Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-01
Hen,ey-on-the Thames Regatta.

HenLeU-0u-the Thames regatta.
LONDON, June 30.-This is the first day of
the Henley.on- Thames. The royal regatta is
the most important gathering OF oarsmen in
England. The weather is beautiful, with a
soft, cool breeze, the water in splendid condi-
ton, and the river is crowded with crafts of
every description.
In the first heat for the Grand Challenge cup
for eights, the Hereford college crew having
defeated Dublin university, thare was good
struggle until within few lengths of the bend
of the river, when Hereford won easily.
In the second heat the London club, Thames
club and Kingston club crews finished in the
order named. Londons had the center station
aud the Kingstons the back station. The Lon
dons led from the bend of the river, and won
by two lengths.
Four of the Hereford College crew who
rowed in the race for the Grand Challenge cup
will form a crew in the race for the Stewards
cup. They are Roberts, Buck, Brown and
Loundes. The same is the case with the
Thames and London club Crews, whose stroke
in the race for the Grand Challenge cup will
row as number two in their respective crews.
In the contest for the Stewards cup the Le-
ander club crew will also comprise tour who
will be engaged in the race for the Stewards
cup, and West, who rowed stroke in the Grand
challenge, will also row stroke in the Stew
ards. A Henley correspondent telegraphs the
following correct order OF the Cornell crew,
in their boat to appear as follows: Cowles.
bow; Lewis, Allen and Strunkel, stroke. The
Cornell crew are respondent. Their
opponents are too good for them.
The question of the Cornell crew
rowing in the match with the
Hereford college crew over the Henley course
Saturday is not officially settled. 1t will be
decided after to-day's race.
In the third heat of the race for the Grand
college cup the Leander crew defeated the
Eaton college crew. In the first heat of the
race for Visitors Challenge cup first Trinity
college crew, of Cambridge, defeated the third
Trinity college crew, of Cambridge.
In the first heat for the Stewards cup the
Thames club crew, the London club crew and
the Cornell club crew finished in the order
named. Cornell was bad third.
TOO TRUE.
LONDON, June 30.-The NcDs says: 1t is
only in direct opposition to the rules of the
Henley regatta that the Cornell crew are
allowed to compete, but they are by no means
dangerous. They row in cramped, jerry
style, but toerably well together. Their pace,
however, is slow.
In the race for the silver goblets, for pairs,
the first heat was easily won by the London
club crew pair, consisting of Adock and Play
ford, who had Burk's station, defeating the
French pair. In the second heat in the
race for diamond sculls for scullers, Lowander,
of the Hereford college crew, who is to race in
the race for the Stewards cup, defeated his
two opponents who are members of the Lon
don rowing club In any event to-day's row.
ing shows that the Americans will have to
contend with all the best men at the regatta.
DETAILS OF THE RACE.
Following are the details of the first heat
for the Stewards cup: The Cornell crew
sprang away splendidly and was ahead in
few strokes, when the boat of the London
crew fouied them, cutting hole in the can
vass of the Cornell boat. The umpire at once
stopped the race and much delay ensued 1t
was found that one of the seats of
Cornell's boat was displaced and
it had to be reme1ied with some string from
the umpires boat At the second start the
London club crew got off first. Cornell, to
avoid another contretemps, made for the bushes
on Bucks side. They rowed very well to the
rectory, but there commenced serious and bad
steering, which utterly destroyed their chance.
The Thames club crew rowing in grand form
from that point forged perslstently ahead, ul-
timately winning the heat. Time of the b .at,
minutes Sc seconds Time of the winning
crew of the first heat for the Visitors Chal-
lepge cup, minutes SO seconds.
From a comparison of the various accounts
it appears the Cornell crew we're in front half
the distance of the course, and it appears the
boats were closer together at the finish than
at the start.