National Republican., 1881-09-12
THE REGATTA COMMITTEE.
Insult Added 90 Injury by Sunday
Newspaper-Its Able Lies.

Insult Added 90 INJURY by Sunday
Newspaper-Iis Able Lies.
THE REPUBLICAN has already had its say
relative to the arrangements made by the local
committee of the recent regatta. II Is stated that
the said local committee are fixing up reply.
They should hire the Sunday Herald man and the
New York Herald representative to write II. The
former said yesterday that to John w. Corson
alone belongs all the credit for the success OF the
regatta, and I" II the press has any complaint the
trouble is with themselves. for they. knowing the
strait the committees were in, ought to have
looked out for themselves beforehand" The
latter telegraphed to his paper that "the
management Of the local clubs has been ex-
tremely able and praiscworthy in every detail"
II the two gentlemen who wrote the above will
Just put their spectaces and read the following
they will be convinced that their front names
should be changed to Annanias:
The arrangements for the press were damnablc,
After agreeing last night to charter a boat for
which the newspapers represented agreed 70 pay
morning they found that the tug chartered had
been restricted to carry but eleven passengers
only, and they were expected to pay $40 piece
day for using the boat The newspaper men,
very naturally indignant. declined TO accept such
apropositon and went elsewhere for accommoda-
tiOns. The committee In charge was entirely to
blame, and were subjected TO general condcmna-
tion. This same tug boat on ordinary occasions
has been chartered for SO day, and has carried
day.
Considerable of growl" was made to. day on
account of the press arTangements-or absence of
press arrangements. The representatives of the
press were Informed by the local committee that
a tug had been engaged for the press, which would
accompany the referees boat over the course. As
the local committee apprchended that IL would be
out of pocket considerably on the regatta, the
newspaper men agreed to pay each his pro rata
share for the tug. The tug was TO be at the High
street wharf between twelve aud one O'clock
When the newspaper people arrived there, there
was no tug. Word was got from the captain that
he declined TO go except for 500 down. Most OF
the PARTY thercupon took to row-boats.-Stdr Of
Thursday
The press arrangements were very inadequate,
through misunderstanding with the local COM
mittce and the steamboat captain as to the capacity
OF his veSsel.-PoN
1t is said that there was regatta In our city last
week. We believe TINT there was something in
that line, but no one knows anything about It, We
trust that when our boat clubs essay TO hold an
other meeting of this character they will employ
men OF intelligence TO arrange the details and in
cidentuls of the atihir.-SUpddy CdpdGi.
Tho management of the course was not highly
complimented either by the oarsmen or the specta.
tors-ir fact II was generally condemned. Often
the steamers would plant themselves squnrely
across the track and persons OH the stands could
see nothing Everybody seemed to have their own
way and carry out their own sweet Will. The few
who came out to witness the sport unless specially
favored by fortunate circumstances, were hardly
rewarded for their pains. II was, to put IL mildly,
badly managed affair, and the less said about II
the better-Sunddg Chronicle.
The local committee of the regatta were quite
efficient, except to their arrangements for the
press, In which they achieved a pronounced fail
ure. The press representatives in most cases being
left TO provide for themselves, were at the mercy
of rapacious tug-owners, and had to pay extor-
tionate prices for means OF observation .-Sunddl
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