Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-07-19
AT THE SARATOGA REGATTA.
The Principal Event, the Eight Dared Race,
Was Won by the Bohcmians Of
New York

| aratoga. n. v, July is-There was a
| hitting climax to an afternoon of most spir-
| tied aquatic sport when the crimson -scarfed
backs of the Bohemians. of New York.
swung first across the finish line in the
twilight after the most hard-puled eight
Dared race on record. All of the other con-
tests had been wcll rowcd, and most Of
them hotly contested. But one huke had
senior singles, for which iiackett, Of TO.
r0nt3. was disqualified. and because Of
morrow The weather could not have been
more favorable for rowing, barring a
crowd was larger than ON the preceding
The officials Of the National Association
Tor the ensuing year were elected at the
meeting of tho executive committee They
are President. Charles Catliu. Cetlin Row
. Maher Metroroitan Rowing club, Ncwy
YORK secretary. Fred 4. Fortney, passaic
Rowing Iluh, Newark. Ind. treasurer. Dr
Gonrad Iercfs, Undinc Boat Club. Phila-
First racc-Sonior doubles. The Har-
rr9gwed 81. and the Rat Portage %. while the
rdntnl afiys SolS r9WIg ~ M ne hail the To
10y Rat Portage ana the iiarlems. AZ the
stretch the Harlems and rat Portage were
but the New Workers were game, and
crossed the line half length ahead. Haw-
while Nagle splashod him with water The
,Trorontos. were about four lengths behind.
lntermediatc singles - All three crews
started IN this rec Jury caught the water
ilrst and though Fisher OF The. yarunas.
blade struck the water, he picked up and
Went, on evenly At The mile, Jury was
or his course. to the left OF Jurys water.
Al the men were spent. and pulled list
and crossed 'G he IR line S0T y ypgftsd ys enFtB {
length aheai Of Hobs.. Tine made. 1850. "
al hp tor
mediate doubles the Dauutless crew did
not come TO the line, aud at the shot the
two lengths ahead before the eighth mile
was reached, rowing IS strokes to the Cres-
6e S na rned s & with the ShEe aT
lens close in their wake, and Institutes
SACK S Of i the InsttutGs m @ 'i Ths Cresccnts res Rad
about three lengths advantage, IN the
but the CresCents worked hard. and came
across three-quarters of length ahead,
Senior four-oared shells. But two crews.
the WinnpeSs and Institutes started. Win
nipeg caught the water FIRST rowing for
~ stroke to the tvonty-nue of the lnsti-
tutes. The Winnpegs made the turn first
and straightened out for home a couple
mile ii, the last eighth. the Institutes cap
tured the angle and swept across the line
despite the terrific forty stroke of Win
Senior singles. Mcdowell caught the
water first. Rumohr was pulling a stroke
Of thirty-elEht, while his opponents were
half length the lead over l1ackett and
quarter over Mcdowell. The men were
wide OF their stakes and had to make long
detourS. Rumohr and Hackett started to
turn the same flag and the former seeing
his fault crossed TO his own stake Hack
EFT fouled him and put hole in his boat
and Rumohr went ashore. Mcdowell in
the meantime was wcl started on his way
home, with HaCkett slightly in the rear.
HaCkett crossed the line four lengths ahead
Of Mcdowell. \ protest was entered and
the regatta committec disqualified Eackett
and ordered the race rowed over by Nc
Dowell ana Rumohr tomorrow.
Senior eicht-oared shells. II was ten
minutes after the schedule time when the
crews started The Tritons were rowing
20 to the minute, Minnesotas 50, and first
Bohemians, g. At the half mile it was a
ana the Bohemians had Il lead of but
slight consequence At the three-quarters
the MinnesotaS had dropped little behind,
while the 'rritons had forged ahead, Their
little coNswain was steering course as
straight as an arrow. but the coxswain of
the Minnesotas had gotten his crew into
quicker stroke, and they drew up so
that the shells lapped The Trtons nulled
StiitlN, hut TeSa. the cpNSwain of the first
Bohemians, had his cap off and was cheer
backs bent almost double and the boat
was simply lifted out OF the water by their
efforts. Cheers filled the air, and with but
scant quarter of a length to the good,
the Bohcnians crossed the line before the
Tritnns while Minrcsotas' boat bobhed a
ID was one Of the best eight-oared races
ever seen in this country, not ten feet di-
viling the crews at the finish and no clear
water between them.