New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-07
ROWING ON DRY LAND.
READY FOR THE RoAD-scULLING MATCH.
OF THE MACHINE AND SOME oF
TIE DIFFICULTIES OF RACING ON


PECULIARITrEs OF THE MACHINE AND SOME OF
TIE DIFFICULTIES OF RACING ON
MARROW TRACK.
The roadscullerS race 10 begin at Madison Square
Garden tonight has excited lively interest," and the
ndicatl already strongly point to large attend
ance. The public quick to see mentonous
novelty either the amusement or sporting hhe' anu
when It combines many good features OF both as TINS
contest promises 10 do the general interest already
excited is easily accounted for The spectacle OF the
twelve leading oarsmen of the world starting together
I'm race that can be witnessed with ease and comfort
for every foot Of the Journey such an unusual one
in rowing contests that It promises to work rcVoiu
ton in the sculler's art.
The race will be rowcd track OF eight laps 10
the mile, twenty-onc feet wide, and marked on INTO
four SEPARATE tracks for the machines. The rules
adopted compel the man I'm advance TO hug the poe
and passing is permitted only the outside Each
oarsman must keep his track until he secures clear
lead Of ten feet before he can cut In toward the pol
The race VIII be started In four rows OF three EACH
leaving the fourth track clear for squirting ~ inc
start In drawing for position curious )uAaposinoh
occurred O'Connor drawing last, secured NO l, and
Teemcr drawing first secured No 2. thus bringing
these keen ry ais into adjoining positions In the INST
row. with Caudaur on the outside, No. j. Bubear
has the pole I'm the second row, with East, NO . Con
lev 6 Plalsted, Z; Mckay, 6; Leo o. liamm, 10 ,
Larcan. H. and unlucly Wallace Ross drew the 10Th
position on the outside OF the fourth row.
AN ELEMENT OF DANGER.
The race viii not be free from danger, as In case
OF machine breaking down the oarsInan immedia'ey
behind Will have difficulty In avoiding collision ana
smash-up but rules have been framed to reduce this
danger TO minimum. The start will be made al
IL o5 Monday morning. Preceding the race, begin
ming at 80 p. III. tonight, lnncss 18th Regiment
band Will be heard in concert programme OF eA-
ccptional merit including the "Tannhauser ana
William Tellr overures LISTS Rhapsodie NO -
cornet solo, BY W. c. Bowen; saSophone SOLO, by
II. A.. Hail. and trombone solo by 1nnes hlmsen. Inc
feature of the musical programme is entitled 1.-THE
Military Congress of Nations" and introduces lour
extra marching bands. 80 supcrnumcrarics In the
military costumes of all nations, soldiers, saiols
band of scotch ppers etc, and Inness full bam Oh
seventy-lve performers 1t would seem as II this
concert alone should attract crowded house
For the last week the champion oarsrnen OF America
and England have madc Madison Square Garden their
headquarters, getting ready for their coming
races with the new machine which looks
more like tricycle. than anything else.
II has three wheels primarily and half dozen wheels
secondarlly. The man who acts as The LOCOMOTIVE
power applies his muscular energy In much inc same
manner If he were In boat except that he iaes III
the direction in which he IS going The rear half OF
this tricycle. supports ordinary Davis sliding seat
and attached to TIE little forward wheel are two
foot rests by which the vehicle Is secred. The pro
peling apparatus Is Ingenious 1t consists OF an end
less steel wire cable running over set Oh pl'leys
which transfer the power TO the two large wheels
characteristic feature OF every tricycle. The operator
SITS on the sliding seat and grasps couple OF handles
attached to the cables. lie pulls backward and by
means of crossed belts the machine moves forward
The big Wheels however, furnished with ratchet
baearings so that they cannot reverse. Therefore.
a. tie whole machine goes forward the working
handles also 60 forward again. exactly as do the
handles OF oars The tlcyclst pulls again. and keeps
on pulling as long he can stand It.
HOW THE oARsMEN TACKLED IT.
When the clever oarsmen first looked upon tho
intricate combination of wheels and puleys they were
startled But eventually they took courage. Bubear
and East were the first to show what they could do
They are both Engllshmen, and East has hopes OF
being mentioned in the reports as the ladies'
favoritc, lie does not seem TO exert himself, yet
gels along famously. Bubcar the other hand. is
das hing and impetuous and when he gets his machine
started shuts his eyes and goes ahead About inc
first thing he did was narrowly to miss killing an
inoncnsive carpenter, who driving nails on the
track Bubcar came along at the rate of an express
train. His eyes were closed and his iacc pore 'i.
cx preston OF one wondering what was GONG 10
happen. The carpenter was on the point OF hliilhS
his ihumbnal, when the machine struck nm Lne. ~.
an old tia2ezc from Barnums time stu hung TO inc
rafteTs, and the carpenter stuck 10 IL uh.ll ne 'o
xperlcnccd difficulty Since then in employing mechanics
Bubcar only carried OH hali-a- dozen Dlul7r'', Hu
has improved then and viii appear on me u1eh
tonight in the guise of tattoo,d man; ~.
day after the carpenter incident BuDip
was sim dashing over the course WIN
fixed determination on his face. and his eyes
shut The machine whlrlins along al a Itl9 "a "a
twenty miles all hour and the oliSmah ulcdhiu VI
the Thames course. He forgot all about ahketlanu'
Madison Square Garden, Anti-POVcrty falr anu III.
like until his mcditatiOns were interrupted pN cl- w
fhe most remarkable smashups he ever eNIerlclCru
When he orencd his eyes. dsZcd by sound fcsemDhs
an Q xplosion and shaken by bump Ike c0lilsion
NJ express trains. he found himself lying uhuef d"
Anti Poverty booth covered with fragments OF ma
line tnscl decorations and Segments OF plchc'
fence Mr. Rmbear had sailed his rowing ma'hh,
tbrouQh thc wooden fence bounding me track anu
since then has been wearing court plaster on various
Darts OF his anatomy. When machine ana Us crew
IAN dash through a fcrcc OF Oncnch Ilckcts WlihoW
seriously injuIing the skipper. II may be looked upon
as success. 49, , - ..,,
John Tecmrr WHO always slows down as ne lpuNh'
the Curves, was ovcrtakcn the other day ny OohicV
That soJnds mild enough, but the oyeraMng was
somewhat violent. Teemer moved along smoothly
enough but COncv stopped, and began 10 ,osr'
Wblc he was nttng about tie atmosphere, Jake
(9udsur can0 snorng along and encountered tOhiays
machine Then Gandaur also SCARED ana le ana MS
colleague and the two machines combined 10 marc
ore of the most intricate muddlcs ever seen u IS
fortunate that the training days OF the oagsinen have
NOT resulted I'm ANYTHING than bruises ana
scratches Anything serious, however, IS not
likely 10 occur during the Tecc.