The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-17

THE AKERiCAN 0ARs,siEN LOSE 81;
i LENGTH. AND A HALF.
Yale Dsrve . Dlscky RAes IN the,
Triai Hest Tor the GraaA Chal.
lsngo Gun, bIt TAsS AAlait That
They Were Defeatsd Fairly DE-:
Mcdonald OF Chssags wins.

Mcdonald OF Chisago Wins.
Henley ont helT Thames, July o. ~ In
the first trinl! heat for tie grand chat
lenge cup. First Trinity beat London
Rowing club by half q length. It was
a flne race, but both crews were much
tired at the, finish. First Trinity made
a 1lne squirt at the finish. Time, 7:20.
In the second heat for the grand
challenges cup New College bent Trini-
ty Hall with, the greatest ease by one
and three-quarters lengths. Trinity
hall was quite done up ut the finish.
Time, 7:1O.
In the 1irst trial heat for the dia-
mond sculls r., X. Beaumont, Of the
Burton Rowing club, beat Frank Bed
dingtsn, Of the Midway Rowing club,
easily In 9.O7s.
In the second heat for the diamond
SOULS Vivian Nickalls, Loldon Rowing
club, bent Sidney Swami, Cambridge
University Boat club, by one quarter
Of length. 1t was good race and
both were exhausted ut the finish.
Time; S:53:
Previous to the beginning of racing
bob" Cook said that there was not
the slightest advantage in either the
Bucks or tie Berks station. He added
that 1t was a perfectly fair course.
| The third trihl heat between I4eander
and Yale was started with Yale in the
| lead. but Leander won easily. Lean
der's time was 7:()4. Leander won by
| one and three-quarter lengths.
In tile third heat for the diamond
SOULS Rupert Guinness, holder of the
I W ~ no 1>sS. m
| Blackstaff. Of the Vesta Rowing club,
by two lengths. Time, 9:O3.
In the first heat for the ladies' cfal-
lenge cup for eight oars the Elton
school boys beat Jesus college, Oxford,
by five lengths. The great popularity
OF the school boys was shown in the
arose when they were seen to be
aheadl Time, 7:23.
DIR. w. NJ. Mcdowell. Of the Della
ware Boat club, Chicago won the
fourth heat for the diamond sculls, de-
feating f. A. Gnint ss.
| Fairly Beaten.
Contrary to general expectations,
Yale was quite as quick as Leander in
starting. At the end Of the island Lee
ander had lead of one man. Yale,
however, steadily overhauled Leander,
and, rowing evenly, had lead Of two
men at the rectory. At the farm Lee
ander had pulled up until Yale only
had tile lead of one man. Then Lean
der spurted, overlook YMfe and had q
lead Of one man ut the half-distance.
TITS all over" said Leander man
IA the launch; "we'll win now"
J. o.. Rogers. Yale's No. 4. seemed
r0wed out ut this point. He was very
pale, and pulled listlessry. In spite of
this the Americans rowed stubbornlv,
powerfully and evenly, sticking to it
IN the gamiest manner possible. while
all around were cries Of "Leander, Lee
ander;" echoing in their ears. and GER.
tainly not giving them any encourage.
ment. Opposite the white house I4e-.
anier drew clear and when the boats
passed Ctubland George Langford,
Yale's stroke, seemed played out. He
was pulling lifelessly, and Leander
went ahead almost as they liked.
Bob Cook. in an Interview after the
Yale-Leander race, said: II have no
excuses to make. We were simply
beaten because we could not row as
fast as our opponents. We did as
well as possible with the material we
had to work with. I was satisfied we
could not win with this years material
at Yale.
1--WE have been handsomely treated
here on all sides. was perfectly sat
isfied with the drawing and with all
the arrangements. AS for the reported
change of stroke, that is oil nonsense"
After the heat had been decided Col:
Weallan, the representative of tile
Henley stewards, the other regatta Of
ficials, and all the prominent rowing
men, went to the Yale boat house and
shook hands with Mr.. Cook and the
American Oarsmen, expressing regret
at the fact that they did not win.
Mr.. Cook certainly never worked
harder to get crew in fine. condition.
to win race.
Langford, talking over the. race, re-
marked:
II felt the men behind me. were
growing tired. They were unable to-
keep up the stroke, and therefore
dropped 1t and heightened: Later on
Treadway and myself tried to raise the
stroke, but we found we could not do
SO to advantage, as the men were do
ing their utmost as It was"
Guy Nickalls, at the close Of the
race. shook hands with Capt. Trend
way, and said: "lt's, too, bad.~
Cholera in Egypt.
Cairo. July 9.-There were seventeen
cases of cholera and five deaths from
that disease among the Egyptian sol
diers here yesterday, and four deaths
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