The Evening critic., 1882-07-05
THE EVENING CRITIC.
HuRRAH FOR OUR BoYSI
They do Gallant work and Win Il
the Frcdcrfcksburg Regatta.
AUGUST 1858.

They do Gallant work ana Win In
the Fredericksburg Regatta.
The RcppJiican this morning publishes tho
following interesting account Of tho regatta at
Fredericksburg, Va, yesterday;
FREDERICKSBURG, July i.--The regatta OF
the Virginia State Association, held ut Freder.
ickeburg to-day, was quite successful, two
races being rowed In tho morning and two in
the afternoon. During tho carly morning tho
oarsmon either congregated at tho hotel, to
lounge around and chat with zach othor, or
eleo visited tho lighthouses to put somo finish
Ing touches on their boats. At $50 q. m. tho
excursion train arrived from Washington,
bringing large number OF Columbia, Poto-
mac and Analostan men, who mingled to:
geiher, manifesiing tho best OF feeling toward
each other.
The Pools This Morning
sold about as follows: Mckinney, 81; Barclay,
OF the Undines, "a. Brace withdrew last night
on account OF sickness. For tho match Junior
race between the Bappahannocks and Potomacs
but few takers could BIO found for the Kappa
hanocks at any odds.
The Columbia boys who camo to witness the
excursion ali wore tall white hats which
pleton, of tho Potomacs, onicatod as referee
for all but tho Virginia association races, for
which Mr.. Gibson, OF tho Columbus, acted.
Mr.. J. ]. Barlow acted as starter and Mr.. VIII.
lam j. Moore as timokeeper. At tho hour
named for the FIRST race 1t was raining quito
hard, but Notwithstanding tho fact tho mon
wcro allied out At exactly IL ;37i2 n. m. the
word was given in tho fouroared match race,
with
hht hOutS hONN
lions:
No. /, Rappahannocks, colors black and.red;
j. Hazard, stroke; NJ. McCracken, No. 3; A.
X. Phillips, u, no. 2; W; G. Hazard, bow;
ve enl6rs w ed ana biop n oSer
+. barbarian, No. 8; Dolf Kaufman, No. .;
Arthur Harrison, bow; average weight, 140ia
pounds
Both crews got or well tosether-tho Kappa
hannocks at 3S and tho potomacs pulling %.
Tho Rnppahannocks took tho lead on the
INN hut MT hrf Dot
level. Tho Rappahannocks lost length By u
foul with the bridge. From this point on the
who, on the home stretch, waited whole min
ute for their antagonists, finally crossing the
line in IL 15, long distance ahead Of the
Rnppahannocks, who crossed In 10 ;05.
The distance was n very strong mile and
half. Immediately after the finish of the tours
the single was started, with Barclay No. 2,
colors blue, and Mckinney No. ., coors red and
white. AT tho word Barclay jumped Off with
tho lead, and maintained 1t to tho bridge,
which he reached about ono length ahead.
Tho Baltimore mon were wild ut this, and
gave cheer upon cheer for their man.
The Washington Men
were not q whit dismaycd, however, and
Kinney, as soon as he shot the bridge, let out
a peg or two, and within 100 yards had the
lead and race, 1t being mere procession aftor
that, Mckinney finally winning as he pleased
Immediately after the finish of the single
scull race every one rushed for dinner. About
to every ones satisfaction. After dinner the
pools soldmacolImbla,. SO; Analostan, "a;
crews made their appearance. Atthis time
tho crowd was much greater than during tho
morning, and q squad OF Columbia boys with
white hats kept every one In rom on the
Island. The Potomacs were first TO put out,
closely followed by the Analostans and Co
lumbias.
A few minutes wero lost in getting tho boats
in line in tho following order: No. 1, Column.
bias, coIors blue and white strlpes-Nute,
average weight, 1856 pounds. 'Potomacs, No
2; HOLSTER, stroke; Barbarian, 3; Kaufman
2; Harrison, bow average weight, l40 pounds
stroke; Eddy, 9; Douglass, p Page, bow
and white At 3O big shout went up
had started on their long and hard struggle
The Analostans and Columbus went ut once to
the front, and Mt the bridge were exactly oven
there being about one.nnd.a-half boat lengths
OF open water between them and tho Potomacs
The Columbus reached tho turn over length
at this point by the Analostans Coming home
tho Columbias Increased their lead, and when
at tho bridge It was sure that, barring acci.
dent, they would win, such shout went UT
from the Columbia boys as could have beer
heard q mile. Keeping about the Same re
lative distances, the boats crossed the limo In
the following order: Columbias 10 80; ANA
lostans, 1880; Potomacs lin. The race was
expected TO DO very close between the Column
bias and Analostans, and 1t would have beer
still closer than It was had tho Analostans
been better boated, their old cedar being NJ
good as she now is. Tho Columbus have
crew that Will give any crew In tho country {
tough race TO boat them. AS for tho Potomacs
they surprised all by tho logged way the!
stuck to the other boats. 1t was not expected
OF them to win, as they are junior crow, ant
they more than realized expectations.
The Last Race
was for tho Virginia Association cup, IA milo
straight away, which brought out three crews
Tho University OF Virginia, No. 1, colors card
nal and gray; Massey, stroke; Cowardin, Nc
.; Harper, No. 2; boswell, bow; Redwood
coxswain average weight Of crew, 16O pounds
Cockado City, OF Petersburg, Va, No. 2, color
blue and white; Thompson, stroke; Bond, 3
Taylor, 9; Harrison, bow; Witherspoon, COZ
OF Richmond, No. 3; Fry, stroke; Penticola!
3; Rawlings, Q; Blair, bow; Halves, coxswain
average weight, 1881. The University OF VII
ginia took the lead, olympic second, Cockad
by fine squirt, took the second place, the nnis
limo being crossed by the University ilrs
Cockade second and olympic third. Til
makes tho third time that the University ha
won the cup The town was
Crowded With Washington People
among whom were Messrs. Odds, Merri
President Coon, Captain Gibson, Johns, Mui
about sixty more OF the Columbia mon; Pa
zappone, Prescott, Hardon, Wheatie
and others Of the Potomacs; Pairo,. Noye
Hatch and others Of the Analostan
Richard somers and schoolcraft, Of tho pla
Printers Association; Mr.. @. q. Kimball,
the Associated Press; John Doyle, of tho Sundt
Herald, and other newspaper men. Anon
the many residents OF Fredericksburg wi
exerted themselves to make the stay OF Il
better than Colonel Grafton, OF tho Alexandr
K Fredericksburg Railroad. X.