, 1881-06-25

THE PEORIA 1t1:t1ATTA.
Hptetul f1tspateA 10 TIE Ehfeaoa 7tibane.
1'EoNtA, ILL.,, .tunu aA.-rlo fourth unnhnl
regatta Ut the Mississippi Valley Amateur
Rowing Association was concluded to+iay.
with delightful weather md H,lioot1I course
very tlle sport WIS attalnetf. Te attendance
Ut spectators WIS As largu as yesterday. hut
tlicrg wcro fowGr strangers In town. Tho
.}tl,lt0r ttn,lhte-scull raco WIS rowetl oycr
1lgafM this nurtiinR nGeorttlng tn Drtlcrs, ~,
nccuilt ri tho f0llt ,na,e by tic 1strilngtu1ts,
whn wore therefore disqualified fran n sue-
ond culurcttlfpil. Ax concr,lett beforehand.
minnesota won-tine l:':i01i: davenport
sccnlltl III I3:h,sd; 81. l.,iiS THIRD In 1851.
Tie ltaci.ies stecretl wildly. Atld wcru left
far IN tho rcnr. 'FlM raco between tho
uther three WAS clusoa'ul interesting through.
out, but tho Atuliesntas Ind nU difficulty lit
kccplng tho lead.
Thu first rncc Of tito afternoon was tho FREQ
fo,-all ttopbfcS, fi,,ir entrtcs-ylz.: Syivans.
Ut Moline, AtouOcs, Ut st. Louis, Daycnports.
alta nnrlfngtUlis. The Uaycnputts did not
scorc, Thu J}urllngtons took water ilrsL with
II magnfifcrntstart- They waro Pulling forty
tw0 strokes to the minute, uni tho Sylral,s
were pulling nbuut tic snlnc. Burlington
lcl atl tile why up tie course, wlfle tic Afu-
d0rs, rs i,sltn,, full bei,fn,t. Thu Burlington
turned first, Moline sucuntl, niid st. Louis
third. Starting tlown Burlington led by six
lengths, ,ln1 tho Mullnc WIS nl,,iit tho same
distance ahead oE st. Lultis. HALLWAY .lnwN
tic cUlipso tho A0llnes guyu ilp niEi tho Bur-
| llnEtolls weru easy winners I'll 13:l5; tic Syl-
vans sccol!d IN 14:07, and TIC Sfolocs till
| III 1A:0s.
Tl,u fryc-for-all single sc,t'ls were tlen or
ttareh. rhe entries wcru TURNER, Of MotiMu:
lcasley, OF reorla; Kelly, of Fort Wayne;
Mmfor,'. Of NEW Orienns; a,i Muchmorr,
ol Chicago. Turner Ind just rowed III the
ttotblcscull racc. and did not appear. Tho
'rhu others were started, Hvas 10y simply
ssSt,ins; s,ss{ XIII Sfd4 qfYs sa a. and M Mneasrs ess
l!c, startu! l'riskly, carefully eyuink
Ing tint hG Ind not,lng to fear ~ Tint allat-
uor s1 " tfxS t1c s rs issM MatnFo & s esse,s seee
an4 Kelly third. Kelly then lna!!9 squirt
'necll n1td iieck l,rnrly all thu way down.
S1S IL xs Il kYps i. fsT Wuesxs fnst's s.so, as; M y wv
kGlIy third, II Sst. OppusEt thu EralIt stand
Al.ttafor! Ia|d on l's OURS t'SIco buforo reacll-
sesog r syasfY I Yaas9 eaSets sas t Rs0, Mero @ ie
nhly entries for the free-tur-all pnir-dArctl
race, Which took p1acc ,,ext Tho Alollncs
took the lead nt once, AllG kept It, turning
threo lengths alte,Mi. Afterwards they Iii
creased tho distance, aid won III t4:64l{; tho
! ttinc Of tile reorin crow WIS 15:05.
| Thu free-f0r.aIl fnllr-raretl s!ttls was Called
next. >keokuG, nurlngt"n,, Psnrln, Davcn~
Mrt, DixYt. Y. Paul, ,.1id Moline were en-;
Molfliu ti.l mt cone nut Tho rnGe WIS II
cgse olu MI tic way up tho course,
Minnesota first, Peoria sec0nu, nlx0n
third, burlington f0ltrlIt, A1,d KM,kuk
| itftlI. III that order they pulled tlnWn t.,i
cO,ilHe. Minnesota won IT. t9:T): pcMrlA
sccund, 1J:15s9; Dlx0ll third, lt:l314; Illr-
lfngtun fourth, lH:li'; kepknk nth, ll:Sty}4.
consolation t1r tl,e D%le' lne'tsl, offered t.
ClllcaEo, anil Allison, Ut l'eorla, were ni,-
tered bit tic hitter Hid not start aud Aflcli-
1li0re won tho u!Gtlnl by rowing Dyer thu
cO,trso III 14:48. Tilu Deasley brathors, Ut
| Peoria, ,lill Kowse nlul pnttil1,i, OF Daycl,-
port, contested thu Junior pnir-0nretl rnee, ANIL
the ltenYlBy brothers won III f5::E'; DnyGn-
lDrts. 15:57. It Is due tho DAve,lIt,rt crew to
say TINT they USED TIN stotino bolt, aid llad
1,ufur ruwe,t pntr-1nreal bnfore.
This WIS the uMly rico peuria wUti during
tho rpYntta. Tho Aftnnesuta's won five r,lcrs
1}l,rllngtnlis. fur; kenRuk, one; pcnrla,
9!ie; M0tlttc. oIle; ChletEo, ono; uultl New
Orleans, tWu.
Il reception to tho visiting crews was giycs,
ut llDnSe,s llnll THU eyGllliE tic fashion md
lH.Nnty 0f tho city being present. An address
wis lllatto ly tlo l1un. l.. W.. tInlnps, Ut
e"fi we W. 1espTe TO- by T. 0s
ibi iribite a,!o'E tie winurs, FIJI d Tdts si"'.ein @
concluded tho festival.