The sun., 1890-08-30
WHO was TO BEl1rHs
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About NnN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0nce.
BOSTON. Aug. 2a-Ths trouble in the Brad
ford crew is gradually coming to head.
oRrsman John Cumming OF Worcester who
Is charged with selling the recent race
at Lake QulnsiEamond with the Atalan-
tas OF Now York. gave to-day his OK
PLANTATION Of the defeat He denied that
he had done anything crooked and ho doesn't
believe any other member Of the crew was
crooked. But he lays the defeat to beor. to-
oaoco, and women. The Bradfords arrived at
Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday night pro-
vious TO the regatta, and It has been reported
to MIN that some OF the crew drank beer
all the time mt the W0chusett Boat Club, and
wore paving undue attention to the young
work girls Of Worcester. He had heard stories
OF others smoking, also. Stroke Ryan COM
planned OF not feeling well, and said that prnc-
tice rowing exhausted him greatly. That was
probably the reason that Ryan acted as II
drugGed when he got through with the race.
He did not notice that the shell rocked" or
that she was oil her bottom at any time. Oars
man Murray had said that his outrlgger went
beneath the wOtor twice. but he d id not observe
1t at ALL and cannot believe that it could have
occurred. Nunrue rowed on the same side that
NO did, on No. D, and he Cannot see how HIS OUT
as they are all fastened on the shell together.
:. map ANYTHING or the sort occurred several
and Gf"os nso would @ % have been caught certainly.
n1 MS Urn belief that every man in the boat
rowed lhe race for all that was In him, He had
that the race had been sold by the Bradfords,
ana ne had gone to some Of the mon and spoken
about IL, remarKinG that II any m ian was caught
doing any funny business he would neyer get
out OF IL alive Personally he rowed the race
sod 20 YIN; o6s. o. nc aiways did and So far as he
one time however, that his suspicion was
aroused ,ons CURING the race that something was
Eal covered The Brndiords %hS' were wss @'9st bst
ibG niad' bnnt and what surprised him was that
the thhs rssp opat rseemed 1 to he still falling to
was behind upon the first halt milo or more as
tnnt was the way the crew rowed It's races, but
~ ~ ha.l Instance the boat should have gone TO
When he found that i was falling behind in
had heard had some foundation. lie then TOOK
pains to watch the work OF the men. He saw
them p,n'inE' Ike Trolans and evidently doing
the front I'e watched for fully a quarter ot n
mile and then STOPPED. as he was fully satisfied
that every man was doing his best.
lio was generous enough to say that he con-
siders every man Ia the eight to he honest and
,,}d inc%}EdqDie @ OF selling" race. His suspicion
would never haye been aroused but for henri
ing the stories about the race being sold. He
does not belevo, as, PreRident Berkeley does,
tho shell without being almost INSTANTLY dis
covered. l!e thinks that the crew rowed very
sd ad Thege had Ing # psaSsGS they
Rether since July 1. and were In no kind OF
shape 70 contest with such men as made up
Ryah's stroke, So far as he observed Ryan
worked rs hard as any one in the boat TO win.
The chnrres esyS G ere W do no more racing
the acts OF MYSTERIOUS Canadian gambler
sn0%n as & RstIey fS I'm ne Is said to have won
laptas and would have won $4,000 II he could
only Sniy J., have placed his monoy; He boun6t the
on the Bradtords. and after al the me money Hy
TaH Toir. taken nnd NJ ~ he went over on Regatta
Of So 10 s. Een ffS%1ed i. bsd bets
Which could not get Thors USS %ss tny ifs
amateur event. and OF that sum he won more
than h9lf. He was so enGer to get bets that
them Friends OF the N,aantas Si triad ne ,o 1o0K 6SE
the field, which included their crew and so put
the price up. 1t was suggested that the stran-
keep the price down but the stranger aid not
know, them or they him, and declined to pull
now being made is awaited with much inter
est by Now England oarsmen.
Sailing Races Of the New York Canoe Club.
Quito o number Of enthusiastic canoeists
went down to the club house OF the New York
Canoe Club at Stapleton. Staten Island, yester-
day afternoon. to the first OF the trial races
sailed for the purpose OF choosing boat to de-
fend the international canoe cup in the race
next Monday. Two. or II necessary, three of
these trial races will be sailed. and the canoe
making the best showing In two of the events
will he the one selected. The sailors yester-
day were few in numbers, but they were all Of
good stuff Every one Of them has on record a
reputation Of considerable length for success
and skill in sailing canoes, SO the spectators
who went to the club house. and several ladies
wore among them. were not disappointed In
seeing good sport and q fine race.
The only csnoeist OF outside the vicinity of
New York to take part in the race was Paul But
ler OF theVesDer Boat and Canoe Club OF Lowell,
Mass. Butler is a man whom few canoeists
can ever hope to- beat and he did not fail to up-
used his hoistinG sails with great success.
holm canoe Beta. Yonkers' Canoe tHti Cub: II H. !.
canoe T0Itee, 0IS New YV9rE; SCHUYLER schisrein.
Ptsrodactyl, both Of, the New York Club. '''-''
was blowing but this suddenly diE died out, Eesnd and
during the first round tie canoelsts had little
Wind and strong tids to beet against, 50 the
eued = little during the second and last round,
and the boats got over the water with Greater
Stevens got, of little in the lead. followed
tE9 seconds nIn1 later BY Butler hsn Quick
tho Close OF the first mile and a half
the positions were: Butler. schiefreiin,
OXhohn, Stevens. aud Howard. Quick and
NHdal had dropped from the race, Butler. now
persistency, and when he let out his i35-ioot
sail lmlI to tho wind his little Wasp sped along
a high rnte OF speed and came In winner by
5h minutes. hutler crossed the line at the
stnrt at 5000 and finished at 7:05:45. Schuy-
Ter Srhleiieiin was second, T. $. Oxhohn third.
minute and 10 seconds behind Schieiielin.
and W. W. Howard fourth.
Stevens did not appear until nearly half an
hour nfter the finish OF the race Hs stuck a
/. D Palmer, Ianthe G. C.. was tImekeeper. and
the Face Committee i. II. Nadnl. Il, D. Burch-
ard and Schuyler Schie!fclin. The remaininr
trial races will be sailed this afternoon from
the same place. Next Monday the great, race
takes place for the New, York Canoe Club In
Jones Of Canada has challenged.
A Can0eIaI,a ChnIInnnn