The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-06-25
SPORTS AND PAsTIMss.
ASnnilc.

was nlle1 with pleasure boats with ladies aboard as
passengers who took a great Ashl OF interest In the
rhces There werp ESQ In attendance two four.oated
| shells from tie rotomacs one from the Analostans
s:,i about dozen singles, whose rapid movement
over the water served to pass away the time for the
spectators during the interval between races. The
Analostan barge, In charge OF CoXswain Hatch, also
came M aud exchanged the usual sautes on the boat
house with OF tho Columbia bargcs. Tho events Of
yesterday consisted OF two taces between double
shells Setwcen the heavy and light crews vVS OF
| the club. In the double scnllS tho following
| boats were entered. rotestad, OldS, and Boyd
| lennie, Williams and smith; Bcttic, Kintner and
stnemet2. Tho race was up 70 and around the Aque-
duct Bridge. distance ot about soven- eghths OF
| mile. The Judges were Mcssrs. Coon, Batch. and
Livingstone; the starters Messrs. Downing and zet-
cr The race up to near the bridge was pretily con-
Jennie was too much Tor the others, and they came
right away from them, and won easily In 7li, the
netle coming next, ~ 'i2l while tlo rotosind was
N iustcs to the latter crew, 1t must bo explained TINT
| they foulcd with mn obstruction when under tho
| consisting as follows Heavy Wcghts-Thompson,
stroke; Kintncr, q; Henderson. 2; Boyd, how.
| Light Wclghts-Xdlger, stroke; Williams, 81 Odds;
q Smith, how. Tho boats were sent OF In splendid
style IVY starter Downing and fot the first half mile
~ was n MP ana tuck, bmt TIVE QUICK stroke OF
potitors and before the bridge reached they had
secured good and commanding lead, turning nearly
two lengths In advance, and, without diminishing
their fast stroke ot forty nve home winners IN
| exactly six minutes. THIS is the fastest time ever
made for the distance. Tho lights pulled gameiy
through and crossed the line twenty Ave seconds
later After the races the guests, which hy the time
Of the fnsh OF the last race had greatly Augmented,
repaired TO the reception to enjoy themselves
| dancing, the music being furnished by Donch.
Among those present were Lieut. John W. Daneu-
| hover and Master Lemy, ot the Navy; Mrs. Y. W.
| Thompson, Miss Thompson, Mrs stlnemets, Misses
| Morgan, Houston, stinemctz Danenhower, btock-
enborough, snyder Barber Lockwood, Wilson,
| Cromwell, Jones, Slmms, Dodge, Marbury, lfardle
| Moffatt, Rarharin, Lnuck, Groh, Frlstoe, Graham
| Soussi, Smith, DeIand, Stewart, Miller, Iley,
Roy Townsend, Bennett, Hodges, sunchcomb. Miss
Mathews Of baltimore and Miss Leiior. Of Harris.
0"as r' '0' dancing was kept up until after
The Potomac's light weight. or Junior four,
as they are best known, are getting themselves into
first. class trim FOR their with the Rappahannocks
| on the Fourth of July The as fixed upon con-
slstS of liollister, stroke; Barharu 2; Kaufman 3;
| Harrison, bow, with Iappone as substitute The
men are pulling beautifully together, their cocSks
| movement causing many favorable comments among
those who have watched their practice pulls. Ho-
lister, the stroke Is undoubtedly the coming man Of
the club and when warmed mp with practice hits mn
a very quick and powerful stroke, one that is rered
| to by the other men In the boat with n will No
criticism has yet been heard that rs in the least
favorable to the motion Of the men In tho boat every
movement being made for tho very best possible al
vantage. They use their slides the entire length Of
groove, tho reach forward and backward being made
with freo-and easy motion, at the time put.
| ting In 1t great amount Of power The waist men,
Barbarin and Kaufman are In prime condition, and
both so Fixed that they tim the boat straight on
Its keel. OF the bow nothing need be said: 1t Is as
good as could he found upon any rlyei Harrison Is
unquestiUnally tile bow of the river since tho
| tirement OF Wheeler; he combines both skin and
science, with sweep equal to any and ir he does not
keep the shell on straight line the day of the 1t
will he because he Is blind OF the substitute, Zap
pone all that need he said In regard to him Is that ho
is the peer of any In the boat In case of any ac-
cilent would All the place with credit The papers Of
Fredericksburg are very sanguine this year that the
speak In glowing style Of the men, who lately have had
| q new boat supplied with all the patented rig, and
| who are making very good time.
The Amateur Boating Crew is the name of
boating crew lately started. The headquarters Is
n "A Ian .hnuEn fpn t1E Nnp
Jersey avenue By their appearance the river they
| viii soon be In condition to cope with any gig-bOat
crew on the Potomac.
1t would be an excellent plan for the boat
clubs of this city to inuugurate series of saturday
afternoon races between the members Of the different
clubs. barge race between the three clubs would
cause quite friendly rivalry, and would asu TO
inst activity Into the organizations. Tho two con.
tests last summer between the Amnlostaus and Colum
bias remembered by ALL and their repetition would
make nice little break In the usual run Of boating
matters, and by the potomics also Joining In the
interest would be heightened considerably. Let
Messrs. snms, Gibson. and White take the subject
under consideration
A great evil that the harbor master of
Georgetown should at remedy is that pursued by
the captains OF the various tugboats in pushing their
crafts to their top speed while within the basin he
tween Easily s Point and the Aqueduct Bridge. The
swcls caused by the tugs render extremely danger
aboard, while 1t strains the delicately made shells in
| various ways Several upsets have been caused by
have been battered and STAYED In against the whalves
aud floats. There Is need for the speed made by
the tugs and Ia to he hoped that the evil VIII he
| stopped
| Admiral Bob Forsythe. OF the Columbus.
