The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-08
GAUDAuR STILL CHAMPION.
THE CANADIAN HOLDS SINGLE
sCULL PRIZE.

Stansbury, the Australian Champion
IS Badly Beaten In the Thames
River Races-The Australian Tries
an Ugly Trick, But Defeats Him.
self BadIy-'The Spectators Treated
to a Pretty Match In Rowing.
l London, Sept. THE great single scuIl
race for the worlds championship and a
stake of $500 between Jacob Gaudaur,
the Canadian oarsman, and James Stans-
bury Of Victoria, Australia, who won the
championship by defeating Charles r.
Wag Harding of Putney, July IS. last.
was rowed to-day, and resulted in a vic
tory for the Canadian, who won with
greatest ease.
The race was rowed over the old cham
pionShip course of four miles and three
hundred yards from Putney to Mortlake,
and was witnessed by large crowds of
people, who lined the banks. The start
was made at LAO p. m. Gaudaur was
first to catch the water, and soon had a
good lead, which he gradually increased
until in passing Hammersmith bridge, he
was nearly ten lengths ahead, and quite
that distance in the lead at the finish.
The weather was cloudy and dull, but
the state of the weather had no effect
the river banks at an early hour, and by
the time the start was made every avail
able space along the water front from
which good view of the course could
be had was packed with people. The
water was smooth and the tide strong.
The betting was to 4 against Gaudaur
Stansbury won the toss for position and
took the Surrey side of the river. There
were number of false starts before the
boats got away, Gaudaur being the chief
onender In preventing a good sendoff
Gaudaur was the first to get away finally,
but fifty yards from the start Stansbury.
who was pulling steadily, crept up and
gradually passed Gaudaur, leading the
Canadian by a quarter OF a length at
Clasper's boat yard
When Stansbury passed Gaudaur the
crowds along the river bank became great
ly excited and cheered themselves hoarse.
eauoaur rowed desperately and stuck to
his opponent closely. Both men, at this
stage OF the race, were pulling grandly.
Stansbury rowed nineteen strokes In the
hrst half minute and thirty-seven strokes
in the first minute, while Gaudaur pull
ed eighteen strokes in the first half min
nte and thirty-four in the minute Though
Gaudaur got rather the better start Stans-
bury quietly crept up and caught him,
leading by quarter Of a length at the club
house Of the London Rowing Club, and
half length at Thames Rowing Clubs
boat house. At this point Gaudaur put
in some very effective work, gradually
catching up with the Australian, with
whom he was on even terms at the top
of the Middlesex embankment Gaudaur
was now going on well, and at the Bevere-
fslsg br6olzS me- l8ad pulled away from his
opponent so that he led by quarter OF
length, and was the same distance in the
lead at the Craven steps. Both men had
by this time dropped their stroke to thir-
ty to the minute, but Gaudaur was rowing
with more power in his strokes and was a
clear length in advance at Crabtree.
Continuing to row very fast, the Ca
madam increased his lead and got away
from the Australian so rapidly that at
Harrod's wharf he led by a length and a
half. AT this point Gaudaur took Stans-
bury's water, whereupon the Australian
spurted vigorously, obviously trying for
a foul. This move caused Gaudaur to go
back to his own position, losing somewhat
thereby for when he reached his own
water he was leading by rather less than
a length. When they shot Hammersmith
bridge, which they reached in eight min
utes and fifty seconds, Gaudaur again
went over toward Stansburys water and
the Australian repeated his attempt to
foul his opponent this time with more
success than before. Stansbury put on a
furious squirt and managed to foul the
Canadian again just off the Lead mills
but after this he was never in the race.
Seeming to be satisfied that he was beat
en-, he held up from the moment he foul
ed his opponent, and did not appear at
any time thereafter to exert himself
much. Gaudaur kept on with his powerful
strokes going away from Stansbury easi-
ly and increased his lead every moment.
Indeed, from the Lead mills to the finish
it was a procession. Gaudaur reaching
the winning post about 200 yards ahead
of the Australian champion.
Gaudaur's time was twenty-three min
utes and one second, and Stansbury's
twenty-three minutes and forty-six sec
onds.
Upon crossing the finish line Stansbury
protested against Gaudaur's being award
ed the race, alleging that the latter had
fouled him. His claim, however, was not