The sun., 1891-06-21
CLEVER MEN IN WORKING BoATs
A Dis Race To-day for the Long Island
Championshlp.


Championship.
Tho race this afternoon In nine: :een-foot
working boats between the Howard brothers,
John and Sieve. against william a. Stokes and
Harry W. Aylwsrd. for So a side. is creating
more interest than any other event that has
ever been rowed in this locality. The
courso will to the usual one. from the
long dock on Gowanus Bay to Boy
Ridge and return. said to be nearly i've miles.
The mon will bs started at 1880 o'clock by
Referee William Hempssy. who has been given
sole jurisdiction In ths matter whether the
water Is In condition .or q proper race. Both
crews have been training diligently for ths
event. and the manner In which they have
been looking after the rigging of their Loats
leaves no other conclusion but that the four
mon mean to row this race IL tho condition OF
the water gives them any chance at all. anil
thus settle forever the long disputed question
of superiority.
T he four men are probably tho Cncst han
dlsfs Of wo king boats on Long Island. The
Howards have had more experience and won
m ore races than their opponents. but stokos
and AIyw"FH saye sver been deeatsd and
stokes and Aywsra have been equally rs sHc:
bays bays the call In prominence; Tho o,her I'VE
nave pieHLy Ot bupUOTtoTs WHO Will
SaSA viii bte!s seb be 70 H severe ss!uraie ST. aass
;Sns sna ,s %sr s. .hs s.s "aE rs S % IN
iish., baesan. Ssis Ie iee. 5 inches % r snl l
rowed in ali thsir racss She i. 10 iest long
hn,l. ~ sof Ss Nm rongh weather particularly and
I'm. 'Hewards siness childhood have been
home In bu.lJinr and ,nilinn a boat as in row.
Ing S.vs Is spess maker "T i sris emGhoyGd
+! A. DcSsh;srty2 (; tsxrsnssss ;Si.ysra LIZ. gr,ck; j.
Height. "a and d woishs 10 % pouSd~' The aS 'otSers
have aiw.ys rowod 2 WORKING boat up 70 with; viz +,
II om II. whsH II the s' Gsb
simpy for practice, Their nrsi raSe VA, seven
I .d hdwsds vxs' w.a aS Ss.n slss @
i.sr Il. iovsrls HSs ,arnsa ihe tables ie.as.:
Ing Has season @ W. h. hossras met t. DsasH;
long is!.sa. Tho latter Tore eaten.
s ro~s nn@ H or oY "f .nse 0HS she:. s he most 1
:s%a e %ot r. Eli 4
Hsr: sa:s SIe .Ns MScry % M Won - bai
length. 'rh. ~ 'hers wers matched naainst
ptohrs ouo NY Wbut" IotiS - V 'Ho sinNf
beln 500 y side; B". h crews arpoared at the
tion. and tho match was. SUI seluently de-
cared on Steyo Howard also iarticipateh in
an, ther race. W ,th Joseph Mct!ruih rs q rnrt
ner. they beat Thomas Fitzgerald ant Edward
Oldham on Aug. 4. 1899 fur SO I, side. Dan
Lynch was tho r"ieroe.
william Stokes IL an old South Brooklyn hoy.
having been b RI Ut ~" corner ~ Hnmi on
nveI ue md Cuult street.. welitn ward on
juno lt"S. He 1, s Get I, n hes In heisht,
and Weighs lGs popnds, St 'k's IL q good all
round athlete. but It. hrs been nt ha' dball that
no has aAinel con -tIern 10 prominence. Han
Ing Leen brought up 'lo e 70 the water. no al-
Iowlpg. sailing ani swimming, in each OF
HAIRY ". Alyward IL n modc I. 6 ,oh looking
Jcrseymnn. He wns born In Jorsy civ
March IL. 1893 rita ,is 1.-Two ert feTcn ,nche- N
heizht. nni weighs u, n mn = "" Uiils ~
can't fnl ,t'oE". nnh Is IL 10 TO an un-
o unll"d how ntsin lie has prnty ~
stamina. and II 10 claimed never hnows " en-
The pair maiden effort was Ia 1896 &, re-
gatta At Waltor lieserole's at the foot Of SIXTY
nth street. South Brooklyn and over n three
@ mile course % They we're defeated by about a
successful % IN . ., r1sa,ta for the double ,scpll
direction oi Water Mo eroio Tie same year
tney beat Burk and OBJ LIN over u Ave- mila
course for s25 .ide. In 1888 Stokes and
hlyward met the strong double, Hawkins and
McGowan, for 500, and the latter were de-
teated. This was their last match up to tho
time they were 10 row the Howard brothers,
but were prevented on account OF the water.