The New York herald., 1879-07-12

water. fouling them jrst after crossing the
quarter. The Elizabeths and '.shoes' had steered
to the east into the Hilsdales water and they col
lided at the same time. The Hsdales alone avoided
the general crash Rowing closely punched together
the crews swept along toward the half mile the
the minute. tremendous pace was being
kept up, and though signs of distress were looked
for in some Of the boats the fearful strain born
pluckily. Here the Ellzabeths and .Shoes" moved
westward into the formers rowing lane.
and the Hillsdales taking advantage of the
their with a will and drew up even
with the leaders and hundred feet further cap
by the same circumstance. and passing the Eliza
beths gained so rapidly on the shoes that before
closing the mile they colared. though they could
not the famous Monroe men, All the
were now squirting at top speed. putting into each
stroke all their weight strength and skill and fight
waters. The speed was too great. the strug-
gle too long continued for some of the
isssened lessee their stroke and dropped away. The
first by the Hiilsdales. who were rowing, with
derful force, and leading the "Shoes by length
and quarter. The "Shoes'" determined fight to
regain lead had carried them three lengths ahead
wah-wahs. the Mutuals bringing up the some
two lengths to the bad. 1t was now never
with with the shoes. an. and raising & their stroke to ~
in its speed. On land and on shore the spectators
wild with excitement and cheered till the hills
rang again.
UNFORTUNATE FINISH OF SPLENDID RACE.
At this point sudden movement of the Hillsdale
boat changed the whole current of events. 1t is
said that No. in the Hillsdale boat slipped his seat
and control OF the boat lost. At all events the
boat suddenly yeered sharply to the west and
To avoid collision the Shoes" gave, way and
turned shoreward. calling to the Hillsdales to
their course the "shoes" gave way further
and spurted desperately to pass ahead OF
and in moment would have been beached had not
the Shoes crept up aud as the boats drew level
they came together. swung around little. and the
oars locking they came almost to stand still. They
were separated in al instant and dashed on toward
the finish. but that momentary pause had killed all
chances of success tor the Elizabehs seeing their
adversaries plight. had spurted superbly and gone
the mark four feet ahead of the Shoes. who
T,, mere a,,., ten feet ahead a. OF the wah-wahs
the Hilsdales crossing last in which,
but for the unfortunate occurrence at the close,
many year. The crossing of the line followed
by uproar and excitement that is beyond descrip
ton. The finish line was close by the dock and all
the crews were close in shore near the bank The
crowds rushed down on the dock. shouting and call
ing to the boats each OF which had its little army OF
hackers and supporters. Men even ran into the
lake up to their knees to shout and yell at their fav
orites that the was theirs and begged OF
them not to relinguish their rights. The
'Shoes' Hilsdales and Elizabeths talking
loudly and excitedy to each other from their boats,
and exhibiting reserve Of lung power in the dis
Everybody talked to everybody else at the top of
his voice and above all the sounds were the shrieks
a moment. The scene was q nineteenth century
reproduction of the biblical Babel. When the ref
appeared the scene he instantly besieged
by the army of friends and all the raised their
hands and voices and claimed the race.
REFEREES DECISION
Utter confusion reigned tor a moment and feeling
threatened to run high. when order and quiet was
restored by the prompt aud decisive manner in
which the referee gave his decision and his
For foung the Mutuals at the quarter mile he dis
qualified the Wah-wahs; for fouling the Elizabeths
ut the quarter he disqualified the .Shoes." The
others ordered to tho The claim
Of the Shoes that the Hllsdales foued them ut the
finish was not entertained for the reason that the
"Shoes We're disqualified, and consequently, out Of
the race at the quarter mile
The decisions in both the senior single and four
cared races have been sharply discussed and, it is
regretted. drew out some uncalled for il not un-
gentemanly remarks. Many claim thar in the
singles Rathborne fouled Holmes, Rathborne
being out of his own water which the officials admit
AS the rule of the association Is that any boat "de
parting from ito own water does SO ut its peril"
Holmes friends held that rs both men were out of
their own water, one had as good right Of the way
as the other. and that Holmes ahead. Rath-
borne had business to into him.
and if it thus not Holmes fault: he shorld not
suffer for it. 1t is claimed the other hand that
Rathborne out of his water only because having
been crowded out by Holmes. He had given way to
avoid foul and for this reason Holmes entirely
ut fault for any resulting accident. There has been
much criticism of the decision in the fOuroared
being unfair, but am glad to say thss pecsons
who most Loudly combated the decision. were either
those who came here to make money on the race and
have lost or those who know very little about the
laws Oh boat racing
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
And now to resume the story of the regatta. At
three o'clock the referees aud press boats steamed
up the to the starting point. In going up.
four-oared crew from the New York Athletic Club
seen rowing in boat of novel construction of
their design. 1t is what might be termed
quadrupe sculi boat 1t s said to be very fast and
good boat in which to teach men to scull.
1t is r5ged rs is double scun boat,
except that it provides for four instead
of the two double scullers," and the men in the
boat to-day sent it along rare pace. The three
crews which were to row the four shell race
Elizabeths had the position. Hiilsdales middle
position, and the Mutuals the eastern. The wind
had freshened since morning. blowing down the
course. 1t was help rather than an injury to the
crews. as it did not ruie the water enough to make
rowing difficult. The. course was twenty
ing. All three crews got away well
together and held their places. One hundred yards
from the start the Elizabeth crew were rowing As
strokes q minute the Hillsdaes 46 aud the Mutuals
A. At the quarter the Hllsdales had forged half
length to the fore with Elizabeth second. few feet
ahead of the Mutuals 1t was pretty race. Every
time the rear crews drew up little to the leaders
the Michigan boys put on ,, one OF their famous
more than one length the best of it.
with the Virginia crew half length ahead
to the mile and quarter point where the Hillsdales
increased their lead to more than three lengths. 1t
was tight race all the way for second place. First
one would have it and then the other. In this way
they rowed on to the last quarter OF y mile. when
the Mutuals. taking second place. began to squirt.
running their strokes up to forty-six, while the
Ehzabehs still kept on with their steady swing of
forty to the minute.
THE HrLIsDALE's pLucKY STROKE OAR.
The stroke oar OF the Hillsdale seemed to
weaken. his head dropping at every stroke His
rowing became ragged he did not reach pull
strong as he had been doing. He looked to be much
distressed. and the boat slowed little the Mu-
tuals began to gain. ''Can the Hisdaes hold outy"
"will they give out on this Anal spurtf" were
anxiously asked on every side. The stroke
seemed distressed that his laboring painful
to witness. and one began heartily to wish the
thing over for the plucky fellows sake; but he ana
Ills gOOQ men did not stop, Dut seeing the close
proach OF the Mutuals bent to the work again. On
came the Mutuals, squirting AS though their very
lives depended on 1t. Still the Hisdales hung to
their work, feeling that they near home and
few more strokes would take them in winners.
What this last effort cost quickly seen, for. AS
tho Hillsdale boat was landed q winner by two
lengths. the gallant fellow who stroked his crew so
well tell back in his seat utterly exhausted.
His nearest companion caught him lie fell, and the
boat quickly pulled to the hoat amid deafening
cheers from the crowded shore tor the victors The
Mutuals were second leading the Ehzabeths by