The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-27
Harry Coulter and Thomas the Enslishman, in aim.

Giss.
'.what sort of fellow was Thomas?'
''wcn. he was big. fine fellow and rowed nice,
only he could not make her co. had easy time
next day with Plaisted and Luther. stopped three
times coming home to what going
shore These men are rowing better now than they
were then. Next day had Brayley. and he was the
hardest of the lot to get away with. don't think he
can row much now
"I see he is coming out again; how does he row."
"He rows far too much with his arms and knocks
all the wind out of himself. have seen him since
at Boston and he amt bit improved"
"what Is your general opinion Of the Centen-
nial?"
ut was pretty much fun all the time for me. had
no trouble in winning and enjoyed the trip"
THE BOSTON DEFEATS.
II suppose, Ned, you know that there was some
hard feeling about your being beaten at Boston,?
II know it, and don't blame the Boston folks or
anybody else for saying that sold the or did
not row straight. had business to go there at
ALL was broken down in spirits, wasn't trained.
and was just as unfit could be who had done
no hard work for months before. 1t Just shows you
that no man can row that doesn't take pains to put
himself in condition. I'll row again when
am ont Of condition. am no use when have not
traned-I mean against man that can row."
THE FIRST ROSS RACE.
Coming to the big races, Ned. all want to know
is how you won them and how you felt in row.
ing them. so that will simplify matters
We'll, tending to business the island after
coming back from Boston, but had laundering after
getting into my boat again. So saw some of my
friends and they arranged match for me with Wal
lace Ross. 1 not confident of beating him
then as would be now, but was not scared of him.
though they did send up great stories about his
ino WI ST. trie ia buuip
when got into training. but somehow the steamers
stuck to it longer than did. When got the
word to go Wallace got the start of me. 1
made bad start and steered badly, and so
he led me for 800 yards. 1 could have
rowed further in that distance, but did the
fun Of rowing the life out OF myself in 100 yards
when had to row five miles Ross was killing him.
SELF SO was perfectly satisfied to hold him and let
him do it. soon rowed him down and went on
then easily. Yes l steered wildly. You see it
the first race 1 rowed with so much excitement
around and did not take stern range. You know
what mean-two objects in line-one is no good
Ross was in good condition, but he is greatly inn
proved He used to throw up his arms too
much, he made the end Of his stroke dull He
have improved too; fancy just about hundred per
cent was pleased With the result; if we fellows
we knew something about rowing.
THE PLAIsTED
after a great deal of wrangling and tangling the
club got race arranged with Plaisted 1t was for
81 900 q side and the distance two miles straight
away. l made up my mind that would have to row
this fast from the beginning to the end. Paisted
got the best Of the start for started before the
word, stopped, then started again. while Paisted
caught the water at the word and of at awful
rate. This was why lost much. remember
your telling me that Courtney aware of this 1t
was trife, so he must have been watching me very
close. Plaisted started like lightning never
anything like it; but he killing himself dead.
little put out about his getting off SO quickly,
and did not get right down to work at onee but
some solid work and saw that l held him. was
satisfied and steaded myself When quarter of
mile had been gone was only a quarter OF length
behind. He was laboring hard, and was lin
different way. was going my best and thought he
was sure could stick to it longer than he conld.
You see, though Plasted has splendid muscular de-
velopment, he is too big around the chest for his
waist and he cant stand the strain of his way of
rowing won without much trouble after the quar-
ter. The time for the quarter awfuly fast, but
think that Plaisted not been in such good con-
dition since / don't want to say If he can be i'm
proved All care to say is that he is rowing as fast
az ever he Will do in his present style.
MORRIS RACE.
This was my first big match race away from
home, and It was for the championship Yes. did
have good opinion of Morris u rover before
went to Pittsburg. had him measured down pretty
fine when he was here. don't think there IL any
thing bad about the Hutton course The fact of the
matter is that ii man has got good head he can
row on the Hutton course as well as Pttsburg man;
that is IL he has couple of weeks TO train it.
When got there Eph showed me about as much as
Pat Luther. They were both very kind to me.
L \ u
squarer oarsman in America than he IL. The first
day was the course Eph his trainer down the
river with me. and was shown every spot who're l
could get advantage and every place where would
have to be careful. That's thing can't forget.
I'm fact it is almost than would feel inclined to
do for man that was going to row against me.
Everybody almost likes to have something on hand.
worked hard for that race. 1t was awtully hot and
the fat melted of fellow. 1 had to let up twice
in my training, though nothing said about it.
weighed lag pounds in my rowing clothes Eph was
down fine too; in fact finer than have ever seen
l was. We were both in good order on the day. and
when the word was given us we both got splcndidly
away The current runs four or five miles an hour,
and that made us travel fast. got ahead of him be-
fore had gone far. but he stuck to like leech
Icould not throw hin, off, and wanted to badly. ON
that course wanted to make sure of being able to
get out of any scrape that might get into and still
keep my lead. Twas about six lengths ahead when
got round. II was thirteen minutes of hot work
getting TO those flags. tell you. Eph came after
hot, and don't believe he thought he beaten
until the finish. 1t was the best race ever
man row..
"what-better than Courtney's racer
"He rowed gamer race than Courtney
"Well. how did You feel after it?
II felt all right at the time. but two hours after
ward-oh! never felt tired after any race
THE BRocKvIILE AND CAPE VINCENT REGATTAs
"How about your race at Brockville -
WELL ut Rockville won ~ pleased. 1 felt real
good. At Cape Vincent was all out of condition
and had the narrowest squeak OF losing the that
ever had. let up my training aud did not feel
well. We started on at fast pace and Paisted was
rowing like mad, so had to work hard to the buoys
When were about four hundred yards from home
was pulling in slowly. and it did not strike me
that Plaistcd creeping up dangerously close to
me. When he my carclessncss he made ire
mendous squirt. but awoke in time and put in some
hard lcks and won. 1t was tho longest tour miles
ever rowed."
SECOND RACE.
''You rowed Ross second time How about that
race p
Tho trip to st. John was good trip. The Kcnne-
bccasis Is the best course ever rowed when il
is not rough. and unfortunate in getting bad
weather. had TO do all my training on stretch OF
about a quarter of mile. and Ross was always on
hand. II great fun when we drew near to each
other Wallace was always wanting to figure ON me.
whenever came close would put IN some SOFT
work and cry ont to Wallace Hoop her up. wallace
and he would laugh and row of. 4 don't think any
of the 81. John men learned much about my rowing
before the race. When 1 went down the river Wallace
was sure to pull out from some bank, aud then l
had to let up. However, We had good tine. !
started down the river one day, and when had
gone about two miles the course IL began to
blow like old Harry from the west. so cut right
To- the shield of the bank fog came up then
and hal to creep slowly along. Scholes was wait
ing for me in skf and he Thought / was drowned