St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-28
Sohifmann Gets Away with Harrington
Easily, Winning by Seven or Eight
Lengths.
Commodore Kittson's Horses to Make
Display of Their Speeding
Qualities.
Rain Interferes Seriously at Chicago,
but the Races Were All
Finished.
The Program for the Minnesota Boat
Club on the Fourth of July
Prepared.
sohiffmann the winner.

oarsmen," Dr. A. l.. Schiffmann OF ST. Paul,
member of the Minnesota boat club, and
Daniel J. Harrington of the West st. Paul
club off Hotel Lafayette, yesterday even
ing, was very tame affair and the 400
spectators who witnessed the contest from
various points of observation, saw very
little that was either exciting or interest
ing. Dn Schiffmann is well known in
Northwestern amateur boating circles and
is acknowledged to be one of the best in
this part of the country. He has made a
brilliant record for himself and the Minne-
sofa boat club in the past, and large num-
Der of his friends were at the lake yeSter-
day to give him
A FIRST-CLASS SEND-OFF.
Mr.. Harrington is not so well known,
though he brings to Minnesota very good
record from the New England states. A
few weeks ago he challenged DR.. Schiffman
to row three-mile race for the amateur
championship of Minnesota and prize val
ued at 500. The challenge was accepted
and the men began preparations for the
event, which was announced for yesterday.
The weather at the lake at the time an
nounced for the start was all that could
have been desired and the water was very
smooth A large delegation of Minneapo-
lis and St. Paul people arrived on the early
evening trains. At z o'clock the lake in
front of Hotel Lafayette where the race
was to be rowed was dotted with crafts OF
all sizes and descriptions, from the stately
City of st. Louis with 200 people on board
to the less pretentiouS pleasure steamers.
sail boats and rOw-boats in great numbers.
At 7:30 the
OARsMEN MADE THEIR APPEARANCE,
Schiffmann taking the water first and Har-
ringtOn Immediately following. Both men
were loudly cheered by their friends. Har-
rington hadsspulled but dozen strokes when
his boat tipped and capsized. Harrington
took an enforced bath, but was soon rescued
by Col. Ingersoll. After being towed to
the shore he dOnned a dry suit and again
took his seat in the boat. This time he at
tended strictly to business and the RoSander,
which had been selected as the judges
boat, steamed to the starting point. Frank
Seymour was referee and DR.. A. McLaren
and J. j. Parker officiated as judges. At
1852 the men were in line and the starter
gave the word. Schiffmann was all ready,
and he took the water Immediately,
GETTING THE ADVANTAGE
of half length before Harrington seemed
to comprehend that ''go" had been given.
Schiffmann opened with strong thirty, and
when Harrington got down to business he
pulled short thirty-twO. From the first
it was apparent that the representative of
the Minnesota Boat club would do pretty
much as he desired during the race. He
gradually drew away from his companion
until he had reached four or five lengths in
advance, when he rested and gave Har-
rington some encouragement by allowing
him to close the gap to length in the rear.
AT this point, in response to calls from the
judges boat, which seemed to be crowded
with his friends, Schiffmann made mag
nificent squirt and increased his lead several
lengths. He was pulling handsome
stroke and Harrington's work was in de-
cided and marked contrast. He pulled a
jeriy thirty-two, and his slow recovery
made successful and rapid progress almost
impossible 1t was evident that he
WAS EITHER ovER-MATCHED
or was not doing his level best. He turned
his buoy wrong, from starbOard to port,
while DR.. Schiffmann rounded all right. On
the turn the latter led by about two
lengths and it was not decreased to the
finish. Both men went off the course and
Harrington, though struggling to overtake
his opponent, was unsuccessful. Schiffmann
came almost to stop two or three times in
order to make the race somewhat interest
ing, but Harrington was oblivious to his sur
roundings and continued out of course to
the close. Schiffmann crossed the line in
23:45 an easy winner by seven or eight
lengths.
Harrington, notwithstanding his defeat,
announces his willingness to row any anna
teur in the Northwest three miles for suit
able prize. That there is ''mettle" il him
there is no doubt, and with some practice
he will develop into a first-class amateur.
Schiffman received a perfect ovation from
his friends and was kept busy the re-
mainder of the evening until train time re-
ceiving the congratulations which were
showered upon him. He announced that
this race closed his boating career.