New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
THE HENLEY REGATTA.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR THE SPORT BEGIN
MING WEDNESDAY.
GREAT CROWDS OF VISITORS EXPEcTED-THh
RACES AND THOSE WHO WILL TAKE


PART IN THEM.
Henley. July l0-The regatta when 'es'"s VI"
Wednesday bids fair to be record one in this
rooord vaer as far ms the rurnbcr OF spectators Is
concerned Henley certainly has never been SO luii
as IL will be next week the last social function
OF memorable season
As usual. the first Of the oarsmen to appear here
were the forcgners-this time the Winnipeg crew.
who have been wei. received and have created
marked impression. though their style Is Neeiy
criticised az being ragged They row In new
paper shell by Waters. Of Troy. The Dutchmen
have been here over fortnight. Dr. mcdowell
and f. H. Ten Eyck arrived during the week, having
done their practice work at Putney In the poats
just built by Clasper. There are nfty-six entries
two less than in 1s96-which are as well apportiohed
as to require two only in the preliminary
heats The list is follows:
Grand Challenge Cup-Leander c. (holdcr), Lon
don b. c.. New College, oxford. Thames X e.
Ladies Challenge Cup Baol cSlless. oxf9ra 0,tsrd:
Em%anue Colege ca%srdhge E'Sa Radey yosSe zee
Saf1 !ese and H'hss Fifty tSass Sollese. osford
T9a%ss Gna5e cSfess oere
sir csmbrdse fisee1s heders kings college Cambridge
Kingston R. G. London G.; Royal Indian p En- =.
G. (hoiders). New College: oxford: Thames R: G,
Tro:. Trin5:y ana mai. Wia"ipes ae'a T. G. csnsda -
Visitors Challenge Cup-Holders !Gaius college,
lege oxford: Third Trinity. Cambridge and Trinity
Wyfoid Challenge Cup-Holders Trinity College.
2xOr do not saT Iess soae SSeE
ment s ' au sport Nauiique Paris; Thames r. c. and
Third Trinity. Cambridge.
kii Sakals5 "deHss do NOT start + Baltoar and G.
Nckals. Leander Club; A; S. Bell and ": J: Fer;
g % TEq Ms Ns~ Ggsse ffrR sad
and + Carr. Magdaen collsfst & OXFORD = A. Time
The Diamond scul!saaHolder the Hon r. Guin-
does % not r. f'ar "a Ks Wsn r. c J.
hIasss; Hoop r A%ssTd1m; cd,isss Fl G.
s%srase EysIt e?1ss1 ass Hon eSs Thsmss
T. Hogan; New-Ross b C. Ireapd: B. III, H H9W 1SI
{: K. Phillips New College. oxford; F. H. Ten
The Eights-The French crew from the soce.e t
dEncouragement au Sport Nautiaue has with with
sity remind towpath frequenters Of the Cornell Cornell
crew by their short stroke; They are well together,
river eossips announce. win be seen here in 1898
The Idsr Sd eight csn b Is
composed as follows: G. W. y Graham j. a; tord'
G. J. d. Dc GodIe H. G. Gold. stroke and H. r. X.
Pechel. coxswain.
Trinity Hall sends a crew OF which not much Is
expected despite some OF the names are names TO
listen to In boat-D. Z. Campbe-Mur. N. l..
Calvert c. H. Hole. b. II. Howell W. A. Biebes.
A. s. Bell G. T. Billiard w. J. Fernie (stroke).
with F. NJ Foster as coxswan. Another Cam
bridge coege-Emmanuel-sendsa an eight OF which
nobody is afraid-P. w. Guinness. T.. b. Howell,
c. McJ. Messer. II. w. Head. II. j. BOYD, s. "
Pearson w. b. Rennie. w. Hill (stroke) and w. II.
G. Woodroffe as coxswain Kings also enters an
eight for the Thames and Ladies' Challenge cups
which crew has won little favor from the tow
path--J McBryde s. McDougal. f. W. c. Saun-
ders. G. J. Chitty. A f. Conybeare, r. Bafour. r.
L. V. Foster. G. w. Cornish (stroke). with A. F.
Dobbs coxswain.
