Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-12
THE HILLSDALES.
Their Troubles I'm England.
STATUS OF THE HILIspALEs.
From the N. 7. Herald.


STATUS OF THE HIILspALEs
One OF the three letters forwarded by Mr.. Chat
tefis. the secretary OF the English Amateur Row.
Ing Association, has at last been discovered. This
was the one addressed to the Yale navy and bears
the date OF July p although as early July IL the
association decided, at meeting held that date,
that they could add nothing to the Henley deci-
sion pending the result of inquiries they are max
Ing IN America" The request OF the English asso-
citation was answered by cable yesterday as fol-
lows
WEE Tou 1e rsm asas them Ourselves 4 S0h Crews
The question asked. TO which the above was a
reply, was whether Yale would row ag ainst the
Hillsdales as far as the latter claimed To be anna
teurS was concerned. YaleS prompt and
thorough Endorsement OF the unfortunate Ameri-
cans who have had their plans thwarted by the
''self-constituted and unauthorized association"
as Land ana Water calls 1t, is only what was TO be
expected, and the replies OF Columbia and Har-
yard vii! unquestionably be to the same effect.
As the English association is bound TO accept the
verdict rendered by its self chosen referees the
trials and fluctuations OF the HillSdales may now
be considered at an end and their position as anna
teurs recognized by their traducers. The annoy
ances TO which the Americans have been subjected
has undoubtedly done them much harm, and the
last communication received from Captain Ter
wiiliger was written In very Responding strain.
When once the load is removed, however, IL is TO
he hoped that the reaction will clear any and all
dales taste for the remainder OF the work they
have to undergo prior to the race with whichever
crew Is selected to oppose them.
WHY THEY WE'RE pEBARRED.
Numerous reasons have been assigned for the
action OF the Englshmen but the most plausible
OF all is the Following, which appears In the Lon
don Yachting Gazette ana aquatic Ne,cS OF July %:
During conversation this week with one OF the
gentlemen who formed the Henley committee, and
nOldS very prominent position as an OarSman,
We aScertained why that body thought ut to come
TO the conclusion viii n practically bars all recOg-
Hisdales- 1t appears that for three or four years
the American crew have been in the habit OF trav-
cling very long distances to regattas in Canada
ana elsewhere during the rowing season on
the other side OF the Atlantic, and from their
petitions given in the declaration" 1t is quite
evident that they men who are not only unable
| to incur such heavy expenses; moreover 1t is
hardly probable that they could conveniently leave
thelr occupations for such long periods. The
inference, therefore, is that they must be hired
and paid for the purpose consequently they are
uhdouDted professionals. Under these circum-
stances perhaps after all the committee OF the
national association was right In coming to their
determination.
If the committee had asked the Hillsdales for
thelr aquatic record they would at once have seen
how very wide OF the truth the foregoing state
ments are. There probably never was an amateur
crew holding the position occupied by the Hills
daleS with least number of races to their credit,
and even boating men on this side OF the Atlantic
VIII be surprised TO learn that they have rowed but
eight races away from Hiilsdae in the three years
or the clubs existence and but two races at home
Their record is as fOllOwS:-
1879
July 5.-Won the four-oared race at the North
western Amateur Regatta at Toledo, Ohio.
July 11.-Won the four-oared race at the Nation
al Regatta at Saratoga Lake
August 14-Won the fOur-oared race at their
club regatta.
June Avon the four-oared race at the Inter-
| state Regatta at Lake POnchartrain, New Orleans
June A.-Won the four-oared race at the Missis-
sippi Valley A. X. A., at Moline, ILL.,
July 9.-Won the rour-oared race at the National
Regatta at Philadelphia, Pa.
July 22.-WOn the four-oared race at the North
western Amateur Regatta at Bay City, Mich.
1881.
July 29-Won the four-oared race at the north
western regatta at Diamond Lake, Mich
August 2o.-Won the four-oared race at their
club regatta
Sept 9.-Won the four-oared race at the Ma.
tional regatta at Washington, DC.
The races at New orleans, La, and Moline ILL.,
In 1880 were special events, the crew being bad
gered into the first by the hOe-wae-cae-m ette
crew and the Southern regatta couonittee while
the Moline people, after the HillSdaleS had won at
New Orleans, would not take no for an answer to
their invitation to visit their regatta. These were
exceptional events and outside OF them the Hills
western and the local Hillsdale regattas since
their first race three years ago. They have never
been In Canada, though persistently urged bv the
Canadian association to attend their regattas OF
mas been particularly brief one-six weeks In
1879, seven weeks In 1880 and six weeks in 1884, In
than ten days away from their bust
and last year about ten days. Thus one after
another, the alleg atoms made by the Engllshmen
disappear before the stern pedestal of facts upon
which the Hiiisdales rest their case.