The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

The events of the two days were cap
tured as follows: Winnipeg four, Min
nesota two, Lurlines one Two of the
three races yesterday were closely con-
tested, and were worth a lot of ordi-
nary contests on the water. The con-
Guiding event, the triangular senior
double race, was beautiful, and revers-
ed the result of the struggle between
Winnipeg and Minneapolis the day be-
fore, when Strang and Johnstone won
from the Flour City duo. The sturdy
Minnesota senior four, ''Merrie' Bend,
the Langfords and Percy Houghton,
measured the distance with the Winni-
peg seniors, Logan, Strang, Waugh and
Johnstone, and won the leading event
of the regatta handily without being
at any time hard pushed. Little
SANDY" Logan, Winnipeg, beat out P.
B. Walker, Lurlines, for the junior sin
gle honors, after Bjornstad's shell had
gone to pieces and left st. Paul with
out a fnisher. Despite the disagree
able weather earlier in the day, when
the judges boat padded to the start
ing point the lake was a shimmering
surface like lady's mirror, and just
the slightest zephyr blew towards the
finish. Col. Reeve, +tPudge' Heffelfin-
ger and Commodore Andrews were in
evidence, while the watches were held
by Horace e. Bigelow, James Redmond
and H. M. Boutelle. Messrs. Senkler.
Lave and James presided at the finish.
The Minnesotas were touted for the
senior four event, the coveted race on
the card, and the brawny lads did not
disappoint their admirers. The Win
nipeggerS were their adversaries
From fairly pretty start, the St.
Paul boys bit to the good, both crews
went off, Minnesota pulling thirty
four and Winnipeg thirty-six strokes
! to the minute. The boats were very
close together, and, on the way to the
narroWs, foul seemed imminent The
Reds laid out long sweeping stroke
and showed the way to the narrow
strip of water between the mainland
and Big island, and, when the place
was reached, the shells were bow and
stern, with the Canucks acting as rear
guard.
At the end Of the half-miIe. when the
Reds had a length of open water the
best Of it, Coach Kennedy, of the Min
nesotas, said: Its our race-thev
can't wear our boys down."
Ihe st. Paul crew got to business
ana, IN spite OF little difficulty in
keeping to the course, forged steadily
ahead of the Canadian she'll At Big
island the Canadians whipped up their
stroke trif1e, but splashed and settled
down again. At the mile Winnipeg
dropped to thirty-two.
The Minnesotas, mindful that two Of
their men had to go in the later race
slowed down to thirty-two strokes
but maintained their lead easily,
Waugh, No. in the Winnipeg boat,
pulled plucky race in spite of the
fact that he has rowed less than fifty
miles all the season, and has done lit
tie or no training. Aided by the
steady, reliable stroke on the same side
Of the boat, by Johnstone, Waugh held
up his end, but paid for his effort
afterward. For a half mile, nearly, the
two crews rowed stroke for stroke.
both pulling steadily. The Canadians
realized that something had to be
done, and put up squirt at about a
quarter of mile from the line. The
Minnesotas Immediately met 1t with a
slightly quickened stroke, but were
never pushed, and in the last eighth
heightened their lead to two good
lengths, and, despite a second deter
mined squirt, the Canucks were unahla
| TO do the trick, and succumbed to the
Red quartette from ST. Paul. who pulled
| across the line in a little spurt with
| three lengths to spare The time for
| the mile and half was S:46. The vic
| tors were rewarded with vigorous
| cheers when they pulled in to their
boathouse They had landed the Sc
| nior four race, and had landed Il