New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-24
ARCHIBALD WINS AGAIN
TWO MORE RACES PLACED TO No..
CANADIANS CREDIT.
SIX CONTESTS TAKE PLACE AT cRoroN po,,.-
-BACKUs UPSET SEVEN TIMES AND

SIX CONTESTS TAKE PLACE AT CROTON POW,
-BACKus UPSET SEVEN TIMES AND
WINS THE NOVICE RACE.
Yesterday was the first busy day at the o.,..
meet at Croton Point There were races all d.v
lasting, practically. from $50 a. m. until
After winning the cup on Saturday, offered by N.
Sing Sing Yacht Club G. F.. Archibald the Can.
adam. followed up his victory By coming in abesA
in two more contests-the unlimited sailing and N.
sailing, upset and manoeuvlng race.
The first contest yesterday was the unlim,.a
sailing race. and an important one. the starter,
In the trophy sailing race are to be selected from
II. The distance six miles and the time m,
two hours and half. The sailing race for novlces
Uhree miles, began at the time. This wa,
open only TO members who had not sailed cam.
before September /. 1893 a lot Of men started but
compa rativey few finished. Archibald. in the Nah
crossed the line first and kept the lead until tho
finish The wind was from the east and blew IN
pufrs The was a triangular mile and 4
half starting from in front OF the headquarter,
tent. Archibald covered the six miles IN an hour.
thirty-seven minutes and twenty-nine seconds =
q Oxholm In the Chiqua. followed him, and then
came Thomas Hale jr in the Beta. and D. B.
(;orlseIl I'm the Bo- Peep. These men also entered
but dropped out: w. C. Witherbee L. c. Johnson
J. w Sparrow H. ID. McVean. Enoch Aston. r.;
J. W Hamilton and l.. b. Palmer The novice race
erdod hefore this one and by H. v
Baclus Of Rochester. In the Ialdee. All al camp
agree that he is one Of the Quickest men al Croon
Point He was never in a onoe before May l. and
although he upset less than seven times yester.
dav IN three miles he easily won the race. In
Fac, ,h,s novice contest might probably be called
an unset race az the three men who started ell
unset + C. Johnson and J. VI. Hamilton got tired
of II and withdrew.
Then came the record padding race; naf mile
straghtaway. l.. B. Palmer. Of the lanthe Club. In
the Cricket won this In six minutes and twenty-five
seconds This IL the order In which the others I'm
,shcd: J. W Sparrow. Eel; Thomas Hale, jr, Beta;
u Y Racktis Za,dee, D. 70. Goodsell, Bo-Peep.
Af,er luncheon the four-and-a-half- mile record
calling race was called. J. VI. Hamilton dropped
ont for some reason. after the start Backus
got az far as the first buoy and In gybng aroundit
unset and apparently, got discouraged, FOR ne came
ashore l.. B. Palmer came In hrst' ai'er covering
the course In one hour eleven minutes ana eleven
seconds d. b. Goodsell came in second. and
Thomas Hale, Jr.. anu j. w opd'''" ''"'"e'' "'
latter way behind
" r BENNETT OF the New-York Canoe Club In
the canoe yaw La Gloria. easily won the uncassi.
fed sailing race In one hour. hfteen minutes ana
,wen.v-nine seconds Nate :. Smith. OF Newourg
in the yawl Nanawt,, ca ana Fredsrick " iAwt
came in at the end II would have SURPRISED sOms
people to see The methoa 9 sa" and when pun
Il
came they sat on the windwari euhNa.e anu 'eA"es
hack until their backs touched the water;
srhe most Interesting race 70 the greenhorhs Wds
the last sailed yesterday: II was ha upset ana no
manoouv-ing race. Only three en- OUT OF tne ~
who entered started and the distance was Suas.rr
OF a mile 10 the westward and back On tne way
ont 10 the buoy a signal was given ana racn nlal1
dropred his paddle overheard. then came aoout ana
picked IL up While heading for nome az anS'n ns
alsnal they upset their canoes until e ops ol tne
ma sfs touched the water, and then IN me cooss.
NAV in the world stepped over the SIDE on 70 Lns
con, rsboar,ls pulled the boats upriEht eSai, ans
went on Archibald did all this ana hnisned j. ~,
minutes and 10 seconds and +. C. Moore IN 'hs
Torment came IN second. Sparrow was las,. -
Among the visitors yesterday al the camp wa'
the well known canoist. Paul Butter: OF ioMs.
Mass He said the Nesper club couid no, CON" ~
because IN. men all said they we're TOO busy III !.
,vas the fYst meet he had missed IN ten years ~
meet came ND 20 former ones he thought N pon.
~ numbers but there were not as many poas a.
usual and not az many raoers Edward oche cr
brought this party from Sing sing MISE lsA A Ms:
Hvatt Mrs " f. Barrow. Miss Emma ODD 9 M W..
Caroline Armstrong Miss Clara McCord ana MIS- us
Rassett About 100 persons have arriVsl a' s ae
camp in the last two days Among tre nnsr wer'
T. " and Mrs. Seavey, George A. WotnerSpoon.
n,rser OF the Central Division; William e. Law
renee OF the Park Island Canoe Associauoh' ot
Trenton: NJ V Brokaw. Frank L. DunneL ot
tho Rrooklyn Canoe Club; George w. RugeVes o.
Rochester and c. J. Stevens. OF the Newton
Canoe club.