The Washington times., 1895-06-20

10 attendance and quality of the races.
the regatta uf the Columbia Athletic Club
20 the Potomac yesterday afternoon. was
decidedly an interesting. social and sport
ing event.
The weather was superb. aud the friends
of the mariners turned out IN IUII force
Ia witness the contests The baIcuny
Of the boat house. the wharf aud the roof
~ the builsing were tested to make room
Tor the gaiIy dressed aud enthusiastic
thrUug- The adJOiuiuE whaCves were
also occupied by crowds OF spectators.
There were five eyeats which. 's.
they were c'1aftnsd % the members q tfe
club, We're Gut less exciting than L
had been iuteTnGthiua! contests
The officers and members OF tie S...-
loStans and Potomacs were the guests
vi the club. the AHdIostaEs having come
down in their weIl-fuIed bargr The
officers OF the regatta were. Erfessas
Frank Muore, OF the ADaIOstaus. and WIN
onley. Of the POtOmacs, judges. at the
fIEish. W. " Dove aud c A Kintner.
timer. Pruf. CFoSIey, Of the c A C.
ONE LADY COXSWAIN.
II was proposed to have q race between
crews with ladies as coxswains. but only
one fully equipped crew appeared. and pr
course they had a waIk-over THIS crew
was composed OF Messrs- Clapp and Hecox.
with Hiss Geneva johnson as coyswaiU
The Judges arded Miss johnson a bouauet
OF roses as the prize for the contest.
The first event was Tor fou- mixed crews
OF juniors and seniors. These were
FIrSt-Sefton, stroke; Craig. .: Hecox.
3, and Burroughs, bow
SeCoEd-CIaTka. stroke Garter boyy.
Jeanette 3 aul Nolan .
IhlrI-Sh0enl2Se Struks. Ward 2, Co
burn, 3, and BlOunt, bo~
F0ITth-ShieltiS, stroke. CIdpp. 2. Tai
madse. 3, and Elder. bow
The course was baiT mile and turn and
resulted as follows BIoHar, first, Carter.
second and Burroughs, third Time. %
Elder ; crew was out II The race shortly
after having entered. on account OF a defect
in the slides The finish between Blouut
and Carter was very close and Garter would
have won had hisCTew beentvcEiy balanced
The second event WIS between seuicT
fOurS and junior fours. The seniors were
as follows. Mcgee, stroke. Mann, >
Blount,}, and Baker, bow Juniors. Car
ter. bow, Boyle. ,, Nolan, 3, JaqUette.
stroke.
This race also was warmly contested
the seniors winning by only a half length
This senior four Is the champion Of last
year. but did not row this time with their
champion stroke
The third event was a single scuH race
between +. MO1T, the champion Austria
liJn, and j. T. Elder Af0ar won in SIT
by length and a half
FINISHED IN THE Dt.SK
The last contest was between the junior
eights ana senior eights- The seniors were
Baker. Shoemaker, Stewart, Coburn. Wells
BEount. 8IanI, Mcgee and Holden. Juniors.
CrIig, Jaquette, Talmadge, Boyle. Nolan,
Shields. Carter, CiIrEe and Elder.
This race was flushed practically in
the dark. 1t was a mile pull, from the
Three Sisers to the finish, and was won
by the seJiOrs by EaIf length.
The principal interest conferred in the
contests between the junior and senior
fours and the junior ard senior eights.
In the former cCEtest be Juniors were too
strong on the port side
1t was considered a very fine exhibition
and was intensely iHteTes ting in the pEU
from the ACEetUct Bridge the finish.
The seniors made the mile IN 6;45, the
juniors in e4T The seniors did some
fine work on the return The juniors
were ahead by a IeTgth coming under the
bridge, aud, with the evenness OF the
match it took some hard work 10 forge
ahead and Win by half 4 length in less than
a hayf-mile stretch
The finish in the race between the eiehts
was barely visible 1t WAS stubtOFl-iy
contested fight from start TO finish
As the boats came in view under the
bridge il was evident that il would take
muscle To decide the race IL was, how
ever, Won by Ealf length by The seniors.
The fine work of both classes q the four
and eight races was applauded vigorously
from the balcony
After the regatta there was the usual so
ciable, with dancing ut the club rooms.