The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-24
TPR STRONG NORTH WIND MAKES A
ROUGH COURSE BUT THE SPORT
GOES MERELY on JUST TIE
SAME.
IE CONSOLATION RAC|
Is WAn by Duran But the Rough Water
Prevents Any Rapid Time Being
Made-The Tub Race.

AS the days roll by, one by one, il
becomes all the more evident that the
great regatta gotten up by the citi
zens of Austin is most pronounced
success. Other cities may give their
fairs and thsir drills, etc, but it takes
Austin, the queen city of the South,
to get up and execute the signal sue
cess of the times. When she gave the
great interstate drill here in 1885
there had never up to that time been
an interstate drill of such magnitude,
and there has never yet been one that
equalled it.
When Austin once again took the
reins in band and come into the
amusement ring last year with her
great international regatta she still
stood head and front of all her sister
cities That regatta was the talk of
two continents, and when once again
this year Austin made her debut in
her second annual regatta, it is need
less to say that the world, and the
state especially, heard the news OF its
coming with pleasure,
All these facts are but sufficient to
indicate that increase In attendance
that has been noted day
by day during the past week. Thus,
ali things considered, it is but natural
that yesterday, the fourth day of the
regatta, should have been greeted by
much larger crowd than any pre-.
ceding day. When yesterday morn.
ing's train pulled in from San An.
tonic she was loaded TO the guards
aud last afternoons Houston and
Texas Central was in a similar COndi-
ton. The crowd went swarming out
to the dam in buggies, carriages
and hacks, on the dummy
and every other way imaginable.
Having arrived at the grounds they
quickly took up their respective posi-
lions, the larger portion of them pour
Ing onto the big steamer Ben Hur,
while the balance of the crowd scat
tered long the shore and on the va
rious boat houses. The steamer Chau.
tauqua with the referee, press gang
and chartered party assumed its old |
position in mid-stream and followed |
the rowers. While yesterdays pro.
gram proved very entertaining to the
large crowd, it is needless to add |
that the main interest on
the part Of the sports necessarily cen.
tered around the great fOur.oared |
crew challenge race announced for to-
day. There Is cool $1,000 laying on
either side of the race and the contes- |
tants are dead bent on getting not |
only their half back, but the other
half as well. Considering these facts
ii is well to prophesy that this race
will be the most terrific ever rowed on |
any course and indications point to q
large amount of money changing |
hands on both sides of the field.
THE RACES
When tho hour for races was an
nounced last afternoon the crowd was
all In readiness but the course was i'm |
wretched condition, owing to the
high wind. 1t was feared by some OF |
the dudes that the rain of Thursday |
night might make the course little |
wet, but upon examination they found |
that 1t was about the same moisture
as on the day previous. This being |
proven to their satisfaction they gave |
their consent to the program being
started and the first race was called, |
THE FIRST RACE.
When the first race was called the |
wind was blowing straight with the
course from Mount BOnnell at ter.
rifle rate, tossing the surface of the
lake into short choppy waves that
spoke i'll for the success of the after
moons sport. Not at all daunted by |
the condition of the course, however, |
the University and Galveston four
cared crews came out to their one and |
one-half mile run with turn. As the
two teams lined up at the flags 1t was
very apparent from the Jump that the |
University boys were outclassed, the |
Galveston crew being much larger
and stronger.
The signal was given, however. and !
the Galveston crew shot from the line. |
the University boys loosing ground at !
the flags by grabbing rapidly. They |
caught themselves soon, however. and !
pulled off up the course, making good |
headwav against q strong wind and a |
choppy lake. The Galveston had |
clear water before them. however, at |
the one'quarter Alg, but between
there and the upper stakes the Uni
versity boys managed TO pull up and |
make very creljtable run mp TO |
stakes, but the Glvestous made a |
long, safe turn and got started |
on the hack course away
in the lead of the University boys |
who loose water badly on the turn. !
As the Galveston crew passed the
press boat on the way dowl some ur
yelled wait TOR the Uuiver
sity boys,' The cry was taken M and
the Galveston boys smiIingly con,
sented, resting themselves fora space of
fully a minute before they again
pulled leisurelv down the course
toward home IKE University boys