The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-14
small, the necessity for such an organiza-
tion Is not apparent

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The Acme Club held meeting the othel
night and proposed to purchase the four
cared scuH "John Tucker" 1t is owned
by Ed. Wisnewski. VIM. Neppet and Emf
Linhardt of the Acme Club, but they in
tend to sell it. Another meeting will b
held on the 2lst inst, when the matter viii
be considered. Tue Acmes will probably
purchase it
One of the Aquatic bows was the recipi
emt of one cent valentine and the follow
ing soul stirring and pathetic lines In
verse:
I'd pity their fate who has the sad lot. ,,
To sail with snide like yourself IN yacht
By the cut of your b one can instantly tell
That your courage would shrink at the signt OF [
swell. -ss |rN.t
At the flap of sail with sea sickness you'd quail
Like unlucky Jonah you'd swallow whale.
In gutter or gouse pond no doubt you would do
With some other geese ssyour captain and crew
At the recent annual meeting OF thu
Mitchell Rowing Cub of Milwaukee,, WIS.
the following officers were elected: n. N
Cary, President; R. B. Toombs, Vice Presi
dent; C. w. Smith, Secretary: A. W, Ding
wall, Treasurer; e. s. Quinn, Captain; W.
II. Barr, Lieutenant; R. M. Mazro, Ensign
The Club have ordered four cared work
ing at of Chas Plass. Detroit; also four
Dared paper shell of Waters d Son, Troy
N. Y. The Club in a furnishing eondi'
ton financially, and SO soon as the weather
will permit members will 20 into training
The sculler's race between Robert w,
Boyd of Middlesb rough and William El
lott of Blyth, England. for $l,o00 side
was rowed on the Tyne championship
course on Monday morning, February 9th,
and the result was an easy victory for Boyd
and a good deal of money changed hands
on the contest. Time. twenty minutes and
forty seconds The full length Of Tyne
championship course is three miles and fle
yards straghtaway, and when Hanlan de.
feated Elliott the distance pulled was three
miles 563 yards (the starting point being
changed from the High Level Bridge to the
Mansion House )and the time q minutes and
and one second. If the time given in the
dispatch is correct, it is The best on record
there.
New YoRK YACHT CLuB.-"This Club held
their annual meeting February 9th. Com
modOre S. N. Kane in the chair the most
imp ,rtant business transacted being the
election for ntficers, which resulted as J.
lows: Commodore, VIM. H. Thomas; Vice
Commodore, John R. Waller; Rear Commo-
dore, James d. Smith; Secretary, Charles
l A. Minton; Treasurer, James O. Proudft;
Measurer, A. Gary Smith; Fleet Surgeon,
Alex ander M. Fisher, NJ. D.; Regatta Com
mittee, Dan'l 7. Worden; Chester Griswold,
g. l.. Haight; Committee of Admissi ms,
IS. Nicholson Kane, John R, Dickerson,
r. W. J. Hurst Robert Center and Charles
II. Stebbins; House Committee, N. d.
White. H. N. Alden, W. L. Blatcn and T..
b. Asteu. Motions made by Commodore
Dickerson to the effect that the annual re-
gatta be held on June 10th. that So, 900 be ap-
propriated for the expense thereof, and
that special prize be given for first class
ksel-sch"oners were carried, asiwas also one
by Captain Hurst, that the usual prize he
given to keel-sloops. ."-[Clipper.
oarsmen at the Antipodes are thus alluded
to by writer in The Australasian, the date
being unknown to us: "The Balmain re-
gatta, held in Sydney harbor on Monday
last, seems to have been great success in
most respects. The champion scullers'
race for bona-fide amateurs, was won by ].
Arthur, formerly of GeeIong, who defeat ed
M, ers and Brett. The sculling race, for all
youths under twenty-o was won very
easily by Robert Edwards. of Mel
bourne. The alleomers' sculling
race, for which Sydney and Robert
Edwards had gone from here to
compete against W. Trickett, e. Laycock,
W. b. White, of New Zealand, and others,
seems to ave ended in an immense sur
prise, as Laycock, who was strong favor
ite, and on whom long odds would have
been laid, was never once prominent in the
race, and finished tuird, some 800 yards be-
hind Sidney Ed wards, who was defeated by
W. Tr.ckett. 1t seems that Trickett and s.
Edwards kept close together, the latter
leading length for close on two miles,
Bob Edwards having broken his scul when
he had gone about 200 yards. Rounding
the Island, Triekett's rudder gave him q
decided advantage over Edwards and he
thence assumed a strong lead, which he re.
tanned easily to the flagship, Sidney Ed
wards struggling manfuily against strong
wind and rough water. J. Punch was
alongside Laycock in steamer on the re
turn TO the winning-post, cheering him on;
and Trickett had another steamer doing q
similar Office for him. The gap between
Laycock and the other two men in front o.
him at the finish seems to have created
great astonishment in Sidney, in which few
at this side will share. According to Sid
ney paper, it was palpable that Laycoch
was only on pleasure row."
We take the following account of thu
sculler's race between Daniel Leahy ant
II. G. Hoyt, at San Francisco, CAL, Feb
lst from the Alta California: ...-.
"The match Yesterday in Richardson!
Bav, abreast Of Saucelito, was witnessed b,
fully 1900 spectators Charles G. Yale
the referee, with Government surveyor
went over at 8 a. m. and measured th
course from the charts Of the United State
Coast Survey. After placing buoy a
the starting point, and another at the turn
ing point, line Of buoys was droppe,
down the center of the course to separat
the men. The judges were Commodor
c. H. Harrison for Hoyt Mr.. Roach TO
Leahy, while Mr.. Sanderson acted as um
pire. judges were also placed in eacl
stakeboat at the turn. The men wer
placed in position, the sterns of their boat
being held. Both men being ready th
referee gave the word, and both starte'
promptly at 2:50p. m. At the start botl
did we'll, Hoyt pulling forty strokes t,
the minute, and Leahy, with th
sliding seat, a powerful long stroke
"a to the minute. The latter's stroke, Wit
a superior boat, tbegahe speedily to tel