Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
SUCCESSF1LREGATTA
Columbia's Crews Take Half the First
Prizes.
EVENING STAR bf TO PHILADELPHIA.
Crowds Lined the Shore to Watch
the Exciting Events.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RACES

Without hitch, without a serious foul,
ana, indeed, without single unpleasant
incident to mar the perfection of the &C.
caslon. the Potomac river regatta OF 1896
came OF on scheduled time, and when the
spray Of the oars had subsidized and the
river began to resume its normal appear
ance. at about o'clock, the Columbia club
had secured three of the six trophies for
first places and the other three had been
won by oarsmen from other cities. 1t was
Columbia's day, indeed. The wearers Of
the winged arrow clearly won the cham
plonship Of the Potomac for the season,
and the colors OF the other clubs must be
lowered to theirs until another summer has
come. with its opportunity to wrest the
honors away from the c. A. c.
AS stated in Saturdays Star, the banks
and the bridge were well crowded at 3
o'clock. the hour for the commencement of
the races. The Bartholdi steamed up the
course with the umpire, Commodore Car
rigan of the Schuylkill Navy and the COM
mlttee and newspaper men, and shortly
after j O'Clock the junior Fights OF the Co
lumbias and the Potomacs followed to the
start for the first race just at the eastern
edge of the shallow water marked by the
Three Sisters. From that point to the
broken only by the piers OF the Aqueduct
bridge. which served admirably as markers
for the course.
Junior Fights.
A prettier struggle between boats than
that first race of junior Fights could hardly
be imagined. The word was given at $3.50
o'clock. with the Columbus on the Dis
trict shore and the Potomacs near the V!r-
ginia lire. The Columbus got the water
first and settled down at cnce into long,
easy, smooth stroke that promised good
staying powers. The Potomacs hit quick
stroke that sent them into the lead. and at
the first quarter the rudder of the Potomac
boat was about even with the stroke oar
of the COlumbiaS, But the quick stroke
soon began to tell on the wearers of the
red, and when the bridge was reached Co
lumbia had crept UP to about even terms
From that point down Columbia gradually
gained, the long sweep telling nightly,
and at the third quarter the winged arrow
men had half length to their credit, and
were pulling smoothly as machines. with
no signs of fatigue. At the Columbia boat
house Potomac was nearly length behind
and at the line Columbia had full length
lead. Just before the line was reached Co
lumbia's coXswaln allowed his boat to drift
with the tide inta Potomac's water, and al
ter the finish the Columbia boat had gone
SO far over that there was a foul. Po-
tomacs had steered closely as possible
to the edge of the line of small boats gath
ereQ at the HnlSn, Wllle COlumDld COnlln-
ued to press the reds further over. Had
the foul occurred before the line was passed
the result might have been different. Iae
PotomaCS entered a Claim for the race, on
the ground of the fouling, but Umpire Car
rlgan decided that the collision had not at
fected the result, having occurred over the
line, and awarded the race to Columbia.
Time, 5:23 SO.
Junior Singles.
The second race for junior singles was
walkaway for Lockwood Of the West Phil
adelphia Boat Club. The other entries
were Peter Moar of Columbia and II. 7.
Maurice of Potomac. Lockweods Superior
lty was well known before the start and it
was anticipated that he would have no
trouble in winning. He caught the water
first at the word, which was given at
4O6 o'clock. and within fifteen seconds he
had shown clear water between his boat
and the others. From that time on the
race was a mere procession, with Moar
pluckily holding on in second place and
Maurice hopelessly behind. Lockwood
| made one of the finest turns ever seen on
the river, while Moar was very awkward
in getting around his buoy. Lockwood was
nearly at the bridge again on the home
stretch before Near and Maurice straight
ened out. Lockwood won by anywhere
| from ten to fifteen lengths, without ex-
erting himself, pulling a beautiful stroke,
while Moar second. Maurice did not
| finish. Lockwood's time for the mile and
half was 1881 20
Junior FOurs.
Inasmueh as Columbia won the junior
Fights their trainer decided not to start in
| the junior four race, which came third,
and this left the course open to the Ariels
| of Baltimore. These men looked very fit
| as they took their positions, and it was
remarked that they would put up a game
race for the senior four trophy The Even
ing Star cup, which came next on the pro-
| gram. 1t was thought that their having no
competition would serve only to warm
them up for the more important event.
They went over the course a matter of
| form, in a leisurely manner. The time
| taken was 1854, indicating the way in
which they took care not to exert them
| selves. Winning this race gave the Ariels
| the Mason cup for the second time.
Senior Fours.
The great race Of the day was that for
senior tours, which was fourth in order
There were four entries, and the prediction
was freely made that there would be fouls
galore, while the Pennsylvania Barge Club
of Philadelphia, the present holders of the
cup, were prime favorites in the betting
Columbia was easily next in preference.
The Ariels had the District Shore with the
Analostans next, followed toward the south
by the Pennsylvanians, and the Columbus
had the best position of all, on the Vir-
gnia side. The word was given at BPS
The Pennsylvanians were first to catch the
water, and starting straight as an arrow
for the arch through which they were to
pass, they steered one of the most beauti-
full courses ever seen here, and did not
seem to lose foot on account of drifting
The Columbus hit up quick stroke at the
start that sent them ahead q bit at the
quarter. The Ariels, too, were rowing hard
with a quick stroke, but they seemed some
what ragged. The Pennsylvanians had set
tied down to long, steady stroke, while
the Analostans were in the bunch, but
steering badly. Columbia lost her advan-
tage by bad steering before the bridge was
| reached. Her bow man took the boat out
of her course and passed through the
wrong arch. Half a length must have been
lost in this manner; At the bridge the
Pennsylvanians were trif1e in the lead
perhaps a quarter Of a length, while Ariel
was second. The Analostan boat had a
tendency to swing into Pennsylvania wa
ter, and a foul seemed imminent Just be-
low the bridge But Moore. in the bow
soon caught his bearings and brought his
boat around just in time. The turning was
beautiful. The four boats seemed to be
broadside on at the same time. Pennsyl-
vania turned a bit ahead of the others
while Columbia was taking a wide detour
to get around the buoy. The Ariels, how