New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
RACING ON SARATOGA LANE
CONTESTS OF THE AMATEUR OARSMEN.
KoENIG OF ST LOUIS. MAKES A NEW RECORD
NETWORK AND BROOKLYN REAP
LITTLE GLORY

NEW YORK AND BRoOhLiN '"E''
LITTLE GLORY.
Saratoga, n. Y, Aug 1.-THE hrst race Vi "e ~
gatta was started promptly at IL 30 a. m. to-uay'
was the final heat OF the senior SINCE scuhs' anu
WAS between the frs; and second men In the tria's
Yesterday. The starters were FREQ hoenls Va Wv
Western Rowing Club, Of ST. Louis X. H. Husse''
NJ the Toronto Rowing Club Fred Hawkins. or the
Laureate Boat Club. OF Troy. and +. A. Thoihpsoh
OF the Argonauts. Of Troy. All TOOK .i'e "''''
We'll together. Koenlg showed shght ieau "o''
the start. At the quarter he mad open wafer oe
tween the stern of his boat and the DO" vi I"
kins's boat Thompson well up with Ha"Klhs
and Russell WAS half n length back. This order was
kon, IN 70 the turn After rounding, Hawkins ihaue
a desperate attempt to pass koenig ana the wv
men rowed home at a hot pace koenlg he'u 'is
advantage. and crossed the line half length aie'"
Kocng's time 9:i7i4. beating the FORMER recoi"
Of 1924 for one and n half miles with turn wn'c"
was made here in 1892 Hawkins time was ''"''
Russell 9:59 Thompson did not nnlsh.
The second race was the senior double SOULS Inc
starters were the Varunas Of Brooklyn; Nespers oi
Philadelphia, and the Beverwycks, oil Albany Inc
Vespers caught the water first ana gradua.y -
tablIshed n lead OF half length over the be'e'
wycks. The Varunas were not IN IT, Al '"e '''"
the Vespers led a length. but the Beverwycks re-
I,c.d ,his an the way home until both crews were
ev.n They could not hold the Nespers' pace now
.ver and the latter won by three-quarters OF d
length in 9OGIa: Beverwycks 9:lOls; Naruna'' s't
The third race was the junior single SOULS IL
proved to be another holly contested race
starters were II. Jury. Toronto Rowing Clup' wal
ter Abbott Nassau Boat Club. Newborn JaheS
r. Mccormick Albany. and Joseph Mcclure Brad
ford Roat Club OF Cambridge Mass. 1t was any
bodv's race 10 the turn. and all four rounded TO-
gether Then Jury and Mccormick pulled ciear VI
the others and rowed like a team To "i'h"
dozen lengths OF the line. Then Mccormick spur'eu
and finished first in l003is. The time OF the othe'S
was as follows: Jury, lo:lra; Abbott. O:io NC
CURE 1856. ,,
70 forr,b race was the Junior four-oared shell
race postponed from yesterday. The contestants
were crews from the Excelsior Boat CUB oil fa'ei
SON n j. and the Nautilus Boat Clup' OF brooh
lyn The Excesiors had a walkover OWING u
pennington. the bow man OF the Nautilus ere"
breaking his oar short on AT '"e o"''oN '
making the turn.
The nth race was for senior four-oared shells
and was one OF the prettest races ever rowed on
Saratoga Lake The crews were; Arsonauts Oh
Toronto: New-York Athletics; Minnesotas, OF 81
ntro, The i've boats got on well together The
New-york men pulled long even stro KS wn rgai
put them slightly ahead ut the quarter. Inc Atso,
nnauts and Minnesotas pushed them closely, ana
at the half the three boats were abreast with the
workers. led half length at the turn. but the
Argonauts. Detroits and Mnnesotas turned Wi'n 4
pretry trick BY swinging around though on a
rivOt and heading away Tor nome, "Hie otiti'
were stu turning. They never lost the advantage
they gained, and though the Minnesotas ana Nv
yorks Tanned them most OF the way TO the fnish
and made the pace hot, the Argonauts won by n
ione,h in s.V The Mnnssotas We're second IN
~ Tho New Yorks third in 9o5 Detroits fourth
in syCeis and the Deawares nth In g:le
The Executive Committee OF the National Asso'
o,a,ion ~ Amateur Oarsmen met AZ the Windsor
today and elected the following officers OF the as
- shany president: Charles Catlin. Of Chicago.
yice-presdeni: II. X. iinchman. Philadelphia,
treasurer. and Fred. X. Fortmeyer' Newark y. j.