New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-01
OETDOOR SPORTS.
GRAMERCY BOAT CLUB REGATTA.

GRAMERCY BOAT CLUB REGATTA.
-FOUR INTERESTING RACES OK THE HARLEM XIV H"'
When the crowds of friends and admirers
of the tsamercy Boat club assembled yesterday OH '
Harlem Course TO witness the eleventh annual feP""
Of the club, they found That the lowering c'onus la"
few menaces for the CLUB AS Tor thoin'eNo''
An imsense tripo-dccked barge was pro
yl,cd for the ladies' and invited guests.
Wien this had been t0wed to the end OF the ne cou
inst ont OF McComDs Dam Bridge, aud 1t became
known that there all were TO remain during tle se'er@
hours of the regatta, little time WAS IosI III
arranging programme Of dancing. An exceIenl pa'u
suppied the music The utmost good ceiling prevailed
and the friends Of winners or losers We'd WIN eac"
other ~ waving handkerchefs ana cheering on Tue OAR
men TINS barge however. by no means held the buiH
of the friends OF the club.
There were five entries for the one mile race IN pa
Dared gigs. For this entry position No | was nlleu "
Alfred NJ. Hearn bow H. L. Young, stroke an" W. H.
Smith, coxrwan; position No. by NJ H. out'on'
bow: John Rcfcl, stroke; and Frederick Pfann-
kuchen. coxswain; position No. by Ed""rr
Featnerstone bow; ". C. Taggard, stroke; ana
John Neville. coxswain; position NO W
Cbaries II felton, bow; HOWARD f. Kennedy, stroke; ana
4 Winters. cOxswaln; ana position No. ., Dy - ~
Scbr,iier bow charles EAsiwick stroke, am T. T. DO
Ian cOxswan. The start was AT $40 D. NJ, anu ~ -
hnyuy me weather shore, took the lead ana kept II.
Nns and 3 rot in o a side contest that was said by
many on tie judges boat 10 be a. pretty race a. 20"
want to see" TAey were nip and luck i0f ong Whe'
nnJ Gn,,ily il narrowed down to Nos. ana 8 Mean
Willie 40 carried of the hOnoIs. But the tug beW"n
Nos = Hud > was i fierce one. ana The sbOuuhg uuu
che, ring were equally nrrcc UPto the hrcequdt'ei
mile punt u not possible tp say WA Ol Ncs l.
or Wouia win. bun presently No. TELL back ahu NOS
aud went on almost abreast, No coming ~ Ohy %
.ocnnd, ahead. Tue time No. l. e:2ol2; 80 :.
s.4i3t; 80. 3, s:47. No. WAS ahead OF No. = SIX
cug4s aud n, ahead o1 No. ) one clear leuSth.
strai hi away. The contestants were o. r
Kral,p j. i. Gibson, j.. and ii. J. SplzAa
L ne friends o. GI5,On-Or Hthcr the backrIs-ihd oI
Krpp were about evenly divided; ana when the race
came off mad his host OF nends CTS M words oi
cneer to hln from accompanying Ooat- SpltIhu h.id
ms friends 100 and altogether the race seemed 70 DC
OF the greatest Importance to the whCie cup cue"
wells rs - Now you've -Ot 49," NOW you're giving u 10
nilu -" Now y0ure moylu.' ana IN" Ike rent lhc AT
krpp The lead from he START ana hriG H. oFtIAd
Westminster shore aiii q DSou ~ the l"u''
blf wnen Knapp was far enough ahead lie TOOK tLe
water IRON of tBcm leaving Sptlka ana OlOsoh 10
nrh ID out 10 their leisure. Gibson came 10 drtp Dy
M. skin Of his teeth" friend OF SpitZha said. me
tune was: Il. app, 16:2Il2; GlOson. lEO2lf; sptzha'
11O7l2. -, H.,
Tnrn followed f)ur-oar 4 gig race one mile straight
away, three crews entering .ur thc race. II va we
contested and resulted scores OF G:393 Gl9iI ana
7.Oci2 III. .,-,
TIE regatta ended with mile race I'm eght-carcd
bars.s Two crews entered Tor the race. ms race was
remarkable for the cycuncSs OF tn" contest 20 tue Ns
q osr. Crew No / came In "A seconds anrad; ne
time or was: No. l. o:l23i ana No. - O't''
III regatta WI, finished little be ore sundoWn'