CAV. little boating party Thursday evening last
| in his newly-remodeled craft, the CIT Edge. Tho
party made Columbi, Landing their destination
| where splenlid feast was enjoyed Among those
present Miss Mamie Larner, Miss Ireland, Miss
Carrie Larner, Miss Cromwell, Harry Towers, Lieut..
Coffin, and Mr.. Webster.
Brace, of the Analustans, is pulling much
hath. tI,n,I nut hi
nesday afternoon showed The Mckinney broth
ers pull well In their pleasure boats Burt Riddle
the main support Of Lawrence Barrett, has returned
TO the city. aud he may soon he execieh AZ the boat
house. What has become Of genial Jack Robertson?
llls absence Is sadly missed from the haunts of the
river. Mr. James Male Is not doing much rowing
this summer. Maddox, one of the best sweeps the
Anaosans ever possessed, Is not seen on the river
often this summer. Dorsey Brown, Of the Col
umbias, fully intended making application for
place In the racing -four, hut his basbfulness Is
against him. lie Is Just the man for the place . .
TIE plan of the Columbia house works very badly
far as the egress and ingtess of shells is concerned
| The doors ought to be widenel What has become
Of Willie Snyder? His courteous manners and geu-
tlemany bearing toward visitors Is greatly missed at
the house. Davis was out In single on Monday.
de R0nceray does not figure In his shell as much
as formerly. lie gave promise OF being one OF the
best sculors on our river Ford intends giving
mic TO Great Falls lately; 1t Will 10 the handsonlest
bevy of beauty that has left the house similar
mission. .Ieglcr is pulling his shell through tho
water In grand STYLE his Improvement over last
season being very marked. When Andy Smith
CelyeS MS smell 1t said that VIII better
time than any other member of the club. 1t would
be good race between he and HeIger. Fowler Is
rowing mostly In the barge where pretty girls abound.
| &C.. .McFalls ought TO make n good aud fast
sculler, Judging from the muscles of his arm.
May says he does not know exactly which he likes
best, she'll rowing ticket punching Harry Towers
still keeps mp his regular Chaperonage for youthful
parties .Zappone OF the Potomacs Is surely good
man, ho Is substitute for both the light and heavy
weights. Kaufman is giving good account of him
self In tho Junior four, and says his crew viii wn
he will drown his sorrows In the raging waters Of the
| DlIa he liar
that he is, his rowing condition at present being M
near perfect possible. .Zappone the younger bids
fair TO make ~ excellent An oarslnan rs his brother
| His debut on Wednesday night In the eight was
watched by Claude with great interest, who appeared
much pleased with the style and form. .DiSey Doyle
has recbrlstened his boat the Little idcn In honor Of
his little daughter. Gadsny, the whstlIng minstrel,
has Claimed the name Of Little Fraud for his new
craft. ON Wednesday Col. Jones appeared on the
river In neat row-boat. .Patsey Wheeler, the best
man that ever sat in the bow Of boat seems 10 have
lost his grip this year, for lie does little boating
Llbbey and Warden would make as fine double as
could be boated each possessing all the and grit
requisite for hst-class sculer. Page's debut is
anNiOuslY watched for by the members of the club
If he Is eager for the chance why does he not
over TO tho house and show himself Schmidt acted
as marshal for very nice party on Wednesday. lie
manages always to bring nice crowd Of ladies' to tho
boathorse, The officers Of the Navy Yard have
tended an invitation to the rstomacs to pay them
VISIT and their barge VIII go down this week .Ihe
! Jumbo crew VIII take paddle to Alexandra on
ers.. WIN Whealey and Cougllln Will pun pair
cared at the regatta Prescott viii not 20 near the
, post ONCE, Platter has given mp she'll pulling
Seryand and schmidt VIII do the FreIerIcksburs re-
gatta for the Sportsman. Mckinney will leave on
Saturday for Fredericksburg, provided his pass ar
iiyes A Potomac crew going 10 fredericksburg
without Tom CrOpley seems queer "A barge party
In charge Of Mr.. Hatch, left the AnaOstan House
last evening for Windy Branch. Among the lady
passengers were Mrs. Fairo Misses Burrows. Kos-
dali, Noble Colgate, aud Paro....A barge party, In
charge of Mr.. Frank Johns, from the Columbia
House, yesterday afternoon had ON board passn-
gers the Misses Jones, Brockenborough Snyder
Getty, Barber Lockwood, and Dodge. While pass
Ing up Tho river the bafgeof the Anaostans was met
tho usual aquatic recognition being given. After 4
pleasant stop at Columbia Landing, the party re-
turned to the hOpat the clubhouse
The Analostans ON Friday sent out II ON
their house two four cared crews several shells and
number Of pleasure boats. II certainly looked like Old
times 10 many craft lying tho pennant Of this
popular club, Tho appearance Of their shell crew. with
Shaw stroke, made very favorable impression,
4 | their bOat through water with rrpat