The Washington critic., 1885-06-04
ON THE RIVER.
The Old Dominion Club Regatta-Row-
ing Down TO Alexandria.

full as it would nave been had the water
been smoother. Only two races were
rowed, four-oared gig and double scull
working boat The Columbus went down
in their ten-oared barge, and an eight
cared crew went from the Potomac Club.
The most enjoyable feature of the enter
tainment was the presentation of flowers
by the notably pretty girls of that old city
to the boys of the Columbus, and Lieu
tenant Wade returned home literally COW
cred with choice flowers, as also did Mr.
Kondrup, stroke. The Potomac eight left
the scene of amicable warfare before the
finish and so lost the best part of the
fun-the sandwiches and beer.
Tuesday night crew from the Wash
ingtons, composed of Sweeney, stroke;
Baker, 3; Ryan, 2, and Kennedy, bow,
started down river, intending to row to
the bridge, bat instead they kept on and
rowed to Alexandra. The Potomac light
weight crew followed them, and, rowing
in magnificent form and great speed, over
hauled them and reached Alexandria
first, Coming home the same tactics were
pursued, the Washingtons going of with
the lead, but being beaten up by the Po-
tomacs. The Potomac members are nat
urally iubilant over the way in which
their crew performed, and the Washing
tons are correspondingly depressed. The
Potom0cs say that if their lightweight
crew beat the Washingtons, especially
when the latter had John Kennedy row
ing bow for them, what will their senior
crew do with the Washingtons with Ken
nedy out of the boat. ss,s,<..,
Dick Morgan sold five gallons of
whisky Tuesday night for bathing pur-
poses, and seven boys were kept rubbing
twice as many legs until late hour.
Did you play polo Tuesday night? No,
! rowed to Alexandria.
Tho loIup,1,;og ,,ntoJ cnvn,oII,,
night to enter for the Sharpless Cup. The
crew is the same that won the trophy last
year. Mute Kintner, Kondroup, Wade,
Arnold, Snyder, Mackall and Young
The last four were to compose the junior
crew of the club last year, but winning the
Sharpless they became seniors, and the
club had to put in four other men.
The Washingtons elected six new mem
bers last night. a fine lot of young men
have joined, many ofwhom in year or
two will make good oars 1t is expected
that the club will purchase light barge
or gig and set them to work.
Twenty-Five members of the Washing
tons went out from Cumberland's on
Tuesday evening. A pretty good showing
for q new club. Clinton Smithson was
elected a member last night, and will row
has the making of u iirst-class sculler, and
Washington will be proud of him yet.
1t is not probable that the scullers of the
Potomacs will devote so much time to that
style of rowing this season. They will
give all their time to crew rowing.
Racing.
The Great English Derby was won YES
terday by Melton, ridden by Fred Archer.
1t would seem that the English book
makers keep better posted than their
| American brothers. Though only twelve
| horses were in, the odds ranged from Is to
| 40, up to $50 to 1. They were betting
| nearly double money against the favorite
| but by giving such heavy odds against the
Others they were enabledto takei in enough
money to permit of their going two to one
against the favorite. They. evidently
| have the science of bookmalling down
| finer over there than we have here
The odds given by the Washington Turf
| Club are now often larger than those
| given at the track, BY putting the odds
up to double figures on horses that really
have but little show they encourage in
vestments that would not be made other.
wise. The proprietors of the exchange
have as good business standing as any
| persons in the District Their word is as
good as a Government bond and every
one has confidence in them.
With the exception Of Bankrupt ant
Troubadour the odds against the winners
were from fair to large. Those agains
John X, at Brighton, and Colonel Clark
at Latonia, being the largest-6 to /.
Keokuli beat Test so handily last week
at Covington that at the weights hC
should have been the favorite ovei
Sovereign Pat. That he is a repeater ha:
been shown by his coming back in Q
three-quarters in Iii, and in a mile il
14l.
Dutch Roller had 3 to 1 against him
here up to the start in the third race a
Brighton. He ought not to have beer
that high. Ifpeople had only stopped tC
think, they would have played him, a.
his public form justified his winning.
It's pity that Bankrupt will not prob
ably be brought East this season. An un
broken series ofvictories is seldom seen il
two-year-old form.
OF the races to-day, the first at LatonG
will be won by Billy Gilmore Will
old Leman or Ultimatum second. In tn,
second race Osceola and Fronie Louis,
will fight ii out probably, between them
The third race will be won by Joe Cotton
with Constellation second. The fourtl
should go to Lady Reber, with Tom Mar
l. tin second Ascoli should win the last
with Judge Jackson second though tho
order may be reversed.
AT Jerome Park, Electric will win thu
first, with Buffalo or Saxony second. Tn,
second race should about be won by Littl
Minch, with Long Knight or Woodhowei
second General Monroe will probabl,
win the Westchester handicap, witt
Duchess or Euclid second For the Mem
bers' cup Walhower is by far the best o
the lot, even at the weights. Guitar shout,
be the runner up. If Free Gold has no
gone to pieces, he should win the fiftl
race, with Chandelier second. DAILY o
Nolan will win the steeplechase,
Baseball.
The Nationals pulled in the third gam
for the week yesterday, and showed an i'm
provement everywhere, fielding perfect,
and batting with their old time vigor.
In the games played yesterday Builal
beat St. Louis II TO 0; New York-Philadel
phia, s to 7; Providence Boston, 4 to /
etropoltan-Louisyile 10 TO 1; St. Louis
Baltimore, g to 8; National-Jersey City, |
to 2; Trenton-Norfolk, 3 to 2; Newark
Wilmington, 8 to /; Nirginia-Lancaster
4 to /.
Charlie Snyder ran over from Baltimor
| yesterday to spend the day. Some of tn
boys got after Charlie and offered to be
him that the Nationals would beat hi
club when they come together. Their
was considerable Ginning, but no betting
When the New Yorks beat the Philu
dclphias in the latter city on Monday
they decorated their conveyance witt
brooms ana ON their way back in tn
| special train they were Toasted with tiz2
water by the iubilant Wall street men VIII,
accompanied them over. They gave on
that they would bury Harry Wright's min
ON Tuesday, AIRY was on hand prompt
ly, but somehow the "Phillics' refused t.
be buried Not only that, they turned tn