Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-30
NEW ENGLAND.
Maine.

Oarsmen PortIand-A Canadian Dark
 Horse-LiveIy Pulling and Remarkable
 Time.
 PORTLAND, Sept. 29.-The Union club races at Maranacooke Lake this afternoon attract ed upwards of 10, GOO people, including the leading oarsmen and sporting men of the country. Crowded trains came from Port land, Bangor, Bath, Belfast, Rockland, Dex- ter, Pennington, and not few from Boston and points beyond The following races and entries were billed for the event, viz: Profes- sional cared, milo race: Union (bluel. Portland; Columbia (red), Boston; West Lynn (black), Lynn; Everetts (green), Bos- ton. This was an exciting race, as the crews contained some of the finest oarsmen in the States including Ross, Plaisted, Lee, Davis, Kelly, Bradley, Breen and others. The first four named comprised the Union crew and were the favorites by long odds, and won by twelve boat lengths time, 19 minutes 40 seconds; Columbus second, 20 minutes 40 seconds; Everetts third, 21 minutes 10 sec- onds; West Lynn, 9 minutes 25 seconds. The prizes were $15O and $50 respectively. The second was a canoe race and served to interest the immense throngs until the third and great event of the day took place, viz, the professional single scull race. The prizes were $16O, $40 and $25. The positions were drawn in the following order: w. F. Ste vens, Bath, first, color green; J. A. Teneyck, Peekskill Pa., 2d, color buff ; F. H. Plaisted New York, third, color white; G. W. Lee, Newark, fourth, color blue J. H. Riley, Saratoga, New York, fifth, color red; E. H. Po4I ATo J. Gaudaur, Toronto, Ont, seventh, color blue. The betting was 100 to 75 in favor of Riley against the field. The race was very exciting from the start to the finish, Teneyck catching the water first and leading the field. He was soon passed, however, by Plaisted, who was pulling at the rate of forty strokes a minute, but Teneyck pushed him hard, Gaudaur,. Lee and Ross pulling together, Lee pulling in good form. About half way Riley lead, Gaudaur second, but he soon wrested the lead from Riley, turned the stake first and held this position to the finish, win ming by four lengths; time P minutes, 30 seconds; Teneyck second, P minutes, 35 seconds Ross third, 9 minutes, 45 seco4ds; Lee fourth; the rest not noted.
 The afternoons sport closed with the pro- fessional double scull race and proved of equal interest as the two former. The prizes were $20O $100 and $50. Kennedy and Teneyck drew first position, color white; Lee and Gaudaur second place, red Ross and Davis third, blue Stevens and Hamilton fourth, buff. The latter for some unac- countable reason did not pull in the race. Kennedy and Teneyck lead off in rattling manner at forty strokes, followed closely by Ross and Davis who pulled thirty eight. Kennedy and Teneyck reached the stake and turned leading length. The race down the home stretch was very pretty, Ross and Da- wis making it extremely hot for the leaders by pulling hard and reducing the gap, but the former stuck to their work nobly and won the race by three lengths, making the fastest time on record for a double scull race, viz, twenty minutes Ross and Davis time was twenty minutes and ten seconds