEI minnie,
and the Mutuals a. At the half mile
the Hillsdales led by half length.
aud the Mutuals had gained trihe on
the Elizabeths. This was not a race
for an exhibition Of skill, but test OF
pluck, strength, aud powers OF endur.
ance, and all of these qualities are GER
tainly possessed by the new crew from
Michigan. From the time they began
TO go TO the front until the finish they
did not cease TO increase their lead,
slightly ID is true, for two splendid
crews were hard after them, but still
the gap between them and their follow
ers sensibly widened until AZ last the
flag fell ana their boat glanced over the
line nearly two lengths OF open water
TO the front. Their time was S:32i.-
The Mutuals we're second in SAL. and
the Elizabeths last, in S:42i. Thus,
the Hillsdales, OF Michigan. a crew
formed only seven weeks ago, when
they bought an old~shell from the
Wah- wah-sums for practice, aud who
two weeks ago went into the North
western regatta at Toledo AS a junior
four, and rowed their first race there
have here beaten the picked fours o
America, and are the amateur cham
pions Of the United States. Rowine
men have never been more surprised
than at this result, nor betting mel
mere thoroughly "done" out Of thei
money. There is nothing ia the ap
pearGnce Of this wonderful crew 10 de
note what they are. Three OF then
are a tough hardy, and well-browneC
set Of young men-typical Westerneri
and the fourth il. in appearance,
mere boy. As they row. their head
are bent forward aud their eyes arr
fixed on the bottom of the boat. The,