The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-23

tiers and the Taylor four hung on, The Cham
bers inen resorted TO their old.fsshioned methot
Of sliding On their fixed seats bgt could not su :,
fought for their departing lsurels calamity, bul
the Tsyior;W inship crew held them safe and
The secret Of such a remarkable reversal Of
terprisine London Rowing Club lost no time in
securing a set Of sliding seats. They had mas.
tered them. pretty well when the Atalanta GREY
went over from here for the international match
on the Thames course, June 10, 1872, The New
York boys had not investigated the Biglln,
USIeffG sef from as the SaF TTne hs al Done aos f Snd tSey
turned up for their race against the Dondoners
in a boat with fixed seats. The L. X. G; crew
mile straightawsy course IN 81 minutes 10
SECONDS. The winners came Forward aiterwarn
was soon universally adopted.
The professional feur.oered racing in connec-
tion with the Philadelphia Centennial, Septem-
acter. In the first heat Of the International race
the Thames, England. crew. W: Spencer, II.
New York crew by 1915 seconds, covering the
onds. Tn; New, York four led almost % Tho
turn, and set such y pace that the half time was
9 minutes 22 seconds. In the SECOND heat the
famous old Paris crew from 81. John, y. b, met
q more modern combination from Halifax, N. 9.
The old-timers rowed with stationary seats and
n quick, jerky stroke, but their rivals were get
ting more out OF their improved slides and
VhN tibENs .fphh Wv ~. - -
were reached 1t became painfully, evident that
the Paris crew was outclasscd and the Halifax
boys had only to paddle home In IL minutes %
seconds.
4 holly contested race was looked for when
London met Halifax IN the final tie after two
days rest. The Britishers caught the signal
with surprising quickncss and got In almost a
full stroke before their rivals got In motion. For
a. quarter mile the Englishmen continued to
show the way, rowing a daslling stroke of forty.
eight a minute. The Halifax four were satisfied
with n slower stroke, but they made up the de.
fciency In the power, and after a stern chase of
half n mile they gradually closed with thir OPP
ponents. The two crews turned almost stimuli
tancously, but. the. Engllshmen got into
sSdw oM faster f FER The ASvs r's srG1laS 5suT WsTe s Sqa
full of racing and determination. They
went to work dogggdly to close the gap, but
there was q tango OF oars as they drew level
with the others. The FnRlishmen claimed foul
and then resumed rowing. rs fast as they could
men were going for all they were worth down
the course. The Britishers spurted. and half
way to the finish the crews were level for the
away once moro and the English crew cased
up. The Halifax four, covered the course
M nad ii m IN Inisn r . se o0a t5on c rS 4, n ndr tSs m raca
on u foul. The Halifax men insisted they were
In their own course when the collision occurred
The umpire decided in favor OF tho Thames
crew and awarded the race to them. The ruling
provoked n lot OF adverse criticism and bolster
GUS kicking. but impartial critics sustained the
strictly in accordance with the facts.
II. Thomas and Tom Green OF the English
four had previously qualified for the final heat
OF the pair-oarcd race. Faulkner and Regain OF
Boston also qualified, and when the pinch came
an hour and n half after the fnur-uared struggle
the beaneaters had little difficulty in rowing
their tired opponents to u standstill. The
Thames pair struggled on pluckily for q mile,
but then dropped toa paddle, leaving the Boston
men to take the hOn0rs in %leisurely fashion.
The winners covered the course in II minutes
20 seconds.