The record-union., 1897-07-15
Or. Mcdonald of Chicago Defeats
7. A. Guinness of London.
Inc EnglIShman at No Time in the Race a
Dangerous Competitor.
The Winnipeg Rowing Club of
Canada Beats the Utrecht Uni
versity Boat Club of Triton in
the Trial Heat for tho Stew
ards Challenge Cup-Thames
Club Defeated by the Leanders.

ards Challenge Cup-Thames
Club Defeated by the Leanders.
HENLEY ON THAMES, July a.
The trial heats of the Henley regatta
Tor 1897 began to-day with beautiful
weather, though stiff wind blew at
intervals from the Berkshire shore.
The crowd in attendance was not as
large as usual.
The first event was trial heat No. 1
for the Thames challenge cup. AT the
Bucks station Kings College, Cam
bridge, beat the Royal Indian Engineer
ing College and Hooper's Hill.
In the ladies' challenge plate, first
! trial heat, Emmanuel College Cam
bridge beat Baliol College, Oxford, at
the Bucks station.
In the grand challenge cup, first heat,
the Leander Club beat the Thames
Rowing Club by one and three-quarter
lengths. The time for half the course
was three minutes and twenty seconds,
and for the whole course seven minutes
and twenty-one seconds. This heat
was raced at Berks station
| At the Berks station in the first trial
| heat for the grand challenge cup, Trim
/ ity Hall, Cambridge, beat the London
Rowing Club.
| In the ladies' plate second trial heat,
the Berks station, Christ Church, OK
| ford, beat Trinity College, Oxford
| In the first trial heat for the diamond
sculls at the Berks station Dr. w. s.
Mcdowell of the Delaware Boat Club.
Chicago beat Thomas A. Guinness of
the Thames Rowing Club. Mcdowell
won easily by a length. Time-9:O1 3-5.
| Tomorrow he will meet E. H. Ten
! Eyck, Wachusetto Boat Club of Wor-
cester Mass; j. J. Blusso, De Hoop
Rowing Club of Amsterdam, and T. ].
Hogan, New Ross Boat Club of Ire
| land
| DR.. Mcdowell made a splendid start,
his easy, powerful stroke giving him an
advantabe which he never lost to the
! end of the race. He was quite clear at
the end of the Temple Island, and from
| that point seemed to be merely pad
ding, so far as exertion was concerned.
| He reached the half distance in three
minutes and five seconds, and was then
| three lengths ahead.
| He rowed a beautiful race, not giving
| Guinness any wash, and reached Fraw-
| ley court boathouse in four minutes and
seven seconds, the three-q quarters dis
tance stake in five minutes, the mile
stake in six minutes ffty-one seconds.
| Here Guinness made a squirt and re-
| duced McDowell's lead by two boat
lengths, but Mcdowell had plenty of re-
serve and soon drew ahead again
| Mcdowell steered badly at the finish,
but passed the final post a length ahead.
Guinness was cheered from the banks
along the whole course, while very little
encouragement was given Mcdowell.
The Chicago oarsman. whose form Is
distinctly better than it was year ago,
said to the correspondent of the ASSoci-
ated Press: I'm after the race. l eX-
rected to win, but naturally my success
encourages me for the races that are
to follow
In the trial heat for the Stewards
Challenge Cup, at the Berks Station,
the Winnipeg Rowing Club of Canada
beat the Utrecht University Boat Club,
Triton.
The Winnipegs won by half a length.
Time minutes 40 seconds. The win
rers who had the BerkS Station, got
away promptly and quickly took the leaq.
They struck the water at a forty-one
stroke. the Utrechts rowing forty At
the top of the Temple Island the Ut
rechts collided with the piles. From
that point to the finish their steering
was very bad, but 50, for that matter,
was the steering of the Winnipegs. AT
the halfway post the winners were in
the Utrechts' water, and within an ace,
when the Dutchmen spurted, of being
fouled.. The Winnipegs then returned to
their own water, and the Dutchmen fol-
lowed them. Opposite the grand stand,
in neutral water, the Dutchmen fouled
the Winnipegs, and for a second both
stopped. Then they started again, the
Winnipegs leading and winning by half
a length. The times were as follows:
Quarter mile, l minute 16 seconds; half
mile, minutes 40 seconds; three-quar-
ters, minutes 10 seconds; mile, min
utes 30 seconds.
The Winnipegs' boat seemed to travel
badly, the Utrechts' cedar boat acting
very much better.
In the third trial heat for the diamond
sculls, A. f. G.. Everitt of the London
Rowing Club, who had the Bucks Sta
tion, beat r. K. Beaumont of the Bur-
ton n-on-Trent Rowing Club.
In the trial heat for the Ladies' Chal-
lenge Plate, the Eton College crew beat
the crew of Hadley College. In the
fourth trial heat for the Ladies' Chal-
lenge Plate, Kings College of Cam
bridge, in the Bucks Station, beat the
Bedford Grammar School.
In the second trial heat for the Stew
ards Challenge Cup the London Rowing
Club, in the Bucks Station, beat the
Thomas Rowing Club.
In the first trial of the Nickalls'
Challenge Cup, f. r. Balfour and Guy
Nickalls of the Leander Club defeated
w. E. Grum and G. 0. c. Edwards, New
College, Oxford.
In the third heat for the Thames
Challenge Cup, the Kingston Rowing
Club beat Emanuel College, Cambridge.
The officials were spoken to regarding
the possible visit of the Cornell crew
next year, and they declared the Amer
lean oarsmen would be given a warm
welcome.