New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-09
ROWING.
AMERICAN oARsMEN MAKE AN hNOr
LENT SHOWING AT TORONTO
A BRILLIANT OPENING DAY Flu" 'i'N
OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION VI
.u.rtrf-p CARSMEN.

OF THE CANADIAN AsSoClA-iO''
AMATEUR oARsMEN
90 .r, (Snecian-The opening day
-. 49, rosot.a Of the Canadian Association Oh nm,
49,. oo,smen yns most successful. ana SP'," :,
s.a,.,rg was made by the Americans X" '''
winning his heat easily tho time
w. .o,er was so rough at 200 p. m, the UNI
srornced for the first race. that peter -
,sa, ~ tho association who was referee "e
os.none the race until o'clock though
- mo, entered for the first trial neat Oh s'
s,rs,e s.ulIs were on the line READY ior 'he W.
Many private yachts, dressed In holiday a'''V ."
ueT as the club barges from the ood'"""'' -, i,
IN NJ the finish, making n picture 10 pe i
on,v a. Poughkeepse or New-Lohdoh az '' ,,,,
of an intercollegiate race lo'ua' u'''e a.. =,
,olidev thousands OF people awaited thehiS'N'' "
49,, or,o,,uni,v 10 spend the day on the pd! am.
, tho shore Though the delay IN s'a''"'s
u.as tedious and the clouds threatehe" ~ PO".
dawn torrents Of rain. the mass oil peol'e - e."
larger until almost 4:So. when the hrs' r~0e was
called ,,ou,,,c C,lib.
took the water first, but his lead was eu ,fr.
,bo champion. Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck' oe'o'e
=. ho1 ,oten a half-dozen strokes Ten E?ck Won
,hts boa, easily rowing we'll within himself an"
finished rowing twenty-four strokes 10 the "i.'',
"Rusv" Thompson did not go more thah nun
distance he was beaten from II start anu 49,
b,,pself back for the senior eight race "tlch ""'
tho last race Of the day. Ten Eyck won IN w.
and could have led Goldman quarter OF Il '",'e VI
r,o,. ~ he wished. Lew Marsh. OF the Don NV"
ing club Toronto surprised all by beating N'''s" :
~ tho vesner Boat Club. Philadelphia VINO Ios'
frs; place by his bad steering IN the las' ~" W
Cressar Is expected TO do better in the lhai. ~
The Junior Single SOULS were not reauS u"''' ''
o. NJ owing TO various delays 80
The bay Ia almost two miles across anu Wv
course being in the centre. unprotected from tue
wind was a rough one to-day. T. Narn' Vi ''e
Don Rowing Club upset at the nan ''"
Mason won In ii Oi 20. a.. ooo
The Junior double SOULS fnai was ''ie ' .
between the Don Rowing Cino ana ''e :,
Rowing Club and had II not been for tne pau
.,or, the Rrockville boys made they would nave
heen length or more nearer 10 the Inc DIT III,
finish where 1t was seen that Con "io''ei "".
lanes Nicholson of the Don Rowing Ciuo' hau
won Time. 1901
The first heat Of the Junior four shells oroofn'
sxteen men 10 the line. and when they SUR
=, a.. 81, In the Ecorse boat hit the stroke up
70 "A and kept rowing a short choppy ~ uhul 'hes
finished in fourth place. The crew OF the "'a".
Trunk Boat Club. Montreal, got the leau soo' ".'',
the start and held 1t. though they were p"SnoI
hard at the half-mile by the Detroit boa' N'u'
crew. who did not remain In second place aiter 'ne
mile was reached they being pushed for that place
bv the No. crew Of the Areonaut Rowing o'uo'
The crew OF the Grand Trunk Rowing CLUB won o'
two lengths. in S52 80 ,u
The second trial heat Of Junior four-oared she"s
afforded great excitement. as the fVe crews eiit =
camc 70 the line and rowed In bunch 10 peso.r ,
the mile when Leanders stroke shpped MS 80 80 =
,hus losing ali chance OF winning ISht d' .Hs
nont The Rrockyllle crew drew SLOWLY away ~
n. others winning the heat from tpe 10, ,,o
Rovinp Club BY half length in D 40 20. ne
mad sef long before this race and wheh tne srip' =
eight and the Argonaut eght caile ~" ,ha neonie on
darkness had OVERCAST the bay, ana the peoRR 49,
shore could not See the first eght-oared sheh rao'
ever rowed at Toronto. -, .o,,r, Rowing
The Canadians ssnt from the Argonau. Io Asan'
club 10 the recent regatta OF the Na,ioi5, tbe
cia,ion of Amateur Oarsmen. In Fhigueiln'"; M
fTst eight-oared shell crew from Sai' R1ce t,mt
crew was beaten by the Pennsylvania pa s s ~,
crack senior eight by but four feet IL wa and
hare the Argonauts would win by iens,"S a."
ienS,hs from the Nespers. hut they hdu VA .,
ienSth and a half to spare when tne1 sai t 80
Inc last twenty strokes. II was TOO ntu I'M "le
US moi rowed In daylight for only u!"se ". -, -
reteree,s boat could the contest. ~ Wa a.
oclock when the last stroke was puii'a, ~ 49,
ir,nossible TO enter the senior eight OF tle a,,
sriyanIas as three Of the men could hot set d%a!
Thet woud have been the result nhd tne! ~
entnred IS the much :aked-of question ABOUT "e
hotels tonight. -, 1T, 7, A., Thomson
s,roke: 10 / F. II. Thompson; No o. -. ', w %e
gan: No g. A. J. Boyd No. Joscpan1 a.sn.' I'D
Sii q kingston No. 2. james McheIhtt., a."
George Doherty. bow; b. Is bafKer' coAs""'"'