New-York tribune., 1890-08-08
RACING ON THE PASSAIC
MIDDLE STATES OARSMEN COMPETE.
A FOURoARED SHE'LL LOCAL RECORD LowERE1
BY THE ATALANTA CREW-FTNAL
HEATS ROWED

The Middle States Regatta rowed the final heats
yesterday in its first regatta on the Passaic River
course. The weather delightful, and great
many people attended the races. The following Is
summary Of the contests.
The junior singlt scull race was the first To be
rowed. The contestants came to the line at 10: rs
O'Clock, and got away all together In good shape
McManus, of the Metropolitan Club showed his SUI
periorty in the first quarter pulling steadily
ahead Of his opponents and came In first. His time
was minutes 10 seconds. Bird and iaggerty fouled
in this race, causing some confusion, and the re-
mander came in in the following order: Greenwood.
of the Excelsior Boat Club, second Time-7 minutes
81 seconds.
The intermediate single scull race was won BY r.
Martini 1r the Palisade Boat Club Of fonkers. He
caught tho first In this race, made good star,
and was soon leading by a length At the mile poh'
no WAS a GOOD three lengths ahead of Mahoney. the
second man. His time was 10 minutes, with Mahoney
second at 10 mln % Sec
The pairoared gig race was exciting. There ~ere
no trial heats on Wednesday, and all the boats enterod
had trial in the final yesterday. The Ne~-forH
Athletics got the lead and had hard fight with ti'
Atalantas for first place. The Atalantas clancd
foul in this race their boat struck the rudder OF tic
New York Athletic Clubs gig 1t was crossing their
bow as they claimed, in their water. The referee dd
not allow it, however, no delay resulted TO ether
boat. The New Works came in first, with the Ata-
lantas second The time made BY the Newforks WAS
8 minutes 33 seconds.
The pairoared gig race concluded the mornings
work.
The afternoon races were pulled against the MOOD
tide in the early part Of the afternoon but good time
was made In the senior doubles race inc
Varunas got the start and pulled out and
away at terrible rate, but were closely
pushed by the Ravenswood men to the finish. Tho
Varunas won in minutes and seconds, with the
Ravensw0od second, at minutes and ID seconds.
The seror eght-oare she'll race for "The Herald" cup
had only two entries as the Atalantas hah frsmehed
most of the eghts ont Of the contest. The entries
were the ATLANTA Boat Club, New-York City, ana
the Alcyone Boat Club, Elizabeth, \. j. The Alta
lantas got the cup The curve in the track ana the
reedy flats on the Keam yshore caused good deal
OF difficulty throughout the day and in this race when
the Ataants crossed the Alcyones' bow in trying 70
get out TO good water the latter claimed foul whch
was dsallowed. The time Of the winning beat was
minutes 15 25 seconds with the Alcyones second
The quarter mile single scull race wa, won by
John Corbet, Of the lroqlol Boat Club OF Clcaso;
with Charles Bulger, Of the Mutual Boat Club, q
Albany, second. Corbet's time Was minute 20
The four-oarcd gig was won by the Ravens
wood Boat Club crew in minutes ana U seconds,
with the Atalanta crew second at minutes ana I'D
The junior fouroared she'll race was won by the
Arthur Kull Association crew, Of Elizabeth, In
minutes and IS seconds with the Institute crew, OF
Newark second, at minutes - 40 seconds. -,
The senior single scull race was good one ana ro-
suited in victory for John F. Corbet Of the lroqnots
Boat Club. His time was minutes % seconds, WHICH
comes nearly up the record the PaSsac course
Edward Carney Of the Institutes, was second his tme
was o minutes 1 80 seconds. -,
The Senior fouroared shell race was won by the
Atalanta Boat Club crew in minutes seconds Deng
ihe hest record by g seconds made on the Passao
course The Tritons had crew in this race, bat 10
dropped out at the end Of mile The following men
confused the Atalanta crew j. y. Dempsey, DOW
william Ian, Max Lam q, G. Dempsey. stroke; .
The Junior eight Dared she'll race vas won py Ine
seconds with the New York Athletic Club crew second
only three feet behind The prizes were presented q
the Continental Hotel after the races.