New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
A GREAT ROWING RECORD.
GEORGE NJ. YOUNG HAS COVERED MORE
MILES THAN ANY OTHER AMATEUR.

aStic admirer or aquatic Sports ph't'uidty
rowing than George NJ. Young OF this city.
Judge Young as he is known by his friends, has
rot only the proud distinction Of having rowed
more miles than any other amateur oarsman IN
the country but he also holds the record for
having rowed more times around Manhattan
Island than any other man. If there is another
oarsman who has rowed as many or anywhere
rear as many miles as the Judge he has hid
his light under a bushel and the sculng ira
ternity knows naught Of him. Judge Young is
one of the pioneers OF rowing in these waters,
and he has rowed around Manhattan Island no
less than eighty times. This is the record at
present and it will probably be a long time be-
fore It is beaten or even equalled.
judge Young was born az No 81 Greenwich-
st.. and he Will Doe ffty-three years cd in oc-
totcr He began rowing carly in life. and IN
1867 he STEPPED into his first shell.
There were only few rowing clubs about this
CITY when judge Young began to row ana one
Of them was the Atalanta Boat Cub. when
aftcrward became famous for turning out more
fast scullcrs and winning crews than any other
club in the country When the Judge joined
the Atalartas the clubs boathouse was at thris-
iophcr-st and the North River and early IN
lis career he deye, ped liking for ng-distance
rowing He studied out a system "nlrh ne
thought most suitable TO develop ms powers
FOR standing the strain of rowing many miles,
and he first began b. rowing half fnl'e
day. incrca. it 10 one mile, then 10 lhree
and five mes. Al the end Of the season he
could row twenty miles in day in all xmas OF
weather without feeling the slightest fatigue.
In 1863 the Judge made his first trip around
Manhattan Island He started from the Aa-
lantas' house at Chr.stopher-st. and formed
one Of n six-oarcd gig crew. II was a roush
day. and in passing around the Battery ana
through IIcll Gate the crew had a perilous tnle
a. H. The adventurous oarsmen had all they
could 30 to keep their frail crart from reihS
swaupcd. The next year the Juts'. III com
Yany with ". r Seken. made several trips
around thc island in a dcublc-scull working boat
weighing sixty pounds. The more often the
judge made the trip the happier b" All area
20 be- but he had much trouble IT times 10
get anybody willing 20 make It with hun. IL
was almost too much az pun f'r e., ID he
sturdy oareIncn # the river at that t.r'e. IN
1850 The judge conceived the idea oi m'N!hs
the trip ai.rc. 5u.t 90 convince h.s friends
that De- could cover tue distance H. JOS than
nine hours. In d ssty-pound boat BE- made
the distance IN about nv, ars. aad his feat as
,on.shcd the rowing world From 1>i, 20 1872
KNAPP. who was also member Of the Aia-
lantas. In 1863 Young and Knapp ro~ed around
Manhattan Island IN every Sunday in October
and November. II 1870 the Judge purchased the
boat which he has used ever since. On almost
evcry day he has rowcd in this boat in sunshine
end I'm rain and ne mas rowed as often as III
DAYS in a year. and covered n dictance OK
about two thousand miles. This boat when
the Judge has used for nearly thirty years. ana
which he regards as one Of his choicest posses
sions. is a sort If cross between a shell and
a gig and il weighs thirty-five pounds.
In 1889 Judge Young made three trips around
the island in one week, and for three years he
rowcd 10 Newark once every two weeks and In
s,ructcd in rowing the first crew put upon the
water by the Lcona Boat Club OF that city.
ne rowcd to Sandy Hook in three and half
hours and to Poughkoepsic in fifteen hours ana
fifteen minutes. lie once rowcd around staten
Island from the Th~istophcrst house in teVen
hours. and in 1893 he rowed to Albany with
f. NJ Levy. Of The Nonpareil Boat CIub' IN
single old New-York working boat. covering
the distance Of $40 miles in thirty 1--WE hours.
In rowing around Manhattan Island the Judge
makes his trips sometimes before breakfast
and sometimes after dark
As a racing man Judge Young was also
brilliant success, and with Seilken he won the
doubc-sCull championship in 1865 over three
mile course. in twonty-seVcn minutes and twenty
seconds In 1871 David Banks presented to the
Atalau,a Boat Club championship belt for
Junior singles and the Judge won It, lie also
won the championship in 49,, 1913 and 1870. lie
took part In many other matches and regattas'
acquiring fresh lau-cls and winning large