Evening star., 1884-07-26
Rowing.

Rowing.
The last day of the present month. the date
for the Potomac river regatta. will be of great
interest to boating men. They have anticipated
1t for a long time, and as the day draws near the
crowds at the boat houses of evenings increase.
and the men who are known to be selected to
row in the races are looked over and criticised
by everybody, whether they know anything
about rowing or not The committee from the
local clubs who have charge of the arrange
ments for the regatta have worked hard. and
have thus far met with commendable
success. They have incurred no unIeces-
sary expenses, and will show the lovers
of rowing some very interesting contests.
As announced in last Thursdays STAR. the en-
tries are: Junior singles, Smithson, of the Po-
tomacs; senior singles. Mumtord. of New Or
leans: Statzell of Philadelphia, and SmithsOn
and kearney OF the POtomacs. Junior fours,
Ariefs, of Baltimore; Rappahaunocks. of Fred
ercksburg. and Analostans, POtOmacs and Co
lumbas. Four-oared gigs. Pennsylvania Row
ing club, Norfolks and Columbias Light weight
fOurs, Potomac and Columbia: four-oared Sc
niOrs, COlumbias. POtOmacs and EliZabeths, of
Norfolk: eight oars. COlumbas and POtOmacs.
The list OF entries is not go large as was cX-
pected. Seldom is there such an array of prizes
offered for regatta, and it was thought that
more crews from other cities would be attracted
here. 1t is fortunate. however. that our local
clubs are strong enough to hold a regatta on
their own account, and as the main interest
centers In races i'm which local oarsmen partci-
pate. this regatta is bound to be successful
The Junior singles has but one entry-that of
SmthsOn-andit 1t is the only race that did not fill.
1t was confidently expected that Perley, of the
AnalOstans. would be his competitor and in that
case very pretty race would be the result, for
they are both good men. though comparatively
untried- The race for junior tours has the lar
gest number OF entries, though the Rappahan-
nocks, OF Fredericksburg, it is understood, will
not be present. The Ariels. of Baltimore will
beshere to row for the Mason cup, and will lend
an additional interest to the race. for otherwise
the victory would be conceded to the AnalOs-
tans, who have devoted all their energies to
this one race, although Kennedy did not stay
with them long as trainer. Their crew will con-
slst of Ecksten, Janus, SOmers and ParO.
good strong four. Neither the Columbias nor
the POtOmacs have very strong junior crews.
That of the former consists of Fildew, Sloane,
Schmidt and Kerr. The crew OF the POtOHacs
is not known yet, although Courtney has select
ed it. and will row the men regularly next week.
The gig race will be good one The Philadelphia
crew. consisting Of Elder Nage. VOgel and
Beck. has been rowing stronger than ever this
year. The Norfolk gig crew won very handily
and unexpectedly at the recent Norfolk regatta,
and also at City Point, and are apt to press hard
for the first place. The Columbias will probably
row their big four. consisting of Mute, kintner,
Wade and kOndrup. although the men are SO
entered that only two. of that crew will be in
the boat If deemed advisable. In the light
weight race the COlumbias will be Brewster,
Zeig1er, Woodward and Smith, and the POto-
macs. Fisher. Roberts, Wilmington and Warden,
although both SmallwOod and Mckinney are
entered. The senior fours will be the grand
race of the day. The same crews will take part
that rowed such wonderfully close race at Nor
folk on July 4th. there being no open water be-
fUppn hp lsCt afS rFran fhn lipn,.
crossed. The EliZabeths will come with a new
boat. confidently expecting to sweep the river,
and it is no sure thing that they will not do so.
The COumb.as and the PotOmacs will both be on
top OF them, ii not ahead of them, for both
home crews are rowing splenddly There was
more room fOr Improvement in the rowing of
the POtOmacs than OF the Coumbias and every
body acknowledges that Courtney has improved
them The senior four race will be desperate
contest from start to finish. The eight cared
race will be rowed by the Columbias
and Potomacs. with the chances of VIC
tory in favor OF the former. Their
crew will consist of Mute. Hintner. Wade,
kondrup. snyder. Arnold. Young and Mackall.
