St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-01
HACKETT r. WONDER.
His Time Is Almost Up to G au
- daur's.

His Time Is Almost Up to G au-
daur's.
lHackett in the senior single surpa sSed
anything which has ever before been
seen in amateur rowing on a West crn
course, and exhibited speed
which ranks him at once among
professionals. The ASSOCIATION :. has
produced a new man who will be
heard from. in the future, and the time
he made yesterday-a mile and half in
1888 2-5-piaces him today with. two or
three of the fastest amateur srowers in
America. if not in the world. He came
within eighteen seconds of gGaudaur's
record, and says he could have made
the time yesterday at least ten seconds
better. He finished almost as fresh
as when he started, and in
this is found the chief beauty
of his rowing. He can finish the last
half as fast as the first. Trainer Rem
nedy III speaking Of Yesterdays effort
said:
II think the man is as good an anna
teur sculler as can be found anywhere
I in thisscountry, and he need be afraid
. Of noone. There are plenty of profess
SIGNALS he can beat, but would not
care to state what his chances would be
ihthat class. This year 1 think they
would not be the best. but there is no
telling what he may do one year hence.
He is certainly very good man."
/, The feature of his rowing Is not so
Imuch in his speed as in his average
work. He has long. powerful. sweep
ing stroke that he sustalns well from
the very first to the finish. He has been
rowing for several years at Rat Portage
and has frequently rowed against Win
inipeg men, but never won anything
until year ago. 1t was expected
he would do great things this year, but
none looked for the fast time made in
yesterdays race. Had he had first
class boat, he would certainly have done
much better. The fastest amateur record
is said to be 9:25. He claimed after the
race that he could have broken Gau-
daur's wonderful record, but some
doubt his ability to do so. He could
undoubtedly have come pretty near to
that mark. He would have made a
greater squirt had it not been that he
and Des Brisay were entered for the
Junior double race, which came imme-
diately afterwards.
BEGINNING OF THE RACES.
The senior singles. postponed from
yesterday, were called at 10:3O. The
entries were Il. l.. Wann, of the Mime
s9tas; p. A. Macdonald. of Winnipeg,
u. Hackett, of Rat Portage. The judges
In going down to the starting point
passed Hackett in his shell. He was
rowing slowly, but all noticed the
fine style of his work, and
his beautiful but powerful stroke.
Almost all then picked him as the win
ner. The three sculls we're not in line
before 1l:14. Hackett was on the in
side, Macdonald in the middle, and
Wann on the outside course. The three
got off nicely together. with Macdonald
slightly in the lead, pulling long,
clean stroke of about thirty-two. He
was followed closely by Wann and Hack
EFT. A few quick strokes put Hackett in
the lead, and from that time
on the others were in a race OF their
own. Hackett eased down to trlfle
slower stroke. AT the narrows Mac
Donald was leading Wann by about a
length. About halfway down the
course Wanu overhauled Macdonald,
and from that point the two had
spirited race. Wann. however, soon
drew away from Macdonald. and
eali the time Hackett was Increas-
| ing his lead on Wann. 1t in
creased length by length, anu
at the finish he had fully twelve lengths
TO spare. Waun at one time dropped
his stroke to twentyeight. He had evil
dently given up the race with Hackett.
aud was satisfied to take second place.
SJyann defeated Ma by five or six
/ langths. Hackett's time was 9:33 2-5,
aud Wann's time was l0:0S 2-5. which
was faster than anything ever before
seen on Minnetonka except yesterdays
record of Hackett.
Immediately afterwards came the
postponed junior double race. The en-
tries were A. A. Andrews and A. g.
Hopper, Of Winnipeg; Il. p. Bend and