The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-08
The First Potomac Regatta.

'llllluU N Tue defeats the hampton The
Harlem River.
The first Potomac Regatta.
beautiful day, clean course, and
smooth water Were the means OF making the first OF
the annual rsgatas VI the boat clubs OF this District
grand success ON last Wednesday. No rowing event
10 THIS city since the famous anln. Courtney nasco
has awakened so much Interest Tor 90 where YOU
would nothing but boating the talk durlng the
earlier part OF the past week. Thanks to an efficient
referee, each was started promptly AL the hour
advertised, aud consequently the thousands Of specn-
tors Who watched the contests had cause to- COM
plain, and showed thai the committee wise In
selecting MIR. y. &. II. Watts. Tho committee of
the three boat clubs are generally praised for the
| manner In which each individuil member lent him
sell To the cause The generous citizens who uuhIy
came forward and, ont of private funds. raised tho
capital for the prizes contested for win meet with
The commendation of all who Witnessed the affair. 1t
Is within bounds TO say that fTlly twenty thousand
people Witnessed the races, AMI all returned to their
homes fully satisfied that each race was won on II,
merits, and that for tho first time In a number OF
years regatta was held here the Potomac without
| = single foul occurring or any symptom Of dIscord
Every prccauiion for the conveyance Of tina rarin,
| men was taken by tho committee. and the course
was kept clear by the police, under iIarbor Master
Sutton and Lieut.. Gecsford. The tugs Kate with the
rclrcc Judges, and press reporters aud the Winshp
with the donors NJ the prizes and the officers of the va
roS clubs, We're the only boats allowed on the course
to follow the Here, too, the committee showed
great appreciation, for good lunch was provided for
All On board. The shipping In the arbOr was beautI-
fully dressed In honor Of the day. while the boats
longing TO the members of the various clubs were all
| decked ont In their finest bunting. The steamers
| Lady of the Lake and ArrOwsmith, with several
| launches from the vessels of war at the Navy Yard
were all present, and added greatly to the scene
The winner In each of the Ave Towe was So far
| In advance of the second boat to make them
decisive OF the merits OF the contestants. smith, of
the COlumlas, III the junior Singles, had no contest
ant, and rowed lelsurcly over tho In about
fifteen minutes, though his time Is given rs l2:2J
| In the senior singles Mckinney was an easy winner
he, after the first mile, pulling very slow and long
stroke across the line In 1851, Morgan following IN
| MS, Crossloy being very far ascTn. Lake, who
was also In this race upset in the first quar- the
race being crowded too much on the ats by Crosby
/ In the junior race fer four oars the CO.
lumblas had things all to themselves, and
| went home winners In 9:iSi. The battle for
| second place between tho Analostans and Polio
macs the only really exciting Of the day. ~
for the whole distance the nip aud tuck be-
tween them but the want of training strongly
In the AnalOstans, rs they were unable to squirt
proper time The POtOmacs crossed the line la lO:l7 il
the hnalnstans In 1925. In tho senior race for four
oars and upon which most Of the Interest OF the day
conferred, the only crews to start We're those from the
| Columbia and Potomac clubs. Upon this race huge
| sums NJ money were wagered, the friends OF both,
especially the Coumbias being eager Detters. At the
send-O tile Colnmbias took the lead, and maintained
1t throughout, their rivals ut tlmo getting at all
| dangerously enough for them 10 make a big
| squirt The form displayed by the Couniblas was
| excellent, their stroke and bowman coming In for
| especial mention. The Potomacs got ratified soon
| after the start, their boat staggering and rock
| Ing very awkwardly, though their bow held
| her nose on line all through tho course.
The COlumblas time was 9:23 the PUtOmacs g:i2. In
tile lightweight race the Pot0macs had everything
their own way, they running away from their rivals
inc from tue start nut they pnpl slowly
and stopped At times, finally crossing the line fully
one minute and ten seconds IN advance OF the Column
| bias The steering OF ZIeger, Of the Coumbias, to
say the least. was the most erratic the
river, he at one time skrtng liidwel Meadows, and
In the next twenty strokes putting his over
| for Anaostan Island. Twas Columbia's day and
the boys the blue and white have every reason To he
proud OF their success for of medals and
two cups nine medals aud one cup became their prop
erty To MeSSrs. Coon, Gibson aud Davis OF the co.
lumblas; Mckinney, COTsOn, aud ParO OF the AnalOs-
tans and HOLSTER, Appleton, Wheatey, anI John
stOu OF the PotOmaCs, the great Ut the re-
| gatta Is due
Ellis Ward, who trained the Columbus
was presented with handsome gold watch and chain
by the members OF the Columbia Club In recognition
OF his service to the crew under him. Tho affair took
place ON Thursday evening at the depot Just as EMS
was stopping the train, and tho present came from
| Moore Ledlng, aud cost $3.50.
