Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-09
THE SPECTATORS EXCITED.
Unusual Interest Taken ID Tho Hen.
Icy Regatta.
FIVE THOUSAND AMERICANS
,....rt 10 witnea. tho Race for tho
Challenge Cup-Yins weather
-Grnnd sceno.

HENLEY. oS.TiIAMEs, July o. Cor
nall covered the course In S IN. ii ?.
Tho lirsl heat for the grand challenge
cap today ut noon, thu Trinity Row.
ipT club, Cambridge, beat the London
Rowing club eight easily, four lengths,
min. 30 >. High wind prevented
nu time. Trinity Hall had tho Bucks
Or most favorable shore OF tho coursp.
In tho fret heat for the Thames
challenge cup, the ~. Johns college
iOIiordl boat club beat the eight OF the
Tbsmes rowing club by length and
A halt, In m. 5Ts. In the second
beat for tho grand challenge cup, the
Eton college crew bsa, the eight OF the
Thames rowing club.
In the fret heat for the VlsitorP
challenge cup. the Trinity nall Cam
thige) crew beat the four OF CAu' col
ltgs.
lnths second heat for the Thames
challenge cup, tho crew Of the Nerus
boat CLUB, Amsterdam university, beat
ihe crew Of the Lady Margaret (Si.
JohnF college, Cambridge,) boat club.
The Dutchmen simply walked away
from the Lady Margaret crow and
Won M they liked by two aud half
lengths. They received tbs hentties,
kind OF reception az tney crossed lhe
line nhend Of the home crew.
Cornell and LeAudeT were 10 start
promptly at 3 O'Clock. The wind con-
iInued blowing strongly In favor OF the
Cornell crew which hal tho Bucks side
VI the river. beander refused TO start
without word was given aud the Cor
nell crew rowed over the course. The
time OF lho crew was IN. IL o.
THE GREAT EvEsT.
HENLEY-os.THAME July D.-The
1liy.siKth anniversary OF the water
Derby In Great Britain opeuoj today
and promises to DO one OF the most
interesting on record. This IL mainly
tue 10 the TACT that the seven entries
Tor the Grand Challenge Cup, tho
"Bue Ribbon" OF aquatics, includes
thAtoi the crew from Cornell uniyor.
,liy, Ithaca, n. Y.
The Grand Challenge cup wss fret
competed for IN 1880. The Leander
toWing CLUB, composed mainly OF sx.
Oxford and Cambridge oarsmen are
too holders OF this trophy, and the
Leandet boat cluO holds the record for
this race, o MINUTES 81 seconds, made
10 1891, over the Henley course, one
ard onV half miles.
Consequently there was an increase
Of Interest In this event when II was
decided by drawing lots ut the town
hall OF Henley on Saturday last, that
Cornell was TO meet the Leander
crew, tue most prominent oarsmsn OF
ufeat Britain, this afternoon, In the
htit heat In which the Americans
hke part.
Last year the race for tho Grand
ChAlleugo cup was rowed In seven
minutes .2 seconds. ana as tho men
Tom Cornell have frequently covered
TIE course In n little over seven min
uIss, their admirers, In spits OF the
gloomy reports from traiuipg quariers,
telltVe That the winning crew would
nave 10 break the record.
A PICTURESQUE SCENE.
has been pronounced impossible
10 Imagine more picturesque scene
than the one furnished ON tho waters
anu banks OF the sold Father
Thames" between Regatta Island,
Nhleh II the starting point, ana Hen
icy Bridge, short distance above the
nnlsh. Henley 10 situated thiTty.six
miles, about an hour OF railroad rain
riding, from London, in an ideal ling.
l'h country district, ami on regatta
vaya crowds OF excursionlsts travel
i.m the great metropolis II the
Thames near Henley to witness this
unique aquatic carnival. Tho com.
lsung oarsmen, OF course, ire the
man attraction, but tn cir hunutods OF
Nmlrete, male anu female, arc tho
PEOPLE who make up the picturesque
crowds At Henley.
Az rough estimate fully 1900
leople Will DO present Mt the regatta
which began tolay, continues tolnor.
LN aud ends on Thursday. Every
lLfel fentaOle has been secured kr
usys, weeks and even month. ahead
thls, the opening day OF tue regatta,
suu important personages connected
h cornell university after wander
~ ior hours about Henley and Its
uBh1orhood, were unable TO obtain
V-s uhtll some Kind OF malIeshiit Ru-
,mhouall0n was provided them NJ
crew. N''
AMERICANS PREsENTIN NUMBERS.
lhl, recalls the fact that the young
n'u " cornell Will not lose for lack VI
Encouragement from their patriotic
snoW citizens. The number OF Amerl-
,aus present In Great Britain Is by all
eouhls the greatest ever recorded,
uyhoW, the crowds OF A moriuans ~
,uey curing the three dHya Of the
,sGlH win utterly eclipse anything OF
Nv Aluu ever dreamed Of. The visit.
y Iom the United States took old
sn ueF Time by the foTelOck aud 40.
sI.va Tue best apartments and mOi,
"IoItable house boats it was possible
money TO procure, and tary are
'''tmlned TO "root" Tor the boys from
,tusll Us long rs their lungs hold out.
"e'' 'he average American rarely