New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
AMONG BROOKLYN OARSMEN.
SOME OF THE CLUBS WHICH HAVE
EARNED FAME AND PRIZES.
HOUSES ALONG THE BAY RIDGE sHoRE-MuCh
INTEREST IN AQUATIC CONGRATULATIONS

NJ general athletics has received more attention
than boating with the possible exception OF DaSe-
ball and the boat clubs Of the city are poth hu"e
one and well-,o-lo. great strides forward having
been made IN the last ten years. Much Oh '"e
credit for this advancement is due to the Sea"ah-
haka Roat Club which was established away bacK
in the early sixties with ex-County Ger" hiH'''
and many other well-known oid-tmers as charter
members OF the Seawanhaka Boat CUB the parent
OF the present aquatic organization
New.own Creek not then the hithy puun,e
that II is today and when In 1874 ex-County CLERK
Rauken William Wilson. Frank Adee anu mum
ho- ., others became interested in the club and
reorganized II. commodous boathouSe' co"'"lS
5000 was erected the banks OF the c'o'"'
which was one OF the finest courses IN lne h"'h"-
no-hood Of New-York The Young blood gave the
cub n great lit onward AMI the membership IN
creased rapidly When the hth-giving factories
carhe and the creek transformed INTO the
noIsome ismeng stream when mas H"'c
hacome famous for It's vile odors. the club OBJ
taincd its present site at South Tentn-st' ana 'h'
boa thouse which IA still standing. was pu'' '"e'e
IN lssS II is a two-story structure at the mouth
OF the Wanabout Basin. facing the East RIVER
Among the prominent members at the time were
J. J. Hedges John Kcpp.e. James orr Robert
orr and William Goodnaugh EN-Couhty ''erN
Ranken was elected captain. ana remained 50 io'
a number OF years The interest became general
and as a result considerable beef" which Is the
rowing
and the colors Of the club. blue and WHITE were
of,en secn az the fore In rowing contests.
In 1855 the club started the movement which LED
70 the organization OF the Long Island ho"'ns
Association In 1855. at the regatta or the assoc"-
ton the Seawanhakas won seven OF the nine con
tests over the course NJ Rockaway Inlet. Inc
Greenwood Lake crew won the Eagle Cup for the
ooord .,r,a and the cup finally became the prop
er,v OF the club in ISIS. when the crew again 10
feated all Corners. with record OF never haNl"S
been beaten The present active membership oil
the club is about l25. and the erection OF summer
and training quarters. bordering on Flushins Bay
"a NOW under consideration The rooms OF the cluh
ara at the Carleton Hotel Kent-ave. and south
Eighth-st near the boathouse The four-o'red
creyr OF the club now IN training expects To carry
on the Junior Eagle Cup at the Long Island re
e-atta In Flushing BAY on July q The present ON
GERS are: President. John r. F. Clark; FIRST vice
president. Joseph Totem; second vice-presiient'
James Howard; secretary. T. = "A'aoe' treas
urer, Or. T.. G. Went 800
Tho Crescent Athletic Club. which has one OF the
most handsome and best appointed country homes
of any club In the city Is located on the hhy h'Ee
shore in a commodious Queen Anne clubhouse Al
though the club is essentially an athletic c'up'
has devotees OF the oar as wel.. ana IN me LONE
Ismnd Amateur Rowing Association Regatta IN
$50, +, can,urei the Eagle" Cup The following sea
son and last year they were however. Defeated
and recent decision OF the BOARD OK Governors
nrohihlts the club entering in regattas outside OF
Its
GOOD RECORD OF THE VARrNAs
II there is any one club which. by It's active
Interest, IN matters aquatic. has given greater
stimulus 10 amateur rowing than any other tt Is
probably the Varina Boat club Its hroai-hal-
conled bonthouse at Fif,y-cighih-st. and It's feet
OF sixty boats are objects OF pride TO tho $50 mem
bers who comprise the organization. This popular
association which has won victories at all the pr
cipal amateur rowing contests IL thir part OF IN
IN IN" IN ~ in sso Juige James
O. Tlghe. who has since hccom" rather wei known known
in brooklyn politics. became enrolled nS an ac'iNc
mennber and ten years ago was elected 20 the cap
taincy Of the club and has been unanimously re-
preparations were made by the members OF the
club to capture all the pres p9-sn, w,,n n ,he
Decoration Day Regatta AMI other contests. hnn
desire to win trophies AZ the Long Island Amateur
Rowing Associations Regatta Last year. IN IN"
they finished second. ~ hr National h"snitHJn'n"s
Coughlin who. with Charles begrr. comprises tl'
with Belger. and the club VIII probnbiy Nlnh Np
the season By -"nding an eght 10 inc s,a,"n 80,
the singles this regatta. Captain Tghe Will tax"
him to the Labor Day Regatta AZ lioSton Whers
TO have IA larger and better eqnpp"i rowing plant
than any other crew or club IN The United states
ON one sunday alone their Meet OF bohtS ma no
less than 20 men on the water.
OTHER wELT~KNOwN CLUBS.
Among the other wcll-known hoatinr organiza-
lions which have their homes the Ray ridge
shore few are better known than the Nautilus Boat
Club. whose handsome house iuts out on tho BAY
at Sixty-nfth-st Although tho club was organized
in 1888 IT was few years before this that
halflozen young students Of the Polytechnic Insti
tute the idea Of going IN FOR this popu-
lar and health-g Pastne The eh'e, mover In
only original charter member connected with the
organization. Their first house was built from
then In course Of construction In September. Nv,
the club was temporarily made homeless by hre,
and personal effects Of the members all being con
sumed The commodous house Of the Pioneer
chased. and many OF the Pioneer members after
ward Joined the Nautilus Club Their present fleet
barges one four-oarcd barge. one eight-oared shell
two -oared shells two four-oarel gigs six sin
vatc boats including he Dago owned by Harry
Smith. which has not yet been classified The mem
Iohnson heller known os Bert Johnson, Ar.
lock and Bob" Pritchard are some OF The we'll
George Freeth and John r rettrIck were also
brought into prominence by the club slnge-scull-
holds the record for junior four-oareI sheS crew
for mile on the Harlem. which they made IN lsN
and 1855 The club is e. present Offered by waI
dent; ". H. smith treasurer; William r Mynote.
Four or five years ago the club dii considerable
rowing the Harlem. Pnssaic and Schuylklll
rivers, and won many prizes. fourteen banners OF
victory having been consumed by the fire which
the clubhouse
Directly beneath the shadow OF the varuna
Clubs Bay Ridge home. Fifty-"is hth-st.. Is n
little onestory building the home ~ the Ariel Boat
club. organized about dozen years ago by few
men OF athletic tendencies and aquatic tastes. most
OF them being sons Of German residents OF the
upper part OF the city. The same nationality pre-
dominates in the club to-day. although the men
IN their yellow and black striped rowing uniforms
might easily be taken for n crew Of Princeton
men. AS club they take lttlc part In outside
l,,tn f.VA ~ tsli L.r.,
points along the Long Island. New Jersey and
Staten Island shores. For a small club the Aricls
have an extensive fleet OF handsome boats lnclud-
ing eight -oared barge. one sixoared barge.
four-Oared barge. three single gigs, two pair
GA red gigs and two four-Oarcd gigs. once every
year the club holds an annual regatta, NJ which
their members match their skill and muscle. The
officers OF the club are: President Herman Brann-
Itch: vice-president J. g. Caravans: secretary
George A. Kraft; treasurer Oscar Buechner and