New-York tribune., 1899-07-07
ROWING.
FIFTEEN CONTESTS on THE HENLEY
COURSE.
HOWELL. THE AMERICAN. GETS ANOTHER HEAT
IN THE DIAMOND scULLs-cANA-
DIANs DEFEATED

DlhNS DEfEAlEp
Henley-on- Thames, July 6.-Despe somewhat
| omlnous morning, the greatest crowd OF the week
| attended the regatta to-day. the Ciubland houses
and the houseboats being centres OF most VVac'ous
| and picturesque groups OF well groomed men anu
women. The American and Canadian contingent
was we'll represented, and hundreds OF uahsien'
visitors were present. prominent figure was ~. -
Lehman, who coached the Harvard UniVersltS cie"
for seasons. as he took his place to wa'ch .ne
First Trinity eight, whom he had trained i"o
| scene, therefore, was much more what one mas
learned to expect Henley 20 be- Masses OF Ooa's
| were on the river while the meadow swarmed WIZ"
coaches and wagonettes. and the crush on the i..n
mian reminded OF an Easter parede Oh rH'"'
ave.
or the fifteen races on the programme American
interest centred in the race between the Cahauld''
and the London Rowing Club. which proved 'ae7
worth seeing. 1t looked like a good thihg lo' Wv
.vsitors; but the old adage about youth ana '' 'a!
came painfully into view again me han'
rowed wonderfully game race. but the Lonuoi,eiS
! certainly improved they went along i'e''
! Rudge stroked with great judgment, ana the "is-
dom Of Captain Lowe In scratching his touF III 'ne
! Stewards Cup race manifested. some peop'
| blamed him. but the result JUSTIFIED ni1n'
The seventh heat Of the Diamond Sculis was an
attractive contest The winner OF this race would
| qualify for the final heat OF this classical eNei'
The fact that Hemmerde Of the Leanders' Hau
rowed so consistently all through the practice max
ing his half-courses in times which ranged between
four minutes and four minutes and ten seco"ue'
made him an adversary to be reckoned with IL was
thought that he might make the American TO" o'''
and establish a new record
Nothing whatever marred the days sport uhtii IL
was nearing d close. Then occurred the frst mis-
hap This when the bad steering OF the IrH''S
College four caused them not only TO lose the race
but 10 break their boat. At the first attempt at
settlement Cambridge fouled Magdalen. AT the
nhrfIo tried m
but ended with smashed rigger. This was the ehd
OF a ma gnfcent quartet Of oarsmen. They nave
no but themselves TO blame. Had they Kept
their heads, it is more than probable that they
would have got into the final, but the trainer ana
coach proposes and the coxswain disposes
Taken as a whole however, the days racing was
voted most satisfactory
In the sixth heat for the Diamond Challenge
Sculls Backstafe beat Ashe, winning as he liked
in minutes IL seconds.
In the seventh heat for the Diamond Challenge
Sculls B. H. Howell (American). Thames Rowing
Club, defeated f. G. Hemmerde. Leander Club
Howell romped away from his opponent and finished
alone.
In the sixth heat for the Grand Challenge Cup
the London Rowing Clubs eight defeated the Argo-
nauts of Toronto. 1t magnificent race. Lon
don started rowing forty strokes to the minute TO
the Canadians thlrty-elght. and slipped away at
the outset They were half length ahead at the
Rectory, and at half the distance of the course
were a length and half ahead, the time at tnat
point being minutes Is seconds. Then the Argo-
nauts spurted grandly, creeping up. men py men
and at six hundred yards from home were on even
terms \ Furnishing tussle ensued, but LONDON just
contrivod to stay the better, and won the heat by
a bare half boats length. The time was minutes
l5 seconds.
The Eton crew, which gets into the finals for the
Ladies' Challenge Plate without rowing to-day. |
should easily vanquish the Pembroke eight to-
morrow.
The first heat for the Wyfold Challenge Cup, for
four-oared crews, won by Trinity Hall, Cam |
bridge, which beat Kingston by three lengths in 7
minutes 80 seconds. In the second heat London !
beat Thames by three and three-quarers lengths In
minutes - seconds.
First Trinity defeated the London Rowing Clubs !
eight i'm the sixth heat Of the race for the Thames
Challenge Cup finishing length and three-quar-
ters ahead in minutes u seconds. In the seventh |
heat the Kingston Rowing Club defeated Jesus |
College by a length; time, minutes 80 seconds
The Leander eight the NTH heat OF the |
Grand Challenge Cup by length and quarter |
over Trinity; time. minutes 81 seconds -
In the first heat for the Ladies Challenge Plato. |
lengths and quarter; time. minutes ~ seconds
In the first heat for the Visitors Challenge Cup, |
for four-oared crews. Balllo beat Pembroke by a |
length and half In minutes 10 seconds. The |
second heat was won by New College over the |
Magdaen four by a length in Z minutes 81 seconds: |
In the fifth heat in the contest for the Stewards
lio silly In minutes "a seconds. The sixth heat
was won by Magdalen Trinity. The boats
foued at the top of the island, and when they |
started the second time Trinity against the |
piles and smashed it's boat. Magdaen then rowed
the course alone.
In the fourth heat of the Silver Goblets and !
Hospital club defeated the Thames Rowing Club |
entries. The ~. Georges pair had practically walk
over and crossed the finish line in nj inutes II |
seconds The Thames oarsmen upset at first, and |
after the race had been started the second time hit
the piles twice In the fifth heat Leander beat
First Trinity by length in minutes 36 seconds.