The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-15
GREAT WITH THE OAR.

"@SNb WIN SSNus
Number Of Excellent Races ut tho
Pullman Isegafta In Which Several Rec
Ords Are BrOken-The Atlantas Defeat
tho BradforIs In tho Eight Dared Con-
tcst
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 The regatta at Pull
man was continued yesterday morning, a
number Of entries being postponed from
Thursday ON account of bad weather
The weather was cloudy, the wind had
died out, and there was hardly ripple on
the water when the first race was loved
It was the second trial heat OF the senior
singles i l. kilby, OF the Ottumwa oars-
men, Ottumwa, Ia, won. Time Oils.
The second race between the following
Junior fours was rowed on time: Union
Boat Club Chicago; Toronto Rowing Club,
! Toronto; Don Amateur Rowing Club, To-
ront0. and Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto
The Unions won by half length, the Argo-
nauts being second. Time, $780,
The third race, junior singles. was won
by haif-length by H. Seaton Of tho Excel
sior club. No time.
The fourth race. Junior singles, second
heat, was captured by Lee Carette. of the
Columbia club. who won by half length,
In 10 minutes and 3-5 seconds.
The fifth and last race OF the morning
was the junior four oars, Mississippi Valley
Amateur Association. three-quarters Of q
mile and return. The contestants were the
Union Boat Club OF Chicago, Iroquois Boat
Club of Chicago, Athletic club OF Aurora,
ILL, Pullman crew No. of Chicago, Min
nesota club OF st. Paul, Argonant club of
Toronto, and Pullman crew No . of Chi
cago. The Unions came in first by half a
length In 9::4. The Minnesota club was
second
All but one OF the amateur championships
at sculling for the ensuing year were de-
cided In the afternoon. J. B. Lowell carried
away the Junior singles and Dennis Donahue
the senior The Garfield Beach crew of Salt
Lake City were the victors In the pair-oar
race, and the Winnipeg rowing club Of
Manitoba won the laurels in the
senior fOur-oars. In the great event
Of the day the eight-oar race
between the two giants, the Atalantas. of
New York and the Bradfords. of Cambridge
port, the New Workers captured the banner
and medals after an exciting contest, CROSS
ing the line barely half a length in ad-
vance of their sturdy OpponentA One
event still hangs In the balance-the senior
doubles. This was one Of the grandest
races on record, two of the COM
peting crews, the Metropolitans, of
New York. and the Bay Sides, OF Toronto,
rowing dead heat The bow oar of tho
Bay Sides rowed himself completely out
during the contest and when the time
came to row over again according to the
orders Of Referee Lyman B. Glover. he was
more dead than alive. Pilkinton, the
stroke and captain of the Metropolitan
crew. might have claimed the race by sim.
ply rowing over the course, but he mag
unanimously waived the right to the cham
pionship under such conditions and agreed
to contest for tho emblem again to-day.
when the disabled crew will be In trim
The latter accepted the proposition with
every evidence OF gratitude.
The pair oar race was something Of sur
prise, every body assuming that Standish
and Lyon, the Detroiters. would have a
walk-away. The two strapping lads from
Salt Lake, however, Osborne and Weber,
had things about their own way and passed
the flag in 9:lS, their opponents being AZ
seconds behind
The double scnlls was battle of aquatic
giantA There were the Metropolitans, the
Farraguts, the Don Amateurs, Catlins, and
Bay Sides. the Ravenswoods and Winni-
pegs The Mctropolitans and Ravenswoods
WCAC IuC AhVolatCS VH6 pOOlh fOI tue
first three-quarters OF a mile these two
stayed close together aud then the Jersey
men fell away. The Farraguts put on a
squirt and kept level with the New Workers
for quarter of a mile, and then
they, too, succumbed. Next the Winnipegs
made o burst Of speed that caused Pilkin-
ton to yell to his bow to sock it in,n and
the stroke went from thirty to thirty-eight
like flash. while the Canadians went to
tEe roAr. Pilkinton thought he had every
ehing hi, own way, but when within a
dozen yards of the finish the white -shirted
Canadians hove I'm sight on the extreme
right, with Q couple OF spurts came up
with the Nets, and despite the hard pulling
Of the latter succeeded in crossing the
line even. Time. s:45. Ravenswoods. g.:
Don Amateur, 4, Winnipeg, 5, FarraRuts,
o; Catlins, I.
In the senior fours the Winnipegs won
by two lengths The Delawares made a
hard fight. and Gastrick, tho bow. keeled
over i'll the boat insensible loO yards
from the linc RestOratives were applied
and he recovered in a short time The
1orontos were second and the Atalantas
third The aatter, however. were disIuali-
fled, and the New York Athletic Club got
the place. Winnipeg's time, sac; Toronto
SAC.
The Atalantas were the fayorites in the
eight-oar contest. and they realized the ex-
pect0tiOns Of their friends 1t was q hard
tnssle, however. The Bradford BOYS rot
away at the start, and ut the three-quarter
buoy We're over half length In the lead
They pulled too jerky. however, while the
Atalantas made tine, steady stroke.
The latter drove to the front after the
three-quarter had been passed, but were
soon 0vertnken and the Bradfords went
to the front by a length. Then they eased
up again, the New Workers went to the
front like a stroke Of lightning, and al
though their opponents pulled for dear
life they kept the lead to the finish, win
ming by half length amid deafening
cheers and yeils and the music of half q
dozen bands. Two of the Atalanta's men
dropped fiat in the boat as 1t went
past the flag. Time, TAI; Bradfords, 7:44
This breaks the record OF 1:46 made on
the St Charles river ut Boston. The pair
oar record was also beaten OILS, on the
Pullman course, against 9:.A on dead water
at Watkins. N. Y. Darkness had set In by
the time the last race was over, but the
city hound crowds kept the trains waiting
In order to give the Atalantas genuine
Western hurrah rs they came ashore.
stiil Finding bodies.
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