St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-07
EVERY CLUB JOYFUL.
Second Days Regatta Gives
a Winning Boat to Each
Color.
The MinneSOtas Score a Brill
liant Victory in the Sc
iOr FourS.
Fitzgerald, for the Lurlines,
Rows in Winner in the
Singles.
Winnipeg Captures the Last
Victory, Won in Senior
Doubles.

peg OarSmen, claiming everything al
the start, are satisfied with having won
three out of six races OF the
annual regatta. The Minnesota S
were conceded nothing, but took
the race of the regatta, and one
other, winning the Sir Donald A. Smith
silver cup, the first time it has been
won by crew from that club. From a
seemingly bottomless pit of defeat the
Lurlines have snatched one victory, and
that one consoles them. The sight
seerS who went out to Hotel La
fayette yesterday to see the races
of the last day have the best reason tC
be satisfied. They looked upon two
such hoat races as men never see in one
day oftener than once in lifetime.
1t was another perfect day for racing
The water, stirred into ripples during
the first race, was almost glass at the
close. just enough wind swept across
the lake to fan the faces of the OarSmen,
but not enough to aid their progress.
AS on the first day the ARRANGEMENTS for
the race were irreproachable. The meii
were all sent off promptly, and the
course was kept clear for them.
The one bookmaker at the lake made
money. Favorites did not win, save in
the last race. The Winnipegs were
picked as winners of the senior four
race, and the Winnipeg man, Andrews,
was backed for the Junior singles.
The First Race.
Promptly at 6 o'clock the Saucy Kate,
with referee, starter. judges, and tim
ers and newspaper reporters on board,
left the dock for the starting buoy. The
crews were all waiting there. A. w.
Daniels, w. Il. Mead. A. Burlington and
w. B. Groskopt, in the light blue of
the Luriines, looked confident and
ready to, pull the lake up
Those steel-muscled Winnipegers, A.
c. l.. Fox, }. d. Morice, F.W. Ashe and
P. w. Macdonald, looked every bit as
confident that they could land the dark
blue a winner. W. n. Armstrong,
Archibald Wright, &. o. Nettleton and
l.. S. Bigelow, wearing the red of the
MlnneSOtaS, were not noticed much.
No one thought the crew could ever win
race. The betters, down at the boat
house, had not even condescended
to notice that Minnesota crew
was in the race. The pistol shot
cracked. and away wenUthe three crews
dead even. The Lurlines pulled forty
three strokes minute. and the Winni-
swung their blades only thirty-seven
times. The quick. strong strokes of the
LurlineS sent them ahead; not very
much, of course, but little. The Min
nesotas clung to them and the Winni-
pegs followed hard. AT the end of a
half-mile all three crews seemed to be
pulling even. the Lurlines and Winni-
pegs had dropped their stroke to thirty
eight. The Minnesotas still swung along
al thirty-seyen. The Lurlines had rowed
their race. Just beyond the half-mile
their steering became delirious and they
narrowly escaped fouling the Mime
sofas. All the rest of the way home
their wake looked like the tortuous
trail of mighty serpent. The took the
wash from the other boats all the way.
Sensational Finish.
AT the end Of a mile the Winnipegs
and Minnesotas were even, the Lur-
lines two lengths behind. Winnipeg
drew away to lead of almost a length
then, and looked like a winner. The
Minnesotas had pulled that long. sweep
ing stroke of thlrty-seven per minute all
the way through and never tired. Big
Glow didn't have strength enough to
hit up the stroke. He was willing to
take defeat. But the others were game.
Give it to 'er, boys" yelled big
Wright less than fifty feet from the
buoy. and Armstrong and Newton re-
sponded. BigeloW was pumped, but he
did what he could, and Wright pulled
enough for two men. They did "give
it to 'er." The she'll fairly leaped from
the water. Every stroke showed a clear
gain. Like rocket the boat shot ahead.
Crack! crack! came from the pistol,
and the race was over.
(which 1ron ,,,oc tbo o1,;4ol =,
quiry of every one. So close were the
shells together that none save thoss
directly on the line could tell which
won. But the Minnesotas had the race
| by just about three feet. All four mer
were nearly dead from thpt last terrific
| squirt, and Bigelow tainted. But they
won the race. The Lurlines were about
| four lengths away.
Row They Explained.
On the face of the returns it looks az
if the Winnipegs should have won thai
race. They had the stronger-loo
crew and they seemed less wearied al
the finish than any of the others. 1t is
possible that they thought they had the
race won until too late The Mime
sofas covered those last few lengths al
wonderful speed and would have
beaten any crew not expecting
them. George Gait, who stroked the
Winnipeg seniors for years, and this
| year ofticiates as starter, says the time,
S:33, is better than has been made by an
amateur four Ill years. The famous
| Hillsdales rowed half second faster a,
| Saratoga in 1877. Gait says that better
time has not been made since-that is
time that could be relied upon as correct
| several crews claiming to have done bet
ter than $50. The LurlineS once rOWed in
| S:E. but l. is question if the time was
right. This crowding of the record con.
soles the Winnipegs for a defeat. All
tine Lurlines say in extenuation of their
defeat is "GnS Daniels never could steer
boat"
Grim resolution literally couped on
| Don Fitzgerald's face AS he pulled up tc
the starting buoy to uphold the honor OF
| the Lurlines in the junior singles.
| Fitz had been in hard train
ing all summer for this one
race, and he swore. softly to
himself that he would make the dark
blue and the bright red look like dish
rags before half hour should pass
| Winnipeg's, A. A. Andrews. looked and
| smiling and confident. G. w. Cor dor
| L. l.. Wann were there to look after
| the MinnesotaS' honor.
Start Of Great Race.
| Andrews got nearly two strokes the
worst of the start. His oars were lying
in the water when the shot was fired
He recovered and went away pulling
thirty-siX to the minute. Fitzgerald
made beautiful start, forty-one to the