The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-15

N'DowEIL EASILY TAKES TIRE
TRIAL HEAT At HENLEY.
Chicago oarsmaa Leads From start
TO Finish - The Crowd Cheers
Guinness, His opponeut-The Win
niorg~ tietorioa. Over the
ttre~hts-R~Sntta1 Il Opened With
Favorable Weather.

HENLEY -oS-THaNEs. July 1.-THE
trial heats Or TIE Henley regatta for lsy7
beSaH today SIth bssutIfal weagheT
though 2 atiff wind blew AT intervals from
ire Berkshire shore. The crowd in at
tendance ws~ rot as large as ususl-
In the Grand Challenge cup nrst heat
rhe LeaDaer Club beat TIRE Thames Row
ing Club by one and IRREGULARITIES
lengths
AZ the Berks atstlon. IN the first trial
heat for ;he Crane Challenge cup. Trim
ity Hail. Cambridge. beat she London
Rowing Club.
IN the first fyssl heat for the Diamond
SOULS n fne Heras station. J. j Blusee.
of DE Hoop Rowing Ciub. Amsterdam,
beat 5. Ha4roair. Jesus college. Cam
bridge.
IN the second trial heat for The Diamond
scllls At The BeTks station. Or y. :. Nc
Dowen q tue Delaware Boat club. Ch!-
cage beat Thomas 4. Guinness. Of the
Thames R0Hing club. Mcdowell made a
splendid start his easy powerful stroke
giving hlm an advantage which no never
lost 20 the eud % the race. Mcdowell
steereG badly a. he finish. but passed the
final past a length ahead Guinness Was
caeered from the banks along the whole
course, while very little ENCOURAGEMENT
was gwen Mcdowell The Chicago oars
man. whose form * distinctly better than
= was year ago. SAID 20 the correspond
ent % the Associated Press after the race:
- expected 20 win. bat naturally my sue
cess encourages ne for the faces that are
70 follow"
The Wlnnipecs won by half a length.
The winners, who had The Berks station
got away promptly and quickly took the
lead They struck the water at foFty-one
stroke the Jtrecats rowing forty At the
halfway post the Winnipegs were ia Tie
Gt.echts' water. and within an ace when
the DUtchmen spurted % obtaining foul.
The winners Their returned 10 their own
water ard the DutchEaen followed them.
IN neutral water the Dntchren fouled the
Wlnu.pegs. and for a second both stopped.
Then they started agair. the Winnipegs
leading ard winning BY half a length. The
times were az follows: Quarter mile
minute is seconds. half mile minutes -
seconds. three-quarters. I minutes IL sec
onds mile. minutes n seconds.
In the trial heat for the Diamond souls
\. r O. Everitt Of the London Rowing
club who had the BerkS station. beat X.
X beaumont. OF the Burton-on Trent
Rowing club
In a trial heat for the ladies' challenge
plate. the Elton college crew beat the
crew Of Hadley college.
In the second trial heat for The ladies'
challenge plate. Kings college. Cam
bridge. in the Bsrks station, beat the
BEDFORD grammar school.
In the second trial for the stewards
challenge cup. the London Rowing Club.
ia the Berks station. beat the Thames
Rowing Club.
In the first trial for the Nickalls chal-
lenge cup. +. r. BaIfour and Guy
NickaiIs. If the Leander Club. defeated
W +. Grum and G O. {. Edwards OF
New college oxford.
The officials we're spoken 20 regarding
the possible visit Of the Cornell crew next
year. and they declared the American
oarsmen would he given a warm welcome