Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-29
BOAT FOR THE RACE.
ARRIvAL YESTERDAY OF THE vIRGI-
MIA CLUBS PoUR-oARED GIa.
The Regatta Committee Busily Engaged
Arranging ior the Great Event Of
July lth.

July lth.
The steamer Ariel. OF the James River
line. which sruycd at her wharf at Rock.
l,s yesterday afternoon. brought up from
No,,olS the louroaTcd zig made by John
Hakey. ot Cambridge. Mass, for the Viz.
e.ria Boat Club OF iois city.
TIE boat was ordered expressly ior use in
tAe regs,ta which will take place on the
warwick Paris course on the afternoon Of
r..v 4th. srd in e. on that occasion the
rausccr, % tDc club hope 90 havo crew
f.s. will win ttc Champi1 1nship cup OF the
s. r-in.a Amscur Oarsmcn's Association
uaw hc'd hy lbc Alexandria club,
BIZ. watson aud other members OF the
club rowod down TO the AycNs wharf yes
t,risy afternoon about O'Clock, lowered
ftrcie into The water. and towcd It up TO
t.. losi-hou.e on tle southeast side OF
N4vo's Island.
IuF GIG.
TIE little sbia is beauty and is thought
tv competent Judges 20 bo wci-made snd
sturdy lttc craft.
10 F, foriy-ouc iee' long, about twenty
irr.r- wide. end weighs somewhere in the
rc.- llorhood 90 ijl pounds.
l' i' mace 'o "o'o.' 80 - -
su4 g. coN'vain' and these VII oocu.s II
ou '.r fin ol 'i\ next IL y V".' ~" a
Vit~ 'o combining l-.',o SUI, 80, So
tbs a'.l, u b, thought mas "eeH I""y '"i' ''ou
or.
Assfoye sisted. the cic viii be used IN
tie rer-ffa. f1r which occasion 10 was order
ed. ana Will rc tired several times before
fho. 80 ft.f ths oqrsreu NAV become &C
cusiYwei 20 handling u.
one ~ tAe crews viii christen u thi'
this afternoon ~ o o'clock.
PLEASURE BOATS.
T..,.lrb of.o received t,g1 pleasure boats
v,...,...,
.rl... ,,ere made afthc Ru>kton-Works.
g.,t.. ~ and were brought here va
,..e.i n,u.iri0n ~feswaifp Line. These
l..t. Iit... ..aver.' other. which the club has,
vii u. ,..s hr t.. ,.,f1b.rs ns plc1.urs
.-,ft and NAV sometime, be- used In plsc-
tt... The club has several old gigs and
....- boats. which lave seen service in
former race.. that are kept for the oarsncn
f.ey,-.i,. 3, ,.etn.e'tes ir.
,,,,.. .r...rr.
...- .....,
tc coming e'rh' is Sl'ia..."S '1 s''a1
o'ai "i ".' '"ou5 I'm, ',,'u- o., ro
. ''.' ',..t.,i sl,,r - ,1s ti,d over
iit I' ''"' ~I"" vi ''- "'""
,,...r. rn.rnas Poindexicr chairman
,- a. 49,, r. W., pouhot.n roi.
~. ,, -, .''' ...',.,,',,,n ,he Pc.
..,,. ,.,.,,,,,,-t,s and mere areno five Young
b., l,..t,..,'.. ,.Ao ..ro kert more com.
. r,,r, .,,rc ,r,or,cnt ~
H., o., ,t. consis. rsrion ~
SOME one ot The m'ry matters OF dttNi ln
connection with tae exhibition. By as
piuuu- application 20 tle duties 0cNoIviug
upon ihem 'tay have been able 10 eei tbe
Ir.uMjpari-, Boo pretty good shape, and tAcIr
future pathway NiI nc somewhat smoother
The members Of the committee have every
assurance taat t1r attendance vii ue laT-e'
several of tic hotels have slgniued their
willingness, h. give especially low rat : 10 the
visiting crews anu OLDER strangers "liAiL oui
gates. aad tho Chesapeake and ONO Railway
Company have SOD the very commepdahie
Dramg.e ~ agreeing Oh sell round-iup
tickets. incUimg transportation from Rich
mard ro Wsrvich pte aut return, At great
Ir rr.duced rates, and % i- hoptd thar oil OF
tnc 1fhcr roads ccutfln- mere Wih 40 Ike
wise. Tins would te % great irduccment n
people from 81, section, oi ihe state tospend
tne giouou' Fourth ln lhe capital oI 'Ee
N.t Dominion srI o. witness lur eAcluDg <
t- . -.....,.
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most admirable arrangement has been
r...o i,r c.'tus ttr people down 10 the
I.-I TIE Dn,-Iea BE ana ODio COMPANY
w.H run Trains a. interval, o. thirty miuutes
u.n OH, Auecf2ny denot 81 the ioot oi
il-1'l -tir.o over INC AHFsH'hN "'''' ~
ta- Chesapeake aud Ohio wuH'r'' whe5e 4
transfer VII .e ii-'. 7" u'",, VIZ W. 'D
company.