Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-22
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| The Post Cup for Flights.
| Thu first prize in the race for intermedi-
ate Fights is the Post cup which was pre-
scented to the Potomac river regatta by the
Washington Post Company. 1t was origin
ally intended as trophy for four-oarcd
shells. but owing to the fact that The Star
| and Mason cups ere also donated for this
| purpose, the givers very kindly consented
| TO make the handsome prize the incentive
| for intermediate Fights to do their very
| best. Banners will be given in both these
| races, as well as in the other events fer
which there are no regular trophies.
Recalling a Famous Fizzle.
The remarkable number of entries and
| the general interest excited by the coming
regatta have caused a good deal of gossip
among old boating men about the great
| aquatic events that have occurred on The
| Potomac. There are few of the old-timers
| here who do not remember the Hanlon-
Courtney flZzle in the autumn of 1880
| The city of Washington never turned
| out more unanimously on the day of an
| Inauguration than it did on the day of
| that tremendous swindle. Crowds began
going riverward early in the morning. and
| long before the hour for the race ap-
| preached both banks of the river from the
Aqueduct to below the G. street wharf
| were crowded with people, while the Aque-
vehicles to cross. Every rowboat and sail
| boat in Washington and within ten miles
| Of it was seeking some place of vantage
between the flats and the AQIeduct, and
steamer after steamer loaded down to the
guards lay here and there in the channel
along the course.
| At 3 o'clock in the afternoon it was i'm
| possible to secure a vehicle anywhere in
| the business section of Washington, and
| the novel sight was presented of passen-
| gers riding on the roofs of the avenue cars.
Nine-tenths of the stores and business
| houses were closed and their proprietors
and employees were over in Georgetown.
| It was Courtney crowd, but when the
| little Canadian beat the New Yorker as
easily as he could have vanoushed an
amateur, there was nothing too bitter in
| the way of execration to take the place of
the enthusiasm with which the American
oarsman had been greeted when he ap-
peared in his shell.
The First National Regatta Here.
| The next year another enormous crowd
went to the boat races at the national
| regatta, which was held here, and in which
the famous Hillsdale crew of Hillsdale,
Mich, won the national championship with
consummate ease. Four years ago the ma
| tional regatta was again held here, but not
| much interest was taken in the races out
side Of the confirmed lovers of aquatics.
The Hanlon-Courtney race mentioned
above proved a substantial blessing for the
Columbia Athletic Club. The boat house of
this organization was not built at the time
of the Hanlon race, but the lumber to be
used in its construction was all on the
ground. With commendable foresight the
Columbus transformed that lumber into
| a commodious grand stand, and nearly
$1,000 worth of tickets were sold to the
eager people who wanted to see the start
and finish Of the race between the great
Carsmen.
For several years there was much lack
of harmony among the various local boat
clubs here, and for this reason there were
no successful regattas, but now all the
old wounds have been healed and the fu-
ture for aquatics on the Potomac looks
hopeful indeed.
The Races, Clubs and Crews.
The full list of entries for the events
Saturday next is follows:
Junior Single Shells.
Lewis NJ Reitz, Ariel Rowing Club, Bal
timore; P. Moar, Columbia Athletic Club,
Washington; Howard T. Maurice Potomac
Boat Club, Washington.
Junior FOur-Oarcd Shells.
Analostan Boat Club, Washington-Boyd
Taylor, stroke; s. s. Ludlum, 3; A. L.
Ryan, 2; Walter R. Hensey, bow; substi-
| tGtes, c.. A. Clemmons and o. c. Hine.
Columbia Athletic Club-C. A. Jaquette
stroke; w. d. Dolan, 8; P. Moar, 2; o. L.
Carter, bow; substitutes, w. T. Dewdney,
jr.. and o. E. Craig. Baltimore Athletic
Club, Baltimore-William F. Ritter, bow;
T. j. Boykin, ); l.. L. Lloyd, =; VIM. Lily,
stroke; substitutes, William +. Werner and
John F. Hunter. Ariel Rowing Club, Bal
timore-Fred B. Foche, stroke; w. c. Cur
ley, ); James r. Browne, 2; c. w. Rolph,
bow; substitutes, Louis NJ. Reitz and F. A
Hancock.
Senior Four-Oared Shells.
Analostan Boat Club. Neutrality-suspicious.
A. Fisher, stroke; Franklin Moore, 3; Q. C.
Hine 2; J. Warren Stearns, bow; substi-
tutes, R. c. Howard and A. V. Leete. CO.
lurrbia Athletic Club, Washington-volney
Eaton, stroke; George NJ. Mann, 3; C. W.
Hecox, 2; II. w. Blunt, bow; substitutes,
w. c. Dewdney and o. E. Carter. Potomac
Boat Club, Washington-C. w. Oliver
stroke; G. Won Dachenhausen, 81 j. H
Flynn, 2; c. G. Warden, bow; substitutes
]: A. Oliver and NJ. C. Ball. Ariel Rowing
Club, Baltimore-Fred B. Foche stroke;
w. c. Curley, 3; James R. Brown, p c. w
Rolph. bow; substitute. E. A. Slack. Penn
sylvania Barge Club Philadelphia-C B.
Dix, stroke; Edward S. Paret, 3; Homer
Meade, ,; F. R. Baltz. bow; substitute,
Howard Short. Metropolitan Rowing Club
New York-W. Grant, stroke; ]. Rogge, 5;
F. Ellis, 2; T. S. Mahoney, bow; substitutes,
C. Drogge and F. Morrison.
Lightweight FOur-oared Shells.
Analostan Boat Club Neutrality-suspicious.
A. Fischer, stroke; Franklin Moore, 3; O.
c. Hine, 2; ]. Warren Stearns, bow; sub
stitutes, Charles Fair and A. B. Leet Co
lumbia Athletic Club, Washington-J. Ma
gee, stroke; +. H. Parsons, 5; Claude
Lundsford, =: J. r. Elder, bow substitutes
w. A. Smith and Grant Burroughs. Poto-
mae Boat Club, Washinston-C. W. Oliver,
stroke; George Won Dachenhausen, 5; ]. H.
Flynn, ,; c. G. Warden, bow; substitutes,
Frank Ball and Alex. Won Dachenhausen.
Junior Eight-Oared Shells.
Columbia Athletic Club, Washington-C
c. Clarke, stroke; o. E. Carter I; j. r.
Shields, 6; w. NJ. Mooney, 5; W. T. Dewd-
ney. jr, 4; c. B. Stewart, 5; L. S. Wells,
jr., 2; L. o. Craig. bow; substitutes, w. d.
Nolan c. y. Jaquette, C. w. Hecox and d.
]. Walsh; coxswain, J. r. Elder. Po-
tomac Boat Club, Washington-J A.
Oliver stroke; U. S. Roulette, 4; A. NJ
Archer, 6; James Bauby, 5; w. F. Gal
lagher, 4; DIR. II. Cockerille 3; 2. 2. CORN
ley, 2: NJ. c. Ball, bow; substitutes C. W.
Oliver, ]. H. Flynn, George voa Dachen-
hansen and John Hadley Doyle; coxswain,
Charles G. Warden. Baltimore Athletic
Club, Baltimore-William F. Rittler, stroke;
James F. Hunter, 1; John Hasling, u; John
c. Manning, 81 l.. l.. Lloyd, 4; T j. Boy
kim 3; William F. Werner 2; William Lii