New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-30
SPORTS ON LAND AND WATER
WITH SHELLS AND SOULS.
PLANS OF PROFESSIONAL 0ARsMEN = oN
THE HARLEM RIVER. =

THE HARLEM RIVER.
,.,....a. 70 Courtney and Con!ey are to he per-
-.,...a IN wear championship honors in douoie
.cnlls without further contest. After then ia0o
nth (,audaur and Hosmer they CLAIMED inc cnai',
nousbp and expressed their readiness TO ue1eno ~
from ANYBODY who had nerve and cash enough w
.nn,ost IL Several teams spoke of challenging
$500 tham Hanlan and Lee Teemer and mate
nrobably Mckay, and Ross and a mate either haiun
- eterson. but the necessary cash has not ooen
,osted nor have the official challenges been scn'
Co,rtnev has said on more than one OCCASION 'na'
Ia Ia rovinq for money and not for fame anu 10 10
nscessary to talk money before he rows 10 20
an,;ous that there shall DO 10 flaw III MS anu "'
lev,s title to the double-scull championship % Nv
~. end of the Geneva Lake regatta lie issued
cbalien qe to Hanlan and Lee wh'ch was pa.A0i y,
nv 81 900 forfeit Hanlan. 1t IS SAID mas oeoi'"0u
the challenge on the ground that lie mas no" d"
the work that he cares to do this iai. lne "0nov"
saS,s,, attracted a good crowd and there was APP
.arau.,v some good rowing The regatta proved
nothing however beyond the fixing OF the statue Oh
.o,,s If the second class men. Hanlan was the
o,lv contestant who is really entitled to rank Us
.,amn;on. neither Courtney, Gaudaur, .eemer DOT
Ross rowing though they were all present except
,h.,ost Eanlan's easy victory was foregone coh-
clusion and the tine made was slow. The Close race
for second place resulting in victory for Mchay
was surprise .,
|, The only professional races which are oe"n''oH
arranged partake more or less OF the character u
exhibitions as any race for stake, onerea purely
40 draw a crowd and to which none OF the CONTEST
anita have contributed. must he. The hrst race 10 W
ne between Hanan, Wallace Ross ana Lee anu IL IL,
,,rsa offered bv certain railroad companies and
80 IA ia 70 lie rowed on Sheepshead Bay, on
cos."~,hor In his present condition Hanan
.hould win "a lie pleases, with Ross second Few
dovs later there will be double-scull race between
Iianlau and Lee, and Ross and hamm over tc Si'le
course for a similar purse just eAaGIly waV ,ha
ian,s IDEA ia in preferrng to row exmbtions rather
Than IN actual race such as is offered by Courtney
and Conley is difficult TO say IL woui'i De pIepos-
ferrous to suppose that llanlan Us ata Uc time Of
Though it is barely possible that the 'lulck to VI
The Gourtney- Gaudaur race NAV lead MIN 10 leaL
hare possibility of beng beaten ahd ne KNOWS tiis
snch q resuit would materially impair MS craving
ual;tes rs an exhibition Ii is to be hoped
fhat he will reconsider his determination not 10 soW
Courtney. and that race may DC Droug. NJ Hu
Mon II ali he saws can be believed. lie says
throngh his hacker that he is willing to row ianan
three or ave miles race Coo s he at "nV time II is
possible that such race Will be made SHORTY.
humber of sporting men closely identinen WIN i1M
inc are making an effort to have regatta IN TINS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the season IS out III iiahIah,
Ross, Teemer and Gaudanr can be induced 70 enter
such regatta purse WIZ oe inade up W 10 io"0u
'oi ong ~ amateurs on the Harlem matters have
been rather quiet during the past week. Beyond
the races of the NCnparei club yesterday Lutte OF
nothing has been done. The weather mas oeeh
fr,fe too cool TO attract any except the most en-
thusiastic oarsmen. 1t is hardly time vet 10 begin
practice for the fall regatta. Nearly all the con-
testans in these races have kept themselves III
GOOD condition all the season AMI " VIII only take
them few days of hard work to put on the hnlsh-
inc touches in order to be in good racing trim.
Although the usual amount OF work has not been
done. such d-tmcrs as Reagan and Coepiest, OF
the Metropolitans; Canayan, OF the Nonpaieiis
Morse of the Nassans; Stearns and van Lanal, OF
York Athletic Club, and Flores of the New-iork
Rowing club, may be seen on the river nearly every
day The Union Jour- consisting Of Cody, Patterson,
Schlc and Jackson, are out all the time that they
spare. They make as pretty anu sPeea a cre"
as has been seen on the Harlem for o long time
There is mach activity about the Atalanta ana
Neyg-York Athletic Club houses, number OF their
members who have been on vacations uaving re-
turned aDory Roach, the trainer for the New
York Athletic Club has already pogum 70 and
it is probable that Captain SCHUYLER VIII announce
them before long 1t pretty well settled tDat the
old tw DIS will row, Phillips and Hard III Tie pan,
cared gig and Hays and smith In the aouoie-scui'
shell. - , -. pt
A good many of the boys went down to Rocka-
vav last saturday to see Hanlan and Lee row.
few of them were at Geneva Lake, aud there Will DO
q big delegation at Sbeepshead Bay next week:
d nfs ai ea%Sht onto Hanans method Of keeping
way on his boat the recover. but several are
practising 1t and hope with the two Lessons still IN
store for them to get il before September 20 and TO
astonish the natives by their wonderful perform
ances
The jantors of the various boat houses are in ac-
tive training for the cup in which they are to
participate in the early part OF the month. they
expect TO show their employers " rowing as IL row.
ing OH the day Of the race.