1t is probable that the Columbias will send
their big 10 Philadelphia the 10th 30 engage
| In the races on the schuylkll River.
The light-weights of the Potomacs were
undoubtedly the best crew from their house last
| Wednesday
John Kennedy was an Interested spectator
| Of the races from the rofrreo = tug Wednesday
The Rappahannocks, of fredericksburg
Va. arrived In this city on Tuesday last, and were
met at the depot by a committee Of the Potomac Cut
ami taken In charge ON tho day OF to regatta they
assigned Ia tile tug with the referee ami Judges
aud are very loud In praise Of their treatment 10y tho
lotOmacs aud other boating men. ON Thursday their
crew engaged In friendly race with the Junior tnlun
IiA crew, ihe same one that won the day previous
against the Otomacs aud Anal0stans, and after very
spirited race they suffered defeat. Al the they
obtained decisive lead which they maintained untiI
the end ot the his MILE when their stroke all
| t" pieces, being quickly followed by the two waist
| men, the only Keeping M his form being I'm,
bow. From ihs point out the Columbias spurted for
| home, and won easily IN l0;Il, this Rappilannocks
| finishing In 1857 What The cIuL needs runst ia :,
professional trainer to give the boys two months
good instruction In the art Of rowing. Their crow Is
very strong physically but Is not gifted with expert
..att.i 4 At.
could secure fOr several weeks such person as Ken
nedy or Wand the coming winter. they would surprise
the clubs Of his city at the regatta year Oh the
| lthppihhnnOck. ON Friday the race between their
| crew and junior one Of the POt0nIacs WAS r0wed
over the usual course the iiapPiannocks again sur
fering bad defeat. At iho start, and up 10 within
| three quarters Of th0 distance, The was very
evenly contested, the crews answering stroke GOr
stroke aud sending their craft, along almost together
The stroke was too much for the visitors, aud soon
after reaching Easily Point they went all Ia pieces
the pUiaInncs rowing tbs rest Of tho distance home
| lrisuTely, ana winning Ia 1912 the Rappahaunurks
| crossing the line III 1889. The crews that raced
| on the respective days weIo; cDlumhas-Wallch,
| tOmacs-Iuhna1n, stroke; Mheatlcy; s; Kaufman,
| ,; Wilmington, bow. fappalAnnocks-llallarl.
stroke; McIackcn, 3; cprson .; corriCk, bow The
visitors were under the care Of their captain. Mr. W.
$. White, aud they all speak very well NJ their treat
mont. They LEFT inr their home yesterday, aud VIII
| ny their luck again next season.
The handsome prizes won at the regatta
Du "Wednesday Will hs presented To the yrIou, crew
/ and winners Tomorrow night At the Riggs House
Mckinney receives the fadelfOrd cup, and tbs senior
from the tOlumbias bocOue The p0ssessDra ~ the
! valuable EOsHiHy sur cup; smith and Mckinney
win the ledlng medals; Nalach Wade, Woodward,
and Thompson Tho Saks medals for juniors; Klnt-
uer, suite, DAVIS, aud Nesmth the lutlur prizes ;
NICK innrY, larIlsOu Roberts, and Warden the
Patent HpllctOf's badges, while the cODrs presented
hy the national rifles 30 u the Columbia crew.
The PotOnacs are little nettled over the
crushing defeats administered by the Columbus Ia
their ssnior aud junior crews, aud are seriously
ihiuEing Of issuing challenge "a the champions fur
another before tho season closes. The affair Is
being stirred nh by mrmheTs Df The defeated senior
crow, who free ~ admit that they believe that
better crow could be obtained among tho members of
tho uiub outside Uf themselves, As the Culumbls Ia
tend keeping up ther training until after the Path IN
sttut, there Is 0YeTy reason ~ belioye that II such
challenge Is sent forth the champions viii as surely
accept provided ~ course, tho race bs for suitable
plIr. A great ana last crow could DO obtained from
such utrslirn as CTopleY, Wheeler Mckinney Nor
ran, Harrison, and others, with John Kennedy Ia
luuh after the boys, Ia conversation with Kennedy
pu the day U tho regatta, he said tla tho crew which
TuNyl 40 Richmond last year from tho Potomac house
Wn a strong aB any crew IN tho country, excepting
possibly the lli.dalas aud Mnnos1tas. la tbs she'll
an that day were Cruplry Morgan, Bailey, and Nc
Kinney.
Mr.. Kintner, of the Columbia Club, In
recognition Of his promotion 10 the chief Corksip Of
the Patent once, was presented with a mammoth
Moral inur-oarcd racing shell by tho members
Of the Club, ON Monday last, The ObIeyt
was placed upon bis desk, and during the day the
room was besegol by large crowd ANTIQUE 10
the handsome piece Of hOfal architecture