Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-07-24
TEN EYCK WINS.
Diamond SOULS Will Go to
America.
OF Stock of Aforementioned by
His Fathcr-YounScst on Record.

HENLEY on THAMES, July 2lEdward
Hanlan Ten Eyck, the young oarSman from
Worcester, Mass. has won the final for The
diamond sculls in the great regatta ben,in,
Blackstaile. He is only Is years old and the
youngest man ever to win tn" trophy. lie
did no, row to his utmost ability but only
hard enough to keep out Of the way of his
competitor. The Eag;iishmen here do not
relish it and the finish was MA lc almost In
silence. Later they saw the boprishncss
of their action aud unnent little.
The race was one and on.-half miles
and the time minutes - seconds.
At the presentation OF the prizes Co. Frank
william, in presenting the diamonds and sill
ver-git gobe,s to Ten Eyck, said: This.
the most important prize Of the Henley re-
Eatta. is now carried out OF the country Tor
the second time, ii having once con" to ilol-
land. | am sorry it has been won away from
us, but we must put up with it and try to
get it back. hope the winner. when hs
goes home, will tell his countrymcn that he
had clear course and FAIR play.
Ten Eyck is descended from stock of
watermen. PeekskiIl on the Hudson, where
his grandfather runs II small ferry. Is his
home. He is a few months more than IL
years old, in stature feet Il inches. aud
in weight l62 pounds. His father is alsD
widely known rs u scui!er, and taught his
son to row. Young Ten Eyck Is modest,
thing in life which has an interest for him.
On july 4, 1895, he won his first junior race
at the \. T.. A. Il. \. regatta on the Charles
river. Old-time scuiers who saw him ,,o to
the front ON that day with the easy grace
which makes his s,ullins remarkable,
said then that he would be- heard
from later in events of vaster importance.
The very next year he made prophets of
these men by winning the national inter-
mediate championship at Saratoga in faster
time than that made in the senior race.
The marvellous work for one so young set
the rowing world by the ears. AMI when on
Labor day. 1896 Ten Eyck won the senior
championship for New England. almost
every rowing patron, from the Hudson to
the Charles, was ready to back the young
wonder against Whitehead. who held the
championship. The match was made. and
the two sculers met on the Quinsisamond
course. Ten Eyck won. Those VINO have
seen this young man at his best say that he
can row l-2 miles inside record time.
Leading rowing men say that Eddie
Ten Eyck will, ii he follows it up. be cham
pion of the world when he is u wears old.
Many now think that he is the fastest soul
Ter, amateur or professional, in the world,
at mile and a half or under. 1t is doubt
full, however, if Eddie becomes profess
sional for many years. He is ambitious,
and SO is his father Eddie" is going to
the Worcester High School, and when he
graduates it would not be surprising to find
him a student at Harvard. The chances arc
that he will never become professional,
unless indeed there is revival of aquatic
sports.
Very few people have clear conception
of exactly what the diamond souls are,
many believing that diamonds are shaped
like miniature skulls, and that tho winner of
race is given the prize for his permanent
possession. Instead the diamond souls is
a perpetual prize. 1t consists oftwo crossed
SOULS, or. as the unniiiated call them,
oars. about IS inches long. The souls
are made Of heavy solid gold. ard at
the Iont of intersection n large solitaire
diamond is attached. The value Of the
prize is conside cradle. probably about $4,000.
Since the diamond sculls were added to the
Henley program in 1874. there have been
many asprants from countries foreign to
England for the victory. but none of them
has been successful in bringing victory from
England. with one exception. That was
Ooms Of Amsterdam, Holland. who won the
race in 1899.
The bond OF $4,000. which must be de-
posted before the diamonds can be brought
here, has been furnished.