Evening star., 1896-07-06
bearing the inscription: Henley Regatta,


scribed the names of the crews who have
been Its temporary possessoGs. Gs. including
1919; Cambridge Rooms, 1S41 and 1852; Ok
ford University, 1913; Etonian Club, Oxford.
1874; Cambridge University, 1S45; Thames
Club. 1916; oxford University. 1S47 and
ford University, 1850. 1851, 1852 and 1853;
Trinity College. Cambridge, 1854; Cam
bridge University. 1855: Cheshire Rowing
Club. 1856; London Rowing Club. 1851;
Cambridge University. 1888: London Row
ing Club, 1859; First Trinity. Cambridge.
1860 and 1851: London Rowing Club, 1862;
University College, oxford. 1863; Kingston
Rowing Club. 1854 and 1865; Etonian Club.
Oxford, 1866 and 1867; London Rowing
Club. 1868: Etonian Club, Oxford. 1869. 1870
and 1871: London Rowing Club. 1872. 1873
and 1874. Leander Club. 1878; Thames Row
ing Club. 1876: London Rowing Club, 1877;
Thames Rowing Club 1878; Jesus College,
Cambridge, 1879; Leander Club, 1880; Lon
don Rowing Club. 1881: Exeter College, Ok
1884: Jesus College. Cambridge. 1885: Trini-
ty Hall. Cambridge. 1885 and 1887; Thames
Rowing Club. 1888 and 1880; London Row
ing Club. 1890; Leander Club. 1891, 1892
1898 and 1894. and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
1898.
This year the Henley regatta stewards
have added to the beauty and value of the
grand challenge cup by placing it on base
of silver and ebony.
This base was designed by H. T. Steward
a well-known architect Of London: is
octagonal in shape, eighteen inches high
and sixteen inches at its base. Within its
eight chaste ana rich Corinthian columns
are eight bent silver panels. each bearing
the names of the fifty-six crews who have
successfully competed for the cup.
Beneath the columns are another set of
panels designed to be filled in with the
names Of the victorious crews of the future
The new base alone cost $1,000.
The entrance fee for the Grand" as the
cup Is generally termed. is six guineas (about
D.. receiving ha he
captain and the successful crew individually
and collectively engage to return it to the
stewards on or before June Of the follow
Ing Year.
Regatta Rules.
The regatta at Henley lasts three days;
begins each day at noon and lasts until @
or pm, and, not infrequently, ten races
are rowed in day. The president Of the
regatta Is Lord Camoys, and among the
stewards are Mayor Simmons of Henley
VINO gave such kind welcome to the Yale
crew. the Earl of Antrim. Lord Ampthill
and a dozen other weil-known gentlemen
Inc rules OF the regatta are very strin-
gent Under them no person Is considered
an amateur who has at any time rowed or
Steered In any race for a stake or entrance
fee VINO has ever rowed or steered against
professional for any prize: who has ever
taught athletics Of any kind for profit:
VINO has ever been employed on or about
boats for money, or who has ever been
mechanic. artisan or laborer, or engaged
In any menial duty.
Several days before the regatta the cap
tain or each crew must deliver to the secre-
ldry OF the regatta committee a list con-
tanning the names of the actual members of
the crew selected to compete, to which list
the names of four subs titutes for an eight
oar race, may be added.
Every competitor at Henley must wear
complete clothing from the shoulders to the
Knees, including sleeved jersey.
The Cornell men, in practice appeared In
American sleeveless
ly strip over the shoulders and very Wide
armholes. This caused an outcry and all
sorts of diSaSreeabIe parapranhs annea rcd
In the newspapers.
On the other hand the young men from
Yale. from the day they made their first
appearance on the Thames. have appeared
In the sleeve Jersey, which forms on ac-
count or the very great number Of ladies
present. such an important feature of the
Henley regatta
AT the start, every competing boat must
carry flag at It's bow, showing its college
or club coiors, and any infringement of the
rules lay the crews open to disqualification
The course over which all the races are
roWed is exactly one mile and $50 yards long.
Inc start Is made just below Temple Is
iand, on the Bucks (Buckinghamshire) side
OF the r1Ver and is practically a straight
course from start to finish. the bends of the
river being very slight. and not Of a nature
TO bother any competent coxswain.
The races are rowed with the stream
which runs at the rate of about three miles
an hour.
While piles at frequent. even distances ara
used to plainly mark out the course on both
sides OF the river, and white flags upon the
piles at each quarter mile mark these dis
tances.
The width of the course between the piles
is 13O feet.
The Surroundings.
Next to the racing. the great features of
Henley, during regatta week, are the fleets
or houSeboats which are ranged on the
BUCKS side OF the river and which extend
70 al lntehts and purposes from Temple
Island, at the start, to Phyllis Court, which
Is almost opposite the finish
Phyllis Court Is a beautiful and pietur-
esque place. having velvety lawn, shaded
Dy magnificent elns, which extends house
itself to the river side, where it is about
eight or ten feet above the water The
lawn of Phyllis Court, on regatta days. is
one OF the most attractive sights as it is
occupied by crowds of gaily dressed ladies'
who, with their escorts, stroll about be-
meath the shade of the old elms and wit
ness the boat racing under conditions
which naturally excite the envy of the less
fortunate eXcurSioniStS
Above Phyllis Court is the Isthmean Club,
to which the majority of the rowing men
belong. They have charming quarters and
the grounds are bright with many -colored
tents and garden seats
Further on Is delightful institution
of any recognized London or well-known
out-of-toWn club are admitted 1t has a
reserved lawn for ladies and Is very popu-
lar during the regatta week.
From Clubland on, up the course, the
hcuseboats. made wonderfully beautiful
win moral decorations. some of them being
actually floating flower gardens, are 1noo--
ed or anchored. side by side, painted in the
brightest of colcrs and having over them
awnings and iron rods to which are attach
ed lines of colored lamps which are lighted
at night and which transform the river
INTO delightfully."- illuminated spectacle
On the largest houseboats bands of music
DO their best to make matters still moro
interesting, and on board the smaller ones
amateur musicians succeed in making their
1riends happy or unhappy according to the
circumstances and the skill of the per-
formers and the endurance Of the gay par
ties within hearing
On the Berks (Barkshire) side, of the
Ihames In this vicinity there is a wide, flat
PLAIN which extends from the river for
about half mile, at the end of which dis
tance beautifully wooded hills. almost RI
vallng those about Cliveden, now the resi-
dence or William Waldorf Astor rise pic
turesquely grand, forming a most pleasan,
contrast to the lower surroundings.
Inc famous towing path is on the Berks
side OF the river, and along it the friends of
yale expect to run today and cheer the
Amef1can crew to victory.
There, however, the rushing crowd is
motley and generally unpleasant to all but
WON rvn<r