The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03

Teemer in his wonderfully scien~
tiGc turning Of the stake
boat. Teemer was first out
appearing in a red shirt and navy
biue breaches; Ross colors being
white and dark blue. There were
probably 1000 persons present when
the race began. Tbs course was
from Oak Point shore two miles out
| to Bomb Buoy where the stake |
boats were anchored. Ross won |
less for position and took North.
ern Lsne but really there
was TO choice. when Barney
Biglin asked "Are you ready"
and then shou ed "go," Teemer |
caught the water first with some !
thing of a splash and went six feet |
ahesd Of his opponent: he lost that !
small lead aim at Immediately how. |
ever for Ross settled down to his |
we'll known steady powerful stroke |
and forged ahead. Inside of six
lengths it was plain that each man
ha started 10 to win; Teemer soon
got into a swimming stiff stroke |
easy and clean; Ross sat straight up
az in his wont and dug his oars into
the water with telling effect; Ross
led for the first mile and quarter
at distances varying from a
length 10 two lengths. Just abreaa It
OF the north end of North Brothers
Island, a mile AMI a quarter out,
Teemer became q little ragged in
his stroke, but ia another minute ne
brscsd up and put in soma good
ones, which sent the PROV of his
boat five feet ahsad of his adversary.
Ross did not like this, and sent his
stroke up to thirty.two, aud again
went ahead. Both men moved well
within themselves up to the
turn, which Ross reached half
"a length ahead. Here the
literal turning point was reached.
J Ross seemed to have forgotten how
to go around stake boat; he went
away beyond it and made his circle
by long curve that made it appear
that he had not reached the stake
boat when the Pittsburg man was
half way around. Tesmer made
beautiful turn from the stake boat;
he had hardly gotten thres feet
when he buried the left oar in the
depths Rs straight as aicornstalk and
pulled his head around with the
right as though his craft were hung
on q pivot Such clever vancouver
has rarely bean seen On the water.
Hi. boat appeared to come to a
stand till ct the will of the rover,
and to turn about as though she
were a to0l ia her owners banda.
This piece OF extrs ordinary skill
gave Turner lead o: fully three
lengths cIesr water, and virtually
the race. The return wSs very ex-
ci ing. however, for Roas did his
best to recover the great loss he
had suffer d AMI put in some OF the
hardest rowi 8 that one could want
to see. He still seemed to think he
had the race and could pick up his
/ loss On the last mile. When the
north point of Brothers leland was
reached, which was about a mile
from home, Wallace began to see he
had q man inside of the boy to row
the first mile of return rowing
rather quickly, and not over once
he put his right ha out into the
river for wafer to battle his head;
, but at this point Ross increased his
, stroke from % to 81 minute, and
i Turner stays at his 81. Ross WE
encouraged by shouts from his
} friends en- the judges steamer, and
{ rOwed for all that he was worth.
At three miles and three-qusr-
} tiers he hit as high as 81
, strokes to a minute. Turner braced
up at this stage also and went up to
> thirty>four, but did not stay there
5 more than q dozsn lengths. Ross
, kept up his giant stroke, but he was
too late; he continued to diminish
: the lead gradually, but he had no
; distance to go to the front, even if
he had been able On the first of the
last quarter mile; Teener was
, plainly net doing his best, but
when within 200 yards OF
} home he put on squirt.
: Ro-s still continued to creep
up however, and when the line was
} crossed his prov Tapped Teemer's
stern. Teemer thus won by short
/ length. Both men were pretty
} tired when they returned to the
. boat house. Ross as CROSS and
Teemer was jubilant and he had
right to be in both beating Ross and
making the fastest time on record.
Barney Biglin made the time
) 20 minutes and 20 seconds.
. Best previous time over q four mile
3 course having been made byl Ham
l Ion in his race with Ross at Ogdens-
bury in July LIST, when he accom-
, plished the distance in twenty-seven
minutes and fifty seven sec0nds.
S Some Goubt OF the accuracy of the
E measurement being expressed, Big
: lin, who is Undoubted authority,
l was asked what he thought of it;
, he said he had hal no reason to
/ doubt that four miles had teen