The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
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&C. Men Pleased With the
Result of the Regatta.
! COMPARISON OF THE CREWS,
r.r,es Bay Pulls an Old English Stroke
-Rough Water Held Seattle Back
A New Shell Needed.

80. J. A Ballet. r. -. Hughes "
Goodwin and G.. NJ. Sheafe ir.. the
r crew, which did such magnificent
- An the senior four-oared race at ytc-
-. last Saturday, returned TO the CITY
j ~.eterday IN fine spirits.
!, srznt Ballet arrived on the Kingston
..rsy IN the morning, owing 10 business
s,r.xenents. while the other sturdy oars
- with the so-caEed shell, came on the
s.h.uae at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
4 cssra Ashton, who trained the crew after
1~hard Hurd was called TO New York
~ was al the wharf and expressed him
~ as well pleased with the account the
ssu rad given OF themselves in the race
:. he ran his hand over the TWO grea.
,dxes on the bottom Of the shell he re-
ns-ked that Il was really shame sha.
!. GOOD a crew had been forced TO make
~ important race in such poor craft.
Every man Of the crew looked well.
sssafe did not appear as rugged as the
oshers and IL Is not generally known that
~ was considerably under the weather
Taursday and Friday preceding the race.
Tha, the young man pulled himself to-
setaer" as the expression goes, and went
through in great form. was so highly
rlsasng to Capt. Ballet that he made spe
al mention OF the youngest member OF
he crew Continuing. Capt. Ballet said:
I'VE have nor returned horne as a vic
torious crew. / do not want the people
n this city to think that we are CRYING
sbout the ifs and ands OF a race All
fsere Is to II is that we rowed for an we
rere worth and lost the race by two
kngths. The James Bay boys won, and
they earned the race. too. / do not care
10 d.rcuss the questi OF whether the
victorious crew went outside or inside the
hoy The umpire said they followed the
.r.r4vr as41 ko$
aFrom the time we arrived in Victoria
Until we left the treatment we received
xas such that Il should be taken for a
model BY other cities where rowing re-
eatsas are held. We were shown the ut
most civiiity and courtesy. and I desire
Il 10 be known by all sportsmen that in
1rswing for positions there was not the
Gghtest favoritism shown in any WAY
ahape or manner. Five slips of paper
numbered IN order from / TO were put
into hat. I drew first, and got slip No
!. You will observe that that gave me the
middle course. Vancouver had No / or
he outside course on the west: Portland
No. 2, next to our shell. and No. was
dawn by the Burrard Inlet crew. The
James Bay club secured the inside course.
which threw them close to the buoys that
have caused so much talk.
Did Not Round a Buoy.
Right here l want TO correct the i'm
preston that has gone forth that we
rcwed around buoy In the course. There
was no turn, for the race Is supposed TO
pe one and one-half miles straightaway,
but owing 10 points OF land along the
shores OF Esquinalt harhor. where the
race was rowed. the course was laid out
WITH bend. the line of which was mark
"a by buoys. The first one was !, 300 yards
from the starting point and marked the
most pronounced curve in the course. IL
The James Bay crew had gone to the east
Or inside this buoy IL would have short
sned the course for It as compared with
NAT OF crew taking the other side as in
tended"
Capt. Ballet was inclined TO ston a,
this point. but when pressed for an ac-
count OF the race az experienced by \
man IN one OF the contesting boats. he
finally consented TO relate his experience.
as follows.
When we were called into line ready
70 begin the race / cast my eye over the
dherent boats and mentally calculated
our chances. The James Bay men were
hrger than the men I'm my boat. and
Zach would average seven pounds heavier.
They had fine cedar shell and knew
sne was fire water boat. The Nancou-
yer crew was in a good paper shell, and
had seen their work as winners of the
'our-oared race the day before. While
Knew they would row a good race, was
not AFRAID Of them. One glance at the
Burrard Inlet boat told me wo had moth
ing to fear from that quarter. She did
Tot hold up at the stern knew she was
oat OF the race. Portland was In a fine
rev paper she'll. and. 1 had been Informed.
vas calculated 10 row a faster race than
ne year before
The s. A. c. crew was the only one
tsat stripped to the waist My medita-
ions and spccuIations were cut short
ey the voice of the starter. All heard
icr the next few moments were the words
nat fell from his lips. l did not see or
realize that 5000 people were watching
WITH eager eyes for the smoke OF the p.s-
'c that would send us travelling over
ne course. each crew bent on coming in
shead | knew that the water was calm
'or start and only hoped II would con-
tnue so 20 the end The starter was now
MEng In a pleasant clear voice. He
said:
SHAH say: gentlemen. are YOU
feady7" Two seconds afterward 7 shall
say: stand fast" and I'm two seconds
sHerward fire the pistol
The Race as seen by the Rowers.
TIC moment he finished we were ready
sor the word. had my watch In The boat
'os the signal 1t came. and we were
en- All OF us made good starts. and
mere was no ragged or irregular row
as In three or four strokes there WAS
CHANGE IN the line. for the James Bay
peat and our she'll commenced 10 poke
.aSir noses &c The front. We were row. ]
ms thirty-seven strokes 20 the minute
sa9 the James Bay men were doing about
.ae same work. bat with a different ac-
Ioa' AT twenty strokes from the start
saw that the race was between James
cay ana ourselves. We were struggling
.SA AMI neck. neither seeming TO be
@ose 10 gain an inch. ! saw that the Van
puVer crew WAS doing well. out could
~ nope 10 eaten US. while the Portland
M M were falling short OF calculations
nelore twenty-five strokes had been taken
,IeFe was clear water between the two
"saers and the nearest rivals.
suddenly there was n change In the
sa'er, ana | saw ri once that we had
srack what might be termed a rough
s1esk' In comparison with what X was
- tae star: I shoDli say that IL was
.sss Rear the frat buoy that this change
.seS place and had tAe men lower the
rose down 10 thirty-siS minute We
sa' INTO the rough water prows even
TIE buoy.
Al ne second buoy. third ~ n mile
Msn the first. We wen; out OF the rough
s4ues' and caught a glimpse OF the
.hes Bay boat about two lengths ahead
We We're sim holding oar thirty
stroke bat then spurted for twenty
srckss, ana when directly opposite me
s'yA Arthur. one-quarter % ME
.sn the finish. ruck a .hirty-seNen
FT minute clip. No, A man In the boat
,sasenet and the oars cut the water
sAn and Win a regularity that was
Easing We col,a, not overcome the
80 however. and although we finished