Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-08-22
OUR MICHIGAN LETTER

The Great Regcttd on Bar Reese Lake
The Husddic -Four Victorious in The Sen
ior -Four Oarcd Rdce-7he Undines Sec
ond, Bedtng the Famous ShOe-wde- G, {. met
tes, Of Monroe, By from 8 to 5 lengths
The Undines the Finest Crtw There.
The long talked OF regetta for Southern
Michigan came off on the 18Th and 18th,
and was a grand success in every respect.
The following crews participated in the
final heats:
Excelsiors, Detroit, Zephy~, Detroit,
CentenniaIs Of Detroit, HiIlsdales, Hills
dale, Undines, Toledo Shoe. .wne-cae-mettes
Monroe, FarragutS, Chicago, Anthony
Waynes, Ft. Wayne, and Niles Sculers, Of
Niles.
Thursday, Aug. 1ih, was the day for
the final heats. Baw Baesc Lake was in
splendid condition. The water was as
smooth as glass and clear as a crystal.
Both grand stands were crowded with pen
PIE and the shores were lined with AL xiuus
spectators,
AT two o'c'ock the first race came off, the
Junior Fours. Ii was a hotly contested race
and WAS won by the Baw Beese club,
Centennials second.
At $50 came the great race of the day,
Senior FOurs. The crews for this race
were Baw Beese, CentenninlH Undines,
Shoe -wae-cae metIes aud llillsdales. They
| all started together in fine style, the Hills
dales in the lead, the Shoes ID, Ccnten
tennials 8 l. Undin,s 4th.
At the hall mile stake the IIillslales
were still leading, Shoes 2d, while the
| Undines has passed the CentennInIs, and
were hugging The Shoes closely. At the
mile stake where they first came ia view
| of the spectators they held the same posi-
ton, but soon after passing il the Undines
made grand squirt closing up the gap
between the Shoes nnd themselves. In II
moment more the Shoes put on their ia.
nous stroke and settled down To business
hut it was no use, the Ii,l'daeS were too
far ahend tn he Overtaken aud the Cndines
had too much muscle To be beaten by the
Shoes. The Hllslales came in first, I'm
dimes two lengths behind and the Shoes
irnm ) to 10 lengths behind the Hills,lales.
Distance, II miles Time. 7.023.
The next race, Junior Single Srulls, was
won by Ball, of the Zephyrs-lIme s, ,43A ;
Wolf, IIll-dale, ID pluss, Detroit, 81.
Senior Single Sculls, Wells, oi Excrlriors,
|
Barnard, Niles SculerS, Sd.
The most exciting race was the next, the
Senior Double Sculls. The Farragnts and
Niles Scullers having wi hdrawn, left the
race between the Hills,iales and Undines,
the former consisting of Nlessrs. c. w. Ter
willger and L. b. NnnValkenburgh, anil
the latter of Messrs. Ii. B. Taylor and j.
c. Kamey. The Undines plucily led until
within a short distance Of the home buoy
when on account of breaking an Oar-lock
or something Of that kind they slapped
short, thus leaving the Hillsdalrs tho win.
ners in 7i47i. Why they stopped | am
not sure, hut from my position thought
hey hal broken something. The race was
theirs until they stopped.
In the Junior Double SOULS the Hills.
dales won in 5000; Farraguts, 2nd, 500.
Thus ended the great races that demon
Strated the right Of the lIillsdale crew Ia he
called the champion crew. The Undines
however, were regarded ~ the next strong
eat crew nt the regatta and when the,
passed the mnch bonsted Shoes coming IL
second On the hottest race of the day, th'
cheers aud plaudits Of the assembled multi
uIde were long lond aud sincere. When il i
remembered that the Shoes were here owe
u week before the rege'ta, praclicing, an,
the Undines only came the day OF the race
I, the result IL but little less remarkable thai
the action OF the IIil'sdale crew at Saratoga
The time made by the Undines at thi
: race is better than any the Shoes ever mad
= and they are now regarded as one OF Tia
: strongest crews that have been here.
: The expression Of the citizens of Hills
dale ia uniformly this; The Undnes wer
the most gentlemsnly crew at the regatt;
aud another year, il they come here, the
viii make our boys hurry themselves /
beat them.
Wishing the Ohio boys success in the lii
- ture, and inviting them to come out again
y and hoping the ambassadors" will ex
curt out in this direction whom they hav
. their reuns" TO view the now iamou
. race course on Baw Beese Lake will clos
August IS, 1879. ~"