The San Francisco call., 1896-07-09

first half OF the course was rowed over by
New College in 800.
Passing Fawley Court Leander began to
spurt and drew. up level with the Oxford
men at the mile post. Then the nose of
the Leanders' boat showed in front, and at
the lsthmian was three-quarters of length
ahead. Passing the Isthmian the New
College crew made a grand squirt, but the
Bucks side favored the Leander boat, and
in the desperate trial of speed an d endur.
ance for the finish the finer form of the
Leander men was clearly apparent, the
latter boat crossing the finish line half a
length ahead in 7:06.
Both crews were pretty well pumped.
The New College men were the worst
wlnded, however, and it was some minutes
before they recovered.
The race was a splendid one and both
crews were cheered, the Leanders of course
receiving the larger share of applause
The sixth heat of the race for the dia-
mond SOULS between r. K. Beaumont OF
the Burton-on-Trent Rowing Club and
DR.. w. S. Mcdowell of the Delaware
Roat Club of Chicago, who beat the Hon.
h. a. Guinness OF Eton College so easily
yesterday, was regarded as of especial I'M
portance in view of the fact that II the
doctor should yanquish Beaumont as easily
good chance of capturing the
diamond trophy from the Hon. Rupert
Guinness, the holder of the diamond
sculls and the only other survivor OF the
trial heats. The result showed that there
was little ground for apprehension that
the trophy would be won by an American,
| for Mcdowell was beaten with as great II
not greater ease than he beat Guinness
yesterday.
In the Grand Challenge cup heat be-
tween the Thames Rowing Club and the
first Trinity Hall eight Trinity got away
| first, rowing stroke of from p up to Al,
| Thames stroke running from p to 40.
| Temple Island and at the half mile had
! Increased the lead to half length.
| Thames then began to draw up, and
passing Trinity was leading by half a
| length at the Fawley Court boathouse.
from this point the Thames boat went
away clear of Trinity and held her lead to
the finish, winning by bare length in
| 1923.
In the heat for the diamond sculls be-
tween Vivian Njckails and the Hon. Ru-
| pert Guinness, the latter crossed tie finish
line four lengths ahead in 9:19.
The sixth heat for the ladies' plate was
won by the Eton College crew, who beat
| the Radley College boat easily.
The fourth heat of the Wyfold challenge
cup was won by the crew of Trinity Col
Iege, Oxford, who beat the Caius College
crew easily.
The second heat for the stewards chal-
lenge cup was won by the Thames Rowing
Club, which beat Magdalen College, Ok
ford, by length and a half.
The first heat of the pair-oared, raced for
the Nickalls challenge cup (silver goblet),
was a row over for E. W. Ecrum and c. M.
Pittman of New College.
The fifth heat for the Thames challenge
cup was won by Emanuel College, Cam
bridge, which beat the Kensington Row
ing Club easily.
In the fourth heat for the Wyfold cup
the London Rowing Club beat the Long.
ston Rowing Club length and half.
The fourth heat, for the Thames ch4l-
lenge cup, was won by the Societe d En-
couragement crew of Paris, which beat the
crew of Trinity College, Dublin, by half q
! length.