Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-14
The Columb,a. ut watkins.
THEY FAIL TO WIN The FCVR-oARED RACE, But BEA
tbs BEST TINE PREVIOUSLY IADE-TdEY Ar

tbs BEST TIME PREVIOUSLY IADE-TdEY ARE
AWARDED THE EIGHT-oAR RACE.
The final heats in the races at the Watkins Ma
tional Amateur alta were rowe1 yesterday. The
Canadians were the heroes OF the day. the senior
| giles, double SOULS, ami the senior tours having
been won by crews from the other side OF the bor-
| der.
The final heat for junior SOULS was rowed by E.
j. Mulcahy. Mutual boat club, Alb tay; d. P. Now
Ian. Abany buIt club: G. a. Strickland, Peterboro
boat ciub Canada 4. Cumming Crescent boat club,
Bosto2 huicahy Won in 1901; Noxian 2l, IN 1901 4;
strickland 81
In the junior fours the Watkins club Mutuals, OF
Albany. and Institute, OF Ne;:drk. started. the
Watkins crew won i'll 9:0l1; Mutuals, 9.O79; Insli-
TUE, 933.
j. Ling, MONTREAL: ". E O'Ccnnell, Portlan I,
Me- and J. Buckley, loU ian1 Ne, contested in the
senior SINCE. Luns Won oy two lengths In 9:2S4;
In the pair cared rice the Mutuals, of Albany,
ana tne Arle.s, OF NewarG; the only contestants.
iouled at tn mlie AMI the 'Iutuals boat was baiy
broken. The decision on the foul Was rendered 10
favor OF tn Muulli, Who are 20 the course TO-
SIdered erroneous.
The forontos won the double scull race in so7 4,
over the CreocentS Of Boston. t9.13, and the Lad
reatrs, OF TROY, and the HarnoOurss
THE BEST TINE on RECORD FOR AN AMATEUR FOUR
In the final heat for senior tours the contestants
were Afgonauts OF Toronto, first; ColuInbids. OF
Washing ton, second; Wal1wahtahSees, OF Ecorse,
Mich, third; Watkins, Of Watkins, fourth. When
this race started tae water was in perfect con-
diti0n and the wind was perfectly still The Argo-
nautS Were SOW In gettinG away, and were led
rom the stac, by all the others. AS soon as they
settled 70 Their telling stroke or Orty-flve for the
1rSt minute they made their boat travel and
dropped CQ!uinb quickly behind. The Wahwah-
t;h-eeS also drew away from the Washington
crew and Watkins with their 1fty-siX stroke. AT
the quarter mile the ArEOnautS We're level with the
Maiwahs, aud both We're clear OF Columbia and
Watkins. AS soon as the point was passed the
Canadians edged INTO the buoy and, pulling in mag
ninSenL shape. were about length ahead OF the
:" .hWInS mt The haif Iniie. and Columbia Two more
leEgt tis behind. The latter Slgged OF to the west
IL ueGad The ArgOnauts and soon after the lat er
went still further off their course and in shore
but still kept in front or the Wahwas, leading by
u little over length at the mile. Tie WauwahS
now began to come back to Columbia. and at The
mead OF The stand the latter were second place.
and then went right away from the iii y-sx Strok-
ers, who steered wretchedly at the dn.sh. Argo-
paut won oy good three lengths in'S,2ll, Columbia
second III So. WaIlWahs tnird In Si6 y, AMI Wat
kinS las. not timed. The ArgOnauts' time Is he
best on record for ID amateur four ON still water,
peatnS the illustrates Saratoga time exactly ten
seconds. The Columbus time was also faster tn IN
the best on record by three-quarters second
THE EIGHT-OARED RACE
The eight-oared race, which closed the regatta
was walk-over Tor the Colunbas, OF Washington.
Today there viii be regatta given by the Wat
kns association, from which national winners are
barred out and tO-m0rrow another regatta VIII
take place at Long Point, twenty miles up Seneca
lake.
SUNDAY BAR CAsES-Henry L. Wendell. a saloon
Keeper was on trial befor,. Judge Mills in the Police
COu this morning, charged with keeping a sun
day bar. The defendant took haf an hour OF The
time OF The court 10 defend himself and was then
declared guilty The court said that where & man
Is Charged with keeping his bar open on sunday
and knows that he IS guilty, and then comes ana
takes up the time OF the court he is going get
OF with the lowest tine, and Il man Who keeps Sa-
loon cannot invite his customers to come to his
house on Sunday, and Keep his dining room open
1or drinking purposes. Wendell was fined $40
Julius Me:ster. for keeping a sunday bar. W is fnal
W William bronii was ch .rstd with keeping
Sunday bar. Several cOloreu men were called as
az "A ~
defendants place on sunday. The case was dis
miss H. The Judge said: While Ii We no right TO
assume that the witnesses testified TO anything
mat was not true. yet wish officers would be
more careful in bringing iiq,or cases into court
although think they are often deceived. | want
officers 10 take note OF their testimony and mark
their conversations afterW ards and Ii 1t IS DOS le
70 IN Ike case OF perjury. nope they viii do il.
swear 10 a lie for the purpose OF getting Il rum
seAer out OF scrape. hope VIII be land I'd In
penitentlary and made to serve his term out"
Affairs i'm West Warrington.
ACCIDENT-festerday evening Walter Sebastian,
boy ABOUT nine years old. VIII lie nding on a bicy-
Gle ii the corner OF and 3d Streets accidentally
run INTO wagon driven by Leonard Clements The
la! was thrown under the wheels OF the wagon,
which passed over his stomach. He was taken to
his home. 34th street, and Dr. Sothoron was
Called IN. who pronounced his wounds OF painful,
but not Of a serious nature.
NOTEI-NO arrests have zen made by the police
mere since Monday night laSt.-ihe condition of
Ara Wasner has Improved very much
The GoLoRS RAIsED-The Cleveland and Hend-
rlcks pole, on High street, has been completed The
American flag mas been raised q distance OF about
$50 feet above the ground.
GRAIN RECEIPrS-Canal boat Medley arrived
with 1.OOO bushels OF wheat for Hartley q Bros
COAL TRADE.-TwO boats, carrying 225 tons OF
coal. left Cumberland yesterday
CONDITION OF THE WATER AT A. M-t;reat Fails
10: receiving reServeir-north connection 16: south
connection, IL; distributing reservoir = ntillent
gatenOusF, "A, erhuent gatenouae. 80 Low IIit. IL
tle river To-Day ut $50 p Ia; hlyl tile at ll3O D. a.