Ihs i the crew that won the Sharpless cup at
Philadelphia on the 10th of Julv, and very
not made public the names of their crew prob
ably because they don't know lust what men
will be in the boat. The senior four will be in
it and the other four men will probably be
tblhNclI, NHldilN OUt anu Bd&OD. Aut
crew they select will be very light, averaging
about l35 pounds. and light weight is no advan-
ta9e. particularly in an eight. Still. the meu
are all very strong and gritty, and they have a
new boat built expressly for 40 pound men,
and they are determined to make creditabe
showing in the race. They rowed a close race
last year and intend that the C0lunbias shall
have no easy thing this year.
Messrs. Moore & Ledng, who were given
the contract for furnishing the individual med
ais, have received the prizes for the gig race
the eight-oared race, and the senior fOurs and
expect the remainder of the medals on Monday,
when they will be placed ON exhibition. Those
received. show good taste in design and work
manship, and are we'll worth winning. All of
the medals have bar, containing in black let
tiers. the words Potomac River Regatta" and
pendants of different design. held by gold
chains. The pendant of the gig medal consists
of an open circle. containing '4-Oar gig' In
black letters. In the open center is the mono
gram "1SS4 Two oars are crossed in front
and two behind the pendant. The pendant of
the eight-Oar medal is gold shield of peculiar
design, with the blades of eight oars between
1t and the bar. The extension of the lower part
of the shield contains the monogram ''1SS4,"
engraved. The design of the medal for senior
fours consists of a shield with closed circle In
the center, containing ''SeniOr Four" The
blades Of four gold oars project above the shield
The winners in the first and second annual
Potomac river regatta were as follows:
single SOULS. sen1Or-1SS2-W. {. Mckinney,
Potomac Boat club, 10 minutes Al seconds 1883
p. A. Dempsey. Pennsylvania Boat club, -.
Single sculls. nior-1SS2-Andrew Smith,
Columbia Boat club (walk over, II minutes 25
seconds. 1S4-J r. White. AnalOstan Boat
club. 12 minutes &c seconds.
Single sculls special for District Of Columbia
Oarsmen -1SSS-R. Somers, AnalOstan Boat club.
l. minutes IS seconds.
Single Scuils. consOlatiOn-lSS3- R H. Ker-
win. Neptune Boat club. 10 minutes So seconds.
Double scuis-1SS5- and Warden.
Potomac Boat club (walk OVer). -.
Four cared shells, -lSS2-Columbia
Boat club, minutes 90 4 seconds. 1SS3-Po-
tomac Boat club. Q minutes IS seconds.
Four cared shells. juniOr-lSS2-COlumb
Boat club minutes 5114 seconds. 1SS3-Po-
tOmaC Boat club 10 minutes 81 seconds
Four cared shells, lightweight -1SS2-Poto-
mac Boat club. 10 minutes 4 seconds. 1855
Potomac Boat club. 10 minutes 10 seconds
Four cared shells, cOnsolaton-1SS3-
Boat club, -.
Eight cared shels-1SS3- Columbia Boat club.
s minutes 81 seconds.
Four cared -1SS3-Columbia Boat club.
9 minutes Al seconds.
Bicycling.
The number of riders i'm Washington is RAPIDLY
Increasing, and is now estimated at over five
hundred. Every day new riders are seen on the
streets. After they become accustomed to the
smooth asphalt pavements they try their luck
on the road, and when once they gain conf
dence, they realize the pleasures of wheeling.
Messrs. Barrick. Rhodes and Harper, OF the
Capital club, made a run some distance above
Seneca and return last Tuesday distance of
over ffty miles A hundrod will