Evening star., 1886-09-29
YESTERDAYS REGArrA.
The Potomac Clubs Oars0en Cover
TAe0selves with Aquatic Glory.

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The Potomac Ci.s's Oarsmen Cover
Themselves with Aquatic Glory.
AS announced I'm yesterdays STAR, the FIRST
two races OF the Potomac river regatta were
won by the Coiumhias and the Potomscs, the
Columbias capturing the gig contest and the
Potomacs the Junior four. The Alcyones. OF
OF Elizabeth, Nj, were the only competitors
the Potomacs and fell easy victims after the
nrst half mile The Alcyones pulled a stroke OF
nifty and some times more to the minute, and
rom their style were dubbed the Cyclones. The
Potomacs won as they chose in s:lOsa: AIcy.
ones o:6Oaa. In the race for Junior singles
Baker, Of the plate printers. easily won from
NoordHy and Reed, OF the Potomacs, and Hous.
ton, OF the ionas, IN 1O17as. the latter coming
In good second, while the Potomac men were
far behind.
THE EVENT OF THE DAY.
The race for senior fours, which followed, was
the event OF the day. and the result was q great
surprise. The Potomac crew, which hRd won
the race for Junior fours u short time before,
succeeded in This race in outrowlng their com
peutors-the FairnOunts, OF Philadelphia, tho
champions of the c,untry anc the Columbia
senior four, both Of which were considered by
far their superiors. The crew. were: Colum bias
Mute, stroke. Potomscs w sshins ns,onS"Elmore, e,
I; Robinson, 2; Reynolds, 3; Dyer stroke
Fairmoun.s PhlIadelphis) : BrownweIl. i;
SNOW den, z; Post. 8; Hayes. stroke.
Al the word the Fairmounts were first away,
followed closely by the Potomacs, with the 60.
aSnplas ,'sn last All three crews rowed a stroke
OF ABOUT forty to the minute, and did not vary
from II during the race. At the quarter mile
the Fairmounts had slight leaa over the Po-
T,,n Tn,nscs: .: Win the Colnmbias length behind.
me totomacs gradually drew up ON the fhils-
ueiphia men, and the two boats were rowed
side by side TO the mile and . quarter,
when the fotomacs drew away nom the Fair,
81. m fh.,,,,
Ou Littlehelds wharf, within 300 feet of the
nnish the Fairmoun,s stopped rowing and the
about two lengths behind the PoIomacs, whose
ume was s30%s Coiumbias S.46a,
THE ROWING MEN sURpRIsKp.
Inc race WAS beautiful one TO watch. and
was rowed without accident and on its merits.
The Fairmounts were great iavorites, and the
Columbias were the only crew Il was thought
that could hold them at all. The surprise was
great when the Juniors held their own with the
champions during the first half of the race IL
was thought then that the young ones could
not keep the pace, but when IL WAS seen that
they not only cUuld keep 1t but were able to
take the lead and could not be caught the ex-
cltement among the Potomac CLUB men knew
no bounds, whEe the disin,erested spectators
were open In expressing their admiration of
the exhibition OF skill aud endurance A Fair
epew do vow was sss asksd S.re The
any crew." was the confident reply
When the Potomacs appeared In the junior
race race their rowing was greatly admired, and 1t
was remarked that they rowed In better form
thxn any crew that ever came from the po-
toinac house, but no one expected such q re-
suit ih the senior four race TIE contest vnx
equal In interest to the race q few wears ago
wueii the Potoinacs aefeated the champion
Eureka crew from Newark.
THE OTHER RACES
The lightweight four-oared race was rowed
by the Potomacs, Analostans and Coiumbias.
The result was almost q foregone conclusion
M ho
Portable lead at the word 60 and held il
throughout; Columb mblas second, and Analostaus
third Tme-Potomacs, 0:24as; Columbias
9:44ak
There were three entries, all of them locals
for the senior single race, namely: Kearuey
ana No0rdzy, OF the Potomac, and Baker, OF she
away at The start and led Baker Two lengths ut
the hall-mile, while Noordxy WAS far In tue rear
and Out OF the race before the three-quarters
increasing his lead 10 the nnish, and winping
in 9:33. Baker's time. 9:44.
