The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-01
THE OAR,
OPENING OF TaE HENLEY REGATTA,
COrneII Does HO' show Up to the Credit
or Her County If They Only
HRdnt Let Her Row l-IWO
Other Rowing Events,


aud the water in good condition. Th
river was crowded with craft Of ever
description.
! The NeWi said this morning that 1t wa
only In direct violation OF the rules OF th
Henley regatta that Cornell was Above
to compete, but they were by no mean
| dangerous. "rhey row in q Cramped
/ jerkey style, but tOlerably we'll together
Their pace, however, 10 slow" The even
J proved the correctness ol this judgment.
In the first heat for
} THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP
for sights the Hartford College crew, hav
Ing Hsrks station, dsieated the Dublll
University. There was q good struggl
until within few Lengths OF the bend o
the river, when the Haritords won easily
II In the second heat the London Club
Thames Club and Kingston Club crew
finished In the order named. The Lon
dons had the centre station and the
Kingstons the Bucks station. The Lon
donS led from the bend Of the river ant
won by two lengths,
-Four Of the Hartford College crew, who
rewed In the race for the grand challenge
cup, will form the crew In the race for
THE STEWARDS CUP.
These are Roberts, Buck, Brown anC
Lowndss. The same Is the case with tht
Thames and London clubs crews, whose
strokes In the race for the grand challenge
cup will row as number two In their 70
speCtive crews 10 the contest for the
Stewards cup. The Lsander Club crew
will also comprise four who will be en-
gaGed In the race for the stewards cup, and
West, who rowed stroke Ia the grand
challenge cup race, will also row stroke In
the ateWards' contest
A Henley correspondent telegraphs the
following correct
ORDER OF THE CORNELL CREW IN THE BOAT;
Cowles at the b1wj then Lewis, Allen and
shlnEel, str2ka. The Cornell crow are
dssp,udant. Their opponents arc too
good Tor them.
Tne question Of tho Cornell crew row
Ing Ia the match with the HMlqrd crew
0Y4r tbs tlenley plprse, Saturday, 10 mol
officially Ssttled 1t will bs decided aiseI
10 days rsCs.
In tho third heat Of the race for the
grand challenge cap the Lender crew
defeated the Eaton College crpY,
In the grst heat OF the race for the visi
tors challenge CUP the first Trinity Dol.
lage CROW, Of Cambridge, defeated tho third
crew oi tho came college,
In the FIRST heat for the stewards cup
\ the Thames Club crew, the London Club
crow aud the Cornell crew finished In the
order named,
CORNELL A BAD THIRD.
In the race for the silver goblats, ior
pairs, the heat was easily won by the
London Club crew, consisting OF Adcock
and PlAyiord, who had ReTka Station.
defeating the Ffenoh pair. The Hartford
crew pair, consisting Of Brown and Buck,
who had Bucks Station, were out OF the
race before Poplar Point was reached In
the second heat
IN THR RACE FOR THE DIAMOND scuLLs
for scullers, Lsrrendsr, Of the Hartford COL
lego crew, who Is 10 row 10 France Tor the
stewsrds' cup, defeated hls two op.
pouents, who are members Of tho london
Rowing Qlgb.
4 message received from Henley lust
hplorp the start Tor the arst heat for the
stewards cup, says: "AIl the Americans
are we'll, but the wind as we'll as their
station Is uniayorable. The now and
lighter boat, which was expected week
ago, only arrived this morning, and as q
consequences, 10 unavailable
Another account gives the first heat oil
the stewards cup as having been won BY
two lengths, and declares that Tho Cornell
crew were
ti1 LENGTHS BEHIND.
In the second heat for the stewards
cup the Hartford College crew, having
Decks station, be4tth Leandre crew by
three lengths. O eleven heats 10 The
various races rowf1 to day II was notable
that NOT nne vas won by the crew having
The Ducks station. Nine heats were won
by the holders Of tho Betk's station and
two By the holders OF the Centre station.
The disadvantage Ol the station Ia strongly
shown Ia the case Of the Lesnder crew
who were the pick oi the old University
oarBu en-.
| 4u6 IUHOWluR arc Iuo
DETAILS or THE FIRsT HEAT FOR TIL
sTEwARps' cur.
The Cornell crew sprang away splen'
dldly ard was ahead in few strokes
when the boat Of the London club crew
louled them, cutting hole in the canvass
OF the CornellB boat. The umpire at once
stopped the race and much delay ensued
II was found that one Of The seatB OF The
Uotnell's boat was Displaced, and Il had Ia
be femedied With some string from the
umpirpso boat. Al the second start the
london club crew got OF first The Cor
pell crew, to avoid another contretemps
made for the bushes on Bucks side. They
rowed very we'll 10 ReCtory, but
there c1mmer Csd a series Of bad steering
which utterly destroyed their chance, the
Thames Club crew rowing In grand iorm
from that point forged petsiBtently ahead
ultimately winning the heat Time oi
heat, 8 minutes and 30 seconds. Time oil
the winning crew Of the frat heat Tor The
visitors challenge cup, 8 minutes aud SO
seconds. ~
Efomcomparlsons Of various accounts II
appeare that The Cornells we're In itonl
ljr halt The distance Of The course, and
that the boats were closer together at the
guish than stated In the FIRST ACCOUNTS,
the Cotnells being two to three lengths
behind the London Club crew.
The third heat Of ihs diamond sculll
race was won by Wild, Of BfankiQrt, de-
iesLjDg n6tLidSSn, Of New olSts, and Lien,
oil Patia. ,..-.
Gillis telestapbs from Henley that the
UotnsIls arc csnHdsnt Of beating the
Ilanfiid College crew In the lout Dared
race Saturday.
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