The oxford crews. as usual counted on to
carry away OF the trophies and the parti-
sans of Kew are confident that they will give
Leander lead the last few yards OF the
Grand Challenge News eight Is thus made up:
J. j. de Knoop. G. O. Edwards, A. Hitchin. A.
o. Dowson, c. x. Phillips. II. Thorpe. w. e. Crum.
A. whitworth tstroke). Trinity will try for the
Ladies' Plate with Harrison. James Parker, Beale
Wood. Anderson. Thompson. Elliott tstroke) and
Horams (coxswain). Christchurch tries for the
sana plate and the Thames Cup with T. c.
Blaauw W. Woodward. p. Warner. l.. V. Bay
shawl c. Elliott, c. Workman, A. w. Richards. e.
J. H. Rudge (stroke) and B. T. Holland (coxswain).
Baliol for the Ladies' Plate. sends c. X. Dunlop.
H. X Nisbett. A. II. D. Steel. p W. Boxer p. s.
Kershaw f. L. Ware, A. T. Herbert. c. w.
Tompkinson (stroke) and K. Clayton (coxswain)
This Is a rather fast crew. and has been coached
by c. NJ Pitman. The Metropolitan crews do not
strike being up to much. The Thames eight
Is E. Campbell-Muir w. G. Ross. c. H. Allin, g.
E. GILL; A. F. Johnstone, J. A. Rennie Guy R'xon
and G. Herring (stroke). The London Rowing Cluo
has a fairly promising eight in W. J. Thompson. F.
g. Lowe A. II. Taylor. J. Whitlark, K. V. Ether
ington- Smith. w. II. Mackinnon, r. 3. Crier ana
A. s. Little (st!oke) The London eight Is made up
as follows: ]. H. Smith. J. A. Whitlark. r. J.
Lecky c. MaynardTaylor. T. r. Thomas, b. II.
Roscoe w T. Towers and w. q. Everitt
The Fours-Some exciting racing may be expected
from the fours That Of Leander-which club Is
this year housed In Its superb new boatnouse near near
with great life. are not the least unsteady. and
generally admitted to be what Winnipeg has most
J. & A. Ford, H. wills and Guy Nickalls to stroke
and steer Nor is the new four for the Stewards
Ing ing records aie remem6ered-De Knoop, Edwards.
ana whIyOFh For hs YseGs fqp TSSyps SST
and Mdde,On stroke The Tsrd TTs p Cam for
OF of'qf the Thames RIA Rowing Club is G CampbellMur.
j. A. Rennie Guy Rixon and G.. Herring. For the
S ThasT Kin na ana E i M Heath The &c
Stewards four from the London CluP Is thompson.
Taylor 14e '.D and whiarE They are considered
the fine four Trinity Hall has sent-Campbell-Muir.
Bell. Bieber and " J. fernie ,ro.,, q. ,no v,ot.
ais Challenge Cup. never seems to exce SO ,i, nucn
nere, as the Other races and yet i Is generally cnn
tributes two pairs and completes with New-Mag-
uTf Tbe Diamond sculis.-This race attracts as much
interest as any, the entries being more numerous
than usual, and the absence of Rupert Guinness and
Guy and Vivian Nickalls making the race a really
open affair The dozen competitors are or about
equal strength. ]. j. Busss. the Dutch cham
pon. has been doing good work. and Beaumont.
tainly in better form. w. g. Everitt is also re-
garded as formidable. Busse Is wonderfully
Dowerful but has style according 10 Henley
notions He relies on leg motions. does not bend
his back and there is little swing 10 his work Nc
Dowell is In better form than year ago. and II
he can manage to negotiate the course without
running into the posts he may be in at the finish.
There are the usual houscboats and most OF Hen
ley's old friends on the committee which has H T
Fenner. W. F. D. Smith D. H.. Mclean. Lord
Ampthill and +. J. Pitman TO assist
The drawing for places In the various heats Of
the races to be rowed here, beginning on Wednes,
tN Diamond Sculls Or. Mcdowell. OF Chicago.
competes against young Guinness. f. II. Ten
Eyck jr., Of Massachusetts, IN r, the DR. drawing for