New-York tribune., 1896-07-08

Vn asU q tneis stroke would explain yales defeat to-
be reverseS sa'1 fhey were SUR that the result would
hsssT nooseve, Secretary of the United States EN-
f@ted bt sse himself as sorry THAI Yale de-
or Nun young men who were plited against older and
| s!ty crews. ''o" 'ie "'Ner-
A FAIR BEAT SAY THE YALE CREW.
lhe members Of the Yale crew are ii satisfied ,ba,
they were fairly beaten and they are also ert,reI
sausned with the way they have been handled by
NNoA' "ho' they declare. has done everything that
coud be don done In their Interests Any story to the
n the cary morning hours the sky was overcast
So M mere was every promise of dsagreeabe weather
brightly e were o ey sns at san r s sans
padding and taking short spurts Thousands Of vis.
the river crowded With sigSsesrs s oA"ks OF
practice ae M crew sa came e our at 10 O'clock for short
shs asF MascS as SrSSs %. The The! men c0k light
omnibus to the starting point at the ton Of emn a
whittier their boat had been owed by the
sable dispatches from America this morning wishing
though ob men St In sed shape and
n iu nothing to say as 10 the chances of Yales win
No rowboats were allowed upon the course after
y O'clock all having been cleared of at race time
upon the course unt the bel rang them off ANN
Irefe was no wind when the Leander and Yale
s started and consequently neither station upon
,s the third heat Of the race for the diamond scus
.a Guinness who won the diamond souls last year was
wei ~e contested most of the way. The men got a
and Baekstafe forty Guinness led half rsa ienSsS
s Mas sve s,b but s the top Of the island
blackstaffe led by quarter of length at the
beyond rectory he was half length in advancs u'
Sunh' auah Is & tnen drew UP, and was quarter Of
thiss this point he went away and by two lengths in
HOW DR.. MCDOWELL WON HIS RACE.
Then came the event OF the day In importance
| TO Engshmen wel Americans to the race be-
tween Leander and Yale the trial heat for the dia
mond SOULS between DR.. W. S. Mcdowell Of Chi
cago and the Hon Z. A. Guinness. of Eton College,
brother 10 the Hon. Rupert Guinness of the Leander
Club. the holder Of the diamond trophy, whicSn he
won last year The doctor has met with series OF
upsettung running into the piles and being run down
a as boat % his ss and h s 10
INA tnan III: share q i1dicnle and beting comment
and received an ovation from the crowds that were
packed in every available space at the finish line Of
| p.ayed with Guinness. winning as ne pleased. HIS
| time wasn't extraordinary; in fact 1t was slow but
breakng pace to take the Hon. Mr. Guinness mo
camp He finished in s:ss three Quarters Of length
ahead Of his opponent. who appeared 10 be greatly
fasgsd He might as well have ili. finished many
when the contrast between the work of the two men
in the actual race was seen.
| belief before the that would win the heat
| though his boat Was in none too good shape after
run By the caas four the otheT day
slight wind was blowing across the course. but 1t
Dr Mcdowell took the led almost from the Start
shsad iie" He esdy ee hts 1 and
Fawey court ne & was two % Ms IN bn ,6 Tf
clean. easy strokes holding the victory, halfway
He cOgId have beaten Guinnfss as he liked ,o.
the thirteenth post and Clipped his oar badly. lie
passed He will meet Beaumont. the winner OF the
first heat in the Diamond Scus race, tomorrow
ssvs he nat only expects to win tomorrow, but has
notion that he will win the Diamond scuils
OTHER RACES or THE DAY
The other of the day are summarized as fol-
Ladies Plaie the E;on College crew beat Jesus Col
The second heat Of the race for the Ladies, Pia;ss
was by Bacl Col,ege which bo4t the Bedford
ase ;arq BY n'a Rady nc cOes Sss Which Trinity
In he % sourth heat for the Ladies Plate. Emman-
uel College Cambridge. beat Trinity Hail. Cam
The dfst heat Of the eiEht-oared race y, for the
Rowing Club. which beat the London Rowing Club
In the first heat Of the four-cored race for the
Wyfold Challenge Cup Trinity College Oxford beat
The second neat in the race for tire wyfold Cha
lenge Cup was between Ca-us College. Cambridge.
, The The third heat for the wyfod Challenge Cup was
won by the London Rowing Club. which beat me
Christ Church. oxford, four with ease
IRE hrst hea, in the four-oared race for the seT-
aris Challenge Cup was won by the London Rowing
Cub, which beat the Caus College Cambridge boat
TIE first heat of the race for the Stewards Cha
enge Cup, for four oars finished the rowing for me
gay insre s Many Of the specaors lef
at O'Clock but enormous crowas si renairea rea
general opinion is that the days sport was excep-
Among The Americans present were J. T. Whtisi p,ab
ard DiGley end Richard Croker ani wife; Of New
York and Henry Pearce. Of Providence, r. l., who |
witnessed the race from steam isu,gh; 6. g NC
yo,cSkIsss an,SSks " sl6cum How!and and " D. Makepeace
ass!i@s @S4 @:si elected P II Bailey captain Of the
Brown ard Rodgers have entirely recovered from
The Henley regatta is the most famous rowing .
contest in the world. 1t was established in 1852. /
although since 1929 regular races by dght-oared .
boats had occurred this stretch OF the Thames.
rhe course underwent a radical change in 1885, and
the rev course has been found satisfactory tc /
English oarsmen that it has been strictly adhered 10
sinc. The Yale went TO contest for the Grand
Challenge Cup, the most historic al hiShiy przed
trophy known oarsmen-the same that Cornell
tried for last year and failed to win In 1873 the
Columbia College crew went over 10 race for the
Visitors Challenge Cup. They also failed
There are egh, trophies contested for at Henle".
Tho following summary shows what they are and
he holders OF each with the time made last year IN
the principal races and the best autnenuc recoru
for each race since II was Instituted:
c., challenge C,,1-Holders Trinity Hsll Cam
h,,dyr Tine-I:D. Record-65l. made by Le1nder. In
1891. ,,,, .u,..o-daro pouin,
Cubs crew Holland. Record-7oo'z' made oy Loha"h
adies Challenge Plate-Holders, Eaton College crew
Time-7:25 Record-';1O' rnade py ir''iiS i''' ~"
bridge. in 1857. ,,,, ,ooso, p (, crew,
r,meV7:J5 Record-7:37 made by Brasenose coHeee'
HWySld u cosIienge CupHolders, London r. C. crew