Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-31
DAY At HARLEM REGATTA
Thousands Witness Long Series Of Exciting
Boat Races.
locals AND PHILADElpHlANs LEAD
Columbia and Harvard Put Up n
Fierce Neck and Neck Struggle,
Latter winning By Four
tts Fee.

NEW YORK, May 30.-Thousands OF spec
Aators witnessed the races Of the Harlem
Regatta association, held on the one-Inile
speedway course, Harlem river, today. The
water was Gin fair condition all day, al
though the hind was a little too strong for
the shells. NThe honors were evenly di-
ivided among the local and Philadelphia
clubs.
Three crews contested In the senior
lights. Columbia, New York Athletic and
the Harlem club of New York. The New
York Athletic club got the better Of the
start, but had not gone an eighth before
being overhauled by Columbia and Harlem.
Then came one OF the p%rettiest eight-oared
races ever seen on the river between CO.
,lumbia and Harlem crews. 1t was a neck
iand-neck struggle to the end, the Harlems
winning by four feet. breaking all records,
the time being 1894.
In the final heat Of the Junior SOULS, Hunt
iof the Metropolitan Rowing club kept the
lead for a half, but wore himself out and
finished third. A.. Fraser Of Columbia uni
versity got the lead over Hunt and won in
SOP.
. Easy for schOIes.
The association single event proved APP
'parently easy for Louis Scholes Of Toronto,
who had no trouble to get a lead a few
Nle6L dlleT lub START anu was never ntdutus
In the senior single race, the star event
Of the day, C. S. Titus of Union, N. Y, got
away before the others at the start. Ju-
venal, the Philadelphia, fell back after the
quarter and was outclassed. Bond, another
Philadelphia, was soon back with Juvenal.
At the half Titus had a lead Of a length,
but after the half seemed to be up to his
limit. while Scholes, the Canadian, had
plenty Of grit left and gradually closed up.
At the three-quarters they were on even
terms aud Scholes drew away and won by a
length and a half in 6:17. Budre, the Be-
hemlan ~sculler, was a close third.
All tho experts went wrong on the final
heat of the junior double SOULS. The
Staten Island crew, e. T. johnson and Har-
old Scrymser, which was supposed to be
the poorest Of the lot, won in 6:27h In a
heart-breaking finish. Vespers OF Philadel-
phia we're second.
In the Junior quadruple SOULS the crews
were on even terms to the last, when the
Barge clubs crew Of Philadelphia gradu-
ally drew away, winning by two lengths
from the Nassau crew OF New York in
6:10h.
BohemIans I'm Lead.
Another easy race was In the Junior four
cared gigs. The Bohemian crew OF New
York took a comfortable lead and won by
four lengths, in 5:29. Clary OF the Nassau
club and Butler Of Harlem, we're con-
testants in the intermediate single race.
Clary had more strength and seemed in bet
ter condition, and he won by a length in
6:52. Juvenal and Lockwood of the Vesper
club, Philadelphia, had a practical walkover
in the senior double race. No time was
taken.
The nava. reserve race proved one of the
best contests OF the day. The two crews,
which were the New York naval reserve,
fought desperately, but could not get away
finish, Division No. 2 crew had enough
left in them to squirt and won by a small
margin in 6:S2.
The final heat OF the junior eight was
the spectacular contest OF the days sport.
Four crews faced the starter-Atlanta, New
York Athletic club and two crews from
Columbia university. The crews kept well
punched for nearly half the distance, when
the New York Athletic club got a slight
lead, with the Atlantis second and the
Columbia crews third and fourth, respect
lively. The positions remained unchanged
until the seven-eighths. New Yorks then
increased their lead slightly and won by
half a length in 4:32h. The Atlantas were
beaten out a triie by the Columbia Fresh
men. The race was such a fierce contest
that all previous Harlem records were
broken.
In senior four-oared shells the Vespers
had a pleasure row, winning as they
pleased from the Atlanta OF New York
IN 4:55.
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