Evening star., 1896-08-22
MIGHT GO TO HENLEY.
DfscussinE the Sending of the ID A.
@. Eight Abroad.

10 Henley next summer. The crew Is COM
rcsed Of experienced men, who have rowed
races for several years. After three weeks
work In the spring the crew defeated the
Annapolis Cadets one and one-half miles
in 1891. The University Of Pennsylvania s
crack crew had three months training and
then barely succeeded in beating the ca
diets, the time being much slower.
On the Schuylkill river the B. A. c. eight
defeated the celebrated Bohemians of New
York by three lengths. The Bohemians
were last years national champions. The
University of Pennsylvania eight beat the
Bohemians only a quarter of a length, and
would not have done that had 1t not been
for the bad steering Of the Bohemian cox
swain.
Then the oriole crew went to the national
regatta at Saratoga and won the race for
eights.
The Baltimore American discusses the
chances of the eight follows:
I'm practice. the regular time for the
Baltimore crew for the mile and half on
Spring Gardens, with smooth water and
calm weather. is seven minutes and twen-
ty-four seconds.
''The course at Henley Is not a mile and
half 1t is a mile and five hundred and
fifty yards. There are four hundred and
forty yards in quarter Of a mile SO that
the English course is one hundred and ten
yards greater than a mile and a quarter.
Leander won last June in seven minutes
anu fourteen SecoHUS, OT ten StCOHus ldsttt
than the regular practice time of the Bal
timore crew. While they went ten seconds
faster than the Baltimore crew, they COW
cred three hundred and thirty yards less
space. A gait of a mile and half in seven
minutes and twenty-four seconds, as done
regularly by the Baltimore crew, reduced
will be found to be gait of about six
yards per second. In the distance rowed
in England and in America there is dif-
ference in favor of This country Of three
hundred and thirty yards. AS it takes the
baltimore crew one second to cover six
yards, II would take them fifty-fve Sec
onds to cover the additional three hun
dred and thirty yards. Subtract hfty-five
seconds from their time of seven minutes
and twenty-four seconds, and one has the
time it would require them to cover the
mile and five hundred and fifty yards.
This bit of arithmetic signifies that the
local crew could go the Henley course in
six minutes and twenty-nine seconds.
This is forty-five seconds faster than the
last regatta was won by Leander. and
twenty-five seconds below the fastest time
made at Henley, the worlds record being
6:51.
Should ii be a possible consummation to
serd the Baltimore crew to Henley next
June, they would in all likelihood be in far
better shape. next year than they were In
this. They would get a new boat and
would start at once into light training
leading up to the really serious gymnasium
work that would commence with the new
year of 1897
The American estimates the cost Of send
ing an eight to Henley at 300 1t cost
the Cornell University students close to
$4,000. and Yale spent probably more.
New Wheelmen's Associatfon.
Information Of a reliable character comes
that syndicate Of bicycle manufacturers
has been formed with the intention of
wrestling from the League of American
Wheelmen the control of racing. The prime
movers are said to be E. c. Stearns & Co
of Syracuse y. Y, and A. G. Spalding G.
Bros. of New York, Philadelphia and Chi
cago. 1t is the intention of the new com
blnation to have circuit. The cities COM
posing thiS will probably be Phladelphia
New York. Boston. Buffalo, Syracuse and
Chicago. One Of two other towns where the
greatest interest is shown in the sport may
be taken in. Control of a track will be
secured in each city or a track rebuilt
There will be two race meets a week in
each place where there is a track through
out the entire season.
Men who ride in these races will come
under the ban of the L. A. w As a COM
pensation they will be guaranteed good
prizes, plenty of sport and no effort will
be spared to induce the crackerjacks to
cast the league aside and make the new
scheme successful by their co-operatfon
Alleged arbitrary action by the league rae
Ing board is said to have brought about the
break.
The Big Race at Toledo.
Strangers are already arriving in Toledo
Ohio, to attend the international yacht
race between Vencedor and Canada Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday next. Aside
from Its interest as d sporting event
yachtsmen see in 1t a renewal of the old
contest between keel and centerboard''-
Canada being cutter of the latest tyne
and Vencedor ''skimming dish with a
nm Hundreds visited both boats when
docked, and the wise ones believe The
weather will decide the contest. strong
wind will favor Canada: light winds Ven
cedor.
Besides this, the belief is current that
Canada's crew are better sailors han that
of her rival
The owners of the respective boats have
agreed to divide the S.:a0 in goli offered
by the Toledo International Yachting As
ISOLATION. Like true sportsmen they do
best to win the silver cup. but the cash
will be divided-8O per cent to the winner.
40 per cent to the loser.
The cup is on exhibition In a store win
dow and attracts crowds of admirers
A New Cycle Record.
The worlds records were broken yester-
day at Salina, Kan, at the state meet Of
the L. A. w. Vesper. Bren and Hunt the
Kansas City triplet team, lowered the one
third mile track record from 30 seconds TO
81 % seconds. Reddy' Maxwell did a
one-third mile in sS 81. lowering the record
from 80 40. John Lawson, the Terrible
Swede," Of Chicago rode a mile, flying
start, in . minutes Hat.
The Kaiser's Yacht to Blame.
LONDON, August 22.-The Field throws
the whole blame for the Isolde accident
and the resultant death of Baron Won Zedt-
witz upon the Meteor. 1t comments uron
the ridiculous and inadequate coroner's
inquest" and asks what the Yacht Racing
Association and the Royal Albert Yacht
Club are going to do in the matter In
1t says: THE attempt to
blame Saint is mean. 1t is a modern in
stance of the fable Of the wolf and the
lamb
CHANGED THE SENTENCE.
The Court Had an Odd Way of Show