Evening journal., 1894-08-04
THEY RACED FOR BOERM
Two Brooklyn Girls Rowed For
a Lover.
WINNER MARCHED HER PRIZE OFF

Tho Contest Is Said 60 Have Taken Place
In Prospect Park and Was n Hotiy Con-
tested One-Mr. Boohm Thrashcs n Young
Man who Mentioned II.
NEW YORK, Aug A highly exciting
story comes from Brooklyn Of an aquatic
contest in which the contestants wero
young ladies of uncommon beauty, and /
the prizo for which they struggled II not |
altogether beautiful, was certainly uncom- |
mon. The prize, in fact was said TO DO |
the hand, heart, mustache and OF coteras /
Of a gentleman named Frederick Boehm, |
and the girls who are reported TO have |
rowed for the young man were Miss Nell |
lie McFaddon and Miss Mamie Butler,
The contest between these young girls |
for this most interesting prizo Is said to
have taken place on tho lake in Prospect
park
In order TO fully underStand the situa-
tion It is necessary that the reader should
know something OF the antocedonts Of the
parties concerned.
The Two Contestants.
Miss Nellie McFadden works IN a hig
Brooklyn store. She Is a pretty girl, is
lively, weighs l40 pounds and Is 10 years
old. She lives with her brother and sis
ter-in-law in little frame cottage at 8s
Wilson street, Brooklyn.
Miss McFAdden has girl friend who
Is employed In the same store and whose
name is given as Miss Mamie Butler
Frederick Boehm, the prize is said TO bo
also an employee Of tho store. His resi-
dence Is given as 81 Clinton place, Brook
lyn lie is described as dashing young
man, who paid attentions TO both young
ladies.
A time naturally oamo in tho lives Of
the two women when they made up their
minds that they didn't want TO share tho
affections Of Frederick. Each agreed that
/ she wanted all his affections or mono.
| IL seemed Frederick couldn' decide which
| he liked best. He told the young women,
| with fine dislntcrostcdness, that they
| must settle it between themselves, as he
really could not be guilty Of any favorit-
| ism. IL was when this decision was given
by Boehm that the two young womon do
cided to row the race.
According 60 the romantic story as Il
was waited across tho great Brooklyn
bridge to this prosaic town, the race was
thrilling in all respects. Steam launches,
swans and gondolas all got out OF the way
TO give the two desperate girls chance
in their light skids.
Nellie Won the Prize.
Miss Nellie IS said to havo pulled in
better form than her rival, only lifting
her oars three feet out Of the water on re-
covery and splashing somewhat loss. Dur
ing the first half the two skiffs moved
along like one catamaran. Nellie Is said
20 have gradually forged slowly ahead un-
til her rivals bow was at her oarloolys
| Vhor, oaft,n tho cfrtroso.la tha mighty ufruu,-
gle at the finish. Plump Nellie is said to
have won by half length.
This Is tho story-or rather a COM
mingling OF the storios-wafted across the
bridge, and which gained wide circula-
tion in Brooklyn. After the race, 50 runs
the tales. Frederick accompanied the girls
back through the romantic windings TO
the boathouse. There Manic Is described
rs placing her arm in that Of Frederick
and marching off with her nose I'm the
air, while Nellie sat ON a bench and vept
There is still another story to the effect
that the three went off and supped togeth-
er in glee, and it must be admitted that
all who know Miss Nollio McFaddcn will
say pooh" TO the weeping part Of the
story.
Mrs. John McFadden, the mother OF
Miss Nellie, says concerning the exciting
| tpl>uNts Ntlllt ~ n very lively anu uIlkAN
young girl, as her father and / have fro
quently found out But she Is a thorough
" good girl. All know about the row
, ing match, " and here tho mother laughed
heartily, "is that she came homo last
night very tired and this morning was
all used up. Her hands were sore, and she
said she achod all over She told mo she
had been rowing in Prospect park with
friends from New York She said somo-
thing about a race. But don't know
anything about hor racing for young
man. That isn't like Nellie. She has a
great many admirers. And she wouldn't
cry If she wore defeated. still she might
have a race about a young man. Young
girls have funny freaks sometimes. Mel.
lie can row very we'll Her brother, who Is
an expert oarsman, taught her D"
MIR. Boehm Got Mad.
. IL was not until a late hour last even
. | ing that Mr. Frederick Boehm, who il
| will be admitted, is vitally interested II
the affair, condescended to take any &C
tion toward admitting OF disprovinl
these sensational reports. When at las
he did decide TO act his course was bolC
3 and emphatic. Ho did not hurry to tn,
Il newspaper Offices with explanations or do
malls as somo persons would have done
4 He contented himself with hunting up
a certain Harry Gerson of III Haywart
street and giving that young man a s0unC
thrashing.
!. Whether this punishment was dealt on
IS to Gerson for having betrayed a confidence
or having maliciOusly invented a yarI
2, out Of whole cloth is not known. All Mr.
u Boehm would condescend to say Of tn
pummeling was, IN teach him TO keel