Ihe last race was for eight-oared shells, the
ff,1,sher. f,,s. Ccrn~sil. Dyer. Reynolds. Robinson.
Eimofe, warden, and Boyle, coxswaiu
Col mbiasENute, stroke; kondrup. Wade
S,,, S,oan, Lewis. Kerr, simmons, MackRil. with
The Potomac crew was com posed, with one
exception, oi the crews which won the junior
four Coiuhlbia men who rowed In the gig race
ana IN the senior four race occupied the first
IOuI sc6ts IN TIC CDl0nOla boat.
The Potoinacs got rather the best of the start
ana at the hall had . lengths lead, which they
held at the threeQuarters. AT the mile the
Ues. n0,s put on spu.t but the Potomacs
oL.w o!s ahead, Winning by two scant lengths In
7:591& Coiumbiss' time, 8:V7h
THE PoToMACs TROPHIES
Yesterday was great day for the Potomacs.
who won five out Of the six races entered. They
Won individual medals on all the races They
captured also the Mason cup, with q club ban
Ier on the Junior four-oared race, TIE STAR
and Post cups and banner on the senior four,
and handsome banner on the eight-oared race.
The boating fraternity met at Welcker's last
night 70 witness the bestowing Of prizes on the
winners ,sa % IN the days events The chairman of
Perry. introduced Judge Howard. OF the De-
pArtment OF Justice, who presented the tro-
the recipients. Coxswain John ID. Beatty. OF
the Ionas, replied to the remarks directed to
the visiting boatmen, and was loudly APP
pleased with the result Of the regatta.
The SEAT OF ODD-FELLowsHIP-M John
N. Jones, secretary vi the Grand Lodge OF Mary
land, and Mr.. Joseph Thompson, who were two
oi the representatives 70 the meeting of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge of Odd-Fsllows 1t Bos-
Zones ssia 10 70 Mr.
II would require some time to make the
removal Of the headQuarte1 OF the Sover-
St8A AOuBS lIOtu D8iuI0Ore JO OOlum Ou6. OHIO.
He does not think it could be done for year or
TWO. and he. rs well ~ Others prominent In the
order. entertain the opinion that when the SOW
question OF taking the headquarters frOm BALI.
more Will be reconsidered.
KILLED By EATING POISONOUS BrRRrrs-
As number OF children were on their way TO
school In the neighb0rhood of Melrose. Nam
chester district, Carroll county, Nd, one day
turing the latter part of last week, says Q cor.
Of the Baltimore Sum they we're
BY the bright red berries GrOwing on
'Ome bushes near the road. They gathered
punches OF them, and some Of tine younger chill.
lren ate the borries, which have q eliRhtly
iweet taste. Two Of the children, one . son Ef
Ar. VIM. Zepp. and one OF Mr.. Jacob Zepp,
lged respectively nine and seven yeArs. ste
feely OF the berries and were made very sick,
vomiting freely and suffering considerable pain.
The child Of VIM. Zepp has since died, and thst
II Mr.. Jacob Zepp 10 extremely Ill, and mot ex-
pected 70 recover.
BoYCoTrERs INDICTKD IN RIcHNoNp.-The
yrand jury In the Hastings Court at Richmond
,as found indictments against the boycott oon,-
nittee Of the Richmond Typographical Union
he Labor Herald The nrm boycotted by these
PARTIES 10 Baughman Bros, wholesale staiioners
md job printers, and the indictments charge
he b0ycotters wtth having combined 10 In
ure, ruin. break Up. and destroy said Baugh-
nan Bros. In theff business BY unlawfuily.
maliciously, and corruptly, know.
Dgly aud intentionally making threats 70 q
yreat number OF pomona, regular customerx OF
Baughmau Broa, that Il they thereAfter bought