The New York herald., 1879-07-06
BOSTON CITY REGATTA.


AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS STRIVING FOR
PRIzEs-RoUoH WATER AND NARROW Es-
CAPE FROM DROWNING.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
Boston. July s. 1872
Owing to unusually rough water on Charles River
yesterday. the rowing regatta the most attractive
feature OF Bostons celebration OF the Fourth.
SO far as the sporting fraternity were
concerned. was postponed until eleven O'Clock
to-day. At that hour large of spectators
crowded the Beacon street wall. and the several
excursion boats that chartered to the
The water quite lumpy. and another postpone
ment was feared but the judges and referee decided
to start the several and until the water
grew too rough. if it should continue getting worse.
AMATEUR JUNIOR scUILEns.
Promptly at eleven o'clock the first gun was fired
signal for the amateur junior sculers to
get into line. About five thousand people were
the stationed at the various points where
view of the whole or part of the contests could
be had. There were fourteen entries for the first
race distance two miles. and Of these following
took positions in the order named: "A. O'Bren. d.
J. Murphy. ]. Meany. John Minnix John NJ. MUIR
ply, II. L. Badeen and Fred Linton. At 1lh. 21m.
5s. the word ''go given to grand start Fred
Linton took the lead closely followed by O'Brien.
d. j. Murphy and Meany. A very interesting
ensued tor an eighth of a mile, the men keeping
pretty close to each other. At this point a
foul occurred between Baden and John M.
Murphy. The upper stake was reached
in I'm. and 1Os., Meany leading. The race now be-
very exciting. the men all seeming to keep in
a bunch. but Meany gradually drew away from the
others after the last quarter mile passed. and
crossed the line easy winner. Time. Ism. U.s.;
O'Brien second, ION. 571as.; Linton third. pom.
2,ss.. and the others strung out. Linton claimed
,r,ct n I}via mt f,a farm, ar
rowing in his own water his claim not allowed.
PROFESSIONAL SINGLE sCULLERs.
The next event the race for professional scull-
ers, distance three miles-mie and half and turn.
OF the twelve entries only five reported at the start
ing line and took positions foliows:-Evan Nor
ris James A. Ten Eyck Horatio II. Delano. William
s. Flick and George Hosmer. AS the men formed in
line the excitement very great there being
siderable money staked the result. The word
was given promptly and q good start
made Dclsno took the water first followed by Ten
Eyck. Morris and Flick. Ten Eyck soon went to the
front and close race for the first position ensued
Morris was rowing 36 strokes minute and Ten Eyck
3d. Ton Ey ok held the lead to the stake turning it
first, three lengths ahead OF Morris. who was hve
lengths ahead Flick Soon after Morris overhauled
Ten Eyck. took the lead. and Zen Eyck again re-
su1ned his original position. Then. for short
distance. they rowed almost abreast but Morris
drew away from his antagonist and slowly increased
the lead to Ave lengths Both men seemed to suffer
much from the rough water and both boats were
almost swamped. Morris passed the two-mile stake
in l5m. 4ss. Ten Eyck III 16m 1ss. Morris stopped
place lace when his boat was swamped. Ten Eyck
sa Started BY s %s Ia1 s
had reached Ten Eycks position and both men
started for second place. Both howeye rowed very
he seemed to be fully alive to the fact. Morris
crossed the line half mile ahead Time, 26m. 361ss
Ten Eyck second, 31m. 40 Delano third, Sim. 59s
This race rowed with great difficulty, the water
being altogether too rough. Flick had narrow
AMArETR SENIOR scULLEns.
The senior amateur single scull race next
called distance two miles. There wore sixteen en-
tries and the following starters -E. Hamilton L. c.
Murphy. John Francis, j. Buckley. j. T: Brown.
ton and George Lee Houghton took the lead and FOR
the first mile OF the pretes that has taken
place on this river for years ensued; The men oil
ever showed little in front, but just before the
stake turned caught crab and obliged to
yield his position to Francis, who turned the
stake first. Houghton was second. Brown third
George Lee fourth. and the rest in a
down the course. being about four lengths
ahead OF Houghton who was pressed hard by Brown
water getting rougher and rougher. Still the
men stuck pluckily to their positions and seemed
Francis won by six lengths, time Ism. 43lss.;
Houghton second, time l6m. 151as.; Brown third.
time 16m. 25s. Lee finished fourth. and there was
quite an interesting between himself and Buck
ley Of Portland for that position. Lee taking it by
fifteen feet.
The three mile race for double sculls was promptly |
called next. and the following reported at the stake
boat t:-Kennedy and Davis. Barnwell and Sullivan
effected @ Barnwen and Sullivan led off, and
srs~sa sye work. erras struggle I' ensasd srs be-
tween Kennedy and Davis and Diskeen and Henry, |
which resulted in both passing by the leading team
before the end of the first quarter reached. At
half mile stake Barnwcil and sullivan up the
race and rowed back. Kennedy and Davis were row.
ing 33 strokes to the minute and their competi- |
tors Sc. The former turned the stake first |
and ten lengths from the others.
tbav he fbQ
allowed the gap to be closed. and in the last quarter
a very good struggle was witnessed. Kennedy and !
Davis pulling across the line half length ahead. |
Time, 22m. 29s.
sIx-oARED sHELLs-AMATEURs
The fifth for six-oared amateur shells, |
distance three miles Three crews contested. The |
City Point Club. Shawmut Club No. 2 and Shaw |
lead and held it for short distance, |
when the of shawmut No. ] appeared in front,
and soon there three lengths between them, |
the shawmu, No. being length behind. The |
City Point crew here rowed splendid race and |
mistake They seemed to lose all self-control and
rowed In the direction Of the Cambridge shore, be-
ing at least quarter Of mile out of their
course. Shawmut No. l kept straight on their |
course and turned the stake in ON. 30s.,
and in lOm. they squared away for home with
a lead of 10 seconds over Shawmut No 2. The
Shawmut crew No l passed the second mile in
lam. 2os. from the start, the shawmut No. in
Ism. 13s. and the City Points in 16m 5s. The City
Points again out of their and then were
hopeessly out of the race. Shawmut No. finished
in 2Om. 37s., Shawmut No. 2 second.
FoUR-oARED WORKING BOATS.
The last was OF four-oared working boats and
was entered by the following named crews in the
order given NORTH End crew, of Boston, Middle
sex crew, of Cambridge: Lakeman, No. l. OF Boston,
Turtle Grove Club of Halifax, N. s.. st. Mary's
crew, of Boston; Hay Shed crew, of East Cambridge
Cumberland four. of Portland, Me-; Lakeman. No. 2.
Boston. and Vest End. No. l. OF Boston. The boats
had Mt 2h. Som. l0s and kept terms
for nearly half mile. II is seldom that good
a start is made by the working boats, whore foul
the programme. The first time down the Lake.
man NO / aud West End crews run together.
Tho Lakemans reached the stake first, and though
the West End boys cut inside and caused the
l.akenans to make wider circle. the latter
kept their lead The time OF the Lakemans two miles
was 13n 36s and the West Ends l3m. 37s. The Hall
fax and North End foulcd in turning the two
mile stake, but continued the The West End
crew proved the winners in 2Sm. 0s the North
Eudnrs following In 2Sm. 3Ls IakemAu No. /