The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-18
RACES At SARATOGA.
Record i'm the Mile and a Half
Broken by Waehusetts.
IN THE E,GHT-oAREo CONTEST,
Three Seconds or the Time The Lake
Householder Exciting
Events.

Saratoga. July fT-The sun came out
about an hour before the time for calling
the first race OF the regatta OF the Ma
tionaI Association Of Amateur OaTsrneh-
A brisk wind sprang up al the same time.
which roughened the surface OF the lake
considerably.
The story of the day /. that OF several
exciting contests and 0Ie record breaker
and a beautifully rowed race-the inter
mediate Fights The winning crew. the
Waehusetts Boat Club of Worcester,
Nasx., made the mile and a half in 7:33i@.
or three seconds better than the previous
best record, made by the Tritons. or New
ark. ~. j. The crews entered were the
Wachusetts, OF Worcester. the Eurekas,
OF Newark. and the Moutrose Boat Club.
For the first eighth OF a mile the three
crews were on even terms all rowing a
forty stroke. Coming to the quarter the
Montrose eight pulled into the Eurekas'
water and gave them their WASH, pratt
cally putting them out OF the race. Up 10
the mile IL seemed as IL the race belong
ed TO Montrose. but after that rne Wa
chusetts, with a clean. telling stroke,
simply forced their boat inch by inch past
their rivals. and at a mile and a quarter
there was glimmer of clear water be-
tween them. To the call or their cox
swain the Mcntrose men responded, and
within twenty yards Of the finish they
had Tapped the nose OF their boat over
the stern of the waoausetts and were
still crawling up. The nose Of Wachusetts
had barely cleared the line when the
Montrose reached ii. The race was won
by third OF length.
In the pair-oar contest the Pennsyl-
vania crew were the first TO catch the
water AT the quarter the Pennsylva-
Mas led slightly. and just beyond that
flag the Torontos began to steer badly.
"a Ia xGaFfts zr4fa xtrhA g.-nF
rattle at first. had Strengthened out. At
the half the Pennsylvania were leading.
but at the point the Torontos were ahead.
followed by Pennsylvania Ia seconds
later. At the mile and an eight the To-
rontos had increased their lead slightly
and were rowing long. sweeping thirty
eight stroke. Entering the last eighth.
the Pennsylvania crew tried to squirt.
but, could not, while the Torontos in
creased the stroke TO forty and crossed
the line winners by about two and half
lengths. Time. a:A6.
In the intermediate four-oared event, all
three crews caught the water together.
the winnipegs leading slightly. Both he
Winnipegs and the Excelsiors steered out
of the course. At the quarter the Wfnni-
pegs led slightly. rowing a clean stroke.
while the Metropoltans splashed At the
turn the Winnipegs and Metropolitans
turned together. but the former began TO
draw away. and won by two and one-half
lengths Time, 9:os.
The races tomorrow will begin at 3
o'clock. and will include the finals in sin
giles and the senior Fights and fours. sum-
nlaries:
Senior singles-T. \. Ramona, Toronto
Rowing Club, won In 1912. Fred Haw-
kins. OF the Harlem Club. Of New York,
did not finish. Ryan. of Toronto, did
not start.
Senior singles, second heat-John l..
Hacketf. Rat Portage. Ont. Rowing Club,
won In I0:04i5. Fred Cresser, Nesper Boat
Club, Philadelphia, second: r. Mckay,
Argonaut Boat Club. third.
Pair-oared shelIs-Toronto Rowing Club
won In 9:i6; Pennsylvania Barge Club.
Philadelphia, second.
intermediate four-oared shells. Winnipeg
Boat Club won In 9:03; Metropolitan Row
ing Club. New York. second; Excelsior
Rowing Club. Paterson. third. The De
troits did not row.
Intermediate eight-oared shell, Wa
Cihusetts Boat Club, Worcester. won in
1884,: Montrose Boat Club second. Eureka
Boat Club Newark, third.