The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-16

and clear Riley at 80 and 81 strokes. swinging his
long greyhound Ike body back and forth. with
sweeping his blades through great length
OF water at every. stroke. few along at
slowest stroke he showed in o boat race.
never over. 25.. and usually just "a. had
sntseonist but the calm. measured collected look
about his work. His splendid reach forward. his
perceptible hang at the beginning before his blades
crew. and the grand way his legs were attending to
their duty on that stretcher. explained why his
Ave. The delay in the rough water ana
the time lost in crossing out of it. made the
first mile slow. and when they passed the little
mighty like . slow race
TURN.
Riley's lead still unmistakable and never less
than length-t was never much more-and as
they tore along the second mile occasionally splash
Ing the water high oyer their blades and I'D;
improving. and the two miles were likely not
times creep up bit. but Riley's dashing
spurts soon sent him astern again. and.
best Of the first two miles they near the stake,
and, though Courtney looks stil a length behind,
suddenly he dips his port sculi deep down in the
mendous force with his left hand swings his frail
boat around rs II she were hung on pivot. Riley.
wrinkle. and the first thing he knew he
was whole length behind. while Court
ney's timing watch marked Ism. 25s, to the
turn. time worth making q note of, Courtney sung
and wen 90 down easyY; when cross the line
friends holding the high opinion of each other of
men. who sincerely believe these two are the best in
their line their country can produce, while they
sivsly that they were doing anything but taking it
easily. and nightly would Riley have liked
to have this tins whipped his ofttimed rival, but.
though he had led him all the way thus far Court
ney was past him now and things began to look
squally
Suddenly. instead OF keeping the advantage he had
SO dettly gained. however. Courtney slowed down
and again let his more active rival collar
tag. First Riley is ahead s%s then ooprtney s
but pick them up where you like there is Court
ney's inevitable twenty-sx and Riley about six
Sometimes Riley would squirt and rush the pace.
Not SO Courtney. That strong, plain. steady
pounding; that's what he relied and
he made no mistake Never before. did
did he distribute his strength more evenly over the
course and have much less left in him as he drew
down toward the finish line. Both men this time,
ing to the bad water had to 100 yards more
than the four miles. the track of either instead of
being too parallel lines was a tolerably broad
oval. for besides swinging far away west to
get the lee Of the bank on the upstretch.
while the home they bore over east to the
centre of the lake. and even then had to work still
further eastward they neared the finish line.
Ono, or twice. as you caught them in profile.
they looked double scull. were they
Riley now. as the fourth mile was approached. had
slackened to q, while Courtney had rather quick
ened q trihe. His plan seemed to be. in
stead Of squirting by increasing his number
OF strokes, to simply lay on more beef for
dozen here and there and so shove her ahead,
rHE FINISH
The story Of any one mile Of that fight the
story Of any other hard hot racing all the way. Sell
dom clear of each other. yet never near enough
sideways to threaten q collision, Courtney generally
behind, and each man pulling all he knew. They
lett the referees tug half mile astern the out
manage the homestretch, but here
they are now right amouG the fleet of small craft
which my near the finish. Now the Cayuga
Giant does prevail that great back OF
his to swing two three more times to
the minute. and the game. good man from Saratoga
and answers with the best he has, but inch by
inch Courtney gradually swings to the 'front.' and
they dash in almost neck and neck the line,
amid tumultuous applause, Courtney wins by
scarcely the length of his own good body. A
gamer, finer, fairer might not
wish to In the closeness of the
two. Wherever you picked them up and in the way
they finished It reminded you of the Lachine fight
with Hsnlan. Time. aim. 37As