Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
day snd night, and music WILDE discoursed
TO entertain the audience between the
numbers ON the days programme.

day and night, and music WILDE discoursed
TO entertain the audience between the
numbers on the days programme.
PROGRAMME INCOMPLETE.
A meeting Of the club was held last night
at the residence Of Mr.. Watson, on east
Franklin street, TO hear the report of the
Regatta Committee and to make final ar
range-uepts for the great event.
Tho attendance was quite large and the
session extended through several hours.
A letter was read from the Columbia
Club of Washington, which had previously,
indicated its purpose 70 enter several ,, OF
full whether il could now make any en-
tries at all. The matter was discussed aud
Messrs. W. Gray Watson and Powhatan
Boiling were appointed committee TO 90
to Washington TO try and induce the club
TO fill the entries which IL had becn reled
on for. These gentlemen will leave here
on the early train this morning, and Will,
by appointment made last night by teie-
gram, meet committees from both the
Columbia and Potomac clubs at the Me
tropolitan Hotel at o'clock this afternoon.
The potomac Club has made entries for
all the races, and Messrs. Watson and Dol
ling hope 20 be able 20 prevail on the 20
lumbias to do likewise. There will proba-
bly, be entries from Baltimore, but about
this there still remains some doubt.
The only contestants for the champion
ship cup will be the Richmond crew and
the RivCs crew from the University of Viz
GINA. II had been expected that Alexan-
dria would offer, but she did not. The
CuD has spent two years IN that ancient
city. Most of the other Virginia clubs sui
fered by reason of the recent freshets, and
for this reason are not now in good shape.
The Analostans, of Washington, had con
templated sending crews for all OF the
trials. but their boat-house was washed
away, entailing loss of 2j,000upon them.
While the programme has not yet been
fully made out it is quite certain that there
will be four oared gigs, junior and senior
four-Oarcd shells, junior and senior, ana
Junior and senior skulls.
THE COURSE.
The course is one and half miles, mark
ed of in quarters. The start will be made
from about 800 yards below the monitors,
and the finish Immediately IN front OF the
Park pavilion. Mr.. Boiling will he IN the
boat 10 the starting-point and MIR. PoindeN-
ter will remain at the finish. The judges
will be on one of the ugs and the represent
tatives of the press, 10 charge OF Mr. wat
son, on the other.
The University Grew will arrive here to-
morrow. No others will hardly put in an
appearance before Tuesday evening or
"Wednesday morning. Members of the Re
ception Committee will be assigned to
meet each crew and show them the proper
attention.
COMMITTEES.
The following gentlemen constitute the
Reception Committees Messrs. Beverley
Il. Crump chairman, James Anderson,
Lancaster Williams, G. i. Burruss, Il. NJ.
Smith. Sr, W. Fred. Peasants, IL. ii.
Cr,.tb NJ li1 y y pepram and A
l.. Blair.
Regatta Committee: Messrs. Thomas
Poindexter chairman, James T. Wayt;
W. q. Watson, POwhatan Boiling ana
W. 7. Tnsley.
This latter is the committee on whose
shoulders has fallen the brunt of the work
in arranging for the regatta.
The same crew viii represent the Nir-
ginia Club in the championship race that
rowed at Baltimore last Wednesday. Their
names have been published, as have also
those of the Rives Club crew.