St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-26
Laurels to Win in Canada
and a Grand Finale at
Washington.
Museled 0aPsmen Who Will
Sit in the Minnesota Club
Shell.
Tale OF the Sad-Eyed Canine
Which Went in the Boat
house.

| ing, the SculleTS who VIII represent the
| Minnesota Boat club will leave this city
and its hauntS for the aquatic race
! courses of Canada. The Minnesota AS
ISOLATION of Amateur Oarsmen will hold
the initial event of the series of regattaS
| for the season. The meet will be in the
city of Winnipeg, and the races viii
occur on tine Red River of the North
The aggregation which will compose
| itself at Winnipeg between the middle
of next week and the date of the races
Aug. and will be a notable one
varied, well-trained and formidable.
Minnesota sends to this seat Of sport
rivalry its best ScuilerS for many years,
and certainly the fastest junior crew
which it ever trained. The four juniors
of whom much is anticipated that will
awaken the pride of the club, are Lewis
Sheriff. BigelOw. William y. Arm
strong, Oscar 7. Roberts and Rushton
Peabody.
The scuIIers are Herbert w. Brown
VINO will row the. senior single and
double; George o. NettletOn, rowing
the same class and races, and AlmeriC
II. Paget, who will row the senior double
with either Brown or NettletOn, as may
be most advantageous on the day OF
their race. Armstrong, bow, will be dis
placed by Paget. when the crew reach
waters where the former is barred by
reason of his having roWed winning
senior race.
From the Winnipeg course the crew
and ScullerS will transport themselves
and properties to the Canadian regatta
to be rowed at Barre. 1t is at Barre,
where the giant pullers of all Canada
are to be met, that MinneSota'S crew
the lightest, and for the nonce the swift
est, will meet the swarthy rivals who, on
high eacOurSeS. clSSs themselves among
the whales. But if rhythmic motion, har-
mOniOuS power, determination, pluck
and endurance amount to warrant then
the Minnesota crew may entertain the
assurance of their equality at least.
From Barre the men go to Detroit.
where the Northwestern events will
take the glory of OarSmenship to its ped
estals. With reasonable success behind
them, MinneSOta'S cherry and white will
display itself at Washington, on the PO-
tomac. Aug. II and IS. when the ma
tional regatta will conclude the season s
campaign.
Kennedy Confident.
Thus Minnesota brawny representa-
tives will travel and battle for the term
of one mOnth-an ordeal of fever, care,
fatigue, excitement, inconvenience and
expense such as few can appreciate
who are not familiar with the means
and methods of q campaign of this nat
ure. The campaign, however, is so
fraught with hope and possibilities,
eager anticipation and anxiety, that
during its actual activity the sculler
invariably conducts himself with that
superior tension of mind and body
which, while it sustains him buoyant,
wears his patience little indeed when
compared TO the durance of his training
days. A glance backward from next
Wednesday will show record for these
fellows which, to him of Sedentary
habits, seems almost incredible. Fancy
living in wait all winter for the crack of
river ice. the first cold smile of muddy
spring course. Cold, indiSpOsed and
cheerleSsly the Sculler ventures out in
his shell, and this at the risk of smash
ing to atoms a 300 boat, darling
ice cakes, floating carcass, logs
flatSam and jetsam of every degree of
destructibility. This year the men who
are soon to stroke oars in contest were
out upon the course in March. when
nature hadn't yet sighed off her black
dream. From March to the present
day the scuiler. training for his cam
paign, was at the boat house twice a
day. and at each interval. at noon and
i'll the evening, he rOwed from two to
seven miles in close study of form,
speed and a general skillfui exercise of
his craft. Hard work? Downright
self-sacrificing perseverance and
study. grit, muscle, patience and love
| for the nobleSt Of sports, will model
men for shell racing - nothing else
much easier. Dolce far niente isn't in
| it. You ask yourself what benefit,
what salutary result, more precious than
gold medals-the emblems of mispent
victories-what culture? The answer
lies hidden in the experience of every
hearty Oarsman, every lover of nature
who will ride a paper shell.
| John Kennedy, who, has trained Min
| nesOta's crew, and who naturally enjoys
a pride in their probable success, when
accosted, bespeaks happy contempla
ton of what his pets will do.
Mr.. Kennedy, what do you think OF
! the Minnesota crew this season."
1.-The crew representing the Mime
sofa Boat club in the different regattas
this season will be a junior light weight
! They will have to compete against
crews that will be- stronger. slarger
! heavier and with years more experience
This they will Offset by pluck. skill and
| determination; these qualities every
man in the crew possesses. Indeed il
would be hard to find a crew that han
! dies an oar more skillfully, or four mel
with more determination. In fact they
| have ali the qualities that go to make
! great OaTsmen.
"Of course too much should not be eX
| pected of the crew in senior races, fol-
the reason that they are handicapped
| by the experience of their older Compel
| itors. That the boys will make a good
showing [ am certain, for they are al
stayers and Will row the race to the
finish.
They have an easy way of rowing
| and their movements are devoid of thai
stiffness which is so often seen in junior
crews. They apply their powers in uni
son at one point and make a very strong
catch, which they accelerate to the
finish. am only sorry that | cannot &c
East with them and see the four DaYidS
battle with the GOliahs.
Either Paget and Nettleton or BTowI
| and NettIetOn will row in the double
scull race. They will make hard com
bination to beat. ANY two men
that will pull a shell over the line
ahead of NettletOn and mate will know
that they have been in boat race
Keep your eye on the double; they are
out for a record, ana will give gooC
account of themselves, they are nice
fellows and deserve success.
DOg-GOne H
Closely following upon the advent of
blooded fox terrier pup. which hob
bied member had thOughtlessiy locked
in the dressing room the other day, the
following was found posted on the
locker of a victim whose habiliment!
had sadly aggravated a CANNES "a
pacity:
he AFTER HIM.
| A crOWnieSs hat, q chawed crayat;
Suspenders stripped of padding,
A coat once worn. of buttons shorn-
4 sight indeed quite madding.
A gnarled Isle shirt, bestowed in dirt;
Teeth marks upon my collar,
Hose ehewed to gum vest ripped and done,
! Bent searf-pin, cost dollar
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