Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-15
THE sEEKoNK REGATTA.
A Ihttlo uossip That Touches Lightly
Upon All tho Rowors Woisgorber, OF
w Whesling, Already Smashing Things

A Little uossip lhat Touches IlghI
Upon All tho Rowors W oisgorber, q
Wheeling, Already Smashing Things
| BnsrnN, June ll.-The preparation
for the great regatta on the 18th are al
ready iar advanced II is Justly ConsId
crcd that this will bo the great aquatic
event oi the year, aud already hundred
uf people, interested in ono way or an
other IN the race, are pouring int,
| Providence and PawtuCkUt. THE chic
topic ol conversation is tho regatta mex,
| Thursday un the Scekonk.
Much has already been written about
| the prospective races some things true
aud great deal untrue; in fact, It N
| next tu impossible tor a newspaper at'
tache Ia coin accurate special dis
patches" unless hc visits the place and
parties about whom hC writes, at sce
| some ono who has done ST., uT even
reads what from time to time II writ
ten hv those who get their Information
from observation aud "utliclal sources
A committee ni the Eastern Rowing As
sOCIAllun, among others Alderman j. j,
flynu aud Hon. j. IL. Martin, visited
Providence and the Scckunk course To-
perfect, as Tar as possible, the arrange
mcuts lor the regatta ui next Thursday
" allacc Ross, John \. Kennedy aud
Frank llulmcs, the latter we'll known
amateur, were found comfortably quar-.
tered at the rawtuckCi boat club house,
~ HawluCket, nearly three miles from
the starting point, aud all expressed
themselves ~ being well pleased with
I'm. Al lar NJ
II was not mt all what he had been lcd tu
expect.
uossip About tho Oarsmou
Kennedy was just starting out for
row. tie looked ~ good CuudIiIuu. aud
roScd better, II that were possible, than
he did year ago. Ross, great strap
Wp8Jellow that ho is, looked lit to row
Frank Ilnlmcs, quiet aud pleasant as
ever, waited at the boat house IN hls
rowing toys fifteen Or twenty minutes I"
converse with the visitors, aud then
took his morning Journey down the
river. The new boat house n the
PawIuckct Cluh Is rapidly al
pruachlug completion, aud Il
A model structure ol It's kind.
Il will cost the mcmhrr4 nearly 5000
The boating mcn at pawtuckct guaran
tee that the upper end ol the course VIII
hr kept perfectly clear at boats aud YES
sci, ul all kinds, aud they are To have
.pVCIal officers sworn IN hy the Gov
cTunr for service uu the l7Ih al June.
Fred rlalstcd was expected at faw
turkrt Saturday or to-day, depending
nn whether his boat has vet been tulsh.
cd hy the builder. The champion Han
Ian aud the Wheeling, West Virginia
uarsmau WClsgCrhcr, occupy the br"Mn
University hnat house with their boats
aud Lang oi the Grand Trunk Bual
Cluh. ui Montreal, tho champion ama
tour ut Canada, share It with thcm
Lang arrived Friday aud took his first
spIu about o'clock IN the ailCrnnou,
when, ia company With llanlan, ho pull
oil up the course, and, after practising
turning, took a little coaching from the
champion, finishing with spin "i "
milr, IN VIII ch lie showed very iar form
and madr his shell gu at "A lively I'o,o,
WclsgcrhCr damaged his shell consider.
ably on Thursday 10y rowing IN too close
| tn the Providence bank aud eau 'lng his
boat lo vraGr on some lilung which thc
| Government had dumped near the
shore u short time age. llcpatChcd the
| craft up Yesterday, hut 1t is not fitted
| ibr him. anyway, aud ho means tn get q
| now boat The English udTsmau, Buy'
| IL uuarlcrcd tar ont at sight at all uthU,
oarsmeu, IN fact. hc aud his party ar,
IA a farm house well up Ten Mile river
tributary stream at the ScCkonk
which flows IN uu the side opposite thai
on which llaulan aud Others are located
Boyd ia Very Foxy aud Shy.
| aud does not row down IA iaT rs Han
Rus quarters Once, and once only
did hc row up az tir as rawtuckct. Iii
boat goes through the water finely, hu
hc IL tyru at turning, aud II he expect
to start from the turning stakes home
ward even with others he must gct then
two lengths ahead oi them; IN uthe
wnrls hc will lose two lengths IN turn
INK unless hc improves very much u
the next five days. FrcnChy Johnsn
has Indicated tu the Eastern Ruwlu
Association what hc desires tn tly as hl
colors next Thursday, and he will he a
hand IN u day ur twu, as also will Ic
Eyck. oi pcckskill luot CatskilN, TIA
ridiculous story that Josh Ward though
ot taking a hand in the regatta is almo'
too silly for contradiction. Josh IL no
too old In resume rowing IuT prizes, an,
It hc were not So, hc could not start |
Providence. a. the entry books are close
and he has not entered. NalSel, Murra
aud other amateurs are expected eNeI
dav. Holmes, of oiPawtuckct, SAYS ho do,
not intend To take any long chanC,
IN the race at Thursday next, an
will give everybody As vide berth
possible. The races will be row'
promptly High water on the Scekor
will not Toe had before i.i0 o'Cl0c
The amateur race will he called at S:3
and the professional race will follow u
| mcdiately, aud will be ruwed as ne
| high tile as possible, 50 as To make
conditions favorable. The Taste
, Rowing Association has caused To
made several styles OF buoys, Tor tur
ing stakes, and two ot these were Jri
. in front OF the Brown University boI
house yesterday, Hanlan making tn
around one, and suggesting that II
made larger aud with higher uprlgt
, for holding the numbers. Tits will
I done, aud the buoys will he tried ags
I. | on Monday. City Engineer Gray has
0 f,n,shsd Triangulating the Course.
. aud will report TO Alderman FlyI
Q when the course will be marked out a
stakes anchored. The seoarss cannot