The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-31
AMATEURS STRUGGLING WITH TEE
OARS.
The AtaIantas beaten or the Passaio By
the BradtOrds OF Hostess.

With wind. tide, and water in its favor, thu
Passaio River regatta should have been Rrea
success yesterday, and It was satisfactory II
many respects. The races began at 0 A. M.
and should have been finished at p. NJ, bu
every race was late from start to finish, and 4
was dark whom the junior eight crew.
returned to their houses.
The crowd was as largo rs usually attends
national regattas at Newark. The prizes were
beautiful. the weather perfect and the crews
In high spirits Unfortunately tho referees
boat was so fearfully slow that 1t could not
keep up with a junior gig race William b.
Curtis was referee. J. L, Ballentlne Judge Of
the finish. and the time Keepers were Harry
Mcmillan and A. l.. LanRhan. All OF the races
in the morning were rowed down the river, and
the finals were rowed up until the tide turned.
when two races had to be rowed down.
In the pair-oared gig race there were three
.Tritons-H. Sanderson, bow; T., F. Korr.
stroke; A. 3. Ward. coxswain. m MEstic-E.
field. coxswain. Arthur Kull-D. g. Bartlett.
bow: j. Glecker, stroke; g. Gibbs. coxswain.
at the start, but before the quarter was reached
they were third: and tho Mystics IN tho lead.
Al the half the Arthur Kplls caught the MystiSs
lengths Behind and The Tritons crowdinS
The senior singles was brilliant race. The
S. & Hawkins OF the Metropoiitans. George
ps Sn Oh ". cslffsy Of the IawEenss Canoe
Club, and 2. J. Carney Of the ., Institutes Inst Of
Newark: Walton Of the Tfiton s. failed to start
Hawkins third. hawkins and :Freith drew
ABREAST bT but HAWKINS gained steadily and In,
ished two length ahead In minutes lSh Sec
onds. Freith was second and Caffrey third;
The crews in the Junior double race which
and A. jain: ATLANTA, J., G Griftlth and 4.
n tnte' ii. J. Carney and v Tockmeyer. The In
stitutes led from the start to the three. quar-
Ter mile with the Atalantas following closely
the Mystcs and seawanha kas. which were in
the race up to this point, fouled In front Of the
Point House The Ataantns took the lead fr0m
and won out BY five or SLY lengths in minutes
80 seconds; The Institutes were second and
The junior singles followed with G.. II. Ker-
nan OF the Shaumuts. Harry Durand Of the
Mystics W. d. Bourne OF the Atalantas and q.
Bourne iouled at the start. and all four were
called back, At the second attempt they got
5 S9n "nd 10 f1 rron Eonas %Rea
withdrew, right In front OF. hundreds OF
ing him from the balconies OF his own club
house. Bourne was second at this point, but
Durand took courage and drew ahead OF him.
keenan, finished an eighth OF a mile In the lead
with Durand second. Time. minutes 26 Sec
onds
Freeth and j. Plat Of the Varunss and Ii: San.
derson and T. +. Keer OF the Tritons. It was
the Varuna's race, from the start Time. 8
The race e in which the chief interest centered
was for senior eight-oared shells in which the
following started:
Bow I MeGsllsn SuRm Msys. 81 a. h cSr
f%iT%Sns Rowing GiSa PSis$sPshis, Nv. Sf%x
RS sos sSRspc fsf % F' g. Neil
~ kSsss j " disS i IL D. wilson .sroEo;
Asalsa.s Boat cigs S.x York; 7. Sa.hl9n bow;
ssI Tanack s. f fnoany O. Weldon Lao ost
Quigiey, stroke; E. p. X Coffin, coxswain.
This was the prettiest and most exciting
Of a mile or more the boats, were nearly
on thu ne vest shore of the rve tie Brad
and Aleyones saeRIng behind r. the middle of Of
1hFsHee GIaEins S sPesd and nafins sese
IN cunts were making an even fight IN the
rear. The Bradfards put on squirt
S us S aea 1S% nUb
again forged ahead: and finished the race In
feet The Fairmounts meanwhile had worried
the Elizabeth crew out and took third place.
four n es Of the eu aPsns The
Bradiords but it was disal owed
The, Junior four race had five entries. the
heats in the morning. being permitted to enter.
The 1--WE crews were made up as follows:
AssIs9S Boat Club Sey Yp sm5 G. Gi bows
institute ioat Club; ko%ark. n. ia HSrtR. bow;
GSin y bos sm cInS sro SEyth f.ok cn,rD,
bow; T. Il. Debut >; W. Ii. Holden, 3; 4 FTtntiSs
ESs,lc Boa. Club Newark. n J-Sslson Atsol bow;
Afh mfr HS Boat club EsSsts 'fFH ds
brant. bow; O. NJ. Hand, p j. Craig, g. R LAggren,
The Institute and Arthur Kuls fouled at the
start and second attempt was made. The
five boats got off nicely. just above the Eu-
% .6e TS IN hes
or in. the foul. shot ahead and won.
that it was BILE extrcae them for up
minute or two. and when they did get apart
the Institute boat was 80 torn that 1t filled with
water and had to drop out OF the race. The
Behind the Atalantas. lime. 8 minutes q
The senior four followed with four entries as
follows:
Bradford Boat Club Cambridge II Bergen. bow; H.
Corcoran .: J. MahOnev 3: John u Ryan stroke.
Fairmont Rowig Club CPhlade ph!ah-W BrownelL
bow; W. Hoover, 9: d. o. Neil $; j. Sn0wden stroke
yaruna Boat Club (BrOOklYnI-W. Reed. bow, W. Z.
?: c. stokum, 3; j. Mo,irnth stroke,
Triton Boat Club Eswark)-C. NJ. Wills, bow; W Snow
2: J. H. VlnSon. s; @. Z. clifford. stroke.
The Bradfords won. but not easily. the
Tritons pushing them sharply to the finish and
Keeping within a length Of. them. The yarunas
were third place. The Fairmounts did not 20
more than mile. The time Of the Bradfords
was minutes AZ seconds.
" The Junior eight-o6red shell race was then
started down the river. and Us tho PASSAGES
and Tritons were In 1t everybody waited to see
h. although II was after o'clock when the
word 20" was given. The four crews were
ATLANTA Roat Club (Sew York)-E. J. BENSON bow;
): j. r. Dyer o: N. Davenport Z; & T. Young stroke;
PassAic Boat Club lSewArk)-G s. Psllard bow II.
Jr., 2; Hun 8; J. Greenhalgh 4: NJ Som.
S; q. W. Starrett q; A. Archibald, 4 j. Dexter.
Itroke; u, H. Davies coIswain.
America Boat Club lPhiadophla).F, skell~y, how;
n NJ Mcneil 4: j. McCnlberson Z: q Shlnijger, .; e.
Dsyere s; j. Hoyle, strokes ID. Mare y; j. Gillespie. @;
y Triton Eoat Club CEswarkl-G. F Bird, bow; C W
Pollard 2; C. c. Woodruff 3; d c. Seymour, 4; 4,
lraham 8: C. W. Sbone, Q: A Ward 7, W II.
Osborn, stroke; r. Phillips, coNswan,
The boats got of evenly at the half mile the
Atalantas and PASSAGES we're crowdng each
other In the lead. At this moment they fouled
"a fbA yIoItnra sea6 the AmarlcaS mud wont