The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-23
RnWING NOTES.

| The St Louis Republican gives the fol
lowing account of the coming regatta:
Yesterday morning the persistent rain
that continued TO fall until II O'Clock had a
very depressing effect upon visiting crews
desiring TO practice. The experts were all
up at an early hour ready for work, but
when they made the discovery that the
storm was likely to last for
several hours they collected in groups
in the visitors boat-hOuse, spun yarns.
sang songs, played seven-up and passed
the time as best they could. They had "a
| jolly time and appeared TO be resting easy.
as they realized they were being deprived
of the same privilege, viz: the privilege of
training for the respective events for
which they had been booked At II
o'clock. or Whereabouts, when the rain
finally showed disposition to suspen
hostilities the boys all abandoned their di-
versions. slipped on their suits and jumped
into their boats, They took advantage of
the cool atmosphere and followed up their
exercise much longer than they did the
days previous The rain had caused the
water to rise and cover some of the shoals,
to the decided disadvantage of new
crews that had not explored the
course Although the fresh crews
those that had had no experience previous
To ycSJcFtidY appeared 10 Ieci
their way for something, they displayed
almost as thorough a familiarity with the
course at the cad of their first practice
row as even the Modoc club.
Counting all the arrivals up to last
night, there were about
EIGHTY oARsMEN,
including the Modoc club of st. Louis.
They represented about thirty clubs, locat-
ed in various parts of the United States
and Canada.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Richmond, the
Evanston Qll) sculler, and Mr.. Wells
Irwin of Keokuk, Iowa, put in an appear
ance, and went directly to the lake. The
Burlington club, the Excelsiors of Detroit,
Michigan, the Chatham, Canada, crews
and the St Paul club are expected to-day.
By tomorrow all the crews that propose
to take part in the regatta will certainly be
at the lake, as the races are to commence
the next day
To-day the grand stand will be adorned
with a roof, which viii be equipped or
lined with water proof canvas.
By far the most popular race of the
week, Judging from present appearances,
will be the
FREE-FoR-ALL SINGLE scULL
on Friday Many noted oarsmen expect
to take part in this contest and it will be
exciting in the extreme, at least such is the
claim of those who profess TO be posted on
boating affairs Those who have declared
their intention to. contest for laurels i'm
this race Mr.. r. G.. Musgrove, of New
Orleans, who is looked upon as the future
oarsman of the south, if not the country
at large: and Champion Wells. of Chatham,
Canada; Frank Mumford, of New Orleans,
ex champion, and Frank Holmes of Paw
tucket, the present champion amateur
single sculler of America, whose reputa-
ton is world wide. With such men in it
the race will undoubtedly be an exciting
one. Holmes will find it necessary to
exert his strength to hold the champion
ship, while the balance of the contestants
will fight hard to overcome his brilliant
record and place themselves at the head of
the amateur single scullers of the country