The evening world., 1894-05-30
DIAMONDS WENT TO HAWKINS
New York Athletics Were Never
Headed in the Four-0ared
Shell Event.
BEAvERWYCKS WERE SECOND.
The Fast Time of the Trial Heats
Not Equalled in the
Finals.

The day came will a sunburst on the
Harlem. A curtain OF fog held back the
early struggles Of the dawn. and 1t
was not until the sun stood an lot
high that the long stretches of the
stream were open to view.
From that moment the last hope OF
quiet fled, and the scene was captured
and held by a constantly increasing
throng of laughing, cheering merry
makers to witness the twenty-eighth
annual meeting of the Harlem Regatta
Association.
In all the races the course was one
mile straightaway from One Hundred
and Thirty-sixth street to Macomb's
Dam Bridge,
The rules were few, but rigid. Posi-
| tons were taken from the Manhattan
Island shore and numbered accordingly.
There Is an advantage in the position
nearest the city shore that was allowed
In the finals to all winners of the trial
heats. At five signals from the
referees boat all contestants must come
to the line at once under penalty of
trial heats where more than two had
contested was allowed to enter the
finals.
JdilltS N. I,oylt, VI TIC IItSCtlt bOdt
Club of Boston. was appointed referee.
Robert II. Pelton. OF the Long Island
A.: r. Association, acted as starter.
The timekeepers were John II. Abeel,
Staten Island Athletic Club; DR.. Conrad
Berens, Commodore S%chuylkill Navy OF
Philadelphia, and Thee. Van Raden. At
The Judges. were George Young. Alta
sau Boat Club; VIM. II. Holden, Nau-
venswood Boat Club; Frank Burke. As
toria Athletic Club; J. II. Hammond,
Nonpareil Boat Club. and Frank Law
renee, Vesper Boat Club Of Philadel-
phia.
The course was clearly staked out, and
with the almost total suspension of
ratic. due to the holiday, the river was
There is none too much room for nve
widest part Of tn, stretch. and more
avoid fouiins with feliow-eontestan ts
and ~intruders.
During tn. forenoon the course was
In the nttest possible condition. The
I wal dimpled in patches by the light
ton, During the forenoon the tide was
the races were rowed from the dam
bridge to One Hundred and Thirty-sixth
street. The wind from the southeast
was during this time Sgainst the row
effect. y" "
1t a been the intention to get off
with the first trial heat OF the junior
single shell race by 8 o'clock. but It
was a half hour later before the men
got away.
The entries were:
No. /. stephen C. Carr. Nassau b.. C.; No. =.
Benz. Minzesheimer. Lone Star B. c.; No. g.,
Joseph W Msher. wyanoke b. c.; No. 4, John
Bailey, Dauntless Il. C.
The men caught the start IN the first
s at on nne t %eEe t fn Eeti ' SSd at the e'G nSif
was holding II by a good length ahead
OF Bailey, with Carr and Minzesheimer
following in order.
stroke and made a spirited tussle for
the lead OF the procession.
The finish was a lively one. Carr won,
The second trial heat. Junior single
class, brought all the entries to the
scratch as follows:
No /. Alfred q, Wolf. Union b. G; No. 2.
4. p. Barry, Friendship b. c.: No. 4. Caleb
Weeks, Dauntless r c.
Again the tiny fleet cleared without
from the shore. took the lead. which he
held by a length on Wolf as the Union
Club house at H. half was passed;
OF 6.5S l-2. Wolf was a length ahead OF
Weeks, With Barry last; -
brought out the following:
Nc. /. Campbell smyth. New York A. C.. No. ..
Thomas J. Mullen, Harlem Il. C.; No. ., Stephen
Smith. Metropolitan r.. c.: No, 4, John J. Berry.
Vesper y C., Philadelphia.
Berry won by a length from Smyth,
with Mullen and Smith trailing behind.
Time-7,0 90 l-2.
The next event brought out the great
est enthusiasm up to this time. II was
the first contest OF the intermediate
singles. with the following strong array;
NO. l. ". }. swscnsy, vesnersp, c.. Phils-
delphia. No. 2, William u, parcel Il.
e., No walter Goodkini, L1setstar u C.
No. I, A. Jalenek, MstropolitAhlR C., No. 5.
Peter Lehaney. BeaverWyck H.. -. Albany.
LehaneY was the favorile OF the
knowing ones, and his performance bore
out their good opinion. The field went
OF well abreast at tie first essay.
(tOl. .naed on SIKH IuJe)