The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-16
NUMBER 293.
TINE ALLOWANCES.


| The Arthur B. allows the Dove. -
The Tidal Wave :. -
The Arthur B. and the Tidal Wave
| are the same length.
The Dove was sailed by ID. Diranda.
The manner in which Capt. Balsam
handled the Katie B. was much ad-
mired. The following was the judges
report:
TO Commodore b. II. Enos:
Report of second class race, February
Is, 1855.
The schedule was followed as made.
There was no protests.
C.H. GLIDDEN. -,
JAS. DIXON. Judges
CAPT. ID. F. LARKIN. Umpire.
THE GREAT scUILERs.
The great event of the day was the
sculling race between the champions.
Messrs. John Teemer, John II. Mckay
and Albert ii. Hamm. Owing to mis-
understanding the starter, o. w. Brom-
WELL was the only officer present at any
where near the advertised time. The
| oarsmen Were at their posts waiting
when MIR. Bromwell made his appear
ance and, seeing the Sylvester coming,
! requested the starter to start them forth
with as they were afraid she would
make very rough water for them.
The consequence was that the referee
| and other gentlemen connected with the
race as officers, and who We're trying to
make their way through the crowd were
left ON the wharf when the oarsmen
started and no official note of the time
was taken. There is therefore no
''official" record of yesterday race. Mr..
Bromwell explains his action ON the
ground that he was late himself and
thought the other officers We're at their
posts. 1t was an unfortunate misun-
| derstanding to say the least, but it did
not mar in an iota the pleasure of the
hundreds who witnessed the race with
eager delight.
At the word Teemer was off first, row.
ing 80 stroke, Hamm and Mckay fol-
lowing with 80 and "a stroke respec.
lively. After going one hundred yards
Tsemer and Hamm We're even. Hamm's
stroke dropped to 33 after the first half
mile.
Teemer and Hamm made the first turn
together, Mckay two lengths behind.
Hamm's stroke dropped here to 80 aud
for the remainder of the race he was
pulling 30 to 32 strokes to the minute.
McKay's stroke dropped to 3a.
At the second turn Teemer swept
around two lengths ahead of Mckay
and a length and half ahead of Hannn.
The rowing was very steady, but on this
leg Teemer pulled ahead Of both his COM
petitors. AT the last turn Teemer
rounded the stake almost as though on
| pivot and came around about two
lengths ahead of Hamm and Hamm
about four lengths ahead of Mckay.
On the last three quarters of mile to
the finish Teemer increased his lead
while Mckay closed up something of the
gap between him and Hamm. Teemer
| finished with thirty stroke about six
lengths ahead of Hamm who was half
boats length ahead of Mckay. The
whistles of the steam yachts and
launches announced the close of the race.
The start was made at $40, the finish
at 3;01: Teemer being six seconds ahead
of Hamm.
The race to-day will be over the same
course as yesterday, and at the same
| hour.
Mr.. Mckay protests that his turning
stake was set further down the river than
the others, giving him considerably
longer course to row over.
Messrs. Hamm and Mckay say they
were badly hindered by steamers getting
in their way, making the water rough
even to the point of causing water TO
| splash into the small cockpit Of their
boats. Mr.. Teemer was further away
| from the steamers but says that even he
| felt the effect. The bow of his boat was
drawn down by the action of the screw
| in the water, checking his speed mate
rally, point in which the others suf-
fered still more. The vessel they particu-
larly complain of was the Princess.
The colors of the three scullers are:
John Teemer, red;
John II. Mckay, blue:
Albert II. Hamm, white.
| THE GUN CLUB sHo OF.
Among the many interesting features
of the Gala Week exercises none offered
more exciting sport than the match
between the Monticello Club and the
Palatka.
The Florida Southern and the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West Railroads. in
order to accommodate the crowds that
waited to see the shooting, ran special
trains from their depots to the target
grounds, and judging from the large
number who took advantage of the cir
cumstapce they did coed business in
five cent fares.
The yacht race and sculling match had
absorbed the attention of the multitudei
who covered the docks for about a mile
of the river front until it was time foi
the shooting to begin, when grand
rush was made for the trains and every
available seat as well as standing room
, in the cars was used.
a few minutes sufficed to put the peo
r pie on the grounds, and after a short de
/: lay the judge and scorer and marker
r took their places, the clay birds wer'
S sent flying from the traps and tn
{ Feathers flew in rather small fiocka
as the gunners were probably a littl
e nervous on account of the many specta