New-York tribune., 1880-09-28
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
ur HARIFM REGATrA ASSOCIATION.

The sixth open regatta of the Harlem Re
eafa Association took place yesterday on the Haren
River. The attendance. which included many ladies
was large. All the lighthouses the river were decse
with bunting; a numoer Of parties were out in stean
launches to follow the and altoeether the rive
presented gay appearance. The regatta consisted
seven races, three of which we're preceded by tria
heats. These heats rowed IN the morning; bu
though smoother then than in the after
noon the time made not good. The course wa
one mile from McComb's Dam to the Columbia College
boathouse In the morning the oarsmen rowed towar'
the In the afternoon, owing 10 the change In The
tide they rowed toward the west The wind blew dag
onaly down the course toward the north shore. Tit
executive board which had charge of the racing wat
composed of T. l. Neville president g. W. Scott vice
pcsident; j. 7. Good win. secretary Richard Trimbe
referee John Abeel and A. Maehler, timers.
The first called at 10 O'clock This the tria
heats OF tie pairoared gigs The first between tn,
Nonpareil-P NJ Mcdonnell. bow j. Cauavan. stroke.
DRttop. coxswain; the Wavery-S. La Grasse, bow
George Ferguson. stroke, C. F. FALL coxswan; and the
Fr,endshp-J Mofflt, bow. H. Evans. stroke. r. Evans
eoxswan.
The Ncnpare crew won in TAI the Waverly beingsec
ond. The second heat rowed by the Columbia Col
tge crew-Charles Eldredge, bow. H. X Miller stroke
O. Parsons. coxswain; the Triton crew-H. C. Romme
bow, &. ID. Small stroke. Willis Bristol. coxswan and
The Nereus crew.. E. Hillyer. bow. j. A. WALKER
stpke p Leggett, coxswain. The Columbia boys won
u 1:os =. the lrltOns n1shng second In S:O}
The tna heats Of the Junior inge-scuers followed
In The first heat @. D. Phillips the New York Athletic
Ciub won IN s53la; in the second C. E. Goodhue, OF
the Harlem Rowing Club was the winner In S25 In
the first tral heat OF the senior singles H. W. Rodgers,
OF the Atalanta Boat Club III 6;44 in the second
heat, Adoph Rave, OF the Seawanhaka Boat Club was
the winner in Gji At 1:30 D. IN. the final heat
Of the par-oared gigs was called. Those who finished
1rst and second IN each trial heat allowed 10
In. ha Il Thpsa he in
Wayery aud Triton Their positions In the
order named, beginning from the NewYork shore. At
the word the Nonpares caught the water first. closely
followed By the other crews. The Tritons though a
le slower than the Others in making their first stroke,
soon pulled the 'front.'. AT the end OF the first quar-
Ter the WayeTy losing ground very fast the
D,Eer retaining their relative positions. At the
half-ne the Trtons had boat lengths lead; the Co.
lnmbaS pulling pucky race and the Nonpareils
making faint attempt to spurt. The Wavery
tired and spashed badly. The Tritons in
creased their lead, and though the Columbias gained
little. finished With length of clear water between
themsalve ard the college boys, who three
leDths ahead of the Nonpareis The waverly crew
vas last Tlme-Tritons, 6:34i9 Coumbas. 6:391s
The Oube-scull contest. which followed, brought out
tn IiaIlcms-J W. Arthur bow, a. g. Scranton, sroke
ana ie Atantas-J. T. Ross. bow, George ii. Day,
stroke The two start ed very well together but
81 the quarcr-mile the Atalanta crew had secured
slgnt eai. Al tIe n2!l-lDe tHe Ala antdS DOdJ
leDgta OF clear water TO spare and crossed their oppo
nent~ bow. At the third quarter they had lead Of
three boat lengths. The EN- crew were winded and
steerei wildly. The Atalantas rapidly increased their
lead and finished about eight lengths ahead. Time
Atalansa. G:6l4; Harlem. G:2s.
The contestants in the pair-oared shell f.
Blake. bow J. f. Eustis. stroke, OF the Ataantas; and
NJ. c. Patterson. bow, and q. NJ. McGinn, stroke
o: tie New-York Athletic Club. The Atalauta
used rudder. while the New
York crew rowed without one. This caused them TO
lose in through wild steering At the the
AeaaGs took the lead, pulling moderate stroke while
the NewYork started at 30 strokes 10 the minute.
At the quarter the Atalantas had a slight lead, which
their opponents increased by bad steering. At the half
mie the stroke Of the NewYork boat began to SWING
outside OF the Cunwale at pull and this, added to
open Al the third quarter the Ataantas were
pulling 80 TO the minute. and holding their lead.
The Newfork men were pulling at splendid pace but
were going all over the They spurted on the
hsi quarter bnt soon fell back and finished a length
cI5 man '''''''' A'''"'' 0'V' a. Ne"'Aofh'
final heat Of the junior sincle-scullers was then
eaiied lhe oAI'Ineh were e. - Philips or the New
York Athletic Ciuo. and c. +. GOOdhue OF the Harlem
pulling IS strokes per minute. Goodhue pulled
80 okes. and was very steady. At the end Of the
quarer dc stccred better than his opponent,
and II the haimile crossed his bow. After doing this
he sllchened his stroke G1odhue stl pulled steadily,
ana tc spectators counted upon seeing him make fine
spuri before the finish At the third quarter both
fein the eXpecfed sInTt bnt he cond NOT hold onf
Philps crossed the line length and quarter ahead.
Time-Phllp G;23; Goodhue G:29 This was one OF the
mos Int resting races Of the day.
Next the final heat Of the senior singles.
IN when the contestants were ii. ". Rodgers, of
the Atalantd, and Adoph Rave. of the Sea
wanhaka Ciub. Both men made excellent start. hug
gug the New York shore TO keep smooth wafer Dur
end oi H. wnea Rodgers sn-nty ahead. Both pulled
good course. Rodgers gradually increased his lead
FORM neither dong his best. 1t evident that each
S Mi aJ wS ol & e 9l9ef I'd M Tat at Ihe nan M
mistake OF trying TO cross his opponents bow. Rave
9uickened ms stroke little. ana the result was that
k0igefs In pulling INTO Raves water touched with the
stern Of ms shell the bow Of Raves boat Rodgers called
the men 10 row AT the third quirter Rodgers had
boat cngh OF clear water 10 spare and was pulling well
out Tor Few strokes. but unable to close up the
gap ihe men crossed ne line Win VIZ boat length be-
reree gave the race TO Mr. Rave on account Of the foul
we're as 10 lows Elreka~w MOffit, bow; H. n. Jury,
PllGngton. Peter Sexton, ". Clark; George r. Mccall
pow; " T. Cunan, v r. Roby, ~ b Kaesche, Charles
Scnpari-P McDonneii S; bow j. K Kanavan M Carroll.
v. MuIcare T. BirretI; g. W. Johnson stroke j Dut-
on j. Mriiash ". Doran. j. Ceourn; John Weldon.
roke; Henry sheik eoxswaIn- Dauntless-A. T.
!. E. I1ipt. II. ". walters; d. Roach. stroke; j. c.
EdgertUn. cOxswaln All five crews got away well to-
'ether. AT the quarter-me the Union crew began to
cad and the boats passed the half-me in the following
rider: Eureka, Union Dauntless. Nonparei and In,ti-
ute. lhe first two almost neck aad neck, and
bout length ahead OF the others. AT the third quar-
er all were pulling hard. The two leading main
aimed their respective positions while the Dauntless
e gan total back aud soon last These positions
retained TIL the fpsn and the boats crossed the
me IN that order. rime-Eureka 5:l5 Union. 5:1sl2
nj the iher two not far behind.
The Staten Island crew, which the only entry for
he iOurOared shell race, rowed the In G02
o establish It's claim TO the prize. The prizes
been presented at the close OF the regatta
hey had not been flushed time, the did
oi take place.
ATHLETES IN THE POLO GROUNDS.