The New York herald., 1879-07-12
The Final Struggles on
Saratoga Lake.
UNFORTUNATE FOULS.
Western and Southern Oarsmen Garry
Off the Honors. a
OF WORK FOR THE FOURS.
[By rELEeRApH TO THE HERALD. ]

SARATOGA. N. Y. July IL. 1879.
The third and dnal day of the regatta has come
and gone. and both by OF the superb weather
and the excellent quality Of the racing. the meeting
may be chronicled the most successful and best
conducted affair undertaken by the National
Association. Tho best and fastest men in the
country came to the post. the races close and
hotly contested. the spirit of fairness and
courtesy exhibited by the oarsmen toward each
other was admirable. and the programme
was followed to the letter. Now. it is
all matter Of the past but has left with its record
the peasantest recolIecons in connection with the
place. the and the contests. The clubs engaged
in the regatta. especially those who have from
the far South and West deserve every praise for the
skill and pluck exhibited by their representatives,
and to the gentlemen in charge of the arrangements
the course are due the hearty thanks Of oarsmen
and visitors for the careful attention to their
comfort. The referee Mr.. William b. Curtis,
was marvel Of prompttude. and to his close atten.
and admirable methods in the discharge OF his
duties is to be credited the fact that not single
delayed beyond the time placed opposite to
its title on the programme That large number Of
spectators not feature of the regatta greatly to
be regretted. it deserved full attendance; but it
1ay safely be said that this years racing has been
excellent that next years attendance will amply
in the regatta of 1879.
JUNIOR sINGLEs-rINAL HEAT.
Sharp at half-past ten O'Clock. the appointed hour
for starting the first race. s. R. Seyert Of the Nau-
titus Club. Reading. Pa; William Murray. Of the
Elizabeth Club; Burt Brown. OF the Union Springs,
and r. q. Jackson. OF the Palisade Boat Club were
In line and ready for the start. The water was all
that could be wished, scarcely a ripple disturbing
the CLASSY surface Of the lake. Without any
delay the referee gave the signal and away went
the boats each man straining every nerve to
get the lead. Murray and jackson had little the
best of the start, but the other two by no
slow. For the first hundred yards it was not
of few feet. 1t was thorough good race, with
every man doing his best. and all rowing in much
better form than they did yesterday. Before the
quarter was reached It was evident that Mur-
ray was forcing . pace too fast for the
other men. and he gradually bat surely
drawing to the front, aud at the quarter he was
leading by length, with Seyfert second. half q
length in front or brown. who third, and Jack
son beng close upon him. From here to the half
mile point Murray rowing in splendid form. in
creased the gap between himself and second at every
stroke until two lengths separated them At
the half mile Brown had gone into second
place. leading Jackson by one length, who had
ealantly forged ahead OF Seyfert aud had lalf
length the best Of him.. From the half to the three
quarters the positions did change. when Seyfert
tell behind and soon hopelessly out OF the
squirting and then the other. frst place
concerned, barring accident. Murray
WAS sure sur to o,,.r take it. as he was hold
and Brown were having hot race for second place.
They passed the mile with Murray first. Jackson
seyfert fur away to the rear. As they came
to the last half mile each one worked, il
possible. even harder than they had before.
to hold his position. Each answered spurt with
squirt. knowing that they were nearing the finish
and that few more powerful strokes and the
would be lost or won. Brown put q mogt ter
fc squirt and made bold dash for second place. but
Jackson responded just in time to himself and
came in second. leading brown by little
length. SO great was the spurt put on by
Brown and Jackson that they, gained rapidly on
length and half. Time or winner, l0m as.
time of second. 10m. S.; third ION. 9s.. and of
fourth ION. 1919. This was for juniors splendid
time and good work.
SENIOR sISGLEs-rrNAL HEAT
At a quarter past eleven OF clock the referee went
down the to the call the final heat of
the senior singles, and for this all but Murray
answered the warning whistle. Frank +. Holmes. Of
the Pawtuckct Club. OF Pawtucket, Il. l., came out
first from the shore and took his place at the westerly
stakeboat and awaited the coming of the other men,
performance in the trials justifying the be-
lief that he would win. Heavy odds
laid on him previous to the start. and
started. L. L. Phillips. of the Triton Club, of
Newark. N. j.. who formerly sat in the Cornell Col
lege boat, had the place to Holiness His chances
were considered tine slimmest of the slim and he
was generally neglected in the betting. Rathborne
and he aad Holmes watched each other
closely when the final start came. Rathborne
was first favorte at odds previous to
the trials. and although Holmes had first call
this morning, Rathborne was strong second
Il. q. Musgrove, of the st. Johns crew. of New Or
leans, and L. j. Mumford. OF the Perseverance Club,
of New Orleans. vt the eastern end OF the line
On getting the word Holmes speedily went to the
front by few foot. Rathborne falling in second.
Phillips third Mumford fourth and Musgrove next
All the boats going ut great pace aud steering
u good course. At the quarter mile Holmes led by
quarter Of length. which he increased to three
quarters ut the half. Whom three-Quarters Of
~ mile finished Holmes moved over into
Rathborne's water, and. despite the referees warn
ing. pulled in front OF tho Athletic she'll and began
to ''backwash' 1t. Tho warning repeated again
and again from the official boat Rathborne begun
to creep up on Holmes. In the next few pulls the
Athletic boat struck that OF Pawtucket, and Rath-
borne raised his hand to claim foul.
clearly now had the race in hand but in
stead of rowing on and holding second place which
the race. he slowed down and fell back to the rear
without effort to retain place even near the
fourth man. In the meantime, Holmes. who
practically disqualified. was followed by Mumford.
who. squirting strongly and holding lead easily on
Phillips. went over the line winner. Phillips lead
ing Musgrovc u length and half. Time. 9m. 5Os
roURoAnED sHEIr.s--PrSAI HEAT.
The great race OF the day-thc ruce To which all
sorts OF predictions had been made-thc which
to-day had largely increased the crowd Of spectators
and which was looked forward to the supreme
crowning effort of the regatta-thc final heat OF
for impaticntly. The Atalantas had withdrawn John
Eustis having been taken Ill, and the field CON-
posed OF the Wal-wahsums, the Mutuals. the Hills
dales. the Ezabeths and the Shoe niettes
immense amount of money stakcd on the result,
and the men themselves werc most anxious to win
this race. as the field was such powerful that
ITS defeat would be exceptional honor to the crew
accom- mplshing II. The ''Shoes" the favorites,
the Elzabeths second choice. the Hllsdacs and the
Wah-wahs alternately third anG the Mutuals quite
neglected in the pools. The Shoes expressed them
selves as confident OF winning, but the prominent
place in the betting accorded to the Eiizabeths
and Hsdales was due TO their splendid work
OF yesterday. On the defeat of the Atalantas
in the trial heat OF Thursday afternoon the rates
them changed from even on them to win against
the field to even that they would not have third
place. and this was before II known to-day that
Eustis was ILL., More interest centred ia this
trial than in ali the of the races combined and
the start eagerly awaited Mr.. Curtis
most careful to see that the men in
perfect line before giving the word. and repeatedly
went back and forth behind them TO that no ad-
vantage was taken by any crew. This boat was sent
forward little. that one ordered back half stroke,
and the all carrrully warned rs to fouls, and
assured that boat would be held strictly accounta-