Daily globe., 1883-07-28
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

The morning rain turned away many peo-
pie from attendance, and the crowd was
not large during the day. Calumet lake
at Pullman. eighteen miles from Chicago.
where the regatta was held, is the course
over which Hanlan recently rowed. The
course in to-day's races was two miles with
turn along the west shore of the lake
that is one mile south and return. Since
the last regatta new grand stand has been
erected on the waters edge, affording visi-
tors increased facilities for viewing the
races. new floating dock has also been
built for judges stand near the grand
stand, and flag staff on which the move
ments of the contesting crews can be in
dicated with colored flags.
The Mississippi Valley association has
system of its OWN whereby the difficulty
in recognizing the oarsmen on the course
is obviated. The buoys at the starting
| are designated with different colored flags.
The oarsmen draw lots for position and
each is obliged to wear colors to CORES
pond with the buoy he starts from. The
programmes are not issued until all these
details are carefully completed. Thus
| the audience knows its man when it sees
him. 1t is further informed of his where
abouts when he has disappeared down the
course by set of flag signals telling when
each man turns his buoy for the return
pull. The entrance fees were as follows:
-Four oars or more, SIS; pairs or doubles,
| $11; singles $15. In case crews score, or
furnish satisfactory excuse for failing
to keep their engagements, the entrance
money will be refunded. The aggregate
value of the medals and prizes to be
awarded is over $4,000. Each winning
sculler or oarsman will receive a gold
medal from the association; the winning
senior or junior fours will receive silk pen
nants. In addition to these prizes is a
handsome challenge silver trophy to be
awarded the winners of the barge, gig,
junior four, consolation, junior single.
senior single and senior double races.
Among the rules observed to-day were
the following: The scullers in single scull
or the bow oarsman in crews will wear a
cap of the same color as the buoy from
which he starts in case buoy assigned to
any crew on the programme is vacant, and
it is understood that for some cause said
crew has dropped out or has been excluded
from the race.
The judges were c. A. Barnard, Norman
Wright, Maj. j, NJ. Woods and w. A. An
gel, with John N. Astrom as umpire. The
light breeze, but the sun shone very hot
after the rain, and it was said the Mime
sofa oarsmen were considerably affected
by the heat. Gov. Hamilton, of Illinois,
was among the spectators.
The first race was the junior single sculls.
with the following starters: P A. Parker.
of the Minnesota boat club, st. Paul; j.
P. Donohue, of the Davenport, Ia, boat
club; Lambert Metzger, of the Western
rowing club, st. Louis; Lucas Egen, of
the st. Louis rowing club. Parker was
the favorite, and his fine appearance at
traeted great attention, but the heat proved
too much for him. The oarsmen got away
in good form, Metzger slightly in the lead,
which he managed to hold
to the finish. Eden spurted and
passed Parker for second place, and beat
him by half a second, the time being,
Metzger Is minutes, 20 seconds, Eden
15:4712, Parker 5:48. 1t was a close, ex-
citing and interesting race throughout,
and had Parker been in practice here for
a week to become acclimated he could
have easily won the race.
The starters in the Junior double she'll
race were J. P. Donohue and Il. P. Put
nam of Davenport; M. J. Moore and G.
R. Brungard OF Modoc club, ST. Louis; A.
L. Schiffman and j. j. Parker of st. Paul:
| W. Wernand and J. F. Korf of Delaware
club, Chicago. This proved an easy walk
away for the st. Paul boys, who came in
at the finish amid the widest cheers.
In the junior pair cared race the follow
| ing were starters: Louis Washburn, of the
Farragut club, Chicago; Ransom and
Marshall, of the Burlington, Iowa; Merri-
men and McEnery, of the Lywan club,
Moline, III. The Burlington crew took
the race in 1924 with the Moline crew
second.
In the four cared gig race the following
crew entered: Phelps, Wyman, Schooner
and Parsons with Tousy as coxswain of
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North, ,Franchfuss and Towne. with Edwards
as coxswain of the Grand river club, Ian
sing, Mich; Robertson, Spencer, Patterson
and Comstock with coxswain Gibbens. of
the Keokuk club; Holmes, Martin, Hin
kins and Price with coxswain Bronson.
OF the Pullman club;
Redding, McCummings, Reynolds and
Kilfoyle, with Coxswain KilfoyIe of the
Catlin club, Chicago; Ronthier, Poon, Will
son and Bevau, with Coxswain Lewis, of
the Excelsior club, St. Louis. 1t proved a
close race between st. Louis and Burling
ton, the former winning in fine style.
Time of ST. Louis crew 14:0815.
The closing race of the day was the
finest ever witnessed in the west or for
that matter anywhere in the country, and
was magnificent event in every respect.
There were twelve starters in four Dared
shells, the largest field in the history of
the association. The starters were
as follows: Little Rock association:
Wyandotte club, Wyandotte, Mich; Farra-
gut club, Chicago; Evanston club, Evans
ton, ILL.,; Centennial club, Detroit, Mich:
Minnesota boat club; st. Louis
ROWING club: Delaware hoot oInh