Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-14
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Winnipegs Captured Their Heat at
the Henley Regatta.
FIRST BY ONLY HALF A LENGTH
DR.. Mcdowell of Chicago Also in
Front.
W. W. ASTOR'S son ROWED

HENLEY. England. July 1.-THE trial
heats of the Henley regatta for 1891 began
today with beautiful weather. though Il
stiff wind blew at intervals from the Berk-
shire shore. The crowd in attendance WAS
not as large as usual
The first event was trial heat No. for
the Thames challenge cup. Kings College,
Cambridge. beat the Royal Indian Engin-
eering College. Hooper's Hill.
In the ladies' challenge plate (eights).
first trial heat. Emmanuel College, Cam
bridge, beat Baliel College, oxford.
In the Grand Challenge cup (eights). first
heat. the Leander Club beat the Thames
ROWING Club. winning easily and in perfect
style by one and three-quarters lengths
The time for half the course was three
minutes and twenty seconds. and for the
whole course seven minutes and twenty
one seconds.
In the trial heat for the Grand Challenge
cup. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. beat the
London Rowing Club.
In the Ladies' Challenge Plate Christ
ford.
In the first trial heat for the Diamond
Souls: j. j. Blusse of the De Hoop Row
ing Club. Amsterdam, beat s. Fairbair
Jesus College. Cambridge
In the trial heat for the Thames Chal-
lenge cup. the Delft Rowing Club beat the
Thames Rowing Club.
mcdowell Wins.
In the trial heat for the diamond SOULS
OF the Bucks station DR.. W. S. Mcdowell
OF the Delaware Boat Club of Chi9apo
peat r. A Guinness. Thames Rowing Club.
Dr. Mcdowell made a splendid start his
easy. powerful stroke giving him an AID
vantage which he never lost to the end of
the race He was quite clear ut the end
of Temple Island. and from that point
seemed to be merely padding, So far as
eNefuon was concerned lie reached the
hdlf-milc distance in . minutes and : sec
onds and was then three lengths ahead
He ro-Ted a beautiful race. not giving
GUINNESS any wash and reached Fawley
Court boat house in ! minutes and Z sec
onds the three-quarters distance stake in
> minutes. the mile stake in Il minutes and
III seconds Here Guinness made squirt
and reduced McDOwers lead by two boat
lengths. but Mcdowell had plenty of re-
serve ana soon ircw ahead again.
Mcdowell won easily by a length. Time
minutes II 10 seconds.
Tomorrow he will meet f. II. Ten Eyck
Wachusette Boat Club of Worcester. Nj. IS. :;
j. J. Blusso. De Hoop Rowing Club. Am
sterdam, and T. J. Hogan. New Ross Boat
Club Ireland.
WinnipeEs Win.
In the trial heat for the Stewards chaI-
lenge cup. four. the Winnipeg Rowing
Club of Canada beat the Utrecht Uni
versity Boat Club.
In the trial heat for the diamond SOULS
at the Bucks station II. T. Blackstafe
of the Vcsta Rowing Club beat C. X. Phil
Ups. New College. oxford.
The Winniregs won by half a length.
Time. . minutes ~ seconds. The winners,
who had the Berks, got away quickly and
promptly took the lead They struck the
water at a 41-to-the-minute stroke, the
Utrechts rowing at 10.
AT the Top of Temple Island the Utrechts
collided with the piles From that point TO
the finish their steering was very bad; but
SO, too, for that matter, was the steering OF
the WinnipegS. At the halfway post the
WinnIpegs were in the Utrechts water, an /
within an ace. when the Dutchmen spurted.
of being fouIed.
The WiLnipegs then returned TO their own
water and the Dutchmen followed them.
Opposite the grand stand. in neutral water
the Dutchmen fouled the Winnipegs, and
for second both stopped.
Then they started again, the Winnipegs
leading and winning by half length.
The times we're as follows:
Quarter mile. I'm. los; half mile, I'm. Hos. :;
three-quarter mile. Am. lbs; mile. an 5'Is.
The Winnipegs' boat seemed TO travel bad
ly, the Itrechts' cedar boat acting very
much better.
In a trial heat for the diamond sculls a
F. G. Everitt, London Rowing Club. beat
X. X. Beaumont Burton-on-Trent Rowing
Club. Beaumont rowed very badly Once
or twice he nearly capslZed, and at the
mile post he was completely winded. He
fouled Eyeritt and was repeatedly in the
latters water. Everitt was an easy win
by one and three-quar;ers lengths in
eight minutes fifty-seven seconds.
In d trial heat for the ladies' challenge
plate the Eton College crew beat the crew
OF Radley College Elton won handsomely,
leading Radley after passing tine Fawlcy
Court boat house. The youngsters came in
three lengths ahead, Astor rowing excel
lently and in good style. He is strong
oarsman. The tire was minutes and 2.:i3
seconds. The winner had the Bucks sta
ton.
In a second trial heat for the ladies' chal-
lenge plate Kings College, Cambridge. in
the Berk's station. beat the Bedford Gram
mar School