The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07
HENLEY REGATTA.
Everything in Readiness for the Great
Event OF To-day.

Everything in Headlines. for the Grca
Event ofTO.day.
Copyright. 1886. by the Associated Press.l
HENLEY oN-THAMES, July O.
This little town and the clubs and resi-
dcnces on both banks OF the river are
filling up rapidly, and the last OF the
house boats and steam launches are
taking up the positions allotted to them
by the Thames conservency officers.
The fleet Of pleasure craft already
assembled shows that all records, so
far as attendance Is concerned. are
likely to be beaten. The river banks
are divided up Into sections and each
craft Is compelled 10 moor in the spot
selected for IT,
It is only by tie exercise OF these pre-
cautions that the course can be kept
clear. This year q number OF house
boats and launches are flying the stars
cans who will be present will be far
greater than last year, when Cornell
unsuccessfully contested.
The crews entered for the Grand
Challenge Cup are In the main so ev-
emily matched that there Is little to
choose between them.
The first event tomorrow will be the
heat for the Diamond SOULS, between
+. Bcddlngton. OF the Thames Rowing
Club. and r. X. Beaumont, Of Burton
on-Trent. II will tnke. place al about
1880 n. IN.
At about noon the second heat for
the Diamond scull will be rowed and
the next event will be the first heat for
the Grand Challenge Cup.
The heats were drawn as follows:
Heat Alexander against Yale.
Heat B.--New College oxford. against
Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Heat C.-London Rowing Club against
First Trinity, Cambridge.
Heat D.-rhamrs Rowing Club bye,
Second round, heat E.-Thc winner OF
heat B. against the winner OF heat a.
Heat F.-The winner OF heat C,
against the Thames Rowing Club.
Final hcat-The winner OF heat f,
against the winner OF heat E.
Next to the Grand Challenge Cup the
greatest interest Is taken in the contes,
for the Diamond sculls, In which DR.,
Mcdowell, OF Chicago, will compete,
The heats were drawn as follows:
Heat Az. Be1dlngton. Thames
Rowing Club, against II. X. Beaumont
OF -On-Trcnt.
Heat B.-A. s. Wann. Trinity Hall
against Vivian Nickalls.
Heat &c. A. Guinness, against DR.
Mcdowell
Heat D.-Thc Hon. Rupert Guinness
holder OF the trophy, against II. T.
Rackstaffc. Of the Vcsta Rowing Club
Second round, Heat E-Thc winner
OF heat b.. against the winner OF hca,
D.
Hcnt F.-Thc winner OF heat C
against the winner OF heat a.
Final hcat-Thc winner of heat f.
ngainst the winner OF heat Il.
The weather to-day was blazing hot
and only the fnIntcst wind was blowing
II these conditions prevail Tomorrow
Yale will not reap the advantages OF
about one and One-hnlf to two and q
half lengths. which she would have II
the usually strong wind blew from of
TINT shore.
The rigging OF the Yale boat. still
seems to be amIss. but 1t Is believed
that the necessary alterations viii be
mad" during the day.
All the crews did light work during
the morning, but Guy Nickalls took
turn with the Lcander eight, and was
afterwards out with their four-oat
crew.
First Trinity did hnlf the distance
from the Island, In rs and with n
thirty-rigrt to tlIIrty-slx stroke.
The Thames crew went over the same
course in 1877.
New College went down to the island
and prncticGd starts. lcnndcr did the
same.
The French crew arrived to-day. Th:
Yale men lent them their old boat
pending the arrival of their own. The
French onrsmen were greatly pleased
at this courtesy.
The first contingent Of the Yale mcr
who arrived here by the Umbrla on