Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-30

'"ousands on shore. aAre Won rs.a.s
comes from the referees boat. o,.,,,.,
ugh is the only response. .sGo !, -.
uesns sings out the starter and a~.
speed the five canoes, every mothers son !,
.nem doing his level best to SCOOP in a pr;ze
Ahis race was heartily tnjoyed by the snec,a
tors a. attested by their vociferous n,aud;,
ana encouraging yells. 1t was very close
N""oe NO. 2 with S, n-of-a-Sea-Cook an,
Haeie Eye won the first prize, while the ca
"oe Oid Sport" manned by Scar Face Jim
ana Louis the Scalp Taker, came in second
| AMATEUR SINGLE ScuLL RACE.
AS the afternoon wore on the breezs
Acked up even worse antics 1t took con
SIDERABLE sand for the oarsmen tn faro ,be
~hite caps in their tcklish crafts. They
were IN danger of being 'swamped by the
treacherous waves. However, every man
came to time. Frank E. Holmes of Paw.
tucket, X. l., George Gaisel of New York
'ohh Buckley of, Portland and William
Murray OF Portsmouth entered for this race
Ihey are all sturdy fellows. with future big
with promise for them as oarsmen. At the
word ego" the mel bent to their ears and
sent their crafts spinning through the water.
buckley got the lead, pulling about 81
strokes minute. Murray Rugged the shore
to escape the rough water, and lost little at
ntst, but regained his position by hard work.
passing Gaisel and keeping along nip and
tuck with Buckley. At the turning BUOY
Buckley lost several lengths by an unfortu-
nate blnnder. Murray turned first, Buckley
second, Gaisel third and Holmes fourth. The
Portland boy then lay himself out, and soon
had such a gap between himself and Murray
that the latter gave up trying to close it, and
settled down to the second place. Time :
$3.50, 24.1O.
PROFESSIONAL SINGLE ScULL RACE.
This was the most interesting race of the
afternoon, and considerable money changed
hands on the result. The betting was 500
to $75 on Riley against the field. Guadaur
| and Lee were chosen as number two by their
numerous friends, while some thought that
Plaisted would be the clark horse There
were some good men in this race The con-
testants were James II. Riley of Saratoga +;
j. Guadaur of Toronto, Canada West; F.
II. Plaisted of New York; James A. Ten
Eyck of Peekskill. N. Y; George w. Lee
of Newark, N. j.; and W. F. Stevens and
Edward Hamilton of Bath. Four purses
were offered as prizes one of 800, one
of $50, one of $40, and one of So. The
men could be easily distinguished by the
gay-cOlOred hankerchiefs which they wore
around their heads. Guadaur wore a shirt
which looked like BARRIERS pole, and gave
him the appearance of an animated mud
turtle as he rose and fell with his stroke.
The New York Dutchman, Jimmy Ten Eyck,
took the start, pulling about 40 strokes
a minute, hard pressed by the rest. Plaisted
spurtcd and passed him. The other men
kept well together. Riley soon worked to
the front, but Ten Eyck and the Toronto
man bulldozed him all the way to the turn
ing stake. The red faced sun winked en-
couragingly behind the tree tops to the
plucky New Yorker. Guadaur spurted in
ahead of Riley, and turned the buoy in adj
vance; Riley, second; Ten Eyck, third :
Plaisted, fourth; Lee, fifth; with the Bath
men way behind. Jimmy clapped on steam
again, and passed the redoubtable Canadian,
but the long arms of the Toronto man soon
regained the lost vantage and passed under
the home wire two length ahead, with Ten
Eyck second, Riley third, Lee fourth,
Plaisted fifth. Time-22.30, 22.35, %. u,
23 90 Men who had riskcd their money on
Riley felt rather blank. The cause Of his de-
feat was very simple. He rows in fine little
boat, that can't stand such a sea as was run
ming yesterday afternoon; while Gauduar
Cor Good oar as they call HIM pulled in
the 'sThames" big boat belonging to Wal
lace Ross, and just the boat for an afternoon
like yesterday.
DOUBLE SCULL RACE.
There we're three entries-Ross and Davis
of Portland, Lee and Guadaur, and Kennedy
and Ten Eyck. Kennedy and Ten Eyck got
the lead and held it throughout, pressed all
the way BY Davis and Ross. Time: 2O.2o.
| This is said to be the fastest time on record.
Prizes $500 to first; 500 to second; $50 to
third.
The FooT RACES.
The five-mile go-as-you-please race came
first. In this race there were three prizes
the first being $25 the second 10; the third
$40. This contest made great deal OF
sport. The first prize was taken by John
Curren. There were ten contestants IN tins
race. Mr.. NJ. F. Happeny of Boston took
the lead in this race, and when nearly at the
end he fell and thereby lost the race 1t Is
reported that Happeny was injured shor,
time before the race, and was not In gooo
condition. The second prize was won Dy
CHRISTOPHER Toole Of Bangor; the third by
Frank Newhall, an Indian from oldtown:
In the five-mile heel and toe race there
were but three contestants, christopher
Toole of Bangor, P. Mcnamara OF Oidtown
and G. A. Gay of Portland. The prizes
were sl5. $40 and S.. Toole and McNamar'
were evenly matched, having walked n'.ee'
mile race in Bangor, about ten days ago
The former race was declared desd heat