Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-26
WE ARE NOT IN IT,
Washington Onrsmen ut the Regatta Of the
Patapsco Navy.

THE DAY WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THE ELEMENrf
| WERE ALL FAvoRABLE-BAD POLICING OF TIKI
coURsE-NoNE OF THE RACES FURNISHED An,
EXCITING FINISH.
Washington was not much Of factor in the
regatta in Baltimore yesterday, although con.
tributing several of the component elements
One lone Washington man, favored by the
withdrawal Of his most active competitor for q
place, rowed over the course unchallenRed, in
! the wake of another man, and took second
prize in the senior single shell race. Beyond
this, however. no trophy Of any sort comes to
Washington to remind any one that there waa
q regatta on the Spring Garden course under
the auspices Of the Patapsco Navy on the 18th
of June, 1891
The conditions Of both air and water were
perfect, and no natural element lacked in the
quanncanons TO make the regatta . complete
| success That the races we're not exciting or
close at the finishes, that the course was
| badly protected from the Entertainments Of all
sorts Of craft. or that the stake boats were
scarcely within sight Of either the judges or the
| contestants. did not seem to dampen the artlor
OF the Baltimore enthusiasts, and the Upper
| branch. as the water Is called whereon the
regatta was held, was q scene of wild excite
ment Tor the three hours during which the
races were being rowed. There were certain
iotdA cOuultlOHS tuht tenueu 10 make the races
interesting to the majority of the folks on the
water, and, good, bad or Indifferent, the thing
was all the same to them, and they enioyed il
as much as II 1t had been . matter of the most
intense importance.
THE COURSE.
The course is not straight one, having .
slight turn in it at about half way from the
start at an angle perhaps of ten degrees. This
did not interfere with the quality OF the races,
except that it prevented the crews from getting
single bearings and keeping them throughout
the regatta Bad steering therefore the
order of the day. and the good racing was all
done on the first half of the course. There
seemed to be absolutely no police protection TO
the course whatever. and small boats and sail
ing craft, as well as tugs and yachts, roamed
over the waters at will and played havoc with
the calculations of the coxswains and the bow
oarsmen. Two swapping accidents and three
fouls were the result out Of the seven events
that comprised the regatta.
d, The races were rowed very promptly, and in
this the management scored q success The
program announced the gig race to start at
o clock and tine others at intervals Of half an
hour thereafter. and the actual times were not
very Tar from those stated. The gigs got off
about 3O3, and had it not been for the mistake
OF one OF the senior scullers in getting his race
placed wrong and thus arriving on the course
ten minutes late, there would have been no
delays whatever.
THE OFFICIALS IN CHARGE.
The events were in charge of the following
officials: j. II. c. Watts, referee; James Mon
tell of the Neptune, H. c. Protzman of the
Ariel and ". p. Ryan of the Columbia. judges.
Edward X. Reynolds of the Potomacs and J. p.
Il. Sadler of the Neptune were timers.
There was quite large contingent of WASH
ingtonians present on the waters. mostly men
from the Columbia Club. who found little or no
chance to exert their lungs. Messrs. Rodrigue
and Reynolds of the Analostan and Potomac
Clubs, respectively. were guests on the referees
boat In company with reporter OF The STAR,
who made the journey over to the city of
monuments to witness the doleful sight of the
Washington oarsmen humiliated.
The first event was perhaps the closest at the
finish of any, and that was a good deal of
procession 1t was gig race between the fol-
lowing crews:
FIRST RAcE-FoUR-oARED GIGS.
Pennsylvania Boat Club of PhiiadeIphia-A.
J. Ingraham, 1: Walter Maggie, 2; C. b. Dix. 8;
Percy Wall, stroke, and w. R. Brice, coxswain.
Columbia Athletic Club Of Washington-S.J.
Janus, stroke; L. L. Harlan, s; r. ]. W.
Brewster, 2; W. E. Crist, l, and W. A. Smith,
coXswain.
The Pennsylvanians caught the water first
and went almost . length ahead on the first
jump. rowing easily at thirty-si but with long
sweeps that told. There was some danger of q
foul from the fact that Pennsylvania went
somewhat into the water of Columbia but Just
before the boats came together they were
sheered of and the race went on. Coxswain
Smith of Columbia steered beautiful course
and had the boat been rowed in better form
the race might have been won. At the turn a
great many small boats got in the way and the
outlook was for accident yet the two crevs
went threw without stopping and finished of
the course The steamer Comfort, a pleasure
yacht. was anchored directly in the course and
the stake was not to be seen. The boats went
racing OH down The river, ten lengths off the
course. and did not stop pulling until a quarter
of a mile beyond the finish. Pennsylvania won
by fye lengths. There no time taken. The
victors rowed at fifty-six at the finish.
JUNIOR SINGLES.
The men entered in the race for Junior sin
giles, which came next. were Norton Bell, Iona
Boat Club. Philadelphia: p, Rosselle, Nonpareil
Rowing Club. Harlem river; r. Z. L. vansant.
Ariel Rowing Club. Baltimore. and H. s. Sell
den. Columbia Athletic Club, Washington Sell
den fell behind at the start and gave up the
race in about quarter of mile. when he was
fouied by Rosselle, whom the referee at once
disqualified. kosselie, however. kept on to the
finish and crossed the line second, while Van
SAINT won by three lengths. in 10 81. Bell. who
saw that he was distanced, rested on his souls
about fifteen lengths from the line. but at the
shouts of his friends on the judges boat. he
went on and pulled over the course, being
y
being thrown out for his foul The foul was
not Of such nature a. to prevent Selden's
making place for himself in the rnce had il
been in him to do so. and be was visibly out
classed from the start.
SENIOR SINGLES
The third event was between the following
senior singles: Edwin Hedley, vesper Boat
Club, Phila,iel phia; Clinton C. Smithson. Po-
tomac Athletic Club, Washington. and Harry
Zwinger. Nonpariel Rowing Club. Harlem
river. Zwinger was late ut the start and the
race was delayed little in consequence. He'd
ley. who was looked upon the winner took
the lead at once. with Zwin2er second and
Smithson third. The boats were well punched,
however. and ii was anybody race for the first
quarter. Then Smithson went behind and
Eedley had a lead of three lengths Smithson,
who soon recovered from Q case Of bal steer
ing. had a pretty with Zwinger. and he
was rowing ia fine form when Zwinger, cutting
his boat sharply To the north, pulled across
Smitbson's water and went out Of the race
Hedley, taking il very easy, won by Ave lengths
in ten minutes
SENIOR FoURs.
There we're three contestants in the race for
senior fours, as follows:
Ariel Rowing Club Of Baltimore-R E. L.
vansant. bow, E.v. Holton, 2; W. c. Proizman
8, and T. A. Slack. stroke.
Ryan. stroke; l. :. Dyer, 3; A. johnson